The poster - Spike

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 3:41 pm

I was told last night that he was taken ill after the Arsenal game last Saturday and was driven to the hospital at Blackburn by another supporter.

Well done to whoever took him, and best wishes to Spike for a full and speedy recovery.

Spike · Post by **Spike** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:07 pm

I collapsed in Charter Walk and no ambulance for 3 hours
My mate rang his wife and she came with a view to take me Blackburn services and get a lift home from there thinking it wasn’t serious , Thanks to John and Kathy Williams
Big thanks to Landlord of new Brewm who helped get me to car
Collapsed again getting out of car at services and ambulance came this time, straight to Blackburn resus
Heart rate was down to 28 when 60 is dangerous. Family straight to relative room and paramedics said I was very poorly
Thankfully got stabilised and dual pacemaker fitted Monday basically because none done Sunday
Home yesterday

Thanks for everyone’s help and concern

Ashingtonclaret46 · Post by **Ashingtonclaret46** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:22 pm

Good luck Spike ---take it easy and get yourself back in good working order!

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:23 pm

Spike wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:07 pm
I collapsed in Charter Walk and no ambulance for 3 hours
My mate rang his wife and she came with a view to take me Blackburn services and get a lift home from there thinking it wasn’t serious , Thanks to John and Kathy Williams
Big thanks to Landlord of new Brewm who helped get me to car
Collapsed again getting out of car at services and ambulance came this time, straight to Blackburn resus
Heart rate was down to 28 when 60 is dangerous. Family straight to relative room and paramedics said I was very poorly
Thankfully got stabilised and dual pacemaker fitted Monday basically because none done Sunday
Home yesterday

Thanks for everyone’s help and concern

I was told about it last night - good to here things are OK for you.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:34 pm

Get well soon.

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:38 pm

Glad you got sorted Spike and you're on the mend.
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The New Brewm landlords are Sharon and Pete

Spike · Post by **Spike** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:47 pm

My wife has spoken to Sharon. Will go see Pete when I can

Silkyskills1 · Post by **Silkyskills1** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:56 pm

Must have been a terrifying experience. Good to hear you are on the mend and that genuine, decent people are still around.

claptrappers_union · Post by **claptrappers_union** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 6:10 pm

Take it easy Spike, my father in law collapsed in a car park and played it down to everyone. It was only when we forced him to go to the hospital, he walked in (alone because of Covid) and explained to the staff that he fell on uneven ground so they took him to the fracture clinic, it was there when he collapsed again and died a week later from a heart attack and a stroke.

I'm not trying to scare you, but some blokes of a certain age think they know their bodies and are immortal.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 6:38 pm

Good to hear your OK Spike...keep safe buddy.

Paul Waine · Post by **Paul Waine** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 6:40 pm

Good luck, Spike with your rehabilitation. I got put on cardio rehabilitation physio with a group of other heart patients. Happiest bunch of people you will ever meet!

Regular exercise, adjusted diet, lots and lots of fruit and veg. Reduced red meat, more white meat, more fish. I also cut out alcohol - I like the non-alcoholic beers, now.

All worth it, 5+ years so far, for me. Now playing walking football.

Paul Waine · Post by **Paul Waine** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 6:44 pm

claptrappers_union wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 22, 2021 6:10 pm
Take it easy Spike, my father in law collapsed in a car park and played it down to everyone. It was only when we forced him to go to the hospital, he walked in (alone because of Covid) and explained to the staff that he fell on uneven ground so they took him to the fracture clinic, it was there when he collapsed again and died a week later from a heart attack and a stroke.

I'm not trying to scare you, but some blokes of a certain age think they know their bodies and are immortal.

My condolences, claptrappers.

I can understand the instinct: we are all immortal - until we find out we aren't.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 6:46 pm

Paul Waine wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 22, 2021 6:40 pm
Good luck, Spike with your rehabilitation. I got put on cardio rehabilitation physio with a group of other heart patients. Happiest bunch of people you will ever meet!

Regular exercise, adjusted diet, lots and lots of fruit and veg. Reduced red meat, more white meat, more fish. I also cut out alcohol - I like the non-alcoholic beers, now.

All worth it, 5+ years so far, for me. Now playing walking football.

Sounds good Paul,apart from that non-alcholic beer one

martintheaker · Post by **martintheaker** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 6:48 pm

Hope you recover soon, Peter.

You still haven’t bought me the birthday beer you promised me at Anfield so get well soon and I hope we can catch up when you’re back on’t Turf. #UTC

Aclaret · Post by **Aclaret** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:01 pm

All the best to you Spike.

mill hill claret · Post by **mill hill claret** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:19 pm

All the best spike ..take it easy pal

NewClaret · Post by **NewClaret** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:33 pm

Crikey, sorry to hear that Spike. Glad you’re on the mend.

My wife is a cardiac specialist nurse and deals with patients that have had these implantable defibrillators, pacemakers, surgery, etc. You’ll no doubt be assigned your own, but if you have any questions whatsoever just let me know and I’ll put them to her.

