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Misc Forums => Health, Welfare, and Passings => Topic started by: Glen on September 01, 2009, 06:15:16 PM
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Joe Law (Grumpy old men) lakester had heart surgery today and is doing well. he should be home by the week end. A speedy recovery Joe.
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Great news on the successful surgery Glen thanks. :cheers:
Was his heart surgery preplanned or emergency?
Todd
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Best wishes, Joe. That last time I saw him was at Maxton a couple of years ago. He had his new Chevy pickup and ran it to see how fast it'd go. As I remember he kept it under the 135 max. speed limit for street vehicles.
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The surgery was pre planned but had been put off for a couple of weeks.
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The pain receptors in the chest can't tell any difference, but that's always better then an emergency repair.
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Best wishes on a complete recovery Joe.
Todd
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One of my hero's...best wishes Joe
joe
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Now he understands how people felt that entered a car in his class. Heart Attack Time when they saw the record.
Thanks, Joe, for adding so much to my Bonneville experiences.
FREUD
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Well wishes and a speedy recovery Joe. He is deffinately one of my heroes. :cheers:
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Glad everything went well Joe. Get well Fast From the Brewster WA boys.
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I called Joe about my oiling problems just after I returned from Speedweek. He didn't say anything about heart problems. I have received a stent two different times and I know the problem shows up all at once without any warning. Hope he has a quick recovery.
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I worked with Joe on his stream-liner tire project. It wasn't very successful on my part, but I sure had a great time working with him. Don't let that Appalachian accent fool you, Joe is very much an unsung hero with engineering smarts that I probably haven't seen very often at work..
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Re: Joe Law:
All the best to Joe Law. Remember-- we WV hillbillies are a tough bunch. When the Rebels came through there during the Civil War, we shot at 'em-- when the Yankees came through, we shot at them, too.
There is something about living in the hills that translate to fast cars. Remember where NASCAR originated, remember top fuel drag racer Jim Minnick was from southern WV (ya gotta love a guy from "Nitro, WV"). Then there is the WV LSR racer Joe Law. Fast company! :cheers:
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ (born in Buckhannon, WV)
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There was an update about Joe on the SCTA site:
09/02/09: Just wanted to let everyone know that Joe's bypass surgery went extremely well so far today. The surgery was about 6 hours long and he was not put on the bypass heart pump. His doctor has the ability and knowledge to do this without stopping the heart. Also, he was off the ventilator before coming out of the operating room. He is very groggy, sore and pretty much out of it for today. But, if all goes well, he will be home in about 3 days or so. Thanks for all your prayers and pray for the post operative care and recovery as it will be a long. And if any of you know Joe at all, you will know he is a hard person to keep down. Once again thanks again, Suzanne Law
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Thanks for the update, Pork Pie. All the best to Joe and Suzanne.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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Joe is home. He was released from the hospital last night. His sprits are good and he is recovering well from what was obviously very serious surgery.
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Everytime I hear stents mentioned my mind is cast back. 20 years ago I worked in a medical research institute here in Melbourne and we did a series of field trials with stents which were put in the carotid(neck)artery after it was inserted at the femoral (leg)artery of sheep.The stent is collapsed inside a fine canula(tube) which can be steered like one of those plumbing cameras , along the way they pump out some Xray medium and the image of branches in the vessels are seen on the Xray machine....in the leg, up the guts, through the heart into the carotid and then "pop" the stent would expand and they'd slowly pull the canula out.Six months later the sheep was sent to a higher power and the way in which the stent had "integrated" into the vessle was examined. The placement of the stents was done by a senior radiologist who was incredible to watch, he'd be mumbling to himself, saying "oh dear! , oh no!, oops", and giving the impression he had little idea what he was doing when really he was a complete artist and the whole process was absolutely amazing.
