Some serious health news about my husband Ron

Hello all.  Ron has been having some issues with memory, thinking, and staying awake.  Last year his doctor sent him to a neuro doctor to see if he had dementia or alzhimors.   The tests showed no real issues.  Ron has been gone for about three months and when he got home a few weeks ago I noticed a huge change in him.  He was struggling with remembering anything, he had no energy, and he was falling asleep in the middle of conversations. 

So last week he saw his primary care doctor who is a really good doctor who cares.  He sent Ron for a heart and artery CT scan.  On Monday he saw the doctor for the scan and on tuesday he had the CT scan.  Thursday evening Ron’s doctor called my phone.  He knew me as I was once his patient and from my working in the ICU.  He was trying to contact Ron and apologized for calling me but Ron was not answering his phone and he really needed to talk to him.   

Ron has 4 major blockages in and around his heart.  One is the left descending artery and is called the widow maker.  The others are the arteries that feed the heart.  He is at serious risk of a heart attack and death of at least parts of the heart muscle. As it is a serious blockage / narrowing / hardening of the arteries he is not to exert himself or get upset in any way.  It took several days to get the medication he needs to help keep the arteries open.  Ron read a bunch of stuff on it but failed to send it to me and is talking to his sister so I can’t ask him.  When I know more I will share it with you.   As I will need to go with him and drive him to appointments posting will be sporadic at best. Hugs 

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  1. OK.

    I’m familiar with this because of my father’s health issues. I know that care has improved greatly since the 90s, when my dad (also named Ron!) had these things, plus a ragged abdominal aortic aneurysm. Anyway, this with your Ron must be primary for you guys, as well as spending good time with together. I’ll do all I can to keep things smooth here on Playtime, so you just do what you feel with it as you feel. If you want me to post something you’ve found, send me an email anytime; I’ll get it done.

    You can do this, you and Ron and Tupac. We’ll all be out here sending peaceful comfort, hope, and healing into the universe for you all.

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    1. Hi Ali. Thank you. It is very scary. This is what Ron’s sister had and it caused his death last fall. Ron finally told his sister today and she was very supportive. And he is going to tell James today. James came over the other night and he could see something was very wrong with Ron. Ron was so confused. James has had a promotion and his job is now with the enforcement part of the country sanitation so he has a county truck which means he can quickly divert to help us for an hour or so if we need it. He repeated many times that we were to call him and not to worry about it. This morning Ron got so confused and totally forgot what we talked about and agreed about not 45 minutes before. 

       Thanks for understanding and offering to keep the blog steady. I will try to post when I can.  I am working on today’s cartoons / memes / round up but I doubt I can finish it. I still have to do the dishes and I am doing laundry because every other day I have a full load of pee towels or have to strip the bed and wash all the sheets. I am already taking spare medications. Ron’s sister stepped up when he told her and said when she got here she would help me out and if we needed it, she would help us get and pay for domestic help. I am hoping the heart doctor we see on Wednesday will have some good news or be able to get Ron in for surgery quickly. But again it is hard both physically and emotionally and very scary. I hugged Ron this morning and told him “We have been together for 36 years and I want to see that trend continue”. Hugs

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    1. Hi Kymber. Thank you. Ron’s sister’s husband had the very same blockages and had to have stents. But he did not call for help in time this fall and he died of a heart attack. That is playing on our minds. Please see the reply I gave Ali for more information. I admit I am scared. Ron is so confused right now. He also is not to exert himself in any way, so I am trying to do more. But I am disabled with bad bone / muscle / nerve damage. Ron and I have been together for 36 years. He is 71, and I am 63. I want to have a lot more years with my husband. Hugs

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