I guess I could go at any time now...
 

I was just thinking that it has been two years ago that my doctor told me that people with my heart condition can live anywhere from 2 to 20 years. I guess I made it to the two year mark and now I can die at any time... I figure I'll just keep on working, talking, cooking, canning, helping, loving and living up to the last minute.

And if you ever all get word that I am not here any longer, just know that I have enjoyed every experience, good and bad, they all happen for a reason. Life is good and I know that the future is going to be even better. So no matter what you are facing, just hang in there and enjoy every minute. It all goes by so fast.

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Heh heh. Just had a mental image of my 4 year old in the back seat of the van, only instead of "Are we there yet?" it's Melissa saying "Am I dead yet? Am I dead yet?"

Hope your doctor buys you lunch in 18 years.

Well I can say I am always pretty happy when I wake up in the mornings! Figure it gives me another day to boss my kids around. What would they do without me?!?!?

You're in my prayers...Melissa!

Not funny!! You would be so missed!!!

Life is short, no matter what # you've been given..... live it like it was your last!

In 1997, they were ready to put me on a heart transplant list and offered not much chance of getting that because of my age and other health complications. But 2 heart attacks and two heart surgeries and 11 years later, I'm still here. I figure it just ain't my time to leave yet. I know where you're coming from Melissa cause I'm looking at that same thing for myself. I like kissing the sun, entirely grateful and humbled that I can.

Melissa,

The Lord is just waiting for you to finish your job down here. I don't think He's in a hurry, since we still need your support and encouragement in so many things.

Just hang in there. He'll call you in His own time.

No, no - I hope you prove them all wrong and we're both still doing this in 40 years.



Hmmm - maybe I need to re-think that one...

How long will I make it
 

1996 double bypass, both stopped up in less than three months, then a couple of stints in other blood veins, they stopped up and I had 8 blockages they could not get to. Then a brain turmor, or a stroke or an anurosium (spelling), diabetic and last time I went to the heart doctor he looked up and said well you made it back. Sent me for a stress test from the office to be sure the problem was not a new one not the eight blockages they had already found. Had a heart attack on the tread mill. He called the next day and said there was nothing else he could do. No heavy lifting, dont get hot or cold yeah living on a farm. Just finished a house just me and the wife. The lumber for a new front porch for the shop and a new back porch on the house, new cabinets and dishwasher, micro wave for the kitchen rebuild and we bought a extruded metal commercial frame for a green house and the glass its 24 by 24.
Point I will live untill I die. And will do as much as I possiblely can untill my time is up. Melissa I agree with you you are doing it right in my book. I refuse to set down on the porch and wait to die. Best of luck from me and the wife.

It's not your time yet Melissa! God has a lot more for you to do here.

Melissa, my cousin was told back in 1955 he had scrossis (spelling ?) of the liver, and gave him 6 months to live. He died in 1998. That is 43 years longer that the dr. gave him. So just because the Dr. said something doesn't always mean it will happen.

Just continue to trust in your God and live healthy. I think them more you dwell on something the more you get depressed and that is the worse that can happen. Depression will make you ill.

I have often thought that when a doctor tells someone a certain time period if the person then just gives up.

Kadia says I will be dying and telling God, "Hey I can't go yet, I see a weed that needs pulled!" (They all have a weird sense of humor!)

We can all go at anytime. When my mother was dying I said I was going to miss her. She reminded me that it's entirely possible that I'd be the one to go first. I think you're right about people giving up, Melissa.

LOL!! I LOVE the sense of humor your kids have!! Mine have pretty well planned out my funeral already but I'm still here to torment them too! :nana: Our pastor says that he wants to get to heaven like sliding into home base, all used up and spent. I couldn't agree more! When my hubby was a State Trooper out on the road and was clearly protected by God through an incredible situation, it became pretty clear to me that God will take us when He's good and ready, not a minute sooner, not a minute later. I too live with a health related death threat. Like you, I don't let it hang over me. It's packed up in a box in the attic and it'll be fighting me tooth and nail to let it out.

