Prayer request

Need some prayer fellas
I was working this morning, unloading a pallet of heavy boxes off my truck when I started feeling a tightness in my chest & pain radiating down my arms. though I might be doing this soon--->  

Got worse as I drove back to the office.

Called my Doctor....said they could fit me in on Thursday  

Spent the afternoon in the ER. they say I did not have a heart attack  but they also don't know what did happen.

Have to follow up with my doctor & get a stress test done.

Memo: Use a fork truck next time.

Praying that it's just muscle strain, Chris. Had recurring bouts with my back years ago, until a miracle happened.

Alas,this customer is in an old downtown area, non handicap accessible, no loading dock etc  

hand unload only

I knew something is wrong when I don't get a "top of the morning" txt before 11am!

My wife has had toothe pain since Sat during our vacation. Since Mon her right cheek has been swollen and is in pain and need of prayer too. Took her to ER Mon they gave her Ibuprofen, Vicodin, and antibiotic.

Prayer going up for you Chris.

Mark Jones

Went to my Doctor today. ordered a battery of tests. lost 7 tubes of my blood, plus have an abdominal ultrasound monday morning & a heart ultrasound & stress test next Friday

still having pain, the more I use my arms the more it hurts. also some neck & abdominal pain as well

Praying for you.
Please pray for my wife they think she has a kidney infection and she has a lot of pain in her back. Whats worse is she takes those cold ice packs and puts them on my back unexpectedly.... pay backs.... it will come open one of these days. GRIN!

Mark Jones

Update
I had the abdominal ultrasound Monday-no news they said I wouldn't get results for a week.
Friday afternoon I have the heart ultrasound & stress test

Mark Jones wrote:
Please pray for my wife

How is your wife doing Mark?

UPDATE
I had my heart ultrasound & stress test yesterday.

I was hoping for a  result but I got a

During the stress test I was doing fine, doctor said my heart looked perfect. BUT then pain started in my left arm...then numbness in my left hand.
Doctor said even though my heart & blood pressure looked just fine, since I had pain they have to score it as an abnormal test & send me to a cardiologist.  He said there are a few heart probs that do not show up on a stress test & it is also possible the pain is not heart related.

I could tell by his words & demeanor that he is 99.9% sure nothing is wrong with my heart. But because of bureaucratic rules, I have to see a cardiologist to rule out the heart for sure, before they can start hunting the real cause




just prolongs the time I am stuck on "light duty" in the warehouse, making $1 less an hour & working less hours

Well, the good news is that they didn't find anything immediately threatening or signs of damage.

Obviously, the bad news is that you are not through.

Pain like that can caused by different things; low Potassium, pinched Nerve, even a pinched blood vessel, and of course the old Fuel Pump.

I remember having pain shoot in my arms, loss of sensation in fingers, and other pains due to cervical disc pinching nerves. After this job you've been working harder and longer hours that could be catching up to you.

Yup, Dan's right.

And remember Chris, you're not a Pup, anymore.

Pain is a daily thing for me. I pull stretch, lean ways and postions daily. Yesterday I was out in the country poles were 200 feet away from me on both sides and my trouble was in the mid span. The ladder started out at the right angle and when I got up there I was just about laying flat on the ladder... had a guy stop and ask if I was ok..I guess it looked pretty wild! I responded... ahh. I do it all the time.

Mark Jones

It was just fustrating. I was hoping for a clean bill of heart health & back to work

Put another 20 years on your life, Sport, and see how often you are going to the Doctor.

It don't get any better.

Yesterday after church, my wife asked our Pastor's wife if they wanted to get together for lunch at a restaurant.

She is very pretty, very petite, and very sweet, and said that her husband has been feeling overly tense lately, as if he'd drank too much coffee.  She said that she doesn't know if it is stress or physical, but that he was going to go home and rest for a couple of hours prior to the evening service.

So we understood, I was getting ready to help lock up the building, and stopped to talk to the Pastor briefly about the previous day's Firearms Safety Class.

As I started to talk, I could hear his wife yell from over 90 feet down the hall, "RICK, YOU NEED TO LEAVE RIGHT NOW AND GO HOME & LAY DOWN!"

I said (under my breath), "I wonder where HIS stress is coming from?"

