Sucks gettin old - Page 12

Hank70SS · #**111** 05-27-2019, 04:27 PM

Well I hope the treatments are working for you Ken. We went to Autorama, it is a lot of walking. You know Ric's friend Mike with the Henry J's, he had a car there, downstairs. Didn't see him but his girlfriend was there at his car. Did you see the red, blacked out K5 Blazer upstairs? Belonged to the guy 2 doors down from me. He restores them for a living, his business is Motor City K5. Broncos are nice but I've always liked the K5 Blazer. Maybe I could swap the Chevelle for one.

Ken Hayes · #**112** 07-12-2020, 10:12 AM

**UPDATE**

Well alot has been going on with me since last been on.......and not all good. The Cancer is gone....thats a good thing. But in March I went into the Hospital cuz I thought I had symptoms of Covid 19. They did the swab and said nope you dont have it....cool. But they admitted me and started treating my A-Fib which is not what I went for. They were trying to get my numbers down with different meds.......kept telling them this wont work. One morning the nurse came in with 22 pills.......I went WTF is all this for? Long story short, I didnt take them and got discharged.

2 days later I started running a temp of 103° and went back in. I got tested and it came out positive for Covid 19 but on the "mild" side...never heard of that before.(GUESS I CAUGHT THE VIRUS AT THE HOSPITAL) Anyways I got admitted and they did absolutely nothing for the virus and concentrated on my A-Fib again. One of the Cardiologists said maybe we could do a Cardioversion (where they zap the heart) to get you back in sinus rhythm on a out-patient. They scheduled a date for it and it kept getting cancelled by the Hospital....about 4 different dates.

Finally on June 10th I got zapped. That was a Wednesday, for the next 4 days I felt like a new person then on Sunday it came back. They told me from the get go that that could happen. I had a follow-up with my Cardiologist on Tuesday and he referred me to a Heart Specialist to see what his recommendations are. I could "zap" you again...but no guarantee, we could use meds.....but by the look on your face....dont think so, maybe a pacemaker.....but your in too good of shape for that, so I'm thinking of doing a Cardio-Ablation where I go through the groin to your heart and burn (laser) one side of the heart and then burn in 3 spots on the other side. So I guess thats whats gonna happen soon. I have a appointment with him on Friday to see how the results are from some tests I had done.

I'll keep all informed on whats goin on.

SORRY FOR THE LONG POST.

Hank70SS · #**113** 07-13-2020, 08:51 AM

Well, sounds like you've had a rough go it. Glad you survived the virus. Hope the cardio blasting works for you too. Hope you're feeling better soon.

Ken Hayes · #**114** 07-18-2020, 11:07 AM

Well its all set......all my tests came back.....bloodwork is good.....lungs not so good...seems like 1/3 capacity is for crap. Ablation will take place Aug 11th....I hope everything works out for me to get back to a kind of normal life.

Hank70SS · #**115** 07-20-2020, 05:56 PM

Best of luck Ken!

shadowgray396 · #**116** 07-21-2020, 12:04 AM

Ken sorry to hear about all this. Been gone awhile. A lot has been happening with you.

Ken Hayes · #**117** 09-16-2020, 12:11 PM

Well, I went through the Ablation pretty good but the no A-Fib only lasted 1 day. So back to the drawing board.

I went back in Aug 27th and on Aug 28th they did a 2nd Cardioversion on me. So far, today is Sep 16th (my birthday) and I'm doin pretty damn good. The A-Fib kinda comes and goes but mostly I'm out of A-Fib. Doc said I have to give my body some time to heal its self. So I'm kinda doin nothin for the time being....not even cutting my grass....have my neighbor do it.

I'll keep you all posted on how I'm doing.

chevymaher · #**118** 09-16-2020, 06:39 PM

Well Happy Birthday! ya big lug.

Hank70SS · #**119** 09-17-2020, 04:52 PM

Glad to hear you're on the upswing Ken. Happy birthday.

Hank70SS · #**120** 12-10-2020, 03:53 PM

So my latest adventure was shoulder surgery a week ago. Rotator cuff was 80% gone so he stitched that back together. Arthritis in the joint, cleaned that up. Bone spurs, shaved them off. Guess the bone spurs act like a little saw, cutting through the rotator cuff every time you move your arm, so they had to go. That's part of the reason I haven't been around much. Running around getting tests done, Dr's appointments, MRIs. That and I've been miserable the last few months. Shoulder pain, not being able to sleep and so on.

Well the surgery is done, now just have to wait for things to heal up. I've had multiple kidney stones over the years. Fractured my pelvis in 3 places a few years back. Both of those are near the top of the scale for pain so I didn't figure this would be that bad. Guess what, it's bad. I can't believe how painful it is. Guess that's from shaving and scraping the bones.

Well I start therapy next week. That shouldn't amount to much, arm and shoulder movement are pretty limited for awhile. Hopefully the pain starts to subside soon and I can get back to a normal life.

Hope you all are doing well. I'll try to check in a little more often going forward, take care.