Last week, on my way to the Emergency Room due to a crazy EKG and chest pain,

[hisownpetard]

I thought about my kids, first of all, and then about people I love and goals not yet achieved.
Then, under "Other Reasons to Live," I thought about the next election and how much I want to be around
to see the Democrats reclaim the country.
And the picture that came to mind was that of Barack Obama taking the Oath of Office, with the whole world
watching in awe.

I hope that day will come, and I hope I'm here to see it!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear hisownpetard...

I hope you are too, sweetie...

Were the doctors able to come up with a diagnosis?

I hope you're OK...

:hug:

[hisownpetard]

3. My dear CalPeg - Six EKGs later, and still no definitive diagnosis. Just a bunch of

crazy-looking graphs to wallpaper my office with and a lot of scary chest pains to keep me awake at night.

No pain at all for the last 2 days, though - so that's encouraging! I go to the cardiologist tomorrow a.m. and, hopefully, will learn more.

Thanks for the good wishes.

[goclark]

6. My mother had severe chest pains

and was in the hospital for five days.

They finally told her after at least five tests that it was from the decaffinated coffee that she drank that evening of the pains.

Praying for you, it is so hard waiting for the tests.

[hisownpetard]

8. Is your Mom all right now (I hope)?

[goclark]

14. Yes! She is almost 89

and I was worried about her.

They were going to do an angioplasty and all kinds of other things.

When all the tests came back negative, they sent her to a Gastrologist.

That doctor did more tests and said for her to stay away from anything with caffeine and to rub her chest gently if it happened again.

Of course, I watch her closely because she is not able to determine the degree of pain that she experiences. She has memory problems most of the time.

She is as cute as a button.

[hisownpetard]

15. And you're both lucky to have each other!

[goclark]

25. She is my inspiration

and I am blessed to have her with me,
:hug:

[goclark]

2. Feel better

Hope November will be a brighter day for all of us. :hug:

[hisownpetard]

4. I hope the Republican party is sent back to the stone age. Oh, wait...

they've never gotten out of it.

So I'll just hope that they're defeated in every township, city, county and state - driven back into the spider hole they crawled out of.

[goclark]

5. You are so right!

The thought of McCain fills me with terror. :scared:

[hisownpetard]

22. McCain has sold his soul, sad to say.

[Quantess]

7. Get well soon!

:hug:

[hisownpetard]

9. Thanks. Appreciate it.

:hi:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. Take care of yourself!

I hope the cardiologist can figure out what is wrong and put you on a road to recovery.

[hisownpetard]

12. Thank you. The main reason I posted this was to say how, at such an unexpected point

in my life, the thought of a country on the way toward being healed seemed to help me
feel peace. Visualizing it just happened, and it felt great!

[Celebration]

11. I hope so too--

Try this little energetic tip--

With the palm of your hand, about a couple of inches above your heart, slowly first *remove* the energy from your heart, by having the palm go counterclockwise (think of a clock facing outward from your chest, or a "screwing" motion, for about one minute. THEN, for about TWO MINUTES, place energy into your heart area, by moving the palm of your hand in a clockwise motion (like screwing energy back into the heart). Imagine all the colors of the rainbow, but particularly green, on this last part.

Repeat three times per day!

Just feels good. Hope you feel better.

[hisownpetard]

13. Thanks!

:headbang:

[grasswire]

16. what do you mean "crazy" ekg?

Abnormal? Or just odd-looking to you?

If nothing turns up, ask about costochondritis. It's an inflammation in the chest that can mimic cardiac trouble. A family member of mine was in the ER twice with heart attack symptoms and they finally diagnosed costochondritis.

[hisownpetard]

19. Extremely abnormal. My doctor said he'd never seen one like it in 27 years -

each line was retraced upon itself. Hard to describe, but pretty disturbing looking.

Weird, but I'm feeling much better and am not as worried about it as when it first happened.

It's SPRING!

[papau]

20. Hope the hospital food was OK - Heart history folks can't excape the ER w/o overnight stay

[hisownpetard]

21. I was there for 12 hrs. and didn't have even a sip of water. Just wanted to get out of there.

I hate hospitals.

[backscatter712]

17. Hope you get better soon - my mom just went through a bit of this.

She ended up getting an angiogram, where they found a couple near-blockages in her coronary arteries, and they ended up putting in a stent.

Thankfully, that seems to have fixed the problem, and the problem was caught before it became something like a full blown heart attack - she's feeling much better now.

[hisownpetard]

18. Glad she's better!

[lizziegrace]

23. I'm so very glad you're okay...

and I am making plans to be back east when he's sworn in. We'll celebrate together? Deal?

:hug:

[hisownpetard]

24. That sounds great. And, believe me, I will feel like celebrating!!!! I might even have

a second or third gin & tonic, if you don't mind dragging my body home from the bar...

[lizziegrace]

28. Of course I'll drag

your butt home...

:)

I can't wait. :bounce:

[SammyWinstonJack]

26. Holy crap! I don't think I would give a crap who was elected. Call me selfish I guess.

:eyes: Lets see, my sons, my husband and my dogs and the rest of my family next. Who was elected President wouldn't have crossed my mind. :shrug: Is this a Barack for President endorsement? :eyes: For the record "hisownpetard" I like you, but this is really reaching.

[hisownpetard]

27. Sorry you feel that way. It's what happened.

[malaise]

29. Take care of yourself and hug your kids

We need you. DU will be having a big party on Wednesday November 5th 2008. :grouphug:

[hisownpetard]

30. It's so nice to be needed.

:toast: :grouphug: :headbang: :hi: