The Stent

So where was I....Oh yeah... They put me in an ambulance at St. John Oakland and transported me to St. John Main; these two hospitals are like night and day.  The treatment and service at Main was Great compared to that of Oakland.  I don't recall much of the ambulance ride, other than I was pretty drugged and I slightly remember flirting with one of the EMT's... and my next memory is the recovery room.

I remember the doctor who worked on me, Marc Gosselin, asked me if I smoked, and I replied, "Not anymore..." You'll have to continue to follow me to get the rest of that story.  But as I came to, my family was there waiting for me, and I was ALIVE afterall.  God is not only Good, He's GRRREAT! more than GRRREAT, He's an Awesome God.

I would spend the next 5 days in the hospital, where they ran tests and diagnosed me with many more illnessess. 

My final bill of health:
Heart Disease with 1 heart attack, many more pending*
Diabetes
High Cholesterol
High Blood Pressure

I have never really been one to take medications, I do not like them...not really even aspirin unless I am DESPERATE; I left St. Johns' with 7 different medications, totaling 9 pills a day!  Amazed that I can even get them down, I took them and I take them as prescribed.

I have 1 stent placed in my left descending artery, although I can't feel it, I know it's there; this foriegn object in my body makes me nervous.  I know many people who have more than one, even have had open heart surgery, however, this one stent for me was my wake up call.....