Join me Sunday the 28th of April where I will guest on I fly Drones Dronecast out of Richmond Va! I will discuss flying on the Eastern Shore, Virginia Beach, Jim Baugh Outdoors TV and Solid Structures of Virginia Beach. Also lots of how to instructions on Line Of Sight trick Drone flying with detailed examples. Save the date! See yall then! JB
I went to the Dr because of a foot ache, they admitted me and
a month later was released with a new pacemaker. Here is my heart story.
JB first full day out after a month in the hospital.
Going back over 30 years ago was my first gout attack in my left
foot. Fortunately, gout flair ups for me rarely happened, but in my 30’s and 40’s
I have had to deal with my share of horrible gout pain.
All was good with no flair ups for years until recently I
found myself in horrible gout pain and of course went to the Doctor. Upon
examination, the Dr told me this was not gout, and he explained why. Only a few
days after my visit I had noticed at times an incredible shortness of breath and
my heart seemed to be racing a million miles per hour. Something was wrong.
With support and encouragement from some close friends, they
convinced me to go get checked out and I did. I ask my friend Diane to give me
a lift to the local Doc in the Box because I had this strange feeling, I would
not be needing a car or a while… I was right.
As soon as I was being examined, I started hearing them say
things like, “He is turning blue!’ His hands are also quickly turning blue!” In
only minutes I was sped off in an ambulance heading to a real hospital.
I arrived and immediately was sent to ICU where things
happend real fast. Once they stabilized me, I was then sent off to Sentara Heart
Hospital in Norfolk Virginia. My foot was still raging in pain, so they gave me
something to ease the discomfort.
Now, they got me set up in a room where I would stay for the
next month. Turns out what I thought was gout was actually congestive heart
failure and my heart was in afib. This explained a lot regarding how I felt.
The good Doctors went to work on me big time, tackling several issues all at
once. One of the big issues was getting rid of the fluid I was retaining from
the poor circulation. They did an amazing job, everyone every day I was there took
such excellent care of me, and I am alive because of it.
Now there was one rather strange thing that happened during
my first week or so at the hospital. I had a VERY strange reaction to the pain meds.
I became delusional and I did not even know what state I was in. Somehow in my
mind I landed in Roanoke Virginia at my brother-in-law’s new health Clinique.
Well, the visual delusions just kept going from there, it was scary as hell.
Strangers were hanging out at my room door, and the handles to the door cabinets
on my dresser were moving! It got worse. No need to get into it, but very
scary.
Finally, when I had enough clarity, I explained to the nurse
that whatever pain meds I was on to take me off. The side effects were too
great. They made med adjustments, and all the demons went away, never to
return.
The main reason I have gone public with this story is
because in my case, gout was probably a misdiagnoses many years ago. My Dr said
I probably did start out with gout attacks all those years ago, but then at
some point congestive heart failure kicked in, and I never knew it until it was
almost too late.
The team of Doctors got my heart out of Afib, and ended up
installing a pacemaker to make sure my heart rate stays up where it should be
to lead an active lifestyle which is what I have always done.
I never felt better. Today was my first full day out of the
hospital and can’t tell you how great it was to walk the beach again. My heart
is in excellent shape, but after a month of bedrest, my legs have gotten weak. So
these next two weeks its plenty of PT for me, and only 3 weeks away from being
able to bike again.
I had lost 30 pounds prior to this happening and dropped
another 35 or 40 in the hospital totaling a loss of around 70 pounds. Almost at
my goal weight!
I also did a “reset” Back in the Fall of 2023. The health benefits
of not drinking have been very good and recommend it. My doctors certainly
thought it was a great idea that I had done that and suggested to keep it up.
My family, friends, and employer were really there for me
the entire time. I can’t say enough thanks to all that helped and supported me.
The quality of medical service I received at Sentara Heart Hospital was beyond exceptional,
thank yall folks for keeping me alive and kicking!
Well, I got 62 years out of Jim Baugh Version 1.0. Now with
the new Jim Baugh Version 2.0, maybe hit 120!
By Spring and Summer we will have some more JBOTV new
features also more Milky Way Nightscapes. I will also be shooting all sorts of
incredible renovations from Solid Structures here in Va Beach, awesome company.
So friends and neighbors, if you ever seem to have an unwarranted
shortness of breath an you feel your heart is racing, DON’T WAIT! Get yourself
to the emergency room ASAP.
Thanks everyone for your thoughts and prayers, I know it
made a big difference and very much appreciated. Thank you!
36 Years! Looks like Jim Baugh Outdoors TV will kick of the production year with an offshore Sea Bass trip out of you know where! Cant wait. Look for new episodes and features on the JBOTV You Tube channel and Amazon Prime Video.
For years we have been including our soundtracks, videos,
and piano concerts on the Jim Baugh Outdoors TV Channel. JBOTV now in it’s 36th
year, we have now created a channel dedicated to many of our soundtracks that
have been featured nationally on our show over the years.
If you are a content producer and interested in leasing, or
original soundtracks for your projects simply email at jbotv@outlook.com
We will update the channel regularly as new music is
produced.
