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OzSTOC News & Rider Assistance => OzSTOC News & Events... => Topic started by: Diesel on April 25, 2013, 12:45:37 PM
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Hi Everyone,
I just got word from Kev (SKIP) that he had suffered a heart attack and has been rushed to Prince Charles Hospital where went straight from the ambulance to the chopping block! :eek
Kev said that there was NO warning, and NO history of this in his fam.
He is in recovery now and will post up his progress sometime next week when able.
In the meantime, once again, we all wish you a speedy recovery, and simply holler if you need anything mate.
Cheers, Diesel
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Bloody Hell! hope he is going to be ok, at least everything sounds positive and on the improve :thumbsup
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Get well soon there Kev, so does this mean you have more then one ST-ent's now :rofl
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Looks like we're wearing out faster than our motorbikes!!
As Streak says, sounds like he's on the mend. Good for the engine to get maintenance, but preferably scheduled.
We'll keep an eye on you, Skip.
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Good luck Skip,
Mate, I had a heart attack out of the blue last September, and if you survive, it is a wake up call to your lifestyle and as good as anything guide to what u should be doing to live many years longer. Made me think that I have to do the things that I took for granted as a kid, ie, exercise in a variety of ways.
Hope all goes well for you. :hatwave
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Get better Skip. Its those sudden conditions that can get you, but hopefully this is just a warning.
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Best wishes with recovery Skip, take it all easy and take time to mend :thumbs
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Thoughts are for you Kev. Just been through the recovery period myself.
Keep the chin up and attack each day as a new experience - which it will be, trust me.
Once you get into the swing of the get over it dance, life's back to OK.
(AND you'll live to ride another day!!)
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You know Skip that though we may have not met (yet) I wish you all the best.
Guess that's how this group works and maybe why some of us like it as much as we do.
A bit like the "Borg" on Star Trek.
Come on Star Trek fans, elaborate
Brad
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Hi Kev and best wishes for a speedy recovery.
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All the best for a speedy recovery Skip, I hope your out on the bike again soon mate but until then just take it easy and relax :thumb
You know Skip that though we may have not met (yet) I wish you all the best.
Guess that's how this group works and maybe why some of us like it as much as we do.
A bit like the "Borg" on Star Trek.
Come on Star Trek fans, elaborate
Brad
We are the OzSTOC. We will add your technological distinctiveness to our own. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE !
:grin
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Just got back from visiting Skip. He's been offered Parole tomorrow for "good behaviour" but the Parole Board have yet to confirm that.
He had a "spell" while mowing the lawn and went inside and sat down. When things didn't improve (heaviness in the chest) he was wheeled in and they found one artery 100% blocked. So now he has one STent and one ST13.
I took the list of members who had sent their good wishes so you are assured he knows y'all care.
If he doesn't get a leave ticket tomorrow, he'll be in Bed 5, Ward 1A at Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside.
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This activity is unapproved, ( mowing the lawn, and having heart atacks)
Get well soon...
I put my heart under stress this morning by attending the Dawn service at Hellfire Pass (near river Kwai). It involved a 20 min walk down a million steps and a walk on the railbed gravel at 0430 Local in 30+ heat. 40 min later, had to reverse the trip in 30++ . The stairs is hard yakka.
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Thanks for the update Biggles. We will watch this space.
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You're in my thoughts Skip...you are required, so you're not allowed to have this stuff happen...get better very soon!!! :eek :eek
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Hey Skip - we're all hoping for a speedy recovery! It sounds like you're out of the dangerous part - now just to take it easy.
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All the best Skip and i hope your recovery is speedy.
:rd13
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get well soon skip, and take care when you get parole :hatwave
from jack and una :beer
:bl11
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Get well Skip.... Hope all will be well.
Sabie
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Best wishes m8.
Once they've given you a decoke and tune-up things will be running smooth again.
Take care,
Poppy
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:runyay :hatwave
Hey Skip, shock too hear of your sudden admission to theatre - rest assured' you will recover & be ST' king again very soon.
Hospitals are only good when they help.
Be good remain positive and we'll she you on the road soon.
Think positive all the time.
C Y A
I ride :dred11
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All the best from Heather and I.
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All the best for a speedy recovery Skip, just make sure you listen to those docs about when you can ride again. I know a couple of guys who jumped back on the bike too soon and made their recovery time that much longer.
Cheers
Wendy
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Holy crap, :think1 everyone boil your friggin water just incase this is contagious.
Hope your recovery is swift there Skip. :thumb
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Speedy recovery....... :thumb
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Wishing you a speedy recovery. Take it easy rest up and do what the Doctor tells you :thumbs
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Well I'm home sitting at the pooter, all be it a little breathless and shaky, but very thankful
Firstly I just want to say what a great bunch of people you all are.
Thanks for the well wishes and thoughts.
