Live Every Day Like it's Your Last

[fasteddie]

Live every day like it's your last

On Friday , August 24 , I had my ATV and trailer all loaded up ready to roll Saturday am . I was sick to my stomach . My wife was in Yellowstone and when I told her I was vomiting , she said go to urgent care . Being stubborn , I refused . A neighbor stopped by and I told hime not to come in that I was fine .

Saturday am , my wife couldn't get hold of me and made a couple calls . My daughter came to the house to find me on the kitchen floor almost unconsciencious , laying in a mess . Apparently I was bleeding internally . I was hauled away in an Ambulance to Highland Hospital . The med in the ambulance poked my wrist at least a dozen trying to find a vein so they could give me meds but I was too dehydrated .

At the hospital , I was given 4 blood transfusions . Over the next few days I was given a Colonoscopy , an Endoscopy , a special cardiogram where they kick started my heart . I was on so many meds that I was seeing things that didn't exist but They were vivid images . Scarey !

I couldn't wait to get out of the hospital . They treated me well but it was difficult getting any sleep or rest while there . They finally turned me loose September 3 .

I have been to several specialists sine my release . They assume that since I was taking Naproxen (Allieve) daily for so long that it could have put a hole in my stomach lining and caused the Internal Bleeding . My Red Cell Blood Count is still low . Still taking all kinds of meds , vitamins , etc .. I am still weak , tired and finding it difficult to concentrate on anything .

 

A lot of things went through my mind while near death . I thought about needing to make my oldest son co-owner of my pistols . Giving away some of my other possessions while still above ground and telling folks that I love them . There is a lot of catching up to do in the near future .

The reason I wrote this is to lets folks know that this could happen to anyone at any time . I never would have expected this to have happened to me .

 

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[ny hunter]

Glad your feeling better......Do not rush things your gonna be with us a long time.hang in there...

[Lawdwaz]

Tough deal Eddie..........

Glad you are on your way to better health!!

[wooly]

Good advice Ed!

We always seem to take tomorrow for granted, until you get that wake up call.

Hope the health issues get resolved for ya soon!

[burmjohn]

You should definately keep going to the docs till they find out exactly what it was.  By any chance you did take any vaccines recently?  My mom had a really bad reaction and was in the hospital for over 2 months after she got the shingles shot... 

[doebuck1234]

Tough one for sure.keep up the good work/health.everything will work out slowly but surely.get better!

[Moho81]

Wishing you good luck and good health Ed


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[crappyice]

Strong message for us all to hear; I just wish you didn’t need to go through all that to make it. Keep getting better


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[greg54]

Hope that you heal and get well fast Eddie. I have learned to listen to your body and if something doesn't feel right, have it checked. It may save your life.

[sodfather]

Happy days ahead Eddie get well soon 

[Elmo]

I never count you out Eddie.  I'll look forward to your post here for years to come.

[grampy]

You are soooo lucky. Someone was looking over you. Ya still got work to do here. Will keep you in my thoughts and prayers Eddie. Rest up. Get stronger. Do all you can do. And thanks for the reminder, that none of us has any guarantees. 

[tommyc50]

 I'm so glad you made it though. Real wake call eddie I had mine 2 yrs ago. @ 58 I never  leave anything to chance ,my body tells me something is wrong I run to the doctor even in this age of co-pays, deductibles, and out of network , I don't care my health comes before anything. Well 2 yrs ago my eyes were all blurry and I was always thirsty and pissing like a race horse. I finally relented and went to the doctor and my blood sugar was over 400 he said you are so lucky you didn't go into a diabetic coma and put me on meds I take religiously ,well almost I went to Rochester salmon fishing this weekend and I was rushing to get on the road I forgot my meds I took my last fri nite but im 350 miles from home so I made the best of it and ran home as soon I as I could and got right back on them my sugar was 206 [its suppose to be 95]. In my thoughts and prayers as well speedy recovery

[philoshop]

Thoughts and prayers to you my friend. Find out what's wrong and fix it. Growing old sucks for sure, but it's way better than the alternative. Right?

[GreeneHunter]

Glad too hear your on the road to recovery .... What you said makes ya think !  Take Care !

[Robhuntandfish]

better days for you my friend.  Hope you get better soon and glad to hear your home .  

[G-Man]

glad to hear your home, hope you recover quickly. being stuborn prolly cost my father his life. i have takenthe opposite path and what they have found with me is probably what killed my father untreated they siad i would of lasted 5 to 7 years. which would of put me same age as my.father when he died 

.with monitoring and regulation i can be expected to live a long life and who knows in a few years they may actually find a cure for it.

[Doc]

These things are not something that we really want to dwell on, but it is true that humans tend to procrastinate when it comes to living each day as our last. We are always thinking that there is always time to say this and do that when really none of us knows which day will be our last. Your message is an important one for all of us regardless of our ages.

[steve863]

There were several stories just out about this in the last few days.  It seems that the risks outweigh the benefits for seniors to take aspirin or it's equivalent on a daily basis.  And one of the big risks is bleeding.  Sometimes it doesn't exactly pay to follow doctors orders.  They come out with some theories only to refute these same theories a few years down the road.  Typically it is us who have to suffer through their mistaken theories, so we need to be careful on how much trust we put in their hands.

 

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/16/647415462/study-a-daily-baby-aspirin-has-no-benefit-for-healthy-older-people

[Steve D]

11 hours ago, fasteddie said:

Live every day like it's your last

I learned that a long time ago after several brushes with death and some really close calls. You can never take it for granted and try to find some pleasure in each day.

We should all try to leave this world with as few regrets as possible.

Hope things work out for you on the road to recovery.

Edited September 18, 2018 by Steve D

[Arcade Hunter]

I hope all goes well with your situation, Fast Eddie.  Everyone here is pulling for you including myself.  Get some rest... You have a few deer to get soon!

[moog5050]

Prayers for your full recovery my friend.  Some don't get that second chance to do what they want to do before the next step.  Take full advantage to address all those things that crossed your mind.  Glad to hear you are out and getting better.

[WNYBuckHunter]

Glad to hear you are on the mend Eddie. I was Getting worried because you hadn’t been on in a while and I know you had some other health issues a while back. 

I e been dealing with something similar all year with my dad. In February he had a massive stroke and we didn’t find him for 5 days. Not hearing from him for a few days was pretty normal at that time. When we found him, he was barely hanging on. He was in the hospital and a rehab facility for a couple of months. He now lives with my sister, just down the road. Since he got out it’s been a steady series of hospital stays, he can’t do much for himself, and he’s very unhappy. He’s at Thompson right now in fact, was pretty close to dying last night. He has COPD, congestive heart failure, and now pneumonia, and he can’t sleep because he just stops breathing. We all said goodbye to him last night, he was that close. He’s far from out of the woods still. I’m heading back to the hospital shortly. 

Ive never seen my dad scared like he has been. His attitude has changed a lot since February. Near death experiences really do make people look at things differently. 

Again, I’m glad to hear you are still with us. Keep in touch my friend. 

[Steuben Jerry]

Good to hear you pulled through Eddie!

[Robhuntandfish]

Best of luck to your family as well WNY - sounds like a tough time -