Fun fun heart cath day

[grampahol]

(01-19-2022, 02:46 PM)Tiger Teeth Wrote: Gramps, I have been busy, and missed this sir.  It sounds like you're doing good.  I have similar problems.  I've had arterial bypass done on my blocked up right leg, and next month, they're harvesting more of my own natural vein to bypass the blockage in the left leg.  So far all the scans above my waistline are okay, but it's bad in my family, both sides.  So...eventually, the legs won't be the problem.

For those of you who smoke cigs, eat fatty foods, and don't exercise.  I thought I was indestructible.  I have a hard time making it the 25 yards to the mailbox and back.  Cardiologist said I am about 98% blocked now in the left leg.  After about 20 steps, my calf muscle will seize up from no blood, and the pain.  It feels like someone beat the muscle with a ball bat.  Going to the store is a nightmare.  But my wife has a major back injury, so I have to go.

Nothing spells good health like leaving Walmart with tears in your eyes.  Gramps, listen to your wife, and take it easy!

Ain't it the truth we think we're invincible while we're young and then one day...POOF! We're suddenly our own grandfathers.. This actually makes watching sports even tougher at times because we used to be able to at least attempt to be like the people on TV.. All we can do is look backwards and go, well sh*t! Why didn't I listen back then? 
Oh well.. I didn't so no point in crying about that now. 
I'm feeling like I'm not going to be around much longer,  but you never know.. Guy across the street from me, actually 2 different guys both my age died in the past few years. The last one died this past spring. The other a few years back. Both were really overweight, but I'm not so I have that much going for me. It's the 50 years of smoking killing me and I am having a hell of a time with this..I quit drinking, kicked a heroin habit, years of rehab from that, but cigarettes? It's like having to want to cut off my own hands and lips.. It's really tough if you've never smoked as long as I have. My dad quit at about my age and lived another 30 years afterwards.. 
Funny, I can sit watching TV and not think much about it, but step out in the shop and it's a whole different mindset.. same with driving. I feel like ripping the steering wheel out when driving without a smoke.. 
Well, anyway,..I'm going to at least try to hang on till Monday then go back to the ER if things don't settle back down. I REALLY don't want to spend Sunday at the freakin hospital not to mention the nurses ain't really getting any better looking. They're all getting fatter and older looking.. lol  Maybe it's just me.  After all..THE ONLY REASON I've ever bothered to get old and sick in the first place was for the young, pretty nurses. Otherwise the hell with it. I'm not going to get older or sicker..