Comments | altivo: Gah!

altivo

Gah!

Jan 09, 2008 23:55

So Gary's little brother had bypass surgery on Monday and seems to be recovering as nicely as they can expect. They plan to send him home by the weekend now. That's good ( Read more... )

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innerwolf January 10 2008, 07:36:52 UTC

Stress can bring on all sorts of things....hang in there.

altivo January 10 2008, 16:00:40 UTC

Yeah, I know. I've been watching it in the in-laws for years now. Fortunately I don't wind up so easily or so tightly. Everything appears to be cooling down now, thanks.

avon_deer January 10 2008, 08:50:13 UTC

That sounded like a stressful evening for all concerned. I hope things work out. Isn't Nitroglycerin an explosive though?

altivo January 10 2008, 16:03:13 UTC

Yup. Nitroglycerin(e) is a powerful explosive and the basis of dynamite. It is also a powerful heart stimulant. (Rather akin to starting a car in cold weather by squirting ether into the carburetor, I guess. Kaboom.) Anyway, things are back under control now, looks like.

avon_deer January 10 2008, 16:06:44 UTC

Dangerous stuff to take then. I am glad he is pulling through.

altivo January 10 2008, 16:11:59 UTC

Yes, the conclusion now is that he was not having heart problems at all. It was stress and anxiety, complicated by exhaustion and perhaps an incipient ulcer from too much coffee. It sounds like they are going to put him on a stomach medication and tell him to cut the coffee (which I've been saying for years.)

schnee January 10 2008, 10:02:12 UTC

Gah indeed! x.x Good to hear it was not actually a heart attack, at least; I hope he'll recover again soon.

altivo January 10 2008, 16:04:19 UTC

Talked to him on the phone this morning, he says he's fine and sounds quite well. I'm expecting a call to come get him any minute now.

schnee January 10 2008, 16:22:03 UTC

Mmmm, that's good.

goodness me - vimsig January 10 2008, 10:07:58 UTC

2008 is not doing you lot any favours at the moment. Stay warm, stay safe, stay healthy

Re: goodness me - altivo January 10 2008, 16:05:31 UTC

Yeah, my hope that 2008 would be an improvement isn't going very well just yet. However, all seems to be recovering at the moment. I expect a call any minute now to go pick him up and bring him home.

farhoug January 10 2008, 10:30:43 UTC

Hopefully it's just stress, one sure gets a bit jumpy after an operation like that. *fingers crossed*

altivo January 10 2008, 16:06:48 UTC

Yeah, and his whole family are abnormally jumpy to begin with. The diagnosis this morning is stress plus incipient ulcer from too much coffee. I'm going to have to clamp down harder on his coffee consumption, now that the doctor has backed me up on it. ;p

farhoug January 10 2008, 21:58:05 UTC

*nods* Coffee is a bit sneaky, if there's even a bit of stress on top of that it can make one feel pretty awful. I've had to remind myself a couple of times that I've been inadvertently overdosing myself, and that that's the most probable cause for any odd feelings. And I'm glad to hear it's nothing more serious. ^^

Just don't go hiding his morning coffee... ;-)

altivo January 11 2008, 01:49:46 UTC

A cup in the morning is OK. We make nine cups in the morning, of which I drink one and go off to work. On a typical day, by lunch time he has made a second pot, which he finishes about the time I get home.

He will also have coffee if he goes out anywhere to eat, or passes a coffee shop, or whatever. Giving him decaffeinated doesn't help, he just drinks more.

And he wonders why he doesn't sleep well.

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