Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-27 Thread John Robbins
Curt, I hope all goes well and that you have a speedy recovery!!! On 1/27/2010 3:41 AM, Peter T. Arnold wrote: What is to be learned is that you do have cardiac disease, it is treatable, it will comeback. Your mission is to take note and not deny it when it returns. That will tend to keep furthe

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-27 Thread Rusty Cullens
Message - From: "Curt Raymond" To: "Diesel List" Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 4:52 PM Subject: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga So you may remember the chest pains I started complaining about a couple months ago. We've been noodling along assuming I had some kind of GER

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-27 Thread Mitch Haley
Peter T. Arnold wrote: Very interesting to watch if they have a dedicated monitor. My Doc replayed several time for me on my 1st one, 22 years ago. Bad things happen to good folks, one partner about 40 years old in my Cardiology Group dropped dead while jogging. A friend of mine retired e

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-27 Thread harry watkins
Double ditto, you are on my daily prayer list. Harry - Original Message - From: "Alex Chamberlain" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 11:48 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Craig McCluskey

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-27 Thread John Reames
Bennell" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain;charset="iso-8859-1" Good luck. Hope it all goes well. I did not get a stent but did have the test where they put the tube in through the groin and

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-27 Thread John Reames
CABG (pronounced "cabbage")=Coronary Artery Graft Bypass (i.e. Using leg vein) LIMA=Left Interior Mammary (?) Artery (taking that artery and attaching it downstream of the block) The vein bypasses have a more limited lifetime I had to learn a bit about such when my dad went in for such

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-27 Thread Peter T. Arnold
List Subject: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga So you may remember the chest pains I started complaining about a couple months ago. We've been noodling along assuming I had some kind of GERD and then last week the doc had me get a cardiac CT just to finally rule out my heart. Last night he call

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-27 Thread Peter T. Arnold
Curt, best of luck. You'll be home the next day, full of the devil, able to jog up a flight of stairs. BTDT, I have the scars, 8 stents and 2 'Grand Openings'. What is to be learned is that you do have cardiac disease, it is treatable, it will comeback. Your mission is to take note and not d

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-26 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Craig McCluskey wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:52:15 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond > wrote: > >> Last night he called, the CT looks iffy so I need a cardiac cath. > > We will be praying for you, Curt. > Ditto. Best of luck, Curt. I'm only four years older than you.

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-26 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:52:15 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond wrote: > Last night he called, the CT looks iffy so I need a cardiac cath. We will be praying for you, Curt. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-26 Thread Gary Hurst
i remember my dad got a stent in the mid 80s and he didn't seem to suffer greatly from the process On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Peter Frederick wrote: > Good luck Curt! > > Getting the stent shouldn't be much worse than a cardiac cath, although my > father said his cath was the worst thing

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-26 Thread Peter Frederick
Good luck Curt! Getting the stent shouldn't be much worse than a cardiac cath, although my father said his cath was the worst thing that ever happened to him. Stents are pretty wonderful things these days -- beats the hell out of a heart attach! Peter __

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-26 Thread OK Don
Doesn't sound fun, but much better than the alternative! Good luck! On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > Hi Randy, > > Yeah with luck... > > This is one of those things where I'm now finding symptoms that fit the > diagnosis "gee I have been feeling tired lately" so with any lu

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-26 Thread Curt Raymond
me I've gotten a stent or something. I should be back on Friday. -Curt Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:26:23 -0600 From: "R A Bennell" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="iso-8859-1"

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-26 Thread Allan Streib
Keeping you in my thoughts for a good outcome... this sort of thing is pretty routine these days so I'm sure you'll be back to the wrenches in no time. Allan Curt Raymond writes: > So you may remember the chest pains I started complaining about a couple > months ago. We've been noodling along

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-26 Thread Frederick W Moir
Curt & Angie. Joanne & I are rooting for you and a minor annoyance that goes away quietly. Fred Moir Lynn MA On 1/26/2010 4:52 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: Anyway it sounds like tomorrow I'm probably going to get a stent put in... So I may not be on the list for a couple days and suddenly I'm not s

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-26 Thread Curt Raymond
Thanks, needed that. ;) -Curt Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:06:07 -0500 From: Rich Thomas To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga Message-ID: <4b5f674f.2050...@constructivity.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Best of luck gettin

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-26 Thread R A Bennell
PM To: Diesel List Subject: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga So you may remember the chest pains I started complaining about a couple months ago. We've been noodling along assuming I had some kind of GERD and then last week the doc had me get a cardiac CT just to finally rule out my heart. Las

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-26 Thread Mountain Man
John wrote: > Yech. You are likely off the low end of the age chart for CABG... Maybe a > LIMA (if one would be enough...) How about IP or DV or... What's a LIMA? or CABG? I like medicine for what it does, but what it is doing these days is obscene. mao ___ ht

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-26 Thread John Reames
Yech. You are likely off the low end of the age chart for CABG... Maybe a LIMA (if one would be enough...) -j -- John W Reames jwrea...@comcast.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Jan 26, 2010, at 16:52, Curt Raymond wrote: So you may remember the chest pains I started complaini

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-26 Thread Rich Thomas
Best of luck getting that fuel line sorted out. Next thing to do is not run grease through it as we know that will clog up hoses and injectors in a 33 yr old vehicle. You want to keep the compression up in those cylinders too -- they need to be run hard up hills. In your case though you migh

Re: [MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-26 Thread Mountain Man
Curt wrote: > Worse still theres no guidance in what you do when a 33 year old has 75% > blockage. > At 33 - I guess you might want to know. Otherwise - don't ask, don't find out. I ain't gonna participate in making insco more wealth - I stay away. mao ___ htt

[MBZ] OT: The ongoing saga

2010-01-26 Thread Curt Raymond
So you may remember the chest pains I started complaining about a couple months ago. We've been noodling along assuming I had some kind of GERD and then last week the doc had me get a cardiac CT just to finally rule out my heart. Last night he called, the CT looks iffy so I need a cardiac cath.