Greg Marsh is in the hospital

Margie and Jerry to the rescue

I could not remember my pw and i have no access to email so i couldn't reset it..

I was starting to have trouble breathing in November. Dec 3rd, I was using oxygen full-time, and that evening, it was not enough so I took an Uber to the ER.

Was in full afib and had a clot in my lung. Several days of IV blood thinners for the clot, and working on heart failure. Monday finally had a plan, but it keeps changing. Had a heart catheter yesterday (exploratory, no standard heart problems). Had a CT scan of my heart today looking for clots, none found. That all should mean cleared for a cardioconvert on Thursday. Shock it back into rhythm but from the inside. Assuming that happens/works i should go home Friday.

Thanks for all the thoughts, I have been reading, just could not respond. As always, feel free to call.
 
marshg246 said:
Margie and Jerry to the rescue

I could not remember my pw and i have no access to email so i couldn't reset it..

I was starting to have trouble breathing in November. Dec 3rd, I was using oxygen full-time, and that evening, it was not enough so I took an Uber to the ER.

Was in full afib and had a clot in my lung. Several days of IV blood thinners for the clot, and working on heart failure. Monday finally had a plan, but it keeps changing. Had a heart catheter yesterday (exploratory, no standard heart problems). Had a CT scan of my heart today looking for clots, none found. That all should mean cleared for a cardioconvert on Thursday. Shock it back into rhythm but from the inside. Assuming that happens/works i should go home Friday.

Thanks for all the thoughts, I have been reading, just could not respond. As always, feel free to call.
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Great to see you're still kicking Greg!
Nil Desperandum Illegitimi Non Carborundum (Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down!)
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I just got home. It's the first time I went to the hospital with one problem and came home with four!

1) The shortness of breath was and is Afib.
2) They treated the lung clot for a few days but did nothing to see if it is gone.
3) After the failed procedure, they though I had a stroke. No stroke but they found a brain tumor and wanted to do an MRI. I said no to the MRI, so they refuses to go further. (There is a 8mm extra-axial lesion ... likely meningioms)
40 Lying in bed/sitting for 11 days made my legs weak. I can get around - just. At least this is something I can fix!
 
marshg246 said:
I just got home. It's the first time I went to the hospital with one problem and came home with four!

1) The shortness of breath was and is Afib.
2) They treated the lung clot for a few days but did nothing to see if it is gone.
3) After the failed procedure, they though I had a stroke. No stroke but they found a brain tumor and wanted to do an MRI. I said no to the MRI, so they refuses to go further. (There is a 8mm extra-axial lesion ... likely meningioms)
40 Lying in bed/sitting for 11 days made my legs weak. I can get around - just. At least this is something I can fix!
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Glad to hear you are back home
It's amazing how quickly we can loose muscle strength especially as we age
11 days dosent sound long but it is !
Take it slow and steady with your exercise don't overdo it
It sounds like you know what you are doing in that respect
Best regards
 
I hope you don't suffer further with all this. I had a blood clot in my lung 25 years ago and ended up in the hospital under 24 hour observation. Everybody was scared out of their wits, including the docs. I spent a week on a heprin drip to clear the main clot in my leg that got into my lung. I lived through that and not have afib and have been shocked but it did no good. I just live with the afib but they tell me I'm a candidate for stroke. I've had several MRIs and it's no big deal so maybe that would be good unless you don't want to know the answer, which is also legit. Best of luck to you Greg.
 
Thomasa said:
I hope you don't suffer further with all this. I had a blood clot in my lung 25 years ago and ended up in the hospital under 24 hour observation. Everybody was scared out of their wits, including the docs. I spent a week on a heprin drip to clear the main clot in my leg that got into my lung. I lived through that and not have afib and have been shocked but it did no good. I just live with the afib but they tell me I'm a candidate for stroke. I've had several MRIs and it's no big deal so maybe that would be good unless you don't want to know the answer, which is also legit. Best of luck to you Greg.
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When you're my size and have two painful shoulders, MRI is a big deal. The last one I had was 45 minutes of terror and pain followed by a misreading and all follow-on doctors going by the idiot's misreading.
 
Update. Finally got my shoulders checked with ultrasound. The left has two minor tears - I can handle those on my own. The right will require surgery as parts of my rotator cuff are completely torn away. The bad part of that is that it is unlikely that an anesthesiologist will agree to put me out for the surgery due to my ongoing heart problem. I see the surgeon Monday so we will see.

