Denver and Fate
Sep. 19th, 2005 03:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billeylerThe Denver folks have been so wonderful over the past two decades, that it always surprised me that their flyin attendance was so very low over the years. That's one of the reasons that we split flyin years with them, starting in '93. They'd put together a great themed weekend, and maybe have a total of 40 there. Eek!
Joy of all joys, the fates came together for them this year. With four scintillating callers and lots of promo, they had over 110 people at the flyin this year. We got to play with folks from NYC, Virginia, Atlanta, St. Louis, all over! Even some LJers were there, likesfbearhoney complete with cellphone camera with direct posting to his LJ.
This is what it's all about folks. Food, fun, cameraderie, and a genuine desire to show people a good time. I know some clubs that need to take SERIOUS notes!
Sadly, Danny and I missed the Sunday activities due to a
At 1am after a fun Saturday, I was just starting to fade off to sleep after watching part of "Sordid Lives" with Bill and Ralph (our hosts) and Ric and Mike (from ABQ) when I felt the telltale racing of the heart that tells me I'm in full atrial fibrilation. I've been through this before...I got out of bed, popped three aspirin, and woke Danny. He immediately jumped up from a sound sleep, woke up our host Bill, and off we shot to the closest emergency room.
We got there in 15 minutes or so, it was hard for me to tell, since I was battling some panic, faintness and lightheadedness. Heart issues bring immediate attention at hospitals, which is a wonderful thing. In less than two minutes, I was monitored as having a sporadic heartrate between 160 and 180, and whisked away to a bed, complete with more monitors, an IV with heartslowing drugs, and my Danny holding my hand.
Danny having been a nurse in a prior life knows a lot of the ins and outs of hospitals, in spite of the differences in US and English clinics. He's so very thoughtful and caring, and of course has the cold hands required to be a true nurse!
The drugs brought the heartrate down eventually to the 70s, but the fibullation was still there. with only some discomfort. It's not a heart attack, just a misfiring of whatever it is that keeps the muscles moving correctly. It can last for a VERY long time, or just a while. We left the hospital at 4 am, with a lightly fluttering heart and some relief. Somehow, we all got to sleep when we got back, with Ralph being VERY worried, cause he hadn't heard a thing while we were gone. I think Mike and Ric slept through it.
Danny and I talked about staying over in Denver another day, but by noon, I went converted to a reasonably static sinus rhythm, so we opted to leave at 1 for the drive back, bidding adieu to Ralph (Bill had gone to church). I'm not 100% completely over it even 24 hours later, but it's manageable, and apparently is only life threatening if the rate is very high for long periods, and blood doesn't get circulated. I snuck off to work for about 3 hours this morning and came back home for the afternoon. Kris is calling my dance tonight.
As soon as we got back home at 9pm last night, Danny searched the yellow pages for a 24 hour pharmacy, so I could get the Diltiazem to maintain the low heart rate. Unfortunately, the Walgreens was in an area on the west side of town that had serious roadway and freeway work going on, so he got lost and frustrated on the trip over there, but finally succeeded in his mission, exhausted in his own right.
This is my third bout since it's been diagnosed in 1994. I had another bout the very night in 1999 I was about to host a CPA party (nude social group, Chile Peckers Assn), and the hilarity of that night was that the party went on without the host ever attending, he being in the ER for four hours! I do remember two other episodes before that when I was 30 and 34, but the attending room ER folks ticked it off to panic attacks, and they subsided on their own.
So, I'll have to do the rounds of the heart docs again, but apparently there is no major damage. Thank heavens I had my new United Health insurance card with me! The Diltiazem is working, and if a side effect is to be able to sleep solidly and have solid naps during the day, it's working! Other than swollen gums and a feeling of sluggishness, I'm here and okay.
, but we heard reports that the Sunday Red Rocks brunch and the afternoon dancing was faboo, too. We wouldn't have been able to stay through the whole afternoon portion of the dancing till five...that would be a bit late to get home at a decent hour, with the 7 1/2 hour drive!
Joy of all joys, the fates came together for them this year. With four scintillating callers and lots of promo, they had over 110 people at the flyin this year. We got to play with folks from NYC, Virginia, Atlanta, St. Louis, all over! Even some LJers were there, like
sfbearhoney complete with cellphone camera with direct posting to his LJ.This is what it's all about folks. Food, fun, cameraderie, and a genuine desire to show people a good time. I know some clubs that need to take SERIOUS notes!
Sadly, Danny and I missed the Sunday activities due to a
At 1am after a fun Saturday, I was just starting to fade off to sleep after watching part of "Sordid Lives" with Bill and Ralph (our hosts) and Ric and Mike (from ABQ) when I felt the telltale racing of the heart that tells me I'm in full atrial fibrilation. I've been through this before...I got out of bed, popped three aspirin, and woke Danny. He immediately jumped up from a sound sleep, woke up our host Bill, and off we shot to the closest emergency room.
We got there in 15 minutes or so, it was hard for me to tell, since I was battling some panic, faintness and lightheadedness. Heart issues bring immediate attention at hospitals, which is a wonderful thing. In less than two minutes, I was monitored as having a sporadic heartrate between 160 and 180, and whisked away to a bed, complete with more monitors, an IV with heartslowing drugs, and my Danny holding my hand.
Danny having been a nurse in a prior life knows a lot of the ins and outs of hospitals, in spite of the differences in US and English clinics. He's so very thoughtful and caring, and of course has the cold hands required to be a true nurse!
The drugs brought the heartrate down eventually to the 70s, but the fibullation was still there. with only some discomfort. It's not a heart attack, just a misfiring of whatever it is that keeps the muscles moving correctly. It can last for a VERY long time, or just a while. We left the hospital at 4 am, with a lightly fluttering heart and some relief. Somehow, we all got to sleep when we got back, with Ralph being VERY worried, cause he hadn't heard a thing while we were gone. I think Mike and Ric slept through it.
Danny and I talked about staying over in Denver another day, but by noon, I went converted to a reasonably static sinus rhythm, so we opted to leave at 1 for the drive back, bidding adieu to Ralph (Bill had gone to church). I'm not 100% completely over it even 24 hours later, but it's manageable, and apparently is only life threatening if the rate is very high for long periods, and blood doesn't get circulated. I snuck off to work for about 3 hours this morning and came back home for the afternoon. Kris is calling my dance tonight.
As soon as we got back home at 9pm last night, Danny searched the yellow pages for a 24 hour pharmacy, so I could get the Diltiazem to maintain the low heart rate. Unfortunately, the Walgreens was in an area on the west side of town that had serious roadway and freeway work going on, so he got lost and frustrated on the trip over there, but finally succeeded in his mission, exhausted in his own right.
This is my third bout since it's been diagnosed in 1994. I had another bout the very night in 1999 I was about to host a CPA party (nude social group, Chile Peckers Assn), and the hilarity of that night was that the party went on without the host ever attending, he being in the ER for four hours! I do remember two other episodes before that when I was 30 and 34, but the attending room ER folks ticked it off to panic attacks, and they subsided on their own.
So, I'll have to do the rounds of the heart docs again, but apparently there is no major damage. Thank heavens I had my new United Health insurance card with me! The Diltiazem is working, and if a side effect is to be able to sleep solidly and have solid naps during the day, it's working! Other than swollen gums and a feeling of sluggishness, I'm here and okay.
, but we heard reports that the Sunday Red Rocks brunch and the afternoon dancing was faboo, too. We wouldn't have been able to stay through the whole afternoon portion of the dancing till five...that would be a bit late to get home at a decent hour, with the 7 1/2 hour drive!
