My friend had angioplasty

SoHappy · 01-09-2012, 12:34 PM

She's home now. Had to be taken to the hospital with chest pain Saturday, and they found blockage in a vessel somewhere behind her heart. The angioplasty procedure went well, and she's back home and resting.

She's been low carb overall and slim for years and years and years. I don't ever remember her overweight. I somehow thought that her low carb diet would be protective against any clogged vessels for her. I'm just shocked that this happened. She's only just past 70 years old.

I'm sad about this. I guess we're all sort of an experiment as to diet and long term health anyway, and few of us have been on any particular single diet at all over enough years to grow old on it to see how the final outcome turns out, but I thought she should have clear vessels the way she ate.

KeirasMom · 01-09-2012, 12:46 PM

I'm sending good energy to you and to your friend. Hoping for a speedy recovery. Hug your family extra tight today. I will do the same with mine.

Dottie · 01-09-2012, 12:48 PM

Glad she's ok. It sounds like they caught it before it did too much damage.

SoHappy · 01-09-2012, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Dottie

Glad she's ok. It sounds like they caught it before it did too much damage.

We all think it was a good think she had a week or two of a little chest pain and then went to the hospital. The pain was always transient and once it went away, she didn't think anything more about it. Finally her DH said she had to go to the ER at 3:00 am.

But now she doesn't know what to do, how to eat, whether she has to go on meds, which she has not been on anything... I know how confused she must be. I suppose she will listen to her doctor. It's scary.

SillverOrchid · 01-09-2012, 01:15 PM

to your friend!

kel7298 · 01-09-2012, 01:19 PM

We think we are doing all the "right" things and bam! I am so glad your friend is ok Pat

lil miss · 01-09-2012, 01:20 PM

Oh I am so sorry! Glad she is ok!

SoHappy · 01-09-2012, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by kel7298

We think we are doing all the "right" things and bam! I am so glad your friend is ok Pat

I know. I'm so sad and really confused about it too. She had a good long brisk walk every morning. Took the dog and went for several miles. I could hardly keep up with her.

Ate well. Low carb. Plenty of protein and fats. Very, very easy on any of the foods that are considered No-Nos by most folks here.

I guess there are no guarantees.

But she's doing well, so I think we're going to be friends for a long while yet. And I guess any of us could be gone by morning, so live it well at every moment!

Kissa · 01-09-2012, 01:50 PM

for your friend Pat.

Truly there is no magic path. We can only do our best.

dasiey · 01-09-2012, 02:11 PM

I agree we can only do our best.

But I am so glad your friend is well
and at home.

mattsmama · 01-09-2012, 03:28 PM

You are a wonderful, loving friend, Pat. Best wishes and prayers for her speedy recovery.

SoHappy · 01-09-2012, 03:45 PM

Thanks, JUDDD BUDDDs. I'll be able to visit with her with a phone call later this evening, and I think I'll feel better. I worry.

mayleesa · 01-09-2012, 03:59 PM

as a nurse who has seen perfectly healthy people undergo surgery for events like this...i have to think that at 70, and i've seen people undergo this procedure at a MUCH younger age, that it could have been easily more than one vessel and it's because of the healthy lifestyle she has chosen she has a lesser fate....not to downplay AT ALL the surgery and procedure she underwent, i'm highlighting the fact that for her to only have ONE vessel blocked is awesome!....i'm soo sorry for her to have to go through it, but i'm glad she is ok!!! I've seen WAY younger with WAY more sever prognosis and they didn't take care of themselves which got them to that point!! Good luck to her!! speedy recovery!!

gotsomeold · 01-09-2012, 04:32 PM

Oh golly, Pat, give her a big hug as soon as you can.

kris4chloe · 01-09-2012, 04:35 PM

Very sorry for your friend, but like others have stated, I am glad they were able to catch it and I bet the fact that she has been active probably was to her benefit.

