My dad just had a heart attack.

[theotherguy]

He was doing crunches, started having chest pain. We took him to the hospital and found out that he had a heart attack. They put in a stent and he's apparently doing fine now.

The stupid bastard smoked a pack a day for 20 years, eats nothing but red meat, and is overstressed and overworked.

His first words when I saw him? "Don't give me a lecture, the doctors gave me a lecture. They told me to stop smoking and to lose weight. That's what they've been telling me for years now, and that's why I never go to the doctor. I feel great now, and I've got to go back to work."

Stupid. stupid. stupid. *head-desk*

It's 2 AM now, and I'm going to sleep.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

Shit. Glad he's ok.

 

[Raziaar]

Glad to hear he's okay. I hate it when parents are stubborn.

 

[Drackard]

Good to hear he's okay mate. My stepdad had a small stroke sometime last year, 'tis never nice.

 

[15357]

Well, at least he's ok, for the time being. D:


But fancy calling your dad a "stupid bastard"

 

[highlander]

Well atleast he's okay.



Stupid though :\

 

[VirusType2]

yeah my dad had a heart attack about a year ago. Turns out 98% of his heart arteries were clogged. Had stints put in to open them up. He was trying to go back to work immediately. We had to force him to take off a few days

he is doing just fine. feels fine. He is more conscious about what he eats.

he has always exercised and never smoked, so it's surprising it was this bad. As a doctor, he usually eats at the hospital too ... what the hell do they serve there?

I'm glad your dad is still around. I'm glad to have my dad around too.

 

[Jintor]

But fancy calling your dad a "stupid bastard"

Different values. I'm always surprised at the way my non-asian friends treat their parents, but then again I suppose they'd be weirded out by the inordinate amounts of respect I give my parents. :3

Anyway, glad to hear he's ok otherguy.

 

[Sulkdodds]

Goddamn.

 

[VirusType2]

We'll probably still be here in like 30 years. We will be old men and death threads will be like birthday threads, complete with reaper images

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

Most of you will all be old ****s, Stern will have been assimilated by his computer by then. A godless, hateful superbeing, like most Canadians/HL2.net.

 

[highlander]

and I will have caused so many Chernobyl's....

 

[AJ Rimmer]

Good on yer dad for living.
Good on you for wanting to yell at him.

 

[Beerdude26]

Just tell him to cut down on the tiny things aswell, like butter, salt and really fatty and greasy snacks. That already goes a very long way. And get him to eat more fish, more healthy fats in that, they'll help bring down cholesterol aswell.

Oh and no more smoking aswell lol, unless he wants sum cancer

 

[Shift]

Glad he is ok, but deffo needs a rethink of lifestyle.

 

[nurizeko]

Hopefully by the time were all old duffers replacements hearts will be routine. :imu:



Sorry to hear about your dad, hopefully he'll learn to cut back on allot of things, lifes for living, not for worknig and eating yourself to an early grave.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Till the day I die, I will never understand workoholics.

 

[Lucid]

My dad is the same god damn way.

Except he takes advantage of his disabilities and has been smoking since he was 15, he's 64 now and still chain smoking like crazy.
He has a broken hip and a fractured arm and he doesn't do anything about them he just sits on his ass every ****ing day treating everyone like slaves.
He's tried going on diets several times but he just cheats so damn much, he wasted $12,500 on Nutrisystem only to give up on it and leave most of the food in the cupboards.
He showers like every 4th day, it's disgusting.
He coughs constantly for 10 minutes straight like every half hour coughing up flem and shit.

It's a medical miracle that the stubborn bastard's still alive.

 

[theotherguy]

The doctors aren't giving me much information. They're assuming that I know nothing about medicine so they are giving me garbage like, "one of your daddy's big arteries got clogged but he's all better now." They showed me the cardiogram and from that I determined that it was one of the pulmonary arteries.

