Sad to say, I'm an old man now.
For those that pay attention to me, I tried to take a sabbatical but Chuck Leeper got sick and I came back to cover him. A few members have asked me if there was something wrong and a few know that I've had some health issues pop up in the last few months. I've never had an issue with the heat here in Texas, and prefer it above 90 degrees in most cases. This year, however, I've had several issues, which include sweating like a race horse in the last 1/4 mile, and being very short on breath, at anything above 85 degrees. Started about 2/3 months ago when I was driving home from work and felt like I was about to pass out. Never had any issues with my blood pressure, but it was way to high. 140/120 so I went to the DR and started take BP medicine. A couple of weeks ago things still didn't feel right and was still having trouble breathing, and felt like my heart was trying to jump out of my chest.
Well tomorrow I'll be going in for stress testing and don't know if I'll be on tomorrow night or not. Looks like there's some sort of partial blockage in my heart. We'll see what's going on tomorrow, but if I don't get on again, I wanted to say, thanks guys.
Most likely I'll get either a stint or a bypass, but if the worst comes up my friends know who gets what and I wanted to say, this is the best board on the net. I know I'm being a bit morbid but mortality catches up to all of us sooner or later, and I've cheated the hangman more that a few times.
I'm signing out for the night so if I sign back in again you'll know I'm still here. Sorry for being a killjoy for the weekend but you never knows what can happen sometimes.
For those that pay attention to me, I tried to take a sabbatical but Chuck Leeper got sick and I came back to cover him. A few members have asked me if there was something wrong and a few know that I've had some health issues pop up in the last few months. I've never had an issue with the heat here in Texas, and prefer it above 90 degrees in most cases. This year, however, I've had several issues, which include sweating like a race horse in the last 1/4 mile, and being very short on breath, at anything above 85 degrees. Started about 2/3 months ago when I was driving home from work and felt like I was about to pass out. Never had any issues with my blood pressure, but it was way to high. 140/120 so I went to the DR and started take BP medicine. A couple of weeks ago things still didn't feel right and was still having trouble breathing, and felt like my heart was trying to jump out of my chest.Well tomorrow I'll be going in for stress testing and don't know if I'll be on tomorrow night or not. Looks like there's some sort of partial blockage in my heart.
We'll see what's going on tomorrow, but if I don't get on again, I wanted to say, thanks guys. Most likely I'll get either a stint or a bypass, but if the worst comes up my friends know who gets what and I wanted to say, this is the best board on the net. I know I'm being a bit morbid but mortality catches up to all of us sooner or later, and I've cheated the hangman more that a few times.I'm signing out for the night so if I sign back in again you'll know I'm still here. Sorry for being a killjoy for the weekend but you never knows what can happen sometimes.
