at approxamatly 2:00 Sunday afternoon, while getting things ready around the house and finishing up some things on the motorhome and trailer she hit me with chest pains and a resulting heart attack, wife shipped me to the hospital and straight to the operating room for a stent in an artery called the widow maker,fast forward to yesterday and I was released with a fist full of papers and good results on my screening's, and the Dr telling me I was a lucky man, much longer and it would of been worse so now comes a lifestyle change, no smoking, diet and cardio exercises, no driving untill next week after I see my family Dr,, so I looks like Chrysler Power Classic is out for this year, but after that I have 4 more Chrysler events scheduled, so I need to be a good boy and clean up my lifestyle, and slow down and enjoy what's left of it.

I'm glad to hear your going to be okay instead of hearing on here that you didn't make it
Fate can be a fickled mistress, thanks to God for good Doctors and your good luck and a smart wife who acted quickly in your behalf

It's too bad people have to wait until they get hit with a sledge hammer in the head before they decide to make lifestyle changes. keep your chin up and your stick on the ice.

Wow Close call!Take care and stick around for a while.

I told my wife that I can't go now,,I got too many people to pizz off. lol she just shook her head

Wow Bill that was a close one glad you cheated the reaper.

Think you can make it up to the Mid Ohio Show at D42 next month?

Be a good boy and do what the doc says and you should be racing for a long time

Gus

Not good news that you needed medical attention, especially heart issues, but sounds like things went as well as could be expected, Good luck with it Bill

thats the next one on my list Gus

thanks Glenn, I am 62 years old and I need to quit acting like I am 32 and bullet proof.

Holy crap Bill!

Glad you're alright. Take care! You have some racing to do!

Casey FJ

This should be a wake up call to everyone. Throw those coffin nails away, eat sensibly, do go to the gym or at least do some kind of cardio. Most health issues can be avoided with common sense.

I am glad you survived.

Glad you were pro active on it. Could have made a terrible turn. Get well soon.

Kenny

Well Mother Nature just gave you a warning sign and now to have to react to it in a positive way. She can be fickle so pay attention to what she is warning you about!!!!Glad you came out of it as ok as you did and listen to the Dr's advice. It's quality of life so get better and get back to doing what you love!

The first swing dont kill most, its the second or third. Make the changes for yourself and the ones who love you.

Good luck.

Glad you are okay Dartman. But am wondering why God is being called mother nature? It is okay to Thank God. We don't have a muslim president any longer.

Welcome to the Lucky SOB club. Coming up on 10 years since my left anterior descending and right coronary arteries hung clots to the tune of 100% and 99% blocked.

The left isn't called The Widowmaker for nothing. You're usually dead before you hit the ground. I was fortunate because my body had grown a secondary circulation path that flowed enough to keep me going until they could put 2 stents in. Got away with minimal damage all things considered. My ejection fraction is now around 48-50%. I was told anything north of 60% is considered normal cardiac function. I was 43% post infarction.

I personally don't think they really have much of a clue what causes plaque to form in arteries. They use a different unit of measurement in Canada for cholesterol and mine was 5.6, which is just over the high normal of 5.4. I had just had a stress test which showed almost no sign of a problem, 2 heartbeats out of however many running WFO on the treadmill for 15 minutes. Not enough to call for an angiogram I was told. Scheduled an appointment 3 months out and the Doc wanted me to be 25 lbs lighter and he wanted to see my cholesterol 4.5 or less. 4 days later I had a heart attack.

Now they want my cholesterol under 2 so they put me on Crestor and in a week it's at 1.8, should be good to go right? Tuned up my diet, eliminated the junk food by 99% and lost about 30 lbs.

Fast forward 7 years and I've put most of the weight back on because while I eat healthier stuff I still eat too much of it and since I went back on the road, the 30 minutes on the treadmill every morning didn't continue. So I'm in for another stress test and zero issues show, my cholesterol is still 1.8 but my new Doc sends me for an angio anyway because my system has demonstrated it doesn't follow the rules. Stent in the left is 95% blocked, The one in the right looks like they just installed it but there is just the beginning of a blockage downstream from it and now my circumflex which had no problem last time is now pushing 90% plugged.

Triple bypass time...

Sorry about the rambling.

Heart Attack, 10 minutes to have one, a lifetime to bore people with the details.

Kevin

Wow. Glad everything worked out. Your family, I'm sure, is relieved to know, you'll be in their life for as long as possible. Get well, and take care.

Best of luck to ya Bill! We are all getting older and sure can't do what we used to!

Glad you're going to be ok. This getting old crap ain't for kids.

Glad to hear your alright and recouping. Wish you a speedy recovery.