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02-18-2015, 10:38 AM | #61 |
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I can completely relate, my friend. Three years ago, I began having unusual symptoms whenever I would exert myself, and I'm not talking rock-climbing or heavy labor, I'm talking carrying laundry upstairs or walking ten steps. I would have shortness of breath, a racing heart, chest pain, dizziness, and a peculiar burning sensation deep in my chest that I used to only associate with some physically challenging activity, like playing an intense game of basketball or grueling yard-work on a hot summer day. It was quite alarming. After several inconclusive visits to the E.R., several scans, E.K.G.s, and even a stress-test, which I passed, by the way, and several physicians had ruled out any heart trouble, a trip to a prominent cardiologist revealed, after agreeing to a heart catheterization, a ninety-five-percent-blocked circumflex artery that supplies blood to the heart itself. Now thank goodness there was no damage, but I was well on my way to having a heart-attack, although the cardiologist did say had I actually had a cardiac event, the damage would most likely had been minimal, and I probably would have been okay, but I almost had a heart attack at only thirty-eight years-old. That's too young, and it's definitely something that grabs your attention and makes you take stock of some things. They implanted a stent in the affected artery, and now I'm fine. There was no evidence of any other blockages or any damaged heart tissue, so I was very, very fortunate. I'm on a daily regiment of several cardiac medications...my pill organizer and its contents would rival that of any senior citizen (lol), but in all seriousness, I was so lucky and so very blessed. It could have been so much worse.
So MelodicMizery, my advice to you would be to go see a cardiologist. I don't want to alarm you, but I had several physicians tell me that there was no evidence that I had any heart problems, and I even passed a stress test, only to discover that not only was there a problem, but I had a major blockage previously unbeknownst to me. If you have the opportunity and/or have insurance, get it checked-out. Better safe than sorry my friend... My other piece of advice would probably echo a lot of other comments in that I would recommend that if you are truly worried about what would happen to your collection upon your demise, get it organized and categorized. I've seen a few websites that can archive your stuff, and it could even be submitted for insurance purposes, which could also be used in applying any real monetary value if loved ones ever have the ardurous task of selling it. But then again it all goes back to how formal you would want to be about it; is it so important to you that you feel the need to write-up something in a will that would dictate what would happen to your stuff in the event that, God forbid, something terminal would happen? Or...as some others have alluded to, do you feel as if you would just trust family to do what you would want done with it if you weren't here to take care of it? Personally I have considered getting an insurance policy on my collections. At this point I don't have tons of stuff, but I have enough that it would be a financial hit if anything happened to it... Having said all of this, I rarely let myself think about what would happen to all of my toys and collectibles if anything were to happen to me. At times I tend to slip into depression, and it gets pretty morbid at times, as anyone who struggles with it can attest to, but for some strange reason, I never frett over what happens to my belongings when I'm gone. I suppose it's easier when you have a spouse that's financially-minded, like mine is, and you just trust that they could take care of that sort of thing. I also have a little girl, so I'm sure she would be considered if ever such a scenario would come-up, God forbid. In addition I have two brothers; I don't know if they'd be interested in any of my stuff...my older brother's the Star Wars fanatic, so he'd probably get some of that stuff, whatever my wife didn't sell-off or save for my daughter, and my younger brother, the Transformers/MOTU fan would probably get some of that stuff...I really don't know. I'm really just assuming here. Whenever I bring it up to my wife, she gets uncomfortable and always wants to move-on, like she just doesn't want to go there or talk about it, so I always drop it. Like others have said, I won't care when I'm gone, I just want family members to get some of it if they want it. My brothers love to come over and look at my stuff, and my little girl loves it as well. My wife and I are very close, and she always knows how I feel about things and what I'd want, so I guess I'd just trust her to do the right thing...if she needs the money when I'm gone, then she's smart enough with finances to do it right, and I know she'd offer some of it to my brothers, nieces, and nephews, if they'd even be interested. I really don't think about it much, to be honest. I'm just gonna enjoy it for however long I can, and just let my family fight over it when I'm gone. (lol) I don't mean to be outright flippant...like I said, if it's truly a burden on your heart, organize it and store it officially and properly so that it can be processed after you're gone. As for your health issues, I truly hope you get a second and third opinion, or even a fourth, 'cause I'm telling ya...I was told nothing was wrong, and there was. I hope and pray it's something extremely minor that you can have taken care of very easily my friend. God bless!! so if those tests come out ok, do you think i should see a cardio doctor? im not sure if thats what they are called. and also maybe some sort of muscle/skeletal doctor? (not sure what they are called either). and do you know if there is any sort of test/xray etc that can show if you have a pulled muscle? it seems like my pain meds raise this panick feeling (i take only 35m of oxycodone a day), and xanax balances it out. i know this is a toy forum and not a drug forum, but hearing from a few older toy vets has so far helped me out more then any other forum has. so far all the tests keep telling me theres nothing to worry about and that im healthy, but i sure dont feel healthy lol. trying to determine if they missed something, or if this is a muscle related problem sure is scary stuff. sorry this is so long, i just wanted to keep everyone updated that yesterdays heart echo and stress test went good. have a good week everyone and again thanks for the replies |
02-19-2015, 01:35 PM | #62 |
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Yes, definitely my friend. If you have good insurance, and it's not gonna be a huge financial burden, I'd recommend you go see a cardiologist right away, because I went through all of the same testing you're describing, and I passed with flying colors. You might have to get a referral from your regular physician, but do it. It's well-worth it for your peace of mind, and you could finally rule-out any heart trouble if the cardiologist could check you out thoroughly and everything comes back negative. I hope you get some resolution and some relief my friend.