Claymore wrote:Yesterday after church, my wife asked our Pastor's wife if they wanted to get together for lunch at a restaurant.

She is very pretty, very petite, and very sweet, and said that her husband has been feeling overly tense lately, as if he'd drank too much coffee.  She said that she doesn't know if it is stress or physical, but that he was going to go home and rest for a couple of hours prior to the evening service.

So we understood, I was getting ready to help lock up the building, and stopped to talk to the Pastor briefly about the previous day's Firearms Safety Class.

As I started to talk, I could hear his wife yell from over 90 feet down the hall, "RICK, YOU NEED TO LEAVE RIGHT NOW AND GO HOME & LAY DOWN!"

I said (under my breath), "I wonder where HIS stress is coming from?"

Boy, does that sound familiar. reminds me of our previous Pastor & his wife

Friends don't put those Pastors up any higher than you are on your worst day. They are as human as we are and fail just like we do. God positioned them in doing the business of the church and to bring the message...they have no super human abilities. They fail as often as we do and are of no higher standing then we are.

It is true we need to respect and get behind the office of the Pastor..yet on the personal level don't expect more than you are on your worst day.

This bit of advice will keep your eyes off the man and keep your eyes on Jesus. So WHEN your pastor fails I didn't say IF..I said WHEN you won't be let down by it.

I follow our Pastors, Leaders, Commanders, Directors as they follow Christ..as soon as they leave the wisdom found in the Bible I just step back and let them flounder in their own foolishness.

Yet when the Holy Ghost gets to moving and you know it's of God...get in there with all your heart, soul and mind and be a blessing. God will reward your efforts.

Mark Jones

UPDATE
I got a call from my doctor yesterday. wanting me to come in & "discuss the results of my heart ultrasound" (that will happen on Tuesday)

Keeping you in Prayer Chris!

Thanks!

UPDATE
My heart ultrasound was normal!
My abdominal ultrasound was not. I have a minor liver issue & a few small kidney stones.
On wednesday when I returned to work from vacation, I was told that because of my "abnormal stress test" I will not be allowed to work until I get a clean bill of health from the cardiologist.

Today-had my first appointment with the cardiologist, He said my heart looks & sounds good. He wants to check blood flow to the heart before he declares me clear.
Monday morning I have a "Nuclear stress test". They will inject some radiocative dye into my blood & put me on the treadmill. Then an X ray will show where the dye went.

Super Chris newest radioactive hero!

Claymore wrote:Yesterday after church, my wife asked our Pastor's wife if they wanted to get together for lunch at a restaurant.

She is very pretty, very petite, and very sweet, and said that her husband has been feeling overly tense lately, as if he'd drank too much coffee.  She said that she doesn't know if it is stress or physical, but that he was going to go home and rest for a couple of hours prior to the evening service.

So we understood, I was getting ready to help lock up the building, and stopped to talk to the Pastor briefly about the previous day's Firearms Safety Class.

As I started to talk, I could hear his wife yell from over 90 feet down the hall, "RICK, YOU NEED TO LEAVE RIGHT NOW AND GO HOME & LAY DOWN!"

I said (under my breath), "I wonder where HIS stress is coming from?"

Some wives as well meaning as they are can emasculate and take full control of the husband much like a mother to a son. Eventually, a man has enough and snaps leaving her to think he has some other stress.

Chris way to trip my guygrrrcounter.

I am glad your getting it all figured out and on the road to a great report. IF we was 25 again..we could shake our head and wonder why those ole timers are always talking about the aches and pains....grin!

Mend up and hit it hard!

Mark Jones


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ccm2361 wrote:Thanks!

UPDATE
My heart ultrasound was normal!
My abdominal ultrasound was not.  I have a minor liver issue & a few small kidney stones.
On wednesday when I returned to work from vacation, I was told that because of my "abnormal stress test" I will not be allowed to work until I get a clean bill of health from the cardiologist.

Today-had my first appointment with the cardiologist, He said my heart looks & sounds good. He wants to check blood flow to the heart  before he declares me clear.
Monday morning I have a "Nuclear stress test". They will inject some radiocative dye into my blood & put me on the treadmill. Then an X ray will show where the dye went.