I imagine some of her advice will sound like Paul’s, but doubt even she is draconian enough to recommend no -alcoholic beer!!!!

SalouClaret · Post by **SalouClaret** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:37 pm

All the best mate, get well soon!

ClaretAL · Post by **ClaretAL** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:43 pm

Take it easy mate, all the very best, and get well soon

BigRedrose · Post by **BigRedrose** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:48 pm

That's what living in Blackburn for many years does to you Pete! Seriously, glad you are on the mend. Take care pal, thinking of you.

BigRedrose · Post by **BigRedrose** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:48 pm

That's what living in Blackburn for many years does to you Pete! Seriously, glad you are on the mend. Take care pal, thinking of you.

MDWat · Post by **MDWat** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 8:34 pm

All the best, Spike. Fingers crossed for a positive recovery.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 8:41 pm

Best of luck to you Spike, it's welcome that you had a couple of good Samaritans on hand to assist you in your time of need.

Spike · Post by **Spike** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:25 pm

NewClaret wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:33 pm
Crikey, sorry to hear that Spike. Glad you’re on the mend.

My wife is a cardiac specialist nurse and deals with patients that have had these implantable defibrillators, pacemakers, surgery, etc. You’ll no doubt be assigned your own, but if you have any questions whatsoever just let me know and I’ll put them to her.

I imagine some of her advice will sound like Paul’s, but doubt even she is draconian enough to recommend no -alcoholic beer!!!!

I hope that I can drink again just to be sociable!
Please ask how soon I can go back on the Turf

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:00 am

That was a downward spike for sure! Just 28. Lucky man it seems.

So pleased that you are dual motored now. Keep up the recovery and best wishes for your future good health.

Upward Spike now with those motors inside you!
Good luck

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:09 am

Spike wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:25 pm
I hope that I can drink again just to be sociable!
Please ask how soon I can go back on the Turf

You’ll soon be back. I’ve just recently had a relative who needed a big heart operation. I’m amazed at how quickly he’s recovered from it.

Bullabill · Post by **Bullabill** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 4:22 am

What's a dual pacemaker?

MrTopTier · Post by **MrTopTier** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 7:08 am

All the best Spike.

beddie · Post by **beddie** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 7:24 am

Just seen the post. Its amazing what they can do these days. Just make sure you take the professional advice given and you’ll be fine. All the very best.

AlargeClaret · Post by **AlargeClaret** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 7:46 am

Well done Spike all the best

gandhisflipflop · Post by **gandhisflipflop** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 7:46 am

First and foremost, get well soon spike it must have been a terrible ordeal.

Secondly, I find it extremely sad that it took 3 hours for an ambulance to arrive, and the fact nobody picked up on that seems to suggest that is just normal these days. I do not for one second suggest that the fantastic people who operate these ambulances are to blame, but clearly something is wrong. My grandma had a nasty fall the other week outside marks and Spencer’s, the guy who worked there said a lot had been falling. She could not move and an ambulance would not come out to her. Fortunately I wasn’t working this day and I took her to the hospital. It was clearly broken, never offered an X-ray and was given exercises to do only to be told 6 weeks later that she should have had an X-ray, the exercises were given too early and she may never be able to lift her arm above her head again and the healing process could now take a year.

Sorry for the digression, but the NHS is clearly stretched and when you work good people to the ground, these things can happen. A sad situation indeed.

Anyway get well soon once again spike.

claretonthecoast1882 · Post by **claretonthecoast1882** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 7:57 am

Good to see you're on the road to recovery Spike, take it easy.

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:11 am

My daughter is a cardiac nurse in a large city hospital. The fear of catching Coronavirus in hospital has scared many from phoning for an ambulance. In her experience, people (mostly men) have been getting chest pains but deciding to 'tough it out' waiting 3 or 4 days before finally phoning.

Sadly too much irreversible damage has been done to the heart in those 4 days and a patient who only needed a minor procedure dies. Sadly, these people are not being listed in the Covid related death figures but perhaps they should be.

To anyone suffering any kind of heart pain....go get it checked out. The sooner you phone the more likely the ambulance crews and hospital medical staff will be able to help you.

Glad you are still with us, Spike!

yTib · Post by **yTib** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:24 am

get well soon, spike.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:30 am

Get well soon Spike.

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:40 am

LoveCurryPies wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:11 am
My daughter is a cardiac nurse in a large city hospital. The fear of catching Coronavirus in hospital has scared many from phoning for an ambulance. In her experience, people (mostly men) have been getting chest pains but deciding to 'tough it out' waiting 3 or 4 days before finally phoning.

Sadly too much irreversible damage has been done to the heart in those 4 days and a patient who only needed a minor procedure dies. Sadly, these people are not being listed in the Covid related death figures but perhaps they should be.

To anyone suffering any kind of heart pain....go get it checked out. The sooner you phone the more likely the ambulance crews and hospital medical staff will be able to help you.

Glad you are still with us, Spike!