The good news is that for the first time since Dec 2nd, I worked in the shop on motorcycles and had no problem doing it for three hours. So, my heart is WAY better than it was :)
 
marshg246 said:
Update. Finally got my shoulders checked with ultrasound. The left has two minor tears - I can handle those on my own. The right will require surgery as parts of my rotator cuff are completely torn away. The bad part of that is that it is unlikely that an anesthesiologist will agree to put me out for the surgery due to my ongoing heart problem. I see the surgeon Monday so we will see.

The good news is that for the first time since Dec 2nd, I worked in the shop on motorcycles and had no problem doing it for three hours. So, my heart is WAY better than it was :)
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Glad to hear of good progress Greg.

Good luck with the shoulder. Shoulders are weird things aren’t they? I don’t remember old blokes having shoulder issues when I was a kid but these days it seems we all have ‘em! What’s that all about?!

And FFS… take it easy dude…
 
Watch yourself, dude. I would assume you have your affairs in order, you really need to back off the throttle a tick or two.
 
marshg246 said:
Update. Finally got my shoulders checked with ultrasound. The left has two minor tears - I can handle those on my own. The right will require surgery as parts of my rotator cuff are completely torn away. The bad part of that is that it is unlikely that an anesthesiologist will agree to put me out for the surgery due to my ongoing heart problem. I see the surgeon Monday so we will see.

The good news is that for the first time since Dec 2nd, I worked in the shop on motorcycles and had no problem doing it for three hours. So, my heart is WAY better than it was :)
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Good news on your progress Greg!
I blew up a shoulder a little over a year ago. Torn rotator cuff, 4 out of 5 with 5 being the worst.
Docs said surgery.
But, one of them, an orthopedic surgeon, a good friend and longtime fishing companion told me to go for Physical/Occupational therapy first.
I began therapy, once a week, in Nov. of 23' and by June of 24'. I had my shoulder back working. I stuck with the required exercise/work and today I am about 90% recovered.
 
Lineslinger said:
Good news on your progress Greg!
I blew up a shoulder a little over a year ago. Torn rotator cuff, 4 out of 5 with 5 being the worst.
Docs said surgery.
But, one of them, an orthopedic surgeon, a good friend and longtime fishing companion told me to go for Physical/Occupational therapy first.
I began therapy, once a week, in Nov. of 23' and by June of 24'. I had my shoulder back working. I stuck with the required exercise/work and today I am about 90% recovered.
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I wouldn't even consider surgery if it was recoverable without. I've recovered the right shoulder twice before via PT and have been doing the exercises for five months since this happened. When the problem happened this time, it took almost a month of working on it before I could get the seatbelt on in my car - still hurts bad to do it now. Of the three major sections of the rotator cuff, one is OK (front), one is 100% torn off the bone (middle), and one is 90% torn off (back). There is no amount of PT that can fix the 100% torn part and that part is causing my arm to be out of line and clunking when I move it.

In 2018 I tore my bicep tendon 90% through and had a small cuff tear where it connected in my right shoulder. Took about five years of work but I finally fully recovered that on my own with the PT exercises they gave me even though surgery was recommended at the time. I didn't like the mechanics of the surgery they wanted to perform.
 
Great that you’re making progress Greg, more importantly you have a plan and the drive to see it through. Wishing you all the best for the bet recovery possible.
Totally empathize with your situation as inactivity at our ages is really difficult to come back from and I’ve found, difficult to come to terms with. last year, after an extended period, including a hospital stay, two surgeries and being immobilized at home for more than five months after only a minor wreck on the bike led to other issues with my left leg. To rub salt in the wound! my left rotator cuff issue raised it’s ugly head too, only just helped a little by getting a steroid jab.

I used to feel pretty fit, strong and active for my age nine months ago (approaching seventy now), but things can go downhill quickly if the wrong circumstances come our way.
Having no professional therapy as you have yet but slowly getting back into regular gym workouts with some instruction as before, so we’ll see how it goes.

FWIW, as to how we seem to be more susceptible to shoulder issues nowadays, is it possibly due to us in modern times, feeling able and motivated to engage in long periods of heavy work and exercise that over stresses our old bodies whereas years ago, we may have settled for a more sedentary lifestyle?


Again, best wishes coming to you being able to continue with the valuable support you give to us.

Steve
 
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