Hi Melissa;
I am sorry to hear of your heart problem. I have one too and I do understand what you are going through. I have episodes of ventricular tachycardia that escalate into cardiac fibrillation. I underwent 2 cardioversions last year within three hours. Docs put me on meds but the meds caused me to gain 70 lbs. ( which is common for that med according to the manufacturors website). The meds made me a zombie, I was depressed and didn't want to move. I quit the meds ( I do NOT advise you to do this) because I decided that living in the way I was was not living at all. I could die in my sleep or I could die tomorrow or i could live another 20 years. I have determined to trust God live or die my life is in His hands.
I work and am happy and thank Him for every day I wake up and thank Him throughout the day.
I am posting just to let you know that you are not alone in your journey, He is there every step of the way. What has happened to you is not unusal, or atypical. You are not singled out.
Having said that, I am so gald you are a moderator here and I love your forum.
I pray for you to experience health, peace and blessings.
tami

you cant leave us

I actually would not even start the medication after I read the side-effects which were pretty major. Figured I would just take my chances...

H Melissa:
Yup, I know but dh had a duck fit so I gave it a go, tapered off and quit. I was off it for three months before I told him. He saw such a change in me after quitting the meds he agreed with my decision. I sure am glad your not on the drug treadmill docs love to put people on. Mine wanted to prescribe MORE meds to counter the side effects. There was no way I was getting into that situation.
tamilee

I relate to that!

My neighbor once teased me that, if I were on my deathbed and someone asked me how I was, I'd say, "Fine". I always say fine because no matter how lousy I feel, there is someone out there in the world that feels worse!

The best thing about dying is getting a free pass to God's video store. In that store are videos of everything that has happened in the past. I can't wait to watch the video of WIHH's life before I met her!

I also want to watch all the videos of my parents, grandparents and forefathers. I hope Heaven has lots of popcorn.

I'll probably be too busy gardening to watch much TV... ;)

Yeah, when you look at the many things to do in our short time visiting this planet, I have to say that television and movies are pretty far down on my list.

Time spent in dirt is time spent playing with God. He started the world with a garden, so we know that His is a gardener's heart.

God bless YOUR heart, Melissa, and I mean that most sincerely and in the literal sense. May you experience healing, but mostly may you know that no matter when you're called home, you've done your best to walk in peace with our Father.

{{{HUGS}}}

Oh, Cabin, I'm so glad I'm not the only one that wants to see The Movie! I want to see when God made all this....will it be like Narnia (growing like time-lapse photography) or will it be like Veggie tales (God just said PHHHPPPPTTT, and there it was)? And when Goliath fell....did the Philistines turn tail and run or stand there with their mouths hanging open? I want to see be with the first settler who came through the pass into the Baker valley in eastern Oregon. My list is looooonggg!

Mellisa, I can't even think of what to say. I know life is fleeting, but it still has not sunk in just how quickly it can go.

Melissa -

So glad you are proving your doctor wrong, so far!
This thread could start a whole new discussion, about whether or not people stay on prescriptions from their docs. I myself am very wary of medicines, only take them when absolutely necessary, like antibiotics.
I have a friend who had a heart valve replacement a few years ago. The surgery was a success, but since then she is on a constant treadmill of doctors and drugs. She takes at least 4 daily prescriptions that I know of, possibly more. Now after 3 or 4 years, she is experiencing a horrible skin rash. It is really awful, it must be like a leper used to look! All over her arms, and some on her legs too. People stare when she goes out in short sleeves. After a year of treatments from 2 different skin doctors, they say it is from all the drugs she takes, interacting, and of course they say she can't go off any of the drugs. They just add a few more for her skin. She is one of those people that the doctor's word is law. They have helped her in some ways, but hurt her in others!

When my husband's Uncle Bernard was told that he had cancer by his doctor, he smiled and exclaimed, "Oh boy, I'm going to heaven!" And he meant it.......but the doctor looked at him as if he was crazy. Anyway, that was over 17 years ago, he still has it and other things......and only now at 91 has his kidneys started shutting down. He will not be going onto dialysis though. So I think he is ready to make his trip now.

My SIL was told over 5 years ago that she had some rare lung disease. I have never seen any evidence of it. She is fine. For her age, she looks real good and is very attractive. Not sick at all.

I agree that if the doctors tell you that you are going to die in a certain time period, then you will........if you believe it. I believe in taking care of yourself using herbal remedies and supplements and good healthy food. There are a lot of good things for heathy hearts.

Praying for you, as this forum would definitely not be the same without you.

katlupe

Gosh, sounds to me like you have another 18 years!
When my grandma was a young married woman, she was told it would kill her to have any children. She went on to have 7 kids and sure enough, she died - in her mid seventies. Doctors don't know everything. Just enjoy each day as it comes.

You've got a great attitude, Melissa, and I'm glad you're still here too. My MIL beat breast cancer 30 years ago, when the doctor said she only had 2-5 years because of it being Stage 3. But she had a good attitude, fought a good fight, and she's still chugging along.

