Originally Posted By goodgirl Topic: Health Question: Have you ever had a serious health scare? Did it change your habits or behavior?
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Fortunately, no. I have not. But, a good friend who is only a couple of years older than me had a heart attack about two years ago and that scared the bejeebers out of me. I did start watching what I was eating more after that.
Originally Posted By beamerdog Yes. I had congestive heart failure. It was very scary. They thought I was having a heart attack and thinned my blood down (and accidently gave me glucose with the saline) which exacerbated the problem. It was due to another health issue which was causing major blood loss, which I resolved with surgery. It really didn't change my habits as I'm diabetic and lead a fairly healthy life style. The surgery was not heart-related.
Originally Posted By gaydsnywitch No, but a year or two ago my doctor told me I need to start eating better and exercising more so that I don't end up having something that would be a serious health scare. I'm making progress.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 <<<knocking on wood. No. Moderately serious yes, but nothing life threatening. Since I hit the big five o I have tried to be more aware of my general health.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I used to have my bi-annual appendicitus (sp?) scare, which I think may have been my gal-bladder. I've had my chest feel tight after eating really greasy stuff. That's made me alter the amout of junk I eat. So far as I know there's no heart condition, but at my age I'm not pushing it over cheese puffs. I think cutting the fat has ended the bi-annual appendix scares. So nothing serious fortunately, but I am a little more aware of my diet. I'll still splurge, but fatty snacks aren't a life-style anymore.
Originally Posted By Ursula No, but a few years back I was diagnosed with an enlarged liver. They ran a bucket of tests and found nothing to show it was enlarged at all. I remember being scared of the unknown, but I still eat pizza.
Originally Posted By ReadingMom Yes. Within hours after my daughter was born I broke out in blisters all over my body....especialy on my face and neck. Not much skin...all blisters. I was quarantined in the hospital, ten doctors and four days later I was allowed to leave but without my daughter. She had to stay in the hospital and be treated for chicken pox and other diseases because they didn't know what I had. A week later we were able to bring 2oonlet1 home. (It was the day the ground war started in Kuwait.) That night my arms starting burning and 2oony spent the whole night wrapping arms in iced towels. The next day I went to the doctor and they took a biopsy. I had gestational herpes. Apparently my body reacted against the pregnancy hormone and I got sick. That was my one and only experience with prednisone. As it turned out, no one could have caught what I had. I tore up all pictures of me at that time because of the blisters on my body. It as the worst time of our lives. When I was pregnant with my son I was watched pretty closely in case it started again but I was lucky.
Originally Posted By Disneyma Yes, major health scare when I was pregnant with DD #3. Did it change my habit/behavior? Yes and no, at the time I did what I could to stay healthy and pregnant.
Originally Posted By avromark Do you mean natural health scare or say a health scare caused by a trauma or unnatural event.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan if you call kidney stones and gall stones a health scare yes. because of them i eat less fatty foods. not that i hate a whole lot to begin with
Originally Posted By disney pete not a major health scare but a few years ago i had a heria op that went wrong and had to have it done again and was of work for 8 months,i was told when returning to take it easy dont lift heavy items but that was part of my job so i just went back as normal.
Originally Posted By RAM1984 No, I feel very fortunate. When people in my family do get sick they tend to die so I do watch what I eat and exercise regularly. If something does happen I want to know that I did everything possible to stay healthy; not get a wake-up call in the ICU.
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess Yes, major scare when I was due to have my daughter. They thought I had either Leukemia or Lupus, and I had to be transported to Loma Linda for an emergency c-section (after getting platelet transfusions, etc.). Turned out it was a platelet problem that went away with pregnancy, thank goodness, but I was very sick for awhile there. (And the baby could've had bleeding on the brain if not caught first/delivered via c-section.) Very scary. I was told it would be risky to get pregnant again because I could very well end up with the same complication again, so that kind of ruined my plans for having a 3rd child.