SoHappy · 01-09-2012, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mayleesa

as a nurse who has seen perfectly healthy people undergo surgery for events like this...i have to think that at 70, and i've seen people undergo this procedure at a MUCH younger age, that it could have been easily more than one vessel and it's because of the healthy lifestyle she has chosen she has a lesser fate....not to downplay AT ALL the surgery and procedure she underwent, i'm highlighting the fact that for her to only have ONE vessel blocked is awesome!....i'm soo sorry for her to have to go through it, but i'm glad she is ok!!! I've seen WAY younger with WAY more sever prognosis and they didn't take care of themselves which got them to that point!! Good luck to her!! speedy recovery!!

Thank you. I hadn't thought of it that way, so perhaps this is actually good news.. only one blockage found and now taken care of. That's a good outcome. Thanks.

sazzie · 01-09-2012, 05:01 PM

Am sorry to hear about your friend, Pat.

She was doing her best to stay healthy, and I'm sure she will find her way again.

pjsam1156 · 01-09-2012, 05:09 PM

So sorry about your friend, Pat. Sending many

her way for a speedy recovery. But, I guess what mayleesa said is true: it most likely could have been much worse and much sooner if she hadn't taken such good care of herself all these years.

2BoysMom · 01-09-2012, 05:15 PM

I know this is scary for you and your friend....but I think Mayleesa has an excellent point! This could just be genetics in play, and had she not taken such great care of herself this could have been much earlier or much more severe.

Still, hope she is on a healing path very, very soon!

SoHappy · 01-09-2012, 05:35 PM

Thanks all for your supportive posts. Just got off the phone with her, and she sounds really good, just tired, and said she feels well. So we'll be getting together shortly again and having a fun time. Glad she's OK.

Beeb · 01-09-2012, 05:49 PM

Got your friend in my

and my thought about her healthy WOE/WOL is that it may have saved her life in the long run. So many factors play into why someone gets sick or doesn't but she got to it, it seems, in time and because of her healthy habits will give herself many more years to hang out with her caring friend Pat!

Thinking of you, too, Miss Pat!

SoHappy · 01-09-2012, 05:51 PM

Thanks, Linda.

julietcc · 01-09-2012, 06:43 PM

I'm happy to hear she is OK! She's lucky she didn't wait to long to go to the hospital and she's very lucky to have a friend like you.

sophiethecat · 01-09-2012, 06:54 PM

So sorry about your friend, Pat!

I was also gonna say, who knows if things wouldn't have been so much worse if she hadn't taken care of herself like she did?

Hoping for all the best for her and a speedy recovery!

01-09-2012, 12:34 PM	#1
SoHappy Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 3,135 Gallery: SoHappy Stats: obese/slimmer WOE: JUDDD!!!	My friend had angioplasty She's home now. Had to be taken to the hospital with chest pain Saturday, and they found blockage in a vessel somewhere behind her heart. The angioplasty procedure went well, and she's back home and resting. She's been low carb overall and slim for years and years and years. I don't ever remember her overweight. I somehow thought that her low carb diet would be protective against any clogged vessels for her. I'm just shocked that this happened. She's only just past 70 years old. I'm sad about this. I guess we're all sort of an experiment as to diet and long term health anyway, and few of us have been on any particular single diet at all over enough years to grow old on it to see how the final outcome turns out, but I thought she should have clear vessels the way she ate. __________________ Best wishes, Pat

01-09-2012, 12:46 PM	#2
KeirasMom Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 14,425 Gallery: KeirasMom Stats: 277.6/156.8/155 WOE: Back to JUDDD 1/5/15	I'm sending good energy to you and to your friend. Hoping for a speedy recovery. Hug your family extra tight today. I will do the same with mine. __________________ Dawn JUDDD got me where I want to be!

