I'm glad your house went so quickly. We have been paying mortgage and rent for the past 9 months and it hurts. Ours closes Friday. I know we don't really know each other, but I think of your experience and send up a little prayer that it all works out for you. Glad to hear about the new job too. God bless.
Glad things are turning around and you're starting to return to more normal activities. Best of luck with everything!
Good deal bro, hope it keeps goin in the right direction for ya. Good luck at your new job and just keep grinding and it'll pay off eventually. Good luck bud Sent from my SM-G900R4 using Tapatalk
Didn't have the greatest of weekends. Saturday morning out shopping with my wife, I started feeling really lightheaded dizzy and disoriented, and nauseous. We left the store came home, she kept asking if I wanted to go into the ER. I kept saying no because I didn't want to over react. I started to get a slamming headache too, and that's when I knew it was time to go in. I have her drive me rather than call rescue. To avoid the embarrassment of the ambulance coming again. Halfway there The right side of my face starts to feel weird, like it's not even there. I start thinking to myself I waited too long I should've called rescue. Get to the ER, they take me right in once I tell them all the symptoms and my past medical history. They notice the drooping on the right side of my face. I immediately start to panic of course, because now this is really getting real. My neurologist happen to be at the hospital in the stroke unit at the time, so he came right down. He offered me some type of shot, that could stop any major symptoms and reverse them within the first few hours. But he then told me there was a 3% chance of unstoppable hemorrhaging in my brain or stomach. I asked him if I could get any worse at the current moment and the current situation, and he said no the stroke you're having now this is as bad as this one's going to be. So I chose not to have the shot given my luck as of late. That was pretty scary and hit home. They do the usual CT scans, and MRIs. By that time my face is starting to feel almost normal again, and the drooping was gone...I spent the rest of the weekend in the hospital. My neurologist thinks that I might have a hole in my heart that has been missed. So I'm waiting for an outpatient appointment to have some type of heart sonogram from my Esophagus down my throat, to see if they can find a hole. They are afraid to put me on blood thinners until they can find out about the whole. If they find a whole, I would then have to have heart surgery to have it repaired. So the new job didn't last too long. I only lasted four days, and just could not physically do the job, being lightheaded all the time. My doctor told me I definitely went back to work to early, I looked at him tilted my head and said you said the only thing holding me back from going to work was me? LOL he said he didn't remember saying that, go figure !! So back to square one almost. The closing on our house should be by the end of July. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Continued prayers for you my man. Hope everything turns out ok. Let us know if any of us can do anything. Blessings..........Pastorjim
Thanks for keeping us updated Joe, the good and bad. Keeping y'all in our prayers. Hope the Dr's find & fix or rule out any heart probs quickly so they can get you on the road back to recovery.
From an EMS provider to a patient - please never feel embarrassed to call for an ambulance. We are there to serve our community. Yes, we all get a call where we kind of roll our eyes and think "really?" But, with a person with a past medical history - it'd never cross our mind. So again, please, never feel embarrassed!! Hoping all goes well and you can get some answers soon.
I am just seeing this!!! Joe, my prayers are with you..permission to slam you while your down for not keeping me updated via text.... Text is on its way... Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
I had the transesophageal sonogram last Wednesday. The drugs were fun and gave me amnesia so I don't remember anything about it! The results were negative so I have no hole in my heart. The next step is the implant heart monitor this coming Friday to check for Afib. My neurologist does not want to put me on Coumadin just yet. In the meantime the past week has been spent moving to the apartment. And coming up with ideas for what to do for safe employment for me per doctors orders. It's that time of year when usually all thoughts are on the deer woods. Mine are slowly getting there! I'm pretty sure I'll be able to make it out this fall with my first real hunting bow, back to my roots with my bear black bear from the 80's!!!! I'm debating on signing up for the contest again too!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I know I speak for everyone else when I say that if you need anything at all to let us know. Your brothers stand ready to help you. Blessings...........Pastorjim
Joe you should definitely sign up for the contest! You are a good teammate to have, even if you only get out a few times
