"Hey you... yeah you, Lard Ass!"

[skippy344]

Drama Queen

Geez,

First you come down to Texas, wreck a bike. Got a little attention for that "stunt."

I guess you got bored, missing the drama from that and decided to have an HA?

Man, suck it up.

But seriously, get better. I changed my life after I lost my father-in-law to an HA. He was 61, was my mentor, was a really good guy. Nothing like you!

Started watching what I eat, ride my bicycle 9 miles a day, and hit my Total Gym every other day. Lost 20 Lbs., BP is 127/82 and my cholestrol is 172 now. Getting healthy sucks! But I get to hang with SWMBO longer, so its all good.

Hope to see you soon and get to ride with you.

greg

[Dragon Tamer]

Prom,
From one cranky old fart to another, good to see that you can still run the keyboard. We must be very similar because a few friends of mine that visit this site thought that you were me writing under another name! I am somewhat older than you as I will be 60 shortly. I still wear the same size pants I wore in high school and weigh about the same despite having been a type II diabetic for many years now. I control this with diet and exercise alone, with the addition of my favorite health food, single malt scotch whiskey! I still have the occasional cigar or cigarrete but not as much as I used to. I can still hike the local Ice Age trails with a 60lb pack and go on several hunting trips a year but have had to quit piloting a plane due to occasional bouts of vertigo (never happens on a bike thankfully) and still am working three jobs as an electo/mechanical technition. This despite a family history of heart problems and diabetes.
Just remember, if your bike had given you that much warning, you would have done something about it!
Get well soon and keep us entertained.

[Special Ed]

I'm coming in on this thread a little late, but here goes...
Sorry to hear about your misadventure Prom. My "wake up call" occurred several years ago when one of my competitors in the wood floor business was found slumped over dead on a clients back porch. The people were away from home and "Bob" was there working by himself. He apparently didn't feel right and had gone out to set on the back porch to rest. He was younger than I, only 47 I believe, and in good health. Bam! Out of the blue he dies from an artery bursting in his brain. No warning, no precondition, no nothing.
I've lost 3" (in height, not length SWMBO is happy to report!) in the past several years due to osteoporosis. I have chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder from smoking for too long and breathing wood dust and poly fumes for 30 years. In spite of having enjoyed a diet that would clog the arteries of nearly anyone else my cholesterol level is medically acceptable.. I can't seem to put on weight. I'm 5' 6" and weigh in at a whopping 122 lbs. I drink like a fish, eat mostly the wrong things, and I'm still (according to my better half) "in remarkably good shape for the shape you're in." I attribute part of my relatively good health to the use of dietary supplements, which, if anyone is interested I will be happy to share in a separate thread..
Thanks Prom for the "heads up." Somewhere I have an item that someone forwarded to me about how to recognize if someone is having a stroke. If I can find it I will post it. Death is like taking a spill: it isn't a matter of whether it will happen, but when. Or as they say, "Nobody gets out alive!" but, at 63 I would like to ride for at least another 20 years!
Live long and prosper Prom!
Special Ed
P.S. I quit smokeing over ten years ago: one of the hardest and smartist things I've ever done!

[DJinNH]

I guess my story really belongs here on this website.

'04, run over by a Black Hawk helicopter...DUH!!!! After three months in the hospital, 2 months were in ICU having my leg rebuilt, I had to retire from the job I loved. Just to toss crap on the pile, my wife left me for some guy when all this happened. She was in the process of it before the accident though. (Not the mom of my kids, this was wife #3)

I went into a pretty deep depression for years. I became a shut in and really did pretty much nothing except for when I got out with my sons. Didn't even go on one date.

Anyway, it was my longtime friend, Gary who owns that XS1100SH pictured with my bike for January on the XS11 calender...he kept sending me ebay listings of XS1100's. Finally I bought two from a guy down in Conn.

I spent last Spring and early Summer working on mostly the SG and some of the SH. It gave me a good reason to get out of my "cave" and start living life again. Instead of spending last summer and fall in my apartment, I was out as much as my legs could stand it, riding along the beaches and up to the mountains of NH and Maine.

Prom, I definitely can remember how hard it was to get going again after being in bed for so long. It seemed like someone turned up the gravity a few notches so take it slow but as Nike says, "Just do it!"

Best of luck to you.

