The Czickness XLV anxious for the SGE

[Born2vette]

They used a 48 hour Holter monitor on me and it was the only 48 hours I didn't have any PVC's. I bought a Kardia Mobil EKG and recorded the episodes for several days and showed them to the Cardiologist. My cardiologist went from "meh...it's normal" to "damn...that ain't right" in a hurry.

When that happened, i always gave my patient the option for a 30 day monitor. In a few cases we implanted a loop recorder which usually lasted 1-2 years.

Edir: This was prior to Kardia and Apple watches did ekgs. The last few years I practiced patients emailed ekgs from their devices all the time. Many times it was a rhythm we called crapicardia (movement artifact, computers are not yet thet good at reading rhythms).

 

[gmcttr]

...Many times it was a rhythm we called crapicardia (movement artifact, computers are not yet thet good at reading rhythms).

I can see that being a problem. You can't be twitching muscles while taking a reading.

 

[Benp]

Mrs Mcapo carried the box in and asked what they were. After opening the box and making my comment, she hasn’t spoken to me since.

Sometimes a frying pan speaks more than words.

 

[bcannon]

I hope that you'll bring it to the SGE .... honestly, I've never even held a pistol with one of those installed.

I will definitely be bringing it.

 

[Benp]

I will definitely be bringing it.

Several of us are going to want to try it so bring at least 5 bullets!

 

[MindfulMan]

Several of us are going to want to try it so bring at least 5 bullets!

I re-discovered a secret stash of 9mm just yesterday. I can help ! (although with the price of boolits (sic), I hope that this sealed box lasts a couple of seasons)

 

[bcannon]

Several of us are going to want to try it so bring at least 5 bullets!

I'll bring a couple extra boxes.

 

[MindfulMan]

I'll bring a couple extra boxes.

I know you ... you will !

 

[Bennettjh]

Hi guys. Been a little absent from here. Been watching the Russia/Ukraine and China/Taiwan problems. Has me worried, although I know it's nothing I can change.

WW3, possibility of being drafted if they raise the age, of course nuclear. Strange times.

 

[88E30M50]

Two years ago I started having an extreme amount of PVC's. The cardiologists spent a year testing and experimenting ending in the cath lab and they found no reason or med to stop it. Went to my GP and told him I thought it was likely caused by anxiety. He put me on an anti-anxiety med and the PVC's went away. They finally kicked up again 3 weeks ago and we adjusted the med. Got my fingers crossed.

I have had GERD for a few decades and now have an irritated area in my stomach. It is interesting that you SIL made a connection between the stomach problem and PVC's. None of my docs have mentioned that possibility. I think they all get too wrapped up in their specialties and very few of then look at the whole picture.

Best of luck to both of us.

There's a very good book called 'Range' that discusses this phenomenon. In it, it points out that you are statistically more likely to survive a major cardiac event during a national cardiac surgeon convention when most specialists are away from the job. Specialists tend to get very good at their specialty while ignoring other systems

 

[MindfulMan]

Hi guys. Been a little absent from here. Been watching the Russia/Ukraine and China/Taiwan problems. Has me worried, although I know it's nothing I can change.

WW3, possibility of being drafted if they raise the age, of course nuclear. Strange times.

I understand your concerns .... strange times, indeed !

 

[gmcttr]

I understand your concerns .... strange times, indeed !

Not so strange. Just history repeating itself.

 

[MindfulMan]

Not so strange. Just history repeating itself.

Oh, I'm sure people thought that it was strange when it happened before !

 

[patience0830]

Hi guys. Been a little absent from here. Been watching the Russia/Ukraine and China/Taiwan problems. Has me worried, although I know it's nothing I can change.

WW3, possibility of being drafted if they raise the age, of course nuclear. Strange times.

Do not obsess over things you have no control over. Turn off the radio and TV and do things that you CAN control. Service to others always helps me focus on something good.
Worry is 100% non-productive. If trouble comes knocking, we'll band together and deal with it the best we can.

 

[Leadeye]

Found a deal on GB and it was much better than the pictures which looked like I was going to have to do major pit sanding. A Colt 1877 Thunderer.

 

[bcannon]

Found a deal on GB and it was much better than the pictures which looked like I was going to have to do major pit sanding. A Colt 1877 Thunderer.View attachment 185474

Very cool! Is it a 45 long colt or?

 

[MindfulMan]

0830 has a valid point ..... the current events can drive you nuts if you watch it unfold minute-by-minute.

I'm not trying to be an 'important person', or pound my own drum, but I went through some harrowing times during my six years attached to the Air Force.
I was stationed at Beale AFB, CA, during the so-called October War, that happened in late 1974.
As a Nuclear Weapons Specialist (463), I personally was part of a team that set the parameters, then uploaded the MK28's to (6) B-52's that sat 'all 8 engines running' on the alert pad for a few days.
From our underground structure, the ground was literally shaking for days !
It was quite unnerving.

If you chase the SAC documents, most of it is still redacted, but here's an official page that talks a bit about the change in the readiness level that occurred.

Link: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-...04-08/crises-alerts-defcons-1961-1976-part-ii

Document 23

Office of the Historian, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, History of Strategic Air Command FY 1974, Historical Study No. 142, 28 January 1974, Top Secret, excised copy, excerpts
Jan 28, 1974
Source
DNSA; FOIA request to Air Force
This SAC history includes details on the Command’s DEFCON 3 operations during the October War. Because they are scattered throughout a very-long history, for ease of use the respective portions on alert operations for bombers and ICBMs during Fiscal Year 1974 are excerpted here along with some of the front matter.
The section on continuity of operations, which discusses the problem of implementing the plan during the DEFCON, has interesting coverage of the airborne command-and-control platform codenamed “Looking Glass” and a succession of command issues. The discussion of bomber alert operations during the DEFCON is scattered over several pages and is heavily excised at crucial points. The highest number of alert B-52s and FB-111s during the DEFCON 3 remains classified, but it was likely in the range of 100

 

[Lee11b]

Just received my IPSC Alex gas pedal. I got it installed. Had to use a couple washers I had in the extra everything bowl in the garage to space it out some. It was either that or modify it to fit and that wasn't a viable option to me. Will get a couple black washers here in the near future but it's installed and works amazingly. Not that it was completely necessary but I thought if I was going to have one might as well have one that works. Doesn't look too bad either.
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............. (We'll just do ONE.....BUT there should be more........that is G O R G E O U S ! ! ! ! !

 

[Lee11b]

Several of us are going to want to try it so bring at least 5 bullets!

I heard he's doing a WINNING RAFFLE for test shots.......

 

[wtburnette]

Ah, nothing like an impromptu range trip in the middle of a work day...