I ended my blog on a great note, a short while ago. Looking forward, I felt that the great amount of followers enjoying my story had reached a point of saturation. Finishing with a happy, open ended, vision of what the future would look like in my life. A world of hope, peace, and a life, free of the drama created by so many insane health issues plagueing my body. We knew that the super strong cancer drug that I was taking for my CML was working and assumed a very long remission would be in the cards. A happy ending spoken too soon.
Between March through early May, I was feeling tired and dizzy, with pain in my chest and arm during work and any extra exertion. I passed it off as some type of adverse reaction ro my chemo drug and my type 2 diabetes. The intensity of the pain and dizziness expanded while I was working at our seashore house. Having to stop and rest every 15 minutes after minor exertion, alerted me that there was something not right with my body.
I went to the Doylestown ER to get checked out. It was the day before the boys and I were flying to Miami to attend the Miami Grand Prix Formula 1 races that weekend. A big deal! Their Christmas gift, long planned for and awaited. It was a hard no by the ER doc. He adamantly urged me to see a cardiologist tomorrow. Nope, not happening. I then spent five very harrowing days in Miami where anything could have happened. I could have dropped dead! Not me…not this weekend! I got back on Monday and had a cardiologist appointment the next day.
The Cardiologist was very concerned and had me immediately get a cat scan and a cardiac catheter procedure. The cardiac catheter didn’t go so well. Within five minutes the Surgeon removed the tube and said that she saw three badly clogged arteries. I would need a CABG operation. A triple bypass, open heart surgery. One large viable vein from my thigh, one from my groin and one from my chest would replace the blocked arteries. Oh boy.
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