Its A Time To Appreciate... - Toyota Yaris Forums

||)) (o) ||\|| · 12-17-2008, 10:07 PM

..this life you, and everyone else you love lives. During a visit to a cardiologist today, I was informed that I will need to have a pace-maker installed as soon as this coming Monday. I am a 26 year old man. I am healthy. I do not have high blood pressure, any kind of heart problems, no previous health problems, and a clean slate for all blood work that has been done. I have actually baffled doctors with my case. Do you know about the involuntary electrical pulse that tells your organs in your body to do what they do on their own? Well mine isnt telling my heart to beat... at random. After the surgery, God willing, all will be fine with me. I just wanted to take a moment to share with my "second family" in hopes to inspire some to remember or even discover/rediscover what this time of year means. Thank you all for reading and I wish you all here a loving, merry holiday season. Sub-compacts! FTW!

custom Lftback · 12-17-2008, 10:10 PM

I will be praying that everything goes well bro! that is crazy!

SIPNGAS · 12-17-2008, 10:12 PM

Well said..things we so easily forget and take for granted.

Please know we ARE your second family and you will be in our hearts while yours is getting better and beyond...

Bob_VT · 12-17-2008, 10:17 PM

Don you are in my prayers. Sincerely the Cardiac Doctors today are great. I had 6 heart attacks and not have stents in my heart. It really does not matter on the why it happens but it can be fixed!

Move forward with this and you will not even realize the change. This will enhance your life.

Hang in there brother.

TinyGiant · 12-17-2008, 10:29 PM

where is Dr. House when you need him.. lol I watch that show too much..

God bless.. and best of luck. Like bob said Doctors are good at what they do .. it always amazes me more and more what they can do. especially with the heart

tuckevalastin · 12-17-2008, 10:29 PM

I wish you the absolute best of luck

||)) (o) ||\|| · 12-17-2008, 10:32 PM

Through my tears I thank you all from the bottom of my heart. Those of you that have answered thus far have lifted my spirits significantly. I shall stand strong.

SIPNGAS · 12-17-2008, 10:35 PM

Please...please let us know how you are...as soon as you possibly can next week.

I don't need a Christmas wish this year...I just pray your surgery is a success and you have a quick recovery.

jinxor · 12-17-2008, 10:36 PM

Best of luck with your operation mate.... You will stand string !!!!
Coz the yaris is behind you... the whole YAris world is behind you...

*tk-421* · 12-17-2008, 10:51 PM

May your operation go as smoothly as possible, Don. I wish you the best of luck. Please keep us all posted on the developments!

Bob_VT · 12-17-2008, 10:53 PM

I will tell you to follow the Doctors instructions to the letter. They do not give awards to people who tough it out. You will do fine...... get some serious rest.

PreciousPups4U · 12-17-2008, 10:54 PM

We are all thinking of you. They can fix pretty much anything these days. I mean they gave some lady a new face. I saw it on the news today, this heart thing should be a piece of cake. Plus you are young and strong and should recover quickly. If anyone asks, just say you are getting a supercharger. I understand those are pretty awesome.

Seriously all the best. Keep us posted. Cindy

Loren · 12-17-2008, 10:57 PM

It's a pretty stunning situation for a 20-something to be in, but be glad that you know what's going on and that it can be fixed. My wife had a friend in college who just up and died one day from some mysterious heart problem. You've been given the gift of advance notice. Rock on, my friend!

GeneW · 12-17-2008, 11:08 PM

Saw a lot of folks die at work over the years, mainly from codes. So I know what gets folks hurt in medical settings - ignoring the doctor and sometimes being too agreeable.

Try to follow the Doctor's advice and directions, but be ready to challenge or question anything that does not make sense to you.

When it comes to patients the ones who refuse to listen to doctors die first, then the nice patients and finally the miserable nitpicking nasty folks survive for a long time.

We had one patient who the Nursing Staff swore had a case of Vaginum Dentata (her thing had teeth) because she was so demanding of them. However she survived far far longer than she would have had she been agreeable.

Good luck to you, Don.

Gene

DFA · 12-17-2008, 11:49 PM

Wow, that is really amazing to hear from a healthy someone in his 20's like you.

I wish you the best in getting through this, and I shall pray for you to have the strength to go through what appears in front of your path right now.