Doctor's often underestimate the resilience of the human soul. And the fact that GOD has the final plans for us in His hands.

Perhaps you'll be so busy doing all the things you enjoy or do to help those that you love that you'll miss your appointment with death.

"Doh! Wasn't I supposed to die? Well, it's too late, now."

My wife's uncle was given six months to live twice in his life. He ended up outliving three of his doctors.

You would be greatly missed. It wouldn't be the same on this forum without you.

I think I'd find a new doctor.

Scott

The worst thing you can do is take that doctor's prognosis as gospel, all he knows is lab tests and drugs.
The human body can recover from some very serious conditions if you give it what it needs. I believe there is a cure for most problems, we just have to search and keep trying until we find the answer. I have read lots of testimonies from people who had been given the death sentence but recovered with natural alternatives.
If I had a heart condition I would start taking Hawthorn, Garlic, Cayenne, Ginko Biloba, CoQ10 and proteolytic enzymes for inflamation, also a good alkalizing Ionic mineral formula. I would stop consuming any commercial vegetable oils, no junk food, just live superfoods with lots of Chlorophyll, Ribose is special sugar that will strengthen the heart, check it out. I would also detox with Liver and Kidney cleanses, bowel cleanses, Saunna baths, also check out cell food, this is great stuff but be aware that it can cause a severe healing crisis, this is when you get worse before you get better and most people and doctors don't understand it.
Keep searching and believing and you just might go to that doctor's funeral.

Time for another trip to the doctor so they can tell you "two to twenty" again so you can start the two year cycle again. And then keep doing that for the next 30 or 40 years. Or, heck, 50 years, why not? :D Just keep up the good work!

Jennifer

Me too! I think of that often. There are so many things I want to see and so many people I want to meet. We play a game at the house sometimes of what dead person would you like to meet and what would you ask them. I want to meet my grandmother that came cross country in a covered wagon. My the stories she must have (and the video to prove it).

Your herb list is pretty close to what I take. I take hawthorne, bilberry, elderberry, cinnamon, CoQ10, magnesium- a real biggie for the heart, fish oil, garlic, aspirin-only two times a week, gingko, grapeseed extract, and a regular multi-vitamin as well as a few specific amino acids. I do not take cayenne, will look into that.

My diet is pretty good, but not perfect, I work at it!

My dad's doctor once told me that his health was so fragile that a bad cold would kill him, and that he'd never survive a broken bone. He didn't think he would live very much longer. Twelve years later, after surviving a dozen colds, three boughts of pnumonia, a broken hip, and lung cancer (recovered without any treatment at all), his doctor remarked on how well he was doing. He told me "Ten years ago, I would have never believed he would live this long."

The good Lord is the only one who knows, and until he shares that information with you, I wouldn't put too much stock in what anyone else says.

Let me add that my Mother was told in the late '30's she'd die before she turned 40 of a heart condition and she's now 92. In fact, she had her childen at ages 39, 41 & 43.

And my orthodontist told me when I was a child I'd lose all my teeth by age 40. I'm 51 now and still have all my teeth! Hang in there and do what you're doing. The doctor should ask you for advice!

Melissa,

With all these testimonials it sounds like you could have a busy, long life ahead of you!

I've often wondered about medications when the side-effects are everything from hang nails to death. I often wonder if the chance of NOT taking them isn't worth the risk!

Keep living 'til you're cold, dear one.

At the age of 3, my mother was told that she needed to love me and enjoy me a smuch as possible because children with the kidney ds=isease I was diagnosed with, didn't live past 18 yrs. I am going to be 49 on Oct 17!!!!!! God wasn't/isn't done with me either! Still a lot of people need to know who God is & that He loves them. I plan on telling as many of them that I can while I'm here! So all praise to God who sustains us! Enjoying the good life today! Patti

My dad has been saying this for over 20 years - he's a non-compliant diabetic. I guess God isn't ready for him yet! We've know quite a few people who were expected to die, but took their time about it. I know one very active lady who was supposed to die last year. She's the picture of health! :clap:

On the other hand, my mom died at a young 76 - we sort of expected her to live forever.

And on the third hand - we could ALL go any time now. ;)

Cabin Fever...I thought I was the only one who knew about the video theory! If you get there first, please hurry up and watch as many as you can so the best ones aren't still checked out when I arrive!

The doctors told my mother when I was born that even if I lived through the night, I would never walk or talk and would be a vegetable....which my dad reminded me of every time I did something dumb:happy: