Tinplate Art Is Having a Cardiac Event!

This is my favorite thread, so it made sense to post here. There are some GREAT collectors here, and I really love to share your treasures!

Hang in there.  We’re all pullin for ya.

Prayers up, for ya, Pal.  Be well.

Beowulf...another old O Gauge fart from 2001.

Hang in there.

Hi Art,

Positive thoughts for sure! 🙏🙏🙏

Joe Gozzo

Good luck. Keep us all posted. 

Tom

Sending prayers!!!

Get well soon, and stay that way; we'd sure miss you !  

GERRY: WAESHAL! from "Beowulf", my first forum handle in 2001! Waeshal is the Anglo Saxon (Old English) greeting, which means how is your health?

THANKS, ALL! ☺

Hoping it is just heartburn with a little extra troponin due to inflammation.  Best wishes for a complete and rapid recovery whatever the diagnosis.

Get well!

Kick it's butt, Art!

Andre

Sending best wishes for a quick recovery.    

LANDSTEINER: Saw my GI guy before going to the ER, and he guessed cardio involvement. Center line angina with no radiation, no nausea or sweating, mod BP elevation, normal pulse, and no shortness of breath. Elevated T enzyme, also not unusual for ESRD dialysis patients.

Hang in there, keep busy reading the forum, you’ll be home running trains in no time!........Pat

Get well soon you hear.

wæs hæl (I can't find a wynn, so you'll have to settle for the w) indeed, my friend:  prayers for your rapid recovery uplifted!

Get well soon, Art!!!

Prayers for you tuff tinplate guy!  

Get well soon, Art. Fingers crossed for you.

John

Hang in there Art get well soon! 

Tin Plate is tough and endures  - stay well, get better !!

Fingers crossed and best wishes emanating all the way from the southern hemisphere!

Thank you, mate, from down under, and all the rest of the OGR gang!

Best wishes to you, sir.  Few things more dull than a hospital room.  It's nice that you have access to OGR!

Get well and get back to playing with trains! You’re still young at 76 and have many more years left, so hang in there. My dad is 94 and still building wooden airplanes.

Hope you feel better soon!

George

GEORGE: Your dad is my new inspiration man!

Thank goodness for these smart phones! Mine is an old school Samsung Galaxy S-5. 

Art, you are in my prayers...

Best, Dave

Get better.

Please.

Sounds like you are a diabetic, regardless I hope you feel better. 

John: Fortunately, not a diabetic. Just an inherited kidney condition called PKD. THANK YOU for your kind words!

Beterschap! Get well to play trains again!

Regards

Fred

Best wishes to you for a harmonious outcome Art. Been trying to get my old ticker regulated again as outpatient. 

Art,

You have been a participant here for many years and I am sure that will continue--my prayers go to you for a healthy outcome.

Norm

Fred: dank je wel! Dewey: GREAT to hear from another original forum member! Norm: THANK YOU! I am sitting on the edge of my hospital bed with a higher BP, than I or my nurse would like, with some mid-line chest pain, and a headache from that durn nitro drip! My lovely wife is on her way, bless her soul, so I am trying to feel better. These hospitals and their protocols are just like the Army: hurry up and wait! I am so glad some of you fellows are online at 4:30 US Central Time!  I have not slept a wink this night! 

Can't sleep?  I get that, and all to well.  I sleep when I can now; no opportunity is passed up anymore. The time of day or night has little to do with it anymore. More sleep helps me sleep more regularly it seems.

  If you want someone to ramble at while there, or want a ramble to read that just may bore you into sawing logs, my mail is listed. 

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.  Every tinplater is precious.

Art......oh my gosh....just saw this......best wishes and get well soon!

Peter

Hey there Art, best wishes for a speedy recovery

Get well soon, prayers for you, ART.  Then pace yourself with the recovery.

I think I know what may have caused it...

But in all serious, this guy needs as much support as can be given to him. Art, if you ŕe reading this, I might not know you personally, but I would be distraught if anything ever happened to you. I hope that everything goes well for you.

Just saw this. Prayers for you, Art!

Chris

LVHR

Just saw my cardiologist and I am heading to the cath lab for an angiogram. In all liklihood there has been some damage based on the ECG and the elevated T enzyme levels. An angiogram is THE "gold standard" for heart studies. It is very invasive and I have had it done on at least four occasions over a ten year period with no complications.

Well, we can always look on the bright side. At least you aren't dead.

Tinplate Art posted:

Just saw my cardiologist and I am heading to the cath lab for an angiogram. In all liklihood there has been some damage based on the ECG and the elevated T enzyme levels. An angiogram is THE "gold standard" for heart studies. It is very invasive and I have had it done on at least four occasions over a ten year period with no complications.

I have a good feeling about this Art. I know you will pull through. It's just a little tune-up. Sounds like you will be getting another stent. I'll say a prayer and wait to see your posts during your recovery.

George

A HEARTY THANKS to everyone for your kind and supportive words - they are much appreciated by Kay and myself! I will update this thread after my procedure. BP is much better at 142/80 and pain has subsided so I am more confident in looking forward to what George above aptly dubbed a "tune-up"! LOL!

Pulling for you, Art! The best thing is that you ARE getting treatment, and not sitting at home wondering if you have heartburn.

Good work Art, keep it up!

Get well soon Art. In the meantime, here are a few photos to take your mind off things.

