#6

Well, it just keeps getting better and better! :-) Last Saturday night I was in bed sleeping when I was awakened by sharp shooting pains going down both of my arms. This being a feeling that I'm all too familiar with, I reached for my Nitroglycerin and administered the first dose. I have been fortunate to normally only have two doses at the max. This time I went the whole three doses and tried to come up with a plan to get myself to the hospital as with my current situation, the last thing I wanted to add to my bucket of stress was an ambulance bill.

I ended up talking myself into denial with the hopes that I would be better in the morning, and was finally able to go back to sleep. When I woke up on Sunday, I was not much better so I got a hold of my son who happened to be visiting friends over the weekend and he came and drove me to the hospital.

This time the blockage was on the back side of my heart and they put another stint in. But hey, the great news is that the stint they put in last April is clear and in great shape! The Drs. commented on how good my cholesterol was and that it was a good thing that I had been on the cholesterol medication. They were quite shocked when I told them that I had not been on any of my meds since before Christmas as I was trying to avoid a COBRA insurance premium. So my diet and exercise have been good. :-)

I'm back home now and doing the recovery thing. Hope to be back on my feet again within a couple of weeks.

Thanks again to friends and family for being there for me. :-)