Thank you all so much for your prayers. I am doing fairly well at the moment. I have some of my answers but not made any decisions yet. Some of you know what is going on , but for the rest who so kindly put me in their prayers, which I sincerely thank you for, This is what I know.
A short while back, I got the news after my yearly checks I get that my curated arteries have changed very significantly in the last year. They went from 30% to 70% clogged and they said if they continue at this rate I will be dead in less than a year without risky surgery. ( the surgery is routine, but because of some other factors it would be extremely risky to me.)About three weeks ago , I was working in my shop and I had a stroke. I was alone in there and could not get help as I was a little confused, frightened, and everything else you can imagine. I sat on the floor and waited. About ten minutes or so, I think, And I was able to call my doctor and she saw me right away. I have had many tests and some are what they call inconclusive, ( a catch all word). My curated arteries are 70% clogged and they said most likely a piece of plaque broke off and shot through my system and brain causing a stroke. There seems to be no permanent damage except my balance and walking has been affected ( it wasn't good anyway). I have had many tests and they will be repeated in a couple months to see if the condition has stabilized. A few days ago, something happened to my right eye. I spent the night at the emergency room. They think a blood vessel in the eye burst. I have to see an eye surgeon this week. I am told this may all be connected. I am wearing a heart monitor 24 hours a day as with my cardiac history , they seem to think this can all be a cardiac problem. I just know I can't see well in the right eye and evidently I am a ticking time bomb waiting to go off.
I have been on borrowed time since 2008. They said then if I waited another hour I wouldn't have made it. I have survived two heart attacks , Open heart surgery, two strokes, I have a pacemaker , and a morphine pump. I still have an ascending aortic aneurysm that can't be fixed. AND I AM STILL HERE. ( I don't think God is done with me yet :rofl:. I must still have a purpose). And I really have to finish my grinder I am building. I plan too be here for several more years, so we will wait and see. I got some good doctors watching over me, but it is really not up to them.
Thank you so much for the love and prayers,
Mark