As has been reported, I had a heart attack while mowing my lawn on Tuesday. I was on holidays with the plan of heading of to Adelaide and surrounds for a few days with my gorgeous wife. Fortunately we were on holidays as my wife spends her week in Perth for work, working on the new hospital being built over there. :-((( And no you smart alec's, she's not a rigger or construction worker.
Anyways, if she had not been home I may not have been so lucky. Had I been home alone, i would have called the ambo's but they are 10 minutes away if a unit was available. We have a Medical Centre 2 minutes walk from our house, although my lovely didn't make me walk there, so she threw me in the car and took me there. They took me straight to a treatment room and started working on me and called a Code 1 for the paramedics. :phone
I don't remember much other than the crippling pain in my chest. After the paramedics did what they needed to do, I was taken to Prince Charles Hospital where i was taken straight from the ambulance to 'the table'. From the on-set to the finished STENT procedure, it was only 1 and half hours which was pretty remarkable. I had a 100% blockage in one of the arteries which necessitated the urgent attention.
I feel pretty good although the medication has caused some dizzily spells and one episode of passing out completely, presumably because of low blood pressure that is required so as not to stress the heart with a higher than necessary blood pressure.
Once again, thanks to everyone.
I'll pop on line once in a while, but I will be lying low for some time and unfortunately, no riding for an even longer time.
Best regards.
Kev.
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Good to see you up at least, make sure you rest up and recover properly
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Excellent news, Kev. Take care. :thumbs
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Hey Skip. Glad to hear your doing so well.
I had a couple of stents in 1999 myself. Talkng to some of the other patients I've discovered everyone finds their own level of energy during recovery.
If I can offer you some advice that was given to me. Just let your body come back on line as it feels to. There'll be good days and bad days. Don't let either rule you. Just go with the flow
It's amazing technology but we're still human.
Now you've done your first 48 hours, from what I've seen from others and my own recovery, you'll be fine.
Mate, you've just been given another 25 years of life. Enjoy. Look forward to seeing you on a ride.
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Good onya Skip.
Interesting that there was no warning and no history of this. Does this serve as a warning to us all to get regular check ups? I guess so.
Thanks for sharing mate - we are all grateful it has turned out a lot better than it otherwise could have. And thanks for the update.
Take care mate - and we can't wait to see you terrorising the Sunshine Coast Hinterland Kangaroos again.
Cheers, Diesel
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That's great news Skip.....all the best mate :beer
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Poppy :wht13
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Good to see you posting on the forum Skip :clap from memory there are a few here that have been in the same boat, so rest well, take care to recover as your body allows and listen to the nurse :thumb
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Pretty dramatic way to come up with an OzSTOC post, Skip!
Be sure to keep checking in with progress reports.
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Great to hear! Take it easy and get back in the saddle soon.
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I'll join those wishing a speedy recovery.
But with everyone shocked abt this unexpected event, how many will sit down and look at their lifestyle and start taking the preventative measures.
Betcha not many but judging by the faces and body shapes seen at the RTE's a majority of us are right in the danger zone.
Suppose it's like everything else,eh. We hear abt others but until we get the wakeup call it can be put on the backburner.
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Cripes Skip, what ya been doing to ya self. I always thought mowing was dangerous and you've confirmed that now. So glad to hear that you got through this Ok and are on the mend. Marvelous what they can do these days to fix a dodgy ticker ain't it?
All the best from Marissa and I for a full recovery.
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Good to see you are not skipping out on us mate
I already have someone else mow our Lawns. now I just need someone to work the vege gardens.
Tipsy
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I'll join those wishing a speedy recovery.
But with everyone shocked abt this unexpected event, how many will sit down and look at their lifestyle and start taking the preventative measures.
Betcha not many but judging by the faces and body shapes seen at the RTE's a majority of us are right in the danger zone.
Suppose it's like everything else,eh. We hear abt others but until we get the wakeup call it can be put on the backburner.
Just noted what you wrote here Ian. It is so true. Sad, but true. So many of us take our health for granted until something bad happens.
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Hi all. A week since my last post. :well Slack I know.
Well, I am feeling remarkably well. Being watched like a hawk by my own personal nurse. :nahnah
I feel I'm well enough to join the next RTE but apparently that's not permitted. Can I get a second opinion on that ????
Anyways thanks again to all the well wishers and I will see you on the blacktop real soon.
Cheers.
Kev. :blu13 Here I come.
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Skip,
Great to hear of your rapid improve.
I'm off interstate. Brother funeral - 60 old - no medical history passed over massive myocardial infarction Thursday.
As I said -NIL medical history.
Savour and cherish that that we have - "We are here for a short time. Not a long time sooooo - we have to make it a good time"
Chin up - the road may seem long but the reality is that it is not.
Catch yaa all soon
I ride
:dred11 :dred11
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Oh Bob, sorry to hear that. Mate my prayers are with you and the family, on all family fronts.
Take care and we'll catch up soon.
Regards.
Kev.