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04-11-2015, 03:26 AM | #63 |
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Just wanted to leave a quick update since my last post i think 2 months ago
after 5 months of complete mizery im glad to say ive improved finally. Im still not 100% but i got my upper chest pain to finally go away. Now i just have a lower chest pain that comes and goes through the day. ive been slowly working on trying to leave a little everyday to stretch, exercise(by exercise i mean just walking around a store or up the block) and ive even done some light house work again. Today i tried using a screwdriver and felt deep in my chest a pull so i stopped immediately so its gonna take some more time but i think im not going to die thank god ive been to 3 emergency rooms, muscle dr, a lung dr, had echo test on heart, gall bladder, seen my reg doctor about 5 times, tons of bloodwork a few times, 3 or 4 ct scans for blood clots, and a buncha other painfull stuff all i know is basically i havent really talked to one dr yet who knew what the heck they were talking about and that to heal myself i had to monitor myself, take notes, write blogs, see what worked and didnt work. i concluded that i think i may have had a bad muscle strain in my chest, not knowing it i kept making it worse and worse, and then i slept in a bad bed on the hurt side with arm extended therefore pulling it more everyday for a month straight. on top of that i was having bad posture using this laptop on a table tray instead of a pc on a computer desk pulling forwards straining that muscle (i still cant use computer very long). also found out the right side of my couch curves down from a spring, and that added to the bottom pain that i developed. i switched to the left side laying on back on a slight angle on top of 2 blankets and ive been healing good. also bought 5htp and omega vitamins for anxiety and i take a xanax to help my chest pains breath when i leave. the pain i think was causing panic and tightening. so im still far from 100%, im still having pain everyday but it is now every about 3 or 4 hours instead of every 2 seconds and im somewhat back to getting close to a normal life again. ive learned tons from this experience, even reading all your posts. i still have not got to the pm's yet. ill save those for when i feel a bit better. thanks everyone for listening and caring. The actual best part about being on bed rest so long is at 5am they play the old gi joe re runs followed up by transformers lol |
04-11-2015, 05:42 PM | #64 |
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I executed order 66 with my death/toy plan.
Im slowly thinning down my entire collection into an army of cobra vipers and an army of crimson guards. I told my wife the blue ones are 25$ and the red ones are 15$. Easy-peezy-lemon-squeezy.
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08-01-2015, 01:53 AM | #65 |
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i cant believe its been 4 months since i last posted on this already. well good and bad news. good news is i went to a heart dr and got more echo tests and all sorts of drs none of them could find anything wrong. i have been on pain medication for my knees and back for the past 10 years so i decided to slowly taper off them. well for the most part its taken my sharp pain away. im down to 10m a day but still having chest pains but not as bad as before so my pain meds definately were either the problem, or they were just contributing to a unfound issue and intensifying it. anyways im still on the couch unfortunately. still never moved into my house yet and still dont have the toy room up. im actually doing worse now in a sense that ive detoxed and have the withdrawals. so im slightly still having the sharp chest breathing pains as before, plus now migraines, high pulse rate to almost blacking out, unable to sleep, rib pain, leg pain, every miserable thing possible lol. its really been unfortunate that i had this big dream my whole life of having this perfect showroom of collectibles just to sit and stare at and have a moment for myself on my days alone and i havent got to it yet. these past 8 months ive been on the edge of wondering do i give up and sell everything just in case i dont make it, or do i hold onto it so if i do make it through this i wont be depressed i lost everything. the dr's keep giving me the ok that im ok, but they usually are wrong on alot of things and that scares me. for example my grandpa died from a dye test, the emergency room wanted to give me one and when i said wait can you give me 10 minutes to think about this because my family has allergic reactions to certain dyes they got mad at me and threw the iv and a pan down and said FINE and walked out the room. its been a scary rough journey by alot of medical people that dont care much about my life at all.
anyways thats my update for anyone wondering. im pretty much at 1 pill a day now. im hoping within another month ill be down to half a pill, and then another month 0 pills and this dreaded sharp pain will be gone and ill just have to deal with anxiety pains until my body re-balances itself. im not even sure if this will work or if that is what was wrong with me but im all out of solutions and questions at this point after seeing every type of specialist i can think of and having multiple tests done. i really miss the days of just randomly pulling out the old toys and labeling them with tags of what weapons they were missing and dating them, or snapping pics of them and posting them to friends on various days, and all that other little stuff that brings the nerdy kid out in me |
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