Please report back here and follow all of your doctor's advice. Even if he tells you you have to poop everyday at exactly 2:49AM for a month, do so.

Best of luck

YAR1S · 12-17-2008, 11:59 PM

The miracles of modern medicine still amaze me.
thanks to doctors these days.. my father is alive for 6 and counting years following a heart transplant..

hang in there... your in safe hands.

TheRealEnth · 12-18-2008, 12:42 AM

Yeah i watch house a lot... Wish he was real =(.. I have a similar case.. i have 20/20... sorta... I have CNVM which is common with older (40+) patients with diabetes. I of course am 19, no diabetes.. No problems at all, just a healthy teen =).. So out of one eye i see sort of a black hole, its black and starts to fade as it moves out but just blurs everything around the point. My other eye is perfectly fine though. So Both eyes working together give me perfect vision and i dont even see any black.

Shroomster · 12-18-2008, 01:32 AM

good luck Don and hey leave the roller coasters and the microwave pizza to me from now on my friend!

12-17-2008, 10:07 PM	#1
\|\|)) (o) \|\|\\|\| - Donnie Demonic - $\|\|)) (o) \|\|\\|\|'s Avatar$ View User's Garage Drives: '07 Yaris Sedan Sport Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Southwest PA Posts: 13	Its A Time To Appreciate... ..this life you, and everyone else you love lives. During a visit to a cardiologist today, I was informed that I will need to have a pace-maker installed as soon as this coming Monday. I am a 26 year old man. I am healthy. I do not have high blood pressure, any kind of heart problems, no previous health problems, and a clean slate for all blood work that has been done. I have actually baffled doctors with my case. Do you know about the involuntary electrical pulse that tells your organs in your body to do what they do on their own? Well mine isnt telling my heart to beat... at random. After the surgery, God willing, all will be fine with me. I just wanted to take a moment to share with my "second family" in hopes to inspire some to remember or even discover/rediscover what this time of year means. Thank you all for reading and I wish you all here a loving, merry holiday season. Sub-compacts! FTW!
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12-17-2008, 10:12 PM	#3
SIPNGAS I LOVE my Yaris! View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Polar White LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeast Wisconsin Posts: 5,164	Well said..things we so easily forget and take for granted. Please know we ARE your second family and you will be in our hearts while yours is getting better and beyond... __________________ We don't see things as THEY are...we see them as WE are. Lisa aka *SIPNGAS*

12-17-2008, 10:17 PM	#4
Bob_VT View User's Garage Drives: 08 Yaris LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,704	Don you are in my prayers. Sincerely the Cardiac Doctors today are great. I had 6 heart attacks and not have stents in my heart. It really does not matter on the why it happens but it can be fixed! Move forward with this and you will not even realize the change. This will enhance your life. Hang in there brother. __________________ some people are little slinkies. . . . .they are really good for nothing. . . .but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs. Come to the DARKSIDE..... We have candy

12-17-2008, 10:29 PM	#5
TinyGiant Tiny Giant Clothing View User's Garage Drives: 2008 Blazing Blue Yaris 3D LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Rochester, NH Posts: 3,394	where is Dr. House when you need him.. lol I watch that show too much.. God bless.. and best of luck. Like bob said Doctors are good at what they do .. it always amazes me more and more what they can do. especially with the heart __________________ Sold the yaris... rocking an 89 vw cabriolet now :)

12-17-2008, 10:32 PM	#7
\|\|)) (o) \|\|\\|\| - Donnie Demonic - $\|\|)) (o) \|\|\\|\|'s Avatar$ View User's Garage Drives: '07 Yaris Sedan Sport Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Southwest PA Posts: 13	Through my tears I thank you all from the bottom of my heart. Those of you that have answered thus far have lifted my spirits significantly. I shall stand strong.
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12-17-2008, 10:10 PM	#2
custom Lftback View User's Garage Drives: 2008 Toyota Yaris Liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,054	I will be praying that everything goes well bro! that is crazy!