What really stood out about him was that he was a very polite and articulate ( no, not all surgeons are trust me), the very picture of culture and too quite a large man, six four sixteen stone.The single thing that makes me remember this with such clarity is that when there was just the three of us, and no-one else could hear he wheeled out some of the filthiest and most hilarious jokes I'd ever heard , in a voice one notch above a whisper....There would be a sign on the door. "Do not enter under any circumstances X-ray in use" we'd be suited up sterile with lead gowns .....people would look through the window and we'd be laughing so hard sometimes I thought I was going to vomit.........usually the jokes were preceded by a disclaimer..."you didn't hear this from me"....and him the whole time dead pan
Best wishes Joe, those things work, I've seen it.
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...thanks for sharing that experience Goggles...
..many here have "stents"......
....Joe however did not, he had Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting....
..via and "off Pump"....approach.....but chest was cracked....general
anesthesia....etc.......new vein and or artery conduits were placed from
aorta to below the blockages on each bad coronary artery of heart.....
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...thanks for sharing that experience Goggles...
..many here have "stents"......
....Joe however did not, he had Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting....
..via and "off Pump"....approach.....but chest was cracked....general
anesthesia....etc.......new vein and or artery conduits were placed from
aorta to below the blockages on each bad coronary artery of heart.....
So what are you...... some kind of medical guy?! :-D
Best to you Joe (Law), looking forward to seeing ya back at the salt soon. Okay, you to Amo.....
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....Hope your doing great Joe Law.......!!!!
thanks Michael....i get the opportunity from time to
time to hang out during heart surgery......
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During my first stent operation, I woke up too early and asked, " have you started yet", the Doctor said, "yes we have figured out your problem and are going to install a stent". I said, "can I see it?" He showed it to me, it looked like stainless steel and was about 3/16" in diameter and about 1/2" long. Then the lights went out, don't remember anything else, I don't think I was supposed to wake up that soon.
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....many folks have misconceptions about "waking up to early".....
...many procedures.....such as stent placement........occur
in "cath lab"....a procedure room.....NOT an operating room....
and as such....its usually a "sedation" case....meaning NOT
general surgery where the intent is complete incapacitation....
with sedation cases.....the intent is that you will be calm
enough to tolerate the procedure comfortably and likely not
remember much....
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I was awake for the entire stent installation procedure, even watched it on the same monitor the doctor and nurse did.
They wouldn't let me stay awake when they took my heart out and put it on the table next to me though... wish I would of at least got a video of that.
I'd like to be on the observer side of the table someday Joe, and hope you always stay on that side as well.
Thanks for the updates on Joe L. and our best wishes continue with him,
Todd
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I was awake for the entire stent installation procedure, even watched it on the same monitor the doctor and nurse did.
They wouldn't let me stay awake when they took my heart out and put it on the table next to me though... wish I would of at least got a video of that.
I'd like to be on the observer side of the table someday Joe, and hope you always stay on that side as well.
Thanks for the updates on Joe L. and our best wishes continue with him,
Todd
Under your avatar it says you are only 44. You must have been a McDonald's regular as a young man. :wink:
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44.......this is his second life...... :-D
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That's awful young to have that kind of a problem.
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Todd had too much healthy living... :roll: ya gotta do a lot of drinkin and carousing to stay healthy into your 60s... stay away from those artery blocking veggies... alcohol is good for the brain and motor.... :roll: :-D
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I'll pick "D"... all the above, and then I'll take "Times I had fun in life and know it because I saw pictures of it and heard about it later in life" for $500 Alex.
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Wonder how Joe's doing about now? That little breathing apparatus with the ball in it went from me wanting to throw it against the wall to a contest between me and myself as well as anyone else willing to give it a shot. Hope he's pegging it out as soon as possible.
Todd
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.........hmmm that would be the device you ......inhale as hard as you can .....and hold
it as long as you can.................
........uh......we will let folks decide for themselves
.what kind of "device" ........you utilitized......like that....
in your "past".........that you invited "anyone willing"......to "give it a shot".....
......next thing your gonna say is that the doctor prescribed this...activity.... that
promoted coughing......
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The doctor may not have perscribed that one, but he did teach me that water and ice cubes in it would reduce the coughing. 8-)
Todd
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.....hey.......could you bring that "inhale and hold"...device
to WOS.......
maybe some "central California" peoples could bring some
.."prescription"...stuff to make it work better.......and fix
all our ailments........
Joe
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