Comments on: Stroke Me Day 348: Oh No, Not Again https://iwilldare.com/2024/02/stroke-me-day-348-oh-no-not-again/ A little bit of heaven & A whole lot of hell Sun, 18 Feb 2024 03:49:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: JackassJimmy https://iwilldare.com/2024/02/stroke-me-day-348-oh-no-not-again/#comment-77958 Sun, 18 Feb 2024 03:49:51 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=383729#comment-77958 Don’t feel ashamed. At a recent doctor appointment, I had blood work done and as I knew it would, came back terrible. My bad cholesterol is good, my good cholesterol is almost non existent. My blood sugar…thats a story for another time. MY prior insurer, a company which may or may not rhyme with Screwnited Wealth Care, was perfectly ok with paying for everything expect the drugs that work for me. Long story short, the infection that led to losing my leg, turned septic. This caused a heart attack. Not a major one. It was more of a, “Hey fuckface, maybe get your shit together” kind of heart attack. Back to recent doc appointment, he saw the badge of shame I hung on myself. “Hey Jackass, at the end of the day, you’re doing the best you can. Sometimes it all just comes down to shitty genetics or your physiology just refusing to work with you.”
I was fully prepared to work myself over until kingdom come. if you think there is something going on with your health fuck anyone who tries to put you off. Had I not had my mom with me in the icu, I would probably not be here. She told the attending doc I was having a heart attack. I fully credit the fact the attending was a woman, who listened to and understood the concern. So they hooked my up and the ekg confirmed I had indeed had a heart attack. No one is going to advocate for yourself better than you. I feel like there is too much of a feeling in this country, as far as health care / medicine are concerned, we all want to be coddled or handed pills. In reality, at least in my opinion, we just want someone to listen to us, and tell us we’re not in danger and we did the right thing by coming to get checked out. Unfortunately, thats not usually the case. Rest up and try to be kind to yourself. We need you around!

]]> By: Heather https://iwilldare.com/2024/02/stroke-me-day-348-oh-no-not-again/#comment-77957 Sun, 18 Feb 2024 02:30:07 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=383729#comment-77957 I don’t know if it’s a Midwestern thing, but I’m a woman and I had the same shame & embarrassment after taking myself to the ER after my embolism and, later, a major surgery. Both times, the staff reassured me I did the right thing based on history & symptoms, but damn if I didn’t spend way too much energy beating myself up for wasting time & resources for what turned out to be gas/heartburn/cramp.

I’m glad it wasn’t another stroke! You did the exact right thing. Even if it is a bother, please bother EVERYONE. ??

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