Yea, my eye is looking a lot better, and it hasn't spread to my other eye, my fiance, or the dog.  The doctor said I caught it really early, which was good, and I've changed all my towels, and am doing drops in both eyes as a precaution.  Tomorrow I'm going to change all the pillow cases on the bed (which is annoying, because we just put clean sheets on Thursday).

And yea, it was a big scare with my dad, and he really should have died.  And not only that, but a month before he'd had an EKG and a stress test as part of his annual physical.  Both checked out fine.  He had chest pains like he had 3 years ago (when he needed the stint put in originally), and went in for a second EKG the Friday before my mom took him to the hospital.  The cardiologist said, on Friday, that everything looked fine and sent my dad home with nitro glycerine tablets to take for the chest pains 

My dad's in the process of finding a new cardiologist.

Rachel, if you come shoot nudes with me it will even out the karma in the world. Your dad will live to be 147 years old, your eyes will be sparkly and bright, and you might even win the lottery

Marty @ Photoarray.com wrote:

Rachel Jay wrote:

My dad's in the process of finding a new cardiologist.

Look on the bright side.... at least he's able to look for a new cardiologist!

I know!

The rest of you are just too much       

Yea.  Hopefully this is the worst for awhile. 

I'm fine with shit happening, as that's usually how it goes for me, but I prefer getting shat on by a bird during engagement photos to this kind of stuff 

Kevlar Vest Girl wrote:

How old is your dad and what are his symptoms? Does he smoke and drink?

My dad turned 57 in September.  He doesn't smoke, and might have one beer or glass of wine every 6 months or so (though he recently opted to cut alcohol out of his diet entirely).  He exercises 3-4 times a week regularly (in the winter, he climbs stairs at the health club, in the summer, he does that and bicycles between 50 and 75+ miles a weekend), and eats fairly healthy.  He does have high blood pressure, and is on meds for it.

His stress test and EKG were perfect.  Just as they were 3 years ago when he had the first stint put in.  His symptoms were chest pains, which he first thought was heartburn (3 years ago).  They occurred just beneath his breastbone, and didn't radiate down his left arm or anything.  He had the same pains again this time.

I think it goes without saying that you should be thankful things weren't any worse.  It tends to make people realize you should enjoy things and appreciate them more.  And it sucks even more in my experience that it gets worse the older you are.  I lost my dad when he was 52.  Fifty-seven isn't old.  You both should hold your heads up and think positive.  Worse case scenerio is that if that were all you had, it's still something.

My last 6 weeks have been pretty bad and I don't see anything getting much better in the next few.  Thankfully it's something that'll work itself out since it isn't health related.

Hang in there.

Yeah, sometimes life just sucks, esp that heart attack thing. It;s really unpredictable.  Years ago I had a friend, a guy who was just 41 and sort of a jock. He ran three miles almost daily, had never smoked and drank only lightly. His parents and grandparents lived into their 80s. One day after his run, he told his wife he had a bit of heartburn and she went to the kitchen to get something for it. When she returned to the room, he was dead on the floor.
Sometimes it's genetic, sometimes it's lifestyle, but sometimes it's just fate.

But anyway, glad your Dad is OK and glad the pinkeye is clearing up.