so good to be home..

I wonder whether there is a foundations dedicated to assist the ambulance crews.

and I will look into that for ambulance crews..

I'm so happy for you!

Take care.

I occasionally drove them to Drs in Denver.

I love it too and lived in the mountains for 30 years. left because I couldn't breathe anymore and winters were brutal.. not so bad with climate change.

I am so very happy for you! Please take care and do something special for yourself. You deserve it.

and yes, I think I do too.

"There's NO place like home!"
Thanks for the hopeful news!

You’re back home - and posting updates right here!

What an experience!

Feels good to feel good.

Yes, lots of new meds..

It's great to have you back and I know you're happy to be home. I wish you the best in your recovery and I hope you feel better and better every day.

Take it easy, get some rest and take good care of yourself.

and I will

Sounds like you have it on the run, though.

I'm sure gonna try!

They are underpaid, we are overcharged.
I’m glad you’re home 🥰

Thank you!

I went to nursing school at the University of Rochester, in the city of the same name, in western upstate NY. It was and still is a major medical center.

It forever set my standards for what good health care is, and I will never, ever be willing to live anywhere remote or underserved.

My master's is from the U of Colorado. I love Denver and the surrounding area. I often wish we still lived there.

Very good experience, except for the being sick part.. great people..

I'm in Pittsburgh where we are lucky to have some wonderful teaching hospitals. It's a great feeling, knowing they are there for all of us. Be sure to listen to your doctors and follow their orders.

and I will..

Hope you're doing well also..

and pace yourself (best advice my cardiologist gave me!). So glad you're ok.

and I will.

How wonderful that you have recovered so quickly!

not exactly recovered, but managing and know what I'm dealing with.. The doc said it was a good sign that I came out of the A fib by myself..

Don't cut yourself or anything. It's just till the clot goes away. Be very careful. Glad there was a way to avoid surgery.

It'll be a challenge.

Nothing like a hospital stay to make one appreciate being home!

yes, good to be home

Warfarin he never had another issue. Had to get regular blood tests.

and thank you..

Which we all need, right? I'm glad you are on the mend. Like you, I share the "chicken" part when it comes to medical issues and I think your decision was a good choice. People who don't understand the anxiety don't get the "fear" that comes.

Wishing you all the very best...and YES ambulance crews are underpaid.

I'm comfortable with it and the doctors didn't push it, I was glad for that..

complete, recovery and healing.

I'm working on it..

Get well soon, completely!

Here's to a speedy recovery!

I am glad for you.

Modern medicine is amazing!

that or I forgot, been doing a lot of that after my chemo. Glad your home and currently don't need surgery,
hope you stay that way.

I thought of you often and all you've been through. quite inspiring.. you hang in three!

So glad to hear you're doing better.

I sure am...

You were in good hands. A lot of positive energy is focused on you. I was one of the folks who ignored A-fib like a ding-dong. I felt it while running a couple of years ago, but kept ignoring it, and then the clot happened. It made its way to my brain and dropped me like a 130-pound weight. I felt like I was in the middle of the Pink Floyd song "Comfortably Numb." My partner watched this and totally freaked out. She was speaking Spanish to me (her first language), trying to get me to come around, and it all started to make sense as I came out of it. I am not fully fluent in Spanish, lol, but we've been together almost 38 years.

I went through similar care, although I am now on Eliquis and a statin. Maine Medical has a separate ICU for strokes (I had a TIA), and they took great care of me via the VAs Community Care Network. I've had 4 CT Scans and an MRI. Surgery is a hard decision. I see my cardiologist in a couple of months, and I am sure we'll discuss the ablation option, but it freaks me out. We are sending positive vibes your way!

and thanks for opening up about it Funny, the doctor said I've had it for a while cause the signs are there.. Yes, I have had episodes that I totally ignored, as I tried to ignore this one, but an hour of extreme chest pain convinced me to tell my husband to call 911. Heart rate was 151.. went up to 200 during the ambulance ride. The good news, I came out of the A fib on my own in the ER.. So feeling so much better, I was stunned whtn the doc came in and said, we're admitting you.. Yikes! I was in trouble and it was just sinking in.

The care I got, holy cow, it was outstanding.. not to have surgery after all the tests and knowing everything, was my decision but my team of doctors approved.. In three days, I had 3 CT scans. What an experience, right? So lucky we had good, competent care.

all the best to you MaineNative.. I love Maine, visited a few times when I lived in CT.. would love to return.. Stay well and don't fall down!

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as you recover

Thank you

... of this little setback.

Be gone clot!

Mountain Grammy and all of DU!

So glad you are on the mend.

I would also be nervous about surgery. Take care of yourself

I will. You too!

Thank you.

We were driving through the city, no sirens, in rush hour traffic.. the attendant in the back started an IV and kept an eye on me and the monitor all the time asking me how I felt, the pain was coming and going. He looked up at the monitor and said to the driver "turn on the sirens.." all the time talking to me and the ER. My heart rate zoomed up to 200! Yikes!

Much love to all you paramedics and ambulane crews out there.. and to you, AllaNO1Bear.Be well!

very helpful .

just hardly ever use it.. I'll start doing that a couple times a day.