Get well soon brother!

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85 190E 2.3(SOLD)
86 230E (-->300D) sold
87 300D (-->300TD) sold
68 250S w/ a 615 and manual tranny (RIP)
87 300TD (SOLD)
95 S280 "The KRAKEN" (Turbo 2.9 602 transplant) traded
86 190E 2.3... current project

Best wishes Charlie. I hope you get well soon.

God bless.

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2003 S430 - 107K
1983 300SD - Tanoshii - mostly restored ~400K+.
1983 300SD - Good interior. Engine finally tamed ~250K.
Monark Nozzle Install Video - http://tinyurl.com/ptd2tge

my best wishes to you, charlie, and i hope you make a full and speedy recovery!

Thank You to all for the kind words and well wishes, I really appreciate it.

I didn`t have a heart attack, it is something called P.A.T., I have had it for a long time, and it hits me every once in a while. starts out like I cant get my breath, and then the heart beat speeds up. It will beat in the neighborhood of 180 beats a minute. It beats so fast, not enough blood gets pumped at each beat, and I get light headed and dizzy. this thing sometime will be only a few beats, and then it can go on for hours.

paroxysmal atrial tachycardia - definition of paroxysmal atrial tachycardia in the Medical dictionary - by the Free Online Medical Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

Early on I would go in and they would do an EKG and nothing would show up. I was refered to a heart Dr. and did the stress test on a treadmill quite a few times. they had all kind of wires stuck on me, then did an ultrasound of the heart. after a run on the treadmill they would do a ultrasound of the heart after I got it up to 144 beats.

The Dr. said I had no heart disease and it all looked normal, but the problem is something to do in the electrical part. something would get a signal at the wrong time and that would set it off. so he had me on a drug called Dilicor, and took it for quite a few yrs, but still had the issue come back while taking it.
He also said it wouldn`t kill me, but was more of a anoiance (sp).

About 6 weeks ago we were at my Bro in Laws, I brought over a couple tarps to cover his 56 Chevy project and my new $300 78 240D project car. got his covered and started on mine, and this PAT hit me. I stood there for a few min thinking it would pass, but it persisted. so went on and covered the car and went inside the house. told my wife it started. a little later I walked across the living room to go down the hall, and I got super light headed. leaned against the wall to let it pass. it was like my head was going to expand and rise above my shoulders, best I can describe it. then it was like the shades were being pulled down and my vision started to blacken out. I remember 2 bimps, and my wife saying you all right? I collapsed straight to the floor. I got up and seemed ok, but still the fast heart beat.

called my Dr the next day, refered to a heart specialist at Stanford. (now that Iam older, and I did collapse this time, it was time to fix it) 2 weeks later I was scheduled to have it fixed, which was Wednesday morning at 10:45. after a bunch of paper work, had me put on this stylish gown slam dunked me in bed and started sticking in IV`s and all sorts of wires ans things. around 1pm off I went to the operating room where they stuck on all kinds of sticky probes, and 2 large pads on my back one pos and one negative. I guess to kick start me and get me going. they put a mask for air and the Dr said in a minute you will feel like you had a couple glasses of wine...............

Around 4:30 I open my eyes and my wife is there and Iam back in the recovery room. they cut a vein in my Groin, ran a probe to the heart and zapped what ever the thing that was causing the problem. I was visioning some sort of Bore Scope like they sell at HF.
I had to stay in bed until 10pm and keep my leg straight till the vein clotted and held. then they got me up to walk, and back to bed. later I got up and had dinner, Salmon, steamed brocolli, Tossed green Salad, Chocolate Pudding, Oatmeal Rasin cookie and juice. a clicker, Lazy Boy type chair and my own large screen tv while eating.

One of the male nurses was getting off work, stopped by and we BS`d for a while, said hang on. came back with an "I pad", dang I had internet, movies or what ever on this little thing. so I was on the Forum until 3:30am. a guy had to stay on top of things.

For breakfast, Denver Ohmlet, Hash browns, Coffee, English Muffin, Bran Muffin, Peach Yogurt, and 2 Bananas. dang they feed me good.

I got released at 11am, and headed home. my wife drove , I had no choice. ....

So I have to be good and not lift anything over 10lbs for a week so the vein doesn`t start to bleed or it is a 911 call
I did get a Bikini shave dang she was a cutie, 20 something..... got a little nervous the way she was whipping that razor around.

So now it is just trying to be good and not do anything.......

Hopefully this is fixed and i can get back to PNP for some theropy.

Charlie

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2) Even less power
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80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

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Charlie,
I'm a little late here but wishing you a speedy recovery! Sounds like you had an "ablation" procedure{its what I do for a living}. Basically, they zap some of the electrical nodes in your heart to get the conductive pathways to settle down. It should most likely fix the issues you have been having with premature atrial contractions{PAT's}. Take it easy for a day or two so your groin puncture can heal and you should be good to go!
John

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2013 E350 Bluetec

Hey Charlie I just saw this headline, I was worried as I went through the thread. But glad you checked in with a post. Sounds like everything is going to be fine. Take it easy my friend, and try to enjoy the recovery!



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Get well soon!

@everyone - sorry folks I should have explained more in the first post about actual problem - Charlie had told me (not that I really understood it)

I'll edit the post to say to go to Charlie's post describing what was actually going on.

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I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

My wife has had that surgery twice.

It is performed by an electrocardiologist.

They go in with a catheter from the vein in the groin, and they watch the heart beating.

There are nodes in the heart tissue that send signals to one side of the heart on when and how to beat (rate and rhythm). The other side of the heart just follows.

The doctor identifies the nodes that are giving the heart tissue a bad signal, and burns them out of commission.

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2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

Good luck with your speedy recovery Charlie.
Who knows, you might get used to the man-scaping and decide to keep it going.....

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'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Charlie glad your here and doing well!!!

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Rest and relax...let your body heal...and find an adjutant to turn the wrenches for you!


Salute Charlie!

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1985 300CD Silver/Blue H&R Suspension (Sold, still cryin over that)
1982 300SD Silver/Blue '85 OM617 (Sold)
1982 300D - Blue/Blue (Sold)

Charlie, I've been there twice already as a teen. (They didn't zap enough of the nerves the first time.) I hope they didn't abuse your groin as much as they did mine. In a week or two you'll be back to normal... well, hopefully better than before, and the sensation that someone was tap dancing on your crotch while you were under will be gone.

Take it easy and get well soon!

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'77 300D Euro Delivery
OM617 turbo / 4-speed swap
404 Milanbraun Metallic / 134 Dattel MB-Tex

Current status:
* Undergoing body work

My '77 300D progress thread

Its good to know your fine. I had a positive feeling you would be.

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Chris
84 280sl
82 300d euro

Charlie,
Haven't talked to you since we had that GTG and drive up there a few years ago. You "Fixed my headlight problem in Mariah(Fuse gone!).
Hoping an praying for a full and speedy recovery.
I had a blood clot behind my left knee on Jan 1st this year and know all about the "don't do this" thing. Luckily I was removed from the blood thinners in June and no recurrences since the first one.
Us Charlie's gotta stick together. BTW we need another Drive/GTG up in your neck of the woods.

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1985 Euro 500SEC Cabriolet AMG Widebody
1982 Euro 500SEL "Blue"
2001 Texas Heeler (Aussie/Queensland X) "Sulphie",
2012 Queensland Red Heeler "Squeak"
Best dogs I've ever had.