Went to the hospital Tuesday night. Persistent chest pains, and just feeling worn-out all the time. Fell twice, for no good reason. OK I was working in snow waist deep, to get my snow machine unstuck. But I should have not got dizzy and fell when I did. But the chest pains would not go away. I came in and sat down, and after four hours they were still there, and getting worse. Wife could tell something was wrong, so she forced me to get up and get into the truck. She took me to the hospital.
Heart enzymes were good, which meant no heart attack, that was a good thing. Nitro had not worked at home. They tried one more and my blood pressure dropped real low. Doctor looked at my records and decided I should do a stress test, hosp would get in touch with me and set up an appointment. Meantime he had ordered something for the pain. A few minutes later a nurse came in with a Hypodermic, saying she was going to give me something specially formulated for heart pain. It was a morphine derivative and would help the pain. I told her I don't do well on Morphine, so she decided to only give me half and see how it did.
One minute after the shot, whaw, it hit me. I wilted, and it felt like my arms weighted a ton. I could hardly move, my speech was slured, and I could not think straight. While I was lying there near comatose, an X-ray tech came in and took me to X-ray. As we went down the hallway I started thinking again, and by the time we got to X-ray, I was able to move. Had a hard time standing, good thing they had a big bar to hold onto above the X-ray machine. By the time we got back to the Emergency room I was feeling no pain, and the drowsy affects seemed to be wearing off. An hour later when they released me I was ready to go out and whip the world.
Yesterday I went to a Fish and Game luncheon, felt great no chest pain. Went to the gym, then went and took care of some errands in town. Met the wife and son, then took them to dinner. Afterwards we had a Fish and Game Advisory Committee meeting, starting at 7 PM, that lasted to 1015 PM. I knew it was going to be a contentious meeting, and it was. I got really irritated due to some new people on the committee stonewalling the vote. Trying to create an atmosphere where they could stop an Antler Less Moose hunt. At one point I got up and really told the new members of the A/C, their responsibilities lie with their constituents. We had overwhelmingly heard from those people, with a 5 to 1 majority, and they should vote accordingly. Their own personal feelings or personal agendas should not be a part of this vote. They represented the all people in the Fairbanks area. My speech and other people now getting up and supporting what I had said, swayed the vote. A good thing for the community. I was on top of the world. The new puppets on the Committee was being yelled at by the puppet master for not voting the way he had instructed them to vote. Again I was on top of the world.
This morning, the affects of the shot have worn off somewhat. No longer want to go out and whip anything, but that was some good stuff. But the chest pain is not back, just feeling kind of blah. Scheduled for a Doctor's appointment Wednesday, and a stress test next Thursday. Too bad that stuff is habit forming. Like Michael J Fox said, "Better living through chemistry".
