is feeling Bad
Appleby is relieved to be finished with her angiogram.
I'm a great-aunt and a fan of sports car racing and I enjoy writing, skating and "Lost." I believe that One Man with Courage makes a Majority.
Sports car racing, classic science fiction, Ronald McDonald House, urban ministry, trading hockey cards
Appleby wrote a journal entry: Update on Daddy 6:25pm
September 23, 2008 -- I spent four days with my family -- sort of -- this weekend. Daddy is in Francis…
Appleby changed their mood to Bad 6:24pm
Appleby turned 60 12:00am
September 23, 2008 6:25pm
September 23, 2008 -- I spent four days with my family -- sort of -- this weekend. Daddy is in Francis House, a lovely and kindly hospice for …
September 7, 2008 3:14pm
September 7, 2008 -- I have had my angiogram and frankly I cannot recommend them as a way to spend a perfectly good Friday. My brother Tom came …
August 31, 2008 9:20am
August 31, 2008 -- I am having an angiogram on Friday. Because Eastern Canada is a militantly unfriendly place, I have imported a long-time …
August 21, 2008 11:31am
August 21, 2008 -- Daddy has been in the Hospice (Francis House, run by the Franciscan Sisters) for two weeks or so, and as often happens, he has …
July 23, 2008 6:46pm
July 23, 2008 -- I spent the weekend with my parents and Daddy has failed a lot since I was there last. He is under hospice care which appears to be …
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Hugs Be Blessed
I read your story, that's absolutely awful. My father only had 1 attack, and has been fine since. Recently went to the cardiologist, and received a clean bill of health. His BP is slightly elevated, but not alarmingly. He had a cardiac-cathaterization before surgery on his leg (amputation)and he's clear, so that's a great amount of comfort. His father died from a heart attack back in 1981 (3 years before I was born) because they didn't even have angioplasty. There's nothing more scary than having a loved one's life in the balance. I feel for you so much. It's terrible.
just wanted to see how your dad's doing and give you a hug
just wanted to send you a hug hope your doing ok
Mama has been diagnosed with a brain aneurysm -- small and inactive at present, but they're keeping an eye on it. Every woman in her family has died of a massive stroke, and we're now convinced that these aneurysms are the cause. A young woman in Daddy's bank dropped dead one afternoon walking across the floor of the bank, as an aneurysm burst that they didn't know about. Mom is terrified now.
Daddy has been having heart attacks for 20 years; he's on his third pacemaker (installed July 2006). Heart damage was apparently caused by high blood pressure. Mama says he's been in the hospital 30 times with heart trouble; he's fed up with the hospital and says he'd rather die in the yard. Medication is changed frequently and seems to clash with everything else he takes, sooner or later. Food restrictions drive him crazy and he cheats, which drives Mama crazy.
I was born with elongated eyeballs which stretches the retina abnormally. Have been told since I was a child that one day I would go blind very suddenly when the retinas let go. Three years ago when I looked through the view finder of my camera I could not see anything; thought it was the camera until I tried the other eye. Doctor confirmed the retina in my right eye has disintegrated from right centre to its edge. I can no longer drive.
My cousin Eric has been diagnosed with Lymphoma and none of us know much about it. Family members have died of the brain kind but this isn't that kind; it is in his chest.
