On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 02:40:15 -0400, Reef Fish
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Damn!  I think my PC had been spooked by some SPAMBODS that
substituted "adult links" for a couple of my plain WORDS.

>On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 01:54:16 +0000, Ed Graves <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>Has anyone had experience with having had a 'mild' heart attack
>
>Ed, first let it be known that this ain't the place to look for
>medical <the word was ADVICE>  that you should get ONLY from
>your doc or quack as the case may be.
>
>I'll be glad to share with you (and others) my experience, but keep
>the above paragraph in mind and particular the fact that it does
>NOT apply you because you ain't me, nor is your quack my quack! :-)
>
>What do you mean by a "mild heart attack"?  That which didn't kill you?
>In that case, I had a mild heart attack (techinically known as a
>myocardial infarction) in 1992.  It resulted in a double by-pass
>and a valve change/transplant, but no replacement of spark plugs
>or transmission oil.
>
>> and returned to diving?
>
>Don't think I need to answer that.  Only about 150-200 dives during
>the next several years.
>
>>If so how long did the experts/quacks beach you?
>
>Actually I had both a quack and a doc.  The quack (in SC) had me on
>his butcher table before he realize he didn't know how to do it!
>(No exaggeration here!)  He never looked at any of the tests the
>week before, and then realize the last minute (I was actually ON
>the operating table, and just short of getting butchered) when this
>quack realized he didn't known what to do with my leaking valve!!
>
>To cover up for his blunder (in retrospect, I should have sued
>him then, for quackery) I was shipped to Emory (in an ambulance)
>-- and the ambulance bill was the ONLY thing I never saw, whereas
>the hospital charged me for 5 days of stay which I never did! :-)
><Yes, I reported that to the insurance company>
>
>At Emory, I was fortunate to have been treated and operated by a
>competent doc, one Dr. Jones who was the famous surgeon who
>operated on the comedy writer Lewis Grizzard
>
>http://www.lewisgrizzard.com/
>(make sure you check out the "columns" tab to find his articles)
>
>He had a book titled something like 'They cut my heart out and
>stomped on it' about his first heart operation, by Dr. Jones.
>He wasn't as lucky on his 2nd one.
>
>
>>  how long did the experts/quacks beach you?
>
>The "experts" (DAN and its quack consultants) all said 6 to 12 months.
>So, I got a "sick leave" for the entire Fall Semester because my
>operation was perfectly timed at the start of the semester in
>mid August.  :-)
>
>My doc (and even the cardiac Quack) didn't beach me at all.  I
>already had two dive trips booked in Cozumel for October and
>November, and I felt good enough to be back in the pool within
>a month (it was touch to swim the ONE length of a 25-yard pool
>though, the first few times <G>), and I was DIVING within 2
>months.  I did have my own check-out at the La Ceiba airplane
>dive which I figure I could safely dive as long as I could
>walk up one <the word was FLIGHT> of stairs.  :-)
>
>So, there you have it.
>
>It depends ENTIRELY on your doc's opinion/advice, and yourself.
>
>I suspect MOST heart bypass patients require much longer recoup
>period especially if their diving environment is less friendly
>and they can't COMPLETLY RELAX as I do when I dive!
>
>It's just another case of ... "Know your limits ..." and don't
>do or push to anything beyond your comfort zone.
>
>
>>Ed
>>Just trying to get a feel for a realistic time line.
>
>Pay NO attention to what OTHERS did.  They ain't you and you ain't
>them!
>
>Hope your recovery is as quick as you hope for it to be.
>
>da Feeesh.