PAIN IN CHEST

August 20, 2005 at 5:19 am (DAVE GREGORY, Homosassa Springs, anxious, aortic valve replacement, bypass, chest pains, citrus county, david gregory, despair, florida, future, heart problems, history, hospital, illness, open heart surgery, worried)

It’s Saturday morning. I’ve been up since 330 am. That’s the last time they took my BP. Had some pain in my chest last night. If I recall correctly, I’ve never have been able to take beta blockers without experiencing some type of heart discomfort. They insisted that I take one around noon yesterday, a form of low pressure, or something like that. I took it, but around 7 pm I began to feel the discomfort. I informed the nurse, which could have been a mistake, because she mentioned that if it continued I would have to be placed in the icu. That wouldn’t due because Corl would not have anyplace to stay then. I’m in a private room now and she has been able to stay with me during this hospital incarceration. Monday’s not that far off, but I’m feeling less and less confident of a favorable outcome.

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blast off postponed

August 18, 2005 at 4:06 am (DAVE GREGORY, Homosassa Springs, anxious, aortic valve replacement, bypass, citrus county, david gregory, despair, florida, future, hard times, heart problems, illness, medicine, not feeling good, open heart surgery, postponement, tension)

They wheeled me down to the operating room, was all prepared, they shaved my chest, gave me injection to relax me and I was awaiting the big cut. However, they woke me and said that they had decided to postpone the operation because of the blood that was present in my urine sample this morning. So off back to my room to await more exposure to radiation, in more tests, that I fear may generate cancer, because of the many, I mean thousands of x-rays that I have experienced in my lifetime. None of the doctor’s seem to appreciate the circumstances that I have described to them in regards to this manner and always insist on further exposure to radiation, either through x-rays, and or, cat scans (one of the most potent forms of radiation exposure). I fear that they may have put me over the limit, initially, from all the tests before concluding I needed bypass and aortic valve replacement. Possibly that is why blood appeared in my urine.

They now tell me, that in all likelihood, I won’t be having the operation until Monday. That is presuming the tests for why I had blood in my urine turn out ok. And I fear that they will not. I am contemplating signing out of the hospital and going home.

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road to oblivion

August 14, 2005 at 8:36 pm (DAVE GREGORY, anxious, aortic valve replacement, bypass, chest pains, david gregory, despair, hard times, heart problems, history, illness, oblivion, prognosis, tests, trying times)

Well, some bad news folks. I’ve been laid up for over a week, had some chest pains a couple of weeks ago. I went to the Doctor who fixed up my lovely wife, Corl. Dr. Joseph Idicula, who has a office in Spring Hill, Fl. I had a echocardigram there and had an appointment made to have a stress test there, later on also. However his machine got hit by lighting and that was delayed. In the meantime, I went to work on a Monday and had chest pains, off and on, most of the afternoon. So, Dr. Joe told me to go to the emergency room at Oak Hill Hospital in Spring Hill, FL. I stayed there 3 or 4 days, had a stress test and a catherization and was told I would have to have an aortic valve replacement and a bypass. I’ve been at Tampa General having a few more tests and am schedule to be operated on Wednesday, Aug 17, 2005. I have been told because of my bone condition that it is a high risk operation. So if you don’t see any posts after a few weeks, you’ll know I didn’t make it.

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