Apparently this morning my grandmother requested he have his lungs X-rayed for cancer, and that made him really pissed off and he started yelling and screaming. They brought in some doctors and a preacher and told him to calm down and lectured him on the importance of not smoking and living a healthy lifestyle. He then started yelling "stop lecturing me!" and tried to get out of the bed. They sedated him and won't let us visit him now.

I feel sympathy for him, but he sure is a stubborn boar of a man.

 

[Qonfused]

Good to hear he's okay.

I actually went to the hospital at midnight last night due to chest pain and numb left arm. Turned out to be nothing.

 

[VirusType2]

You've probably heard all of this before, but maybe he hasn't. Ask him if the cigarette is so good? Does he really even enjoy it? take 10-35 years off his life for it?

smoking permanently hardens the arteries

smoking causes high blood pressure which can be a chore for the heart, and over time, it will be an issue

smoking also has dozens of other ill effects, such as weakening the immune system and giving a greater risk for heart and lung disease, not just cancer


have him stay away from sodium and fat

instead of soy sauce, he can use sweet & sour sauce on his rice

instead of doughnuts, he can eat a chocolate covered granola bar or something


new german studies reveal that eating a small amount of chocolate every day can be healthy


also, new findings suggest that being smarter shortens your life. They say the brain is too active. So he should live a long time.

Have him stay calm. Tell him this when he is well rested. That's what I'd do.

 

[Atomic_Piggy]

Glad he is okay.

 

[Shakermaker]

Most people go through a bit of lifestyle change after a heart attack. I saw it with my dad. He's healthier than ever, 14 years after.

Take care.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

It seems that when people have these problems (overweight, stress, smoking), that when they actually start exercising is when they get the trouble. I guess it's extra stress, tell him to try to start small and work his way up over time. Not rush things.

 

[Drackard]

smoking causes impotence!

You forgot one!

 

[French Ninja]

I've been trying to get my parents to go to the doctor. They both have problems and are approaching 60.

How old is your dad, theotherguy?

 

[Gordon-Shepherd]

Damn. Scary shit.

 

[Cornerstone]

They showed me the cardiogram and from that I determined that it was one of the pulmonary arteries.

Ummmmm, ECG's show electrical activity within the heart and a MI would never be an occlusion of the pulmonary arteries, a pulmonary embolism would be an occlusion there. There could be pulmonary hypertension which could be contributing to right sided heart failure but without a look at the symptoms or ECG I can not accurately say what is going on.

 

[theotherguy]

Ummmmm, ECG's show electrical activity within the heart and a MI would never be an occlusion of the pulmonary arteries, a pulmonary embolism would be an occlusion there. There could be pulmonary hypertension which could be contributing to right sided heart failure but without a look at the symptoms or ECG I can not accurately say what is going on.

They told me that it was a cardiogram. It was an image that they took using dye markers showing blockage of the artery and subsequent flow after the stent was put in. Other than that, all they told me was "Its one of the big arteries on the right side" without going into any more detail I assumed it was one of the pulmonary arteries from this. I wish they would let me in to ask more relevant questions, but they won't let any more visitors see him.

 

[theotherguy]

I've been trying to get my parents to go to the doctor. They both have problems and are approaching 60.

How old is your dad, theotherguy?

He's 50.

 

[Cornerstone]

They told me that it was a cardiogram. It was an image that they took using dye markers showing blockage of the artery and subsequent flow after the stent was put in. Other than that, all they told me was "Its one of the big arteries on the right side" without going into any more detail I assumed it was one of the pulmonary arteries from this. I wish they would let me in to ask more relevant questions, but they won't let any more visitors see him.

Ok that sounds like an angiography and that would be the right coronary artery which is responsible for the flow of blood feeding mainly the right ventricle which is better than a blockage on the left side since the right ventricle has a lot less work to do with feeding blood through the pulmonary arteries to the lungs. There is potential for conduction disturbances but without any idea of what damage was done I could not say. Don't be afraid to press for more info either, it usually takes the squeaky wheel in the medical field to get any attention.