12-17-2008, 10:29 PM	#6
tuckevalastin View User's Garage Drives: 2008 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Delaware/Connecticut Posts: 609	I wish you the absolute best of luck

12-17-2008, 10:35 PM	#8
SIPNGAS I LOVE my Yaris! View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Polar White LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeast Wisconsin Posts: 5,164	Please...please let us know how you are...as soon as you possibly can next week. I don't need a Christmas wish this year...I just pray your surgery is a success and you have a quick recovery. __________________ We don't see things as THEY are...we see them as WE are. Lisa aka *SIPNGAS*

12-17-2008, 10:51 PM	#10
tk-421 Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: 5D-07-LB Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Dagobah Posts: 4,263	May your operation go as smoothly as possible, Don. I wish you the best of luck. Please keep us all posted on the developments! __________________ --[ FORUM RULES ]--[ SEARCHING TIPS ]--[ EYELIDS PICS ]--[ RBK SPOILER ]--[ BEST/WORST INVESTMENTS ]--

12-17-2008, 10:53 PM	#11
Bob_VT View User's Garage Drives: 08 Yaris LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,704	I will tell you to follow the Doctors instructions to the letter. They do not give awards to people who tough it out. You will do fine...... get some serious rest. __________________ some people are little slinkies. . . . .they are really good for nothing. . . .but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs. Come to the DARKSIDE..... We have candy

12-17-2008, 10:54 PM	#12
PreciousPups4U I really LOVE this car!!! View User's Garage Drives: 08 Bayou Blue LB AT Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lexington, SC USA Posts: 887	We are all thinking of you. They can fix pretty much anything these days. I mean they gave some lady a new face. I saw it on the news today, this heart thing should be a piece of cake. Plus you are young and strong and should recover quickly. If anyone asks, just say you are getting a supercharger. I understand those are pretty awesome. Seriously all the best. Keep us posted. Cindy __________________ Cindy “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” - Will Rogers

12-17-2008, 10:57 PM	#13
Loren What? Drives: 2007 Yaris LB Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 1,006	It's a pretty stunning situation for a 20-something to be in, but be glad that you know what's going on and that it can be fixed. My wife had a friend in college who just up and died one day from some mysterious heart problem. You've been given the gift of advance notice. Rock on, my friend! __________________ ----------------------- Loren@InvisibleSun.org -----------------------

12-17-2008, 11:08 PM	#14
GeneW Banned Drives: 2008 Yaris Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,034	Saw a lot of folks die at work over the years, mainly from codes. So I know what gets folks hurt in medical settings - ignoring the doctor and sometimes being too agreeable. Try to follow the Doctor's advice and directions, but be ready to challenge or question anything that does not make sense to you. When it comes to patients the ones who refuse to listen to doctors die first, then the nice patients and finally the miserable nitpicking nasty folks survive for a long time. We had one patient who the Nursing Staff swore had a case of Vaginum Dentata (her thing had teeth) because she was so demanding of them. However she survived far far longer than she would have had she been agreeable. Good luck to you, Don. Gene

12-17-2008, 11:49 PM	#15
DFA Compulsive Washer Drives: 08' AT Meteorite Metallic LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Panama City, Panama Posts: 395	Wow, that is really amazing to hear from a healthy someone in his 20's like you. I wish you the best in getting through this, and I shall pray for you to have the strength to go through what appears in front of your path right now. Please report back here and follow all of your doctor's advice. Even if he tells you you have to poop everyday at exactly 2:49AM for a month, do so. Best of luck __________________

12-17-2008, 11:59 PM	#16
YAR1S View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris 3dr LB (Bayou Blue) Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,602	The miracles of modern medicine still amaze me. thanks to doctors these days.. my father is alive for 6 and counting years following a heart transplant.. hang in there... your in safe hands.

12-18-2008, 12:42 AM	#17
TheRealEnth Beast View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Blz Blu LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 1,365	Yeah i watch house a lot... Wish he was real =(.. I have a similar case.. i have 20/20... sorta... I have CNVM which is common with older (40+) patients with diabetes. I of course am 19, no diabetes.. No problems at all, just a healthy teen =).. So out of one eye i see sort of a black hole, its black and starts to fade as it moves out but just blurs everything around the point. My other eye is perfectly fine though. So Both eyes working together give me perfect vision and i dont even see any black. __________________ One you've taken a yaris for a spin, there's no turning back. Its a Chao!!!

12-18-2008, 01:32 AM	#18
Shroomster '07 to '12:2 wipers to 1? View User's Garage Drives: '12 5-door LE & '14 5-door LE Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Orlando Posts: 1,999	good luck Don and hey leave the roller coasters and the microwave pizza to me from now on my friend!

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