Don


Oh, by the way, check out the letter the nurse handed me on the day I was to try walking again for the first time in over 2 months. It definitely helped motivate me.

[hamjam]

Prom
Just start walking
Jim
more to come

[johnboi71]

Damn it Man

See what happens when you work too hard! Get your strength back up and you'll be kicking a** again before you know it. Besides that which doesn't kill you yada-yada-yada...
I'm glad you made it through OK, I read about your incident right after I got the news a member of my can collecting chapter died from a heart attack at the YMCA Tuesday. The fire station was next door, so th response was rapid. Unfortunately they were not able to revive him. His name was Bill Mugrage and he was a founding member of my chapter and also a published author. He was in his early 70's and was overweight, but he was an active man. I am glad you are still around to spit venom and eschew wisdom.
I hope to ride with you again this year, and maybe I'll even get mine going right again.

[oseaghdha]

If you put it in your bedroom, you can hang clothes on it.

[prometheus578]

Yeah, my brother has a bow flex, too.
You aught to see the shape he's in!
And I don't mean that in a nice way. either.
sort of like that big weight machine out on my back patio.
I've gotten more exercise from that thing... moving it from garage to patio and back again over the years than I ever got from pullin' the levers or lifting the bars.
Luckily I got it for free.
Buyin' exercise equipment is a big rip off, in terms of actual usage.
But... I uhm... think that as soon as I get the Ok... I'll probably knock the rust offa it and see if it still works.

[Winterhawk]

Hawk=53 and probably over weight and a lard ass also. Thanks for the scare. I needed that. I used to be in shape when I turned Pro in MX 1978. Now I'm in the worst shape of my life not exercising. I do have a bowflex and need to use it. Take care Prome and hope you get feeling better.

[Erik the Red]

I'm not on the site too much anymore, as I have no 'net at home, and work frowns on extracurricular internetting, BUT, I felt compelled here. I started writing some drivel and dispensing advice. Then I realized how badly I was missing the point, so here's starting over. You know what the score is, and what choices you have ahead. I just want to make sure you know how important a part of countless peoples' lives you are. I consider it an honor to know you, even if it's just through posting on some (admittedly kick ass) website. Keep on kicking (and biting and scratching if need be). I wish you all the best, and the speediest of recoveries.

-Erik

[ibpdew]

Been gone for awhile and just checked in tonight to see what's been going on. Glad your going to be fine Pro. I had the same issues a few years back and the stints fixed me up. I carried the "nitro" pills for a year or two for a security blanket after the stints till I finally decided they were no longer needed. Mine was just considered angina as I had no heart muscle damage (as I understand it no heart damage and it is angina not a heart attach) but it scared the crap out of me for awhile. I laugh now when I tell the story that if I kept half the promises I made when I was laying in the emergency room I would be a saint! Once again glad your doing fine and as always enjoy your humor??

[tomatao]

Reading this I laughed.. I cried.. I cried from laughing. It's hard to imagine this site without Prom's pithy comments.

Anyway, to add to the me-to-ism my Dad went through the same thing Christmas day. Like Prom he had the warning signs, heartburn, pain, short breath and just chalked it up to being old (56) and worn out.

My father in law had a stent put in over 10 years ago and still feels great. Just think of the stent as your spring carb cleaning. Now blood will flow better to your brain making you even better able to abuse all.....

[DGXSER]

Hmmm....Why is it this reminds me of the Grinch story. Especially the xrays.

Prom has more (working) heart now? Does that mean a kinder gentler Prom??

My mom went through similar. She was in hotel in Vegas and could not sleep for the pain in her jaws and chest. Blamed her sinuses. A couple months later same thing, my Uncle took her ot the hospital. Next day quadrupel bypass.

[Gyrogearloose]

Well! How did I get here? Fate I suppose..just happened on this forum while checkin' out what's new. Anyway, I don't (can't) dress up my "drivel" much, but I'll try. Damn, it's the s-its being down...I hope you're not alone too! O'well, better wish you a "get well" before I lose my focus. Ya done good, gettin' where you're at (someone got the paramagics there), you did have all the signs and symptoms. You must have some wisdom yet to dispell, or Joe Black would've taken you. OK, OK, I'll spit it out: Get well, get outa' there, and get your life back!! That last part might be the hardest Prom, Good luck.

[prometheus578]

Then I've accomplished my goal, Phil.