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01-26-2013, 02:28 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Leona
Posts: 6,382
M.O.C. #2059
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Heart scan --- update
My shoulder surgery has been delayed or canceled based on the outcome of a heart scan I am to undergo on Wednesday next. My primary physician found some abnormality on my EKG, so refused to certify me for surgery on Monday (1/28). I talked the cardiologist into a PET scan rather than a stress test. I hate running on a treadmill until I throw up. If things go well with the PET scan, then surgery will be scheduled for Monday week.
I wrote a poem about aging some 15 years ago. It seems more relevant than ever today. I would like to share:
Aging
Another drop slips from life’s cup
Softly falling away unnoticed
Silent, tiny, absorbed
Excised without pain
Time is anesthetic
Bright faces through clouded eyes
Muffled ears, sharing missed
A phrase once eloquently quoted
Memory, jigsaw - pieces missing
Time's a cruel surgeon
High school grad with future aglow
Young father with nestled newborn
Yesterday's newborn suckles her babe
"Grampa, Grammy, see my doll!"
Time's a streaking meteor
Clay outer man is breaking, broken
Grieving, sorrow for vigor lost
Spring-fed inner man drinks renewal
Surging hope springs forth
Time, in Christ, brings life.
Stiles Watson
February 1997
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01-26-2013, 02:54 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Pahrump
Posts: 2,523
M.O.C. #1081
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We will keep you in our prayers and wish you the best of outcomes.
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01-26-2013, 03:47 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
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You'll be in our prayers also!
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01-26-2013, 04:46 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Casa Grande
Posts: 5,369
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Stiles, I hope and pray that things will go well. Some tell me that my ordeal this last year was a "Mid-Life Reset" and I am good to go again. I hope they were correct. Keep the faith, He will take care of you.....
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01-27-2013, 12:22 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Bakersfield
Posts: 5,316
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Stiles,
Nice poem. Sums up aging very well.
Sorry to hear of your heart situation. We, too, have been dealing with a heart problem. Caused us to miss Q this year. We do have some elective surgeries on down the road and now I'm worried, like you, that the heart situation will booger things up. Best of luck to you and I hope the additional test will let you get your surgery done. Good luck, Dennis.
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01-27-2013, 12:30 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Cedar Rapids
Posts: 4,876
M.O.C. #1944
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Stiles, you know you are in our prayers. You deserve the best He has to offer.
Orv & Marge
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01-27-2013, 04:56 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Copperas Cove
Posts: 1,426
M.O.C. #12096
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Good luck Bud, just went thru the same thing just did the stress test and no I'm scheduled for a pacemaker the 20th. Says my wiring is messed up and heart rate drops to 40 at times...lol lol...
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01-27-2013, 05:00 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 1,284
M.O.C. #11675
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Stiles, I hope all goes well with the heart and the shoulder. Glad you got the PET scan set up, you definitely don't want an adenosine stress test, been there and it sucks.
Most excellent poem as well! You are a man of many talents.
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01-27-2013, 06:54 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Rock Island
Posts: 1,074
M.O.C. #10457
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Stiles good poem and reminds me of Longfellow's Psalm of Life. Best wishes and prayers for good test results.
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01-27-2013, 10:01 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Down the Road
Posts: 5,627
M.O.C. #889
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You are in my thoughts and prayers Stiles... Just this time last year, at the age of 32, I had a pacemaker implanted due to complications in the "electrical system" of my heart. Today's Doctors and modern medicine can do some amazing things. I am sure you are in great hands!
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01-27-2013, 12:15 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lake George
Posts: 1,078
M.O.C. #3847
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Sending good thoughts your way and keeping you in our prayers. Love your poem!
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01-27-2013, 12:38 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Fayetteville
Posts: 4,200
M.O.C. #11401
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Father, we pray that your healing will flood over Stiles and drive out all his ills. May your stripes be sufficient for him. Guide the Drs thoughts and hands to a place of Your perfect healing. We look for good reports of great healing as it is in the name Jesus we pray. Amen
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01-27-2013, 01:38 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Billings
Posts: 698
M.O.C. #12641
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Well said Larry! You are in our prayers!
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01-27-2013, 02:32 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: _
Posts: 5,238
M.O.C. #6337
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Best wishes Styles. Best wishes.
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01-27-2013, 04:24 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Rapid City
Posts: 931
M.O.C. #8757
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by HOOK
Father, we pray that your healing will flood over Stiles and drive out all his ills. May your stripes be sufficient for him. Guide the Drs thoughts and hands to a place of Your perfect healing. We look for good reports of great healing as it is in the name Jesus we pray. Amen
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Amen & Amen! 
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01-28-2013, 06:31 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Dillon KOA
Posts: 1,291
M.O.C. #7445
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We hope everything goes well with the PET scan, and that you can have the surgery as scheduled. You're in our prayers.
Wayne and Carolyn Mathews
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01-28-2013, 11:57 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Hesperia
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You're in our prayers Stiles.God
Bless and know he'll be with you!
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01-28-2013, 02:43 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Paola
Posts: 5,739
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We will keep you in our prayers.
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01-28-2013, 04:20 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Omaha
Posts: 2,076
M.O.C. #2780
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Enjoyed the poem and praying that your test will come out OK and that you can proceed with the surgery.
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02-02-2013, 04:25 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Leona
Posts: 6,382
M.O.C. #2059
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First, thank all of you for your prayers. The PET scan revealed no heart issues to be concerned about. Now, surgery on the shoulder is scheduled for Monday.
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