01-09-2012, 12:48 PM	#3
Dottie Administrator Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: S.E. Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 11,015 Gallery: Dottie WOE: ADF mostly Paleo	Glad she's ok. It sounds like they caught it before it did too much damage. __________________ https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/default.aspx <--FDA tracking tools http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ <--FDA nutritional counts http://www.onlineconversion.com/ <-- cooking and other conversions Need to contact LCF? http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/contact.html Everyone has an opinion. Take what you need and leave the rest. Be sure to visit Netrition on Facebook for the latest products and deals! https://www.facebook.com/Netritioncom-210889832433/ Every day is up to you. You can choose for it to be a good day or a bad day.

01-09-2012, 01:15 PM	#5
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01-09-2012, 01:19 PM	#6
kel7298 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Aggieland Tx Posts: 404 Gallery: kel7298 Stats: Maintenance WOE: 5:2 Start Date: October 2011	We think we are doing all the "right" things and bam! I am so glad your friend is ok Pat __________________ Kelly It's not about PERFECT. It's about EFFORT. And when you implement that effort into your life...EVERY SINGLE DAY, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs. KEEP GOING. Remember why you STARTED. I have not smoked a cigarette in over 1400 days!

01-09-2012, 01:20 PM	#7
lil miss Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 182 Gallery: lil miss WOE: LCMW Start Date: 1/1/13	Oh I am so sorry! Glad she is ok! __________________ Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. Christopher Robin to Pooh...

01-09-2012, 01:50 PM	#9
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01-09-2012, 02:11 PM	#10
dasiey Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 509 Gallery: dasiey	I agree we can only do our best. But I am so glad your friend is well and at home.

01-09-2012, 03:28 PM	#11
mattsmama Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Sunny SoFla Posts: 462 Gallery: mattsmama Stats: 188/129.2/135 5'8" 42 yo WOE: JUDDD Start Date: JUDDD-11/11 to present (LC-5/11-11/11)	You are a wonderful, loving friend, Pat. Best wishes and prayers for her speedy recovery. __________________ Lisa When everything feels like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top.... *Goal Weight achieved 02/25/2012 on JUDDD- and still losing!*

01-09-2012, 03:45 PM	#12
SoHappy Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 3,135 Gallery: SoHappy Stats: obese/slimmer WOE: JUDDD!!!	Thanks, JUDDD BUDDDs. I'll be able to visit with her with a phone call later this evening, and I think I'll feel better. I worry. __________________ Best wishes, Pat

01-09-2012, 03:59 PM	#13
mayleesa Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 577 Gallery: mayleesa Stats: (5'5") 238 WOE: low carb Start Date: 12/04/2016	as a nurse who has seen perfectly healthy people undergo surgery for events like this...i have to think that at 70, and i've seen people undergo this procedure at a MUCH younger age, that it could have been easily more than one vessel and it's because of the healthy lifestyle she has chosen she has a lesser fate....not to downplay AT ALL the surgery and procedure she underwent, i'm highlighting the fact that for her to only have ONE vessel blocked is awesome!....i'm soo sorry for her to have to go through it, but i'm glad she is ok!!! I've seen WAY younger with WAY more sever prognosis and they didn't take care of themselves which got them to that point!! Good luck to her!! speedy recovery!! __________________ I only ask for 5lbs a month gone....more yay, less unacceptable!

01-09-2012, 04:32 PM	#14
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01-09-2012, 04:35 PM	#15
kris4chloe Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Southern Cali Posts: 118 Gallery: kris4chloe Stats: 229/181/140 HW:265 WOE: JUDDD Start Date: Sept 2011 Restart / Sept 2010 Original Start	Very sorry for your friend, but like others have stated, I am glad they were able to catch it and I bet the fact that she has been active probably was to her benefit. __________________ Kristi

01-09-2012, 05:01 PM	#17
sazzie Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 1,514 Gallery: sazzie Stats: HW164/maintaining 132-135	Am sorry to hear about your friend, Pat. She was doing her best to stay healthy, and I'm sure she will find her way again. __________________ Gracie Gracie's Journal

01-09-2012, 05:09 PM	#18
pjsam1156 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 249 Gallery: pjsam1156 WOE: JUDDD for life, baby!! Start Date: Feb 2009; RESTART: Nov. 2011 as EX-LCer	So sorry about your friend, Pat. Sending many her way for a speedy recovery. But, I guess what mayleesa said is true: it most likely could have been much worse and much sooner if she hadn't taken such good care of herself all these years.