I had chest pains whilst walking last year and ignored it for weeks on end. When I finally decided to report it I had 2 stents fitted within a couple of hours of arriving at Blackburn.

My LAD artery (widow maker) was 95% blocked and the rear one bad but not quite the same.

I was very, very lucky and very, very fortunate not to suffer more damage to my heart.

I miss-diagnosed my symptoms, we all think we are Consultants since Google arrived.

Please, let the real experts decide for you!

HahaYeah · Post by **HahaYeah** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:59 am

Get well soon Spike.

Spike · Post by **Spike** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 11:47 am

JohnMac wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:40 am
I had chest pains whilst walking last year and ignored it for weeks on end. When I finally decided to report it I had 2 stents fitted within a couple of hours of arriving at Blackburn.

My LAD artery (widow maker) was 95% blocked and the rear one bad but not quite the same.

I was very, very lucky and very, very fortunate not to suffer more damage to my heart.

I miss-diagnosed my symptoms, we all think we are Consultants since Google arrived.

Please, let the real experts decide for you!

I had no previous chest pains or heart worries

Thanks a lot for all your well wishes

Bullabill · Post by **Bullabill** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 2:19 pm

JohnMac wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:40 am

Please, let the real experts decide for you!

Whilst generally good advice, the experts don't always get it right. I was fitted with a Bi-Ventricular Pacemaker which led to the worst twelve months of my life. I couldn't walk forty metres, struggled for breath, aches and pains etc., etc. After much pleading the experts turned the device off and I'm now improving - walking four kilometres a day with concomitant improvements overall.

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 3:26 pm

Bullabill wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 23, 2021 2:19 pm
Whilst generally good advice, the experts don't always get it right. I was fitted with a Bi-Ventricular Pacemaker which led to the worst twelve months of my life. I couldn't walk forty metres, struggled for breath, aches and pains etc., etc. After much pleading the experts turned the device off and I'm now improving - walking four kilometres a day with concomitant improvements overall.

Sounds like you are on the mend having been unfortunate. Best wishes for your continued improvement.

NewClaret · Post by **NewClaret** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 6:21 pm

Spike wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:25 pm
I hope that I can drink again just to be sociable!
Please ask how soon I can go back on the Turf

She said if you’ve had a duel chamber pacemaker “he’ll be fine”, if that’s any reassurance. Should avoid the football for a couple of weeks after fitting, so fine for Norwich if you feel well enough, but said make some normal adjustments like arriving early/leaving after the crowds have left so you don’t get knocked.

Spike · Post by **Spike** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:41 am

NewClaret wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 23, 2021 6:21 pm
She said if you’ve had a duel chamber pacemaker “he’ll be fine”, if that’s any reassurance. Should avoid the football for a couple of weeks after fitting, so fine for Norwich if you feel well enough, but said make some normal adjustments like arriving early/leaving after the crowds have left so you don’t get knocked.

Thanks a lot that cheered me up!
The future is Claret!

Spike · Post by **Spike** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:45 am

Bullabill wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 23, 2021 2:19 pm
Whilst generally good advice, the experts don't always get it right. I was fitted with a Bi-Ventricular Pacemaker which led to the worst twelve months of my life. I couldn't walk forty metres, struggled for breath, aches and pains etc., etc. After much pleading the experts turned the device off and I'm now improving - walking four kilometres a day with concomitant improvements overall.

I hope you are now on the road to full recovery. Sorry to hear it didn’t go well for you

Foshiznik · Post by **Foshiznik** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:24 am

Get well soon pal!

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:40 am

Good luck Spike, hope all goes well.

Marty Dobson · Post by **Marty Dobson** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:57 am

Best of luck with your recovery Spike.

ecc · Post by **ecc** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:34 pm

Take care, Spike.

Well done to the people who came to your help.

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:43 pm

Terrible ordeal, for you.
Hope things are now on the mend.

It's reassuring to here of the people who were able to help you too.
Well done them.
Get well soon!

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Tue Oct 18, 2022 3:34 pm

Hope you're on the mend Spike & take care.

Chobulous · Post by **Chobulous** » Tue Oct 18, 2022 3:46 pm

JohnMac wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:40 am
I had chest pains whilst walking last year and ignored it for weeks on end. When I finally decided to report it I had 2 stents fitted within a couple of hours of arriving at Blackburn.

My LAD artery (widow maker) was 95% blocked and the rear one bad but not quite the same.

I was very, very lucky and very, very fortunate not to suffer more damage to my heart.

I miss-diagnosed my symptoms, we all think we are Consultants since Google arrived.

Please, let the real experts decide for you!

Sounds like me. Kept getting chest pains while walking the dog in the mornings mainly. Like you I just ignored them but finally mentioned them to the wife who was a nurse for 30 odd years. After getting a ferocious bollocking I got finally went to the doc’s. Just had a stent fitted 2 weeks ago because of 90% blockage of LAD. I’ve got my cardiac rehab appointment next week.

Get well soon Spike