Snag in winter mods completion.
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Joined: Oct 2012
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From: Texas, USA
Glad you caught it in time, I lost my dad last year at 56 to an aortic aneurysm bursting. He had driven himself to the hospital about a month earlier while having a heart attack due to a blocked artery that delayed his surgery to repair the aneurysms by a month, a month to long.
Heart issues are not something to **** with.
Heart issues are not something to **** with.
Road Captain
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 545
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From: Empire State
I went to chit on 2/22 on my way to work. I turned around and went to the hospital instead as I started feeling really bad. BAM, triple bypass at the age of 55! Doc said had I waited another hour I would not have made it. So, I will be talking to my INDY to complete my bike as he can get to it, even the stuff I was going to try to do. I don't know when I will be ready to ride but I want it done and ready to go when I am done and ready to go. The moral to this story? Don't be "manly" and ignore the warnings and signs your body is giving you. I had "signs" for 2 weeks prior to that day but it was never that bad so I "walked" them off and ignored them. It nearly cost me my life. Pictures of my bike with the winter mods will be delayed but I will post them once it is completed. I never thought I would say this but I have more important things to worry about right now.
Road Master
Joined: Jan 2009
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From: Mission Viejo, CA
I went to chit on 2/22 on my way to work. I turned around and went to the hospital instead as I started feeling really bad. BAM, triple bypass at the age of 55! Doc said had I waited another hour I would not have made it. So, I will be talking to my INDY to complete my bike as he can get to it, even the stuff I was going to try to do. I don't know when I will be ready to ride but I want it done and ready to go when I am done and ready to go. The moral to this story? Don't be "manly" and ignore the warnings and signs your body is giving you. I had "signs" for 2 weeks prior to that day but it was never that bad so I "walked" them off and ignored them. It nearly cost me my life. Pictures of my bike with the winter mods will be delayed but I will post them once it is completed. I never thought I would say this but I have more important things to worry about right now.
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The signs prior to that day were a dull ache in deep behind my left shoulder blade when in bed at night. I got up, got a drink and walked it off it seemed to go away. That happened twice. Then 2 times I walked into work and I just felt drained but after a little coffee and rest that went away too. Then that friday when I walked into work it was all the classic signs. I broke out in a sweat, short of breath, sick to my stomach, numbness and tingling in the left arm and hand and the carotid in my neck was thumping like a big bass drum. I think what gets most guys is we watch movies and TV and see people "acting" with a heart attack and it's bad, flopping around, screaming out in pain. The "signs" are nothing like that. They are soft and subtle, easy to ignore. Well, DONT DO THAT!!! That Friday it was clear what was going on but I should have been in the hospital weeks if not months before. I have met and made some new friends here, good people. I would hate to see this happen to any of you. Thats the ONLY reason for this posting.