UPDATE: Additional stent placement in LAD artery, AKA the "widowmaker"! Also angioplasty of the right coronary artery. They prepped me and gave me what they termed "conscious" sedation, and after that I only remember them wheeling the gurney out. They even moved me from the operating table to the gurney without my awareness! In past angiograms, I could remember the lidocaine needle prick and even the catheter being fed in and the camera being manipulated. Not so today, thankfully! They also used an arterial seal to patch the entry point of the catheter in the right groin to avoid a long pressure holding time; a rather painless and efficient process! I am very grateful for modern medical technology, and the thoughts and well wishes of family, friends and my fellow OGR Forum members! I am feeling much better tonite!

Feel better, soon you'll be running trains, again.

Excellent news! You’re on the mend now. I think a new train is in order for your ordeal. Maybe a nice LGB Mogul with sound?

George

We wish you all the best, Art. You’ll soon be doing laps like a nice shiny piece of tinplate. 

Great news Art!!!! Glad everything went well!!

Neel

Art, best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Been waiting for the good news Art. Take care my friend and we can all talk later.

Prayers your way for a speedy recovery

Art  ,prayers are with you,for a speedy recovery!

rich b

Hope everything works out for you and you are back in the saddle soon Art. There's only a handful of us here who go back to the days when the site was not divided into multiple forums and your posts are still always enjoyable to read. 

THANK YOU, gentlemen for all your thoughts and prayers! They really helped me get through this mini-crisis! I just learned what my EF was with this event. EF stands for ejection fraction, and my number was 60% and that translates to NO muscle damage! There was a possibility of damage, so I am relieved!

sounds like their is someone looking after you. My wife was having trouble several years ago...not pain, she said it was like an ice cream freeze in her chest. Docs ran all the tests, couldn't find anything. Then they did a heart cath. The Surgeon came in the room to talk to me and my mother in law...with a surprised expression on his face. He showed us the x ray...she had a 99.9% blockage in the main heart artery and she was already in pre op. Then the power to the hospital got knocked out and she got to go for a helicopter ride. This started at 8:30am, and surgery at the other hospital was done til after midnight. She ended up with a triple by pass. Here's to a speedy recovery for you.

Art,

Best wishes for a speedy and full recovery. We need more Latin scholars on the Forum...

MELGAR

Hi Art,

I am asking The Big Guy, Our Lord Jesus Christ to watch over you and to help you get well soon.

Art,  Prayers for you! I'm glad things worked out thanks to the big man. My wife just had 2 stents put in in December and she is only 48, but like you has a lot going on medically.

Great news, Art!

Peter

Sounds like the worst is behind you. Wishing a complete and rapid recovery, and sleeping in your own bed ASAP.

Art, Just saw the post and read up to current entries. So glad you had everything checked out and seems you are set for the mending and healing part. Wishing you the best and a short recovery. Call if you feel up to it. Looking forward to positive reports.

More prayers on their way, my friend!

Art, you will be placed on our church prayer list in the morning, but will be heavily Prayed for by Sue and I  this evening.  Reach out if you need a helping hand, I am 45 minutes away....Your Tennessee friend....May God Bless You...Remember, we hVe a train show to attend in March......Keep us posted....So sorry to hear you in this situation....

THANK YOU Larry and Sue! I have to accept some responsibility for this event! I was too concerned about bleeding after my dialysis treatments by taking both the low dose 81mg aspirin and Plavix daily. I will now take BOTH! Also, I doubled my statin dosage to take care of any cholesterol. I will also make a greater effort to eat more sensibly!

Tinplate Art posted:

 I will also make a greater effort to eat more sensibly!

Easier said, than done.  I have the same problem.

RICHARD: True, but I have modified my diet sometime ago, and one of the advantages of being a dialysis patient is that I have ready access to a certified nutritionist. I eat egg whites and oatmeal for breakfast every day. English muffins are also good bread for heart and renal patients. I have to limit fats and certain acid foods due to my tendency to develop reflux and/or heartburn. Dairy products and deep fried foods are a no-no for me, so I am already following a fairly strict diet. I believe not taking the low dose aspirin contributed to my current crisis, more than any dietary lapses! Also, long term dialysis patients have a tendency to develop calcium deposits in our arteries, and these can cause circulatory issues. I will do what I need to do to stay alive!

Art, I learned that me brother-in-law was undergoing much the same procedure at almost the same time.

I have two recoveries to be grateful for!

OMG! I am glad he recovered as well. I will not second guess any chest pain again!

Art--I am sure you will survive this like you have survived all that dialysis you described.  I have always enjoyed your posts during all the many years we have both been on this forum.  May God bless you and heal you.  ODD-D

Tinplate Art posted:

OMG! I am glad he recovered as well. I will not second guess any chest pain again!

You are right about that.I had a very sharp pain I thought I was having a heart attack.It turned out to be acid reflux .But still do not take any sharp pain lightly.Our well wishs and prayers have been answered.

Had stress/echo test and the tech asked if I was an athlete. I almost died right there, laughing.  Glad you are doing better, Art.  "Cardiac Event!" sounds so festive.  Sometimes they even have balloons.  

TinPlate Art, you must admit, our friends in the hobby mean a Lot to us. I know our health is vital to our activity in this hobby, and when our friends have heart issues, prostatic Issues, Whatever Issues health wise,  it’s always great to ask for Prayers from Our Model train friends.  I am glad your doing so much better. Great post, great responses.  Happy Railroading.