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Offline Sourdough

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« on: May 26, 2005, 12:51:49 PM »
Guys I know this is a little off the topic that we discuss here, but I got to tell someone.  As many of you know I had heart by-pass a few years back.  Then last November while on a Moose hunt, I started having chest pains.  I got shipped to Anchorage and was told my by-pass had totally failed, and a stint was put in at a differant location of my heart.  I was put on all kinds of drugs till I would let them reopen my chest.  I decided to wait for a while, I just could not face reopening my chest.  Well last weekend I started having chest pains again, and off to Anchorage again.  The first thing the doctor wanted to check the stint, looked text book perfect.  Then he checked the by-pass site.  He told me that the stoppage there looked differant from the pictures the last time they had looked at it.  He asked if he could attempt to break through?  I responded "Go for it".  (It's funny that you can lye there and talk to a surgeon while he is moving a cathother around inside your heart, and performing surgery on you).  Well he broke through, and put a stint in place.  Now the fact that the by-pass failed is a mute point.  After two weeks I no longer have any physical restrictions, ther than a bad back.  I'm planning a Dall Sheep hunt for August.  Want to take a nice white sheep with my Handi 30-06.  

Just had to tell you guys, I feel so lucky and great.  The Doctor seemed pretty excited.  I think this is a big feather in his cap also.
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« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2005, 12:57:07 PM »
:D , Glad to hear your doing well Sourdough!!! Kepp up with some moderate exercise and watch your diet and I am sure (and pray) you will be fine. Now if I could only take my own advice on moderate exercise and to watch my own diet!!!. I enjoy your stories and insight Sourdough, keep the posts coming!!! Congratulations to you and your doctor!!....<><.... :grin:
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« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2005, 01:03:32 PM »
That's great news and a great testament to your Doc's skill and knowledge!!!  Kinda like knowing how to make a handi accurate.....to keep in on topic!!! :-D  My huntin and fishin partner for goin on 38yrs now, is in the hospital recovering from triple bypass surgery on Tuesday, he's doing great and has expectations of me taking him home as early as Saturday, just depends on how things go tween now and then....He's doing so good that he was their(CCU) first patient to walk on his own power out of their unit to his private room, something that has never been done there before!!!  :grin:

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« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2005, 01:32:20 PM »
Sourdough: Just goes to show you what clean living will do for ya!!
Good Going and Luck: :-D <>< Duce:
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« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2005, 01:47:44 PM »
Sourdough
Glad to hear he made progress.  God Bless ya.

On the hunt issue, the wife and I were on a cruise past your stompin grounds last summer.  We took a side excursion on a float plane and the pilot flew us right next to several mountain tops full of sheep.  I was in the co-pilot seat and got a birds eye view.

He said he had taken a couple guys up there the previous fall and each got one.  had to climb a LOT to get them, but he said they were all grins when he picked them up.

We landed on the lake just below where they hunted.  Honestly, the mountains look a LOT like ours here in SoCal.

Might sound funny, but these suckers are STEEP.  My huntin buddy here grew up hunting in the mountains of New Mex and AZ and he says these are steeper.

I think ous are as steep as those we saw, but we start at about 3000ft and go to about 9000.  I think yours go higher.

Good luck on the hunt and TAKE PICS!
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« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2005, 02:07:40 PM »
That is excellent news Sourdough...I'm looking forward to seeing how your Handi performs on those sheep...your going to have to take lots of pictures and post them for us to see...

Mac
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« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2005, 04:05:48 PM »
Go get them sheep
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« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2005, 04:09:35 PM »
Sourdough, Glad to hear everything went well and your well on the road to recovery.    I've enjoyed reading about your adventures since the day you signed on here and I'm still waiting for your book to come out.  :D
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« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2005, 04:21:47 PM »
man Sourdough i had no clue that this was going on?? i'm glad to know that everything is alright!!!!  :toast:  heres to many more years as a handi lover!!
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« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2005, 04:51:09 PM »
Sourdough ,

I agree with you I would feel lucky as well. I lost my mom to cancer  april 1st 2005  and now I try to count what I have instead of what I dont have.
I hope you have a wonderful hunt.
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