Quote Originally Posted by BladeRunner001 View Post
Jeez Louise Mike...Sorry to hear the news. Mighty glad to hear you're back on your feet though. Do they know what might have caused those micro heart attacks (you didn't notice symptoms in any way? one side going numb, etc...?). Well, hopefully, that's behind you and in 2 weeks, you will have your neck fixed and ready for action as the "Bionic" man. The low heart rate should be carefully monitored to make sure you don't have an inflamed heart and the valves are functioning properly...usually one strives for a low basal heart rate...Mine is ~56-57, but would love to take it down to ~50.
Truly they aren't certain what the trigger is. They are leaning heavily toward a neuro cause, not a heart cause. The think it is a nerve issue, hence the search of my spine. I have suffered PVC's for years that they can't explain either.

Indeed, one side went more than numb. First at about 3am I woke up in bed with my entire left side on fire. Couldn't hardly walk, was seeing stars and was light headed. I tried to walk it off (this was the second time this had happened, the first time, about 4 months ago, was probably the damage they saw in the radiation/stress test), I was sweating profusely, enough to totaly soak a towel I grabbed. I went back to bed and woke the wife and told her something was wrong. About this time it started easing up. So she was toweling me off and I fell back asleep. Scared all heck out of her. I woke up about 30 minutes later with the same thing, my whole left side on fire only this time my armpit and left chest were included in the 'fire'. It only lasted about a minute. At this point wife wanted to call 911, but I talked her out of. Then it happened again, then again. The last time my chest hurt so bad, and my left side was totally useless, so I caved and had her drive me to the hospital. of course by the time I got there, all symptoms were quiet. They didn't mess around, I was in a chair headed for the cardiology floor with 5 minutes of hitting the emergency room door. Then the real fun began. LOL It was the scariest experience I have had, ever!!

Thank you all for the care and concern. What a great bunch of guys.

My best to all of you!!

Mike