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  • JustManuals
    Field Supervisor

    5,000+ Posts
    • Jan 2006
    • 9838
    #1

    Life Sucks

    So......yesterday morning at 6AM I'm laying on the operating room table at the local hospital. I was there for an Angiogram. That's where they cut an incision in your groin, cut into the femoral artery and slip a catheter in with a camera and fish it up to the heart to have a look-see. The plan was that if I needed a stent or 2, they would put it in at the same time. A stent is a little thingy that will inflate the artery where it's blocked.
    Well, things didn't go as planned. They found so many bad arteries that they couldn't do anything. Now within the next 2 weeks I have to go back to the hospital and have Coronary Bypass Surgery on multiple arteries. I'm a heart attack waiting to happen. I'm told that this is the most common surgery performed in the USA. I'm scared shitless.
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    • ZOOTECH
      Senior member of CRS

      Site Contributor
      2,500+ Posts
      • Jul 2007
      • 3374
      #2
      Re: Life Sucks

      You'll be just fine, Paul - this is pretty much routine for doctors now, just be sure it's not an intern doing the work.
      Maybe now, you'll go easy on the A-holes asking for free manuals and firmware, or bitch about advertising; or maybe not.
      "You can't trust your eyes, if your mind is out of focus" --

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        • DWise
          Senior Tech

          500+ Posts
          • Apr 2010
          • 895
          #3
          Re: Life Sucks

          Good luck on the surgery Paul! Hope you recover quickly!

          Take care of yourself...
          Do for one what you wished you could do for everyone. - Andy Stanley

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            • fixthecopier
              ALIEN OVERLORD

              2,500+ Posts
              • Apr 2008
              • 4714
              #4
              Re: Life Sucks

              Before they do anything, make sure the doctor has the correct manual. Good luck to you Paul, you will do great.
              The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

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                • gwaddle
                  Senior Tech

                  500+ Posts
                  • May 2009
                  • 782
                  #5
                  Re: Life Sucks

                  I've known a lot of folks who had bypass surgery, Paul. Never a hitch with any of them. You'll be fine. Take care.
                  I know I should be ashamed of myself. Strangely though, I am not.

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                    • MR Bill
                      Senior Tech

                      500+ Posts
                      • Jan 2010
                      • 532
                      #6
                      Re: Life Sucks

                      Life is a bitch sometime. Best to you Paul.

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                        • Tonerbomb
                          AutoMajical Resolutionist

                          Site Contributor
                          2,500+ Posts
                          • Feb 2005
                          • 2589
                          #7
                          Re: Life Sucks

                          Well that really sucks Paul!! Fortunately this is a very common procedure that goes well for most people!! You'll be A OK! Get well and get back to selling manuals.


                          P.S. I think I'd give the Doc a free manual..........
                          Mystic Crystal Revelations

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                            • sandmanmac
                              Field Supervisor

                              Site Contributor
                              2,500+ Posts
                              • Feb 2009
                              • 3963
                              #8
                              Re: Life Sucks

                              Originally posted by fixthecopier
                              Before they do anything, make sure the doctor has the correct manual. Good luck to you Paul, you will do great.
                              Now that's what I call 'comic relief'! Very nice.
                              Best wishes Paul! You'll be back bigger, stronger, and faster in no time!

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                                • blackcat4866
                                  Master Of The Obvious

                                  Site Contributor
                                  10,000+ Posts
                                  • Jul 2007
                                  • 22927
                                  #9
                                  Re: Life Sucks

                                  We're all rooting for you man. Have a quick recovery. =^..^=
                                  If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
                                  1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
                                  2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
                                  3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
                                  4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
                                  5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.

                                  blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=

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                                    • brewster67
                                      Trusted Tech

                                      Site Contributor
                                      100+ Posts
                                      • Jul 2011
                                      • 167
                                      #10
                                      Re: Life Sucks

                                      My father in-law had multiple bypass surgery in mid February. He is 77 years old and was out of the hospital in under a week and is already out walking 2 to 3 miles a day. Best of luck, hope you bounce back just as well.

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                                        • NeoMatrix
                                          Senior Tech.

                                          2,500+ Posts
                                          • Nov 2010
                                          • 3514
                                          #11
                                          Re: Life Sucks

                                          You'll be fine Paul. As we say here in Oz. No wuckers mate!
                                          (Slang for no wucken forries, which translate to --no f#*%en worries...)

                                          Look at the bright side Paul, at least now you can prove to all those hard @sses that you have a heart.
                                          You'll have the x-rays to prove it...

                                          Speedy recovery soon Paul , else I'll miss all those adverts..... joking....
                                          Inauguration to the "AI cancel-culture" fraternity 1997...
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                                            • Iowatech
                                              Not a service manager

                                              2,500+ Posts
                                              • Dec 2009
                                              • 3930
                                              #12
                                              Re: Life Sucks

                                              Good luck!
                                              Also, if this is what it takes to scare you, you're a better man than me.

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                                                • RRodgers
                                                  Service Manager

                                                  1,000+ Posts
                                                  • Jun 2009
                                                  • 1947
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: Life Sucks

                                                  Originally posted by JustManuals.com
                                                  So......yesterday morning at 6AM I'm laying on the operating room table at the local hospital. I was there for an Angiogram. That's where they cut an incision in your groin, cut into the femoral artery and slip a catheter in with a camera and fish it up to the heart to have a look-see. The plan was that if I needed a stent or 2, they would put it in at the same time. A stent is a little thingy that will inflate the artery where it's blocked.
                                                  Well, things didn't go as planned. They found so many bad arteries that they couldn't do anything. Now within the next 2 weeks I have to go back to the hospital and have Coronary Bypass Surgery on multiple arteries. I'm a heart attack waiting to happen. I'm told that this is the most common surgery performed in the USA. I'm scared shitless.
                                                  I've been thru SEVERAL heart surgeries my friend. Give me a call if you need anything, better still I might just call ya this weekend.
                                                  Color is not 4 times harder... it's 65,000 times harder. They call it "TECH MODE" for a reason. I have manual's and firmware for ya, course... you are going to have to earn it.

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                                                    • Hansoon
                                                      Field Supervisor

                                                      Site Contributor
                                                      2,500+ Posts
                                                      • Sep 2007
                                                      • 3347
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: Life Sucks

                                                      All the best Paul. Speedy recovery.

                                                      Hans
                                                      “ Sent from my Intel 80286 using MS-DOS 2.0 “
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                                                        • Shadow
                                                          PHD in Sh!t Disturbing

                                                          250+ Posts
                                                          • Sep 2011
                                                          • 455
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: Life Sucks

                                                          take it easy Paul, they know what their doing.

                                                          Hay guys, do you think we could write a manual for the doctors before he goes in for the surgery?
                                                          I'm sure it would help out the doc a lot!!!!!
                                                          $hit Happens - Deal with it and move on.....................................sigpic....................................Lock & Load

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