01-09-2012, 05:15 PM	#19
2BoysMom Senior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Home of the Battling Beavers Posts: 528 Gallery: 2BoysMom Stats: Too pissed to talk about it WOE: Keeping it simple- Hi Fat, Mod Protein and Lo Carb Start Date: 1.26.2004 - 1st time. This time 7.3.2016	I know this is scary for you and your friend....but I think Mayleesa has an excellent point! This could just be genetics in play, and had she not taken such great care of herself this could have been much earlier or much more severe. Still, hope she is on a healing path very, very soon! __________________ Marianne If you want something badly enough, you'll find a way. If you don't you'll find an excuse. Team in Trainining alumni - San Diego marathon 2005. Half marathon in San Francisco 2007! Working hard to wipe out blood cancers.

01-09-2012, 05:35 PM	#20
SoHappy Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 3,135 Gallery: SoHappy Stats: obese/slimmer WOE: JUDDD!!!	Thanks all for your supportive posts. Just got off the phone with her, and she sounds really good, just tired, and said she feels well. So we'll be getting together shortly again and having a fun time. Glad she's OK. __________________ Best wishes, Pat

01-09-2012, 05:49 PM	#21
Beeb Why wait, just do it NOW! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: A REAL Jersey Girl!! Posts: 4,940 Gallery: Beeb Stats: OMG, SERIOUSLY?! WOE: Eating healthy, eating LC, and portion control Start Date: The Day Low Carb Became a WOE and NOT A DIET!!!!!	Got your friend in my and my thought about her healthy WOE/WOL is that it may have saved her life in the long run. So many factors play into why someone gets sick or doesn't but she got to it, it seems, in time and because of her healthy habits will give herself many more years to hang out with her caring friend Pat! Thinking of you, too, Miss Pat! __________________ A man asked Gautama Buddha, "I want happiness." Buddha said, "First remove "I," that's Ego, then remove "want," that's Desire. See now you are left with only "Happiness.”

01-09-2012, 05:51 PM	#22
SoHappy Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 3,135 Gallery: SoHappy Stats: obese/slimmer WOE: JUDDD!!!	Thanks, Linda. __________________ Best wishes, Pat

01-09-2012, 06:43 PM	#23
julietcc Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Orange County Posts: 204 Gallery: julietcc Stats: JUDDD - 118.6/112/112-115 highest weight 194 5'4" WOE: Atkins, then JUDDD Start Date: Started JUDDD 10/26/11	I'm happy to hear she is OK! She's lucky she didn't wait to long to go to the hospital and she's very lucky to have a friend like you. __________________ Julie 44 years old

01-09-2012, 06:54 PM	#24
sophiethecat Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maintain Lane Posts: 3,440 Gallery: sophiethecat Stats: 170+/135-138/145 5'6 39y pcos/IR/metformin WOE: WL=LC then JUDDD/IF; Maintenance=IF/75%+ "healthy" Start Date: LC 6/11; JUDDD 10/11; Maintenance 11/11	So sorry about your friend, Pat! I was also gonna say, who knows if things wouldn't have been so much worse if she hadn't taken care of herself like she did? Hoping for all the best for her and a speedy recovery! __________________ Started JUDDD 10/12/11 after LC. MAINTENANCE since 11/12/11, & have lost more weight. I shake things up all the time with my version of Pirate Jenny's MUDDD, my "Fast 5" & other IF. ...low-moderate fat....and eating "healthy" foods 75+% of the time which lets me have real life and indulgences too I've reached my goals, improved my health & appearance, and enjoy my lifetime woe!

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