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AceMrFixIt

AceMrFixIt

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of the rest of my life. My estranged wife had a heart attack on friday(50 yrs old). She was able to get medical attention in time so suffered no ill after affects. What a wake up call..... Time to change my lifestyle. Wish me luck.....
 
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Wow 50 is young, I had mine at 57, but it could have been avoided, Lifestyle changes are hard, After the Surgery I was totally Gung-Ho, No red meat measure every portion, eat fish a minimum of 3 times a week NO fried food or fast food. Walk at least a mile every day, and I did this for about 3 years, then work got in the way, grilled chicken at Macs, (they don't warn you about all of the sodium!) so 3 years ago 2 stints, then I forgot to go back for my check up for two years, MAN TAKE CARE OF YOUR SELF. The worry and stress you put on your family and people that love and care about you. I finally figured it out last night waiting for my wife to get home. If I die, it won't bother me, but it'll create hell for my family, Kind of gave me a reality check. Oh and Good luck on the life style change.
 
Just one day at a time, small slow changes. Give up sugar and fatty foods and you will be amazed at what happens. Walk and park far away from where you are going.
 
Chief,
I am glad she got help soon enough. As for you, I would suggest you find a "heart doc" you trust and get some work ups done. Might be nothing going on, but also might mean catching something early. Changes in life style for sure, maybe some meds, but it is better than the alternative. My brother called me, in 1992, and said he just got out of the hospital where he got a stint. Same hospital my dad got 3 open heart surgeries and 4 stints. Well, I was stationed at the Reserve headquarters in NOLA, went down to sick-bay, they took some blood and I waited. Got called back a couple days later, went into the exam room, the doc came in and said "Chief, you should be dead". Well, he got my attention. Cholestral 450, trigylcerides 1950. Fortunatly, further test where OK. However I still take meds. Diet by itself, for me, is not enough. Good luck and get a blood test, shipmate.

Steve (chiefgreen)
 
Don't Worry

Good luck. Somebody already said it--- take one day at a time.

Take care of yourself, but don't lose any sleep worrying about it. First, it won't do any good, worrying is more likely to cause a heart attack than prevent one. Second, living a few days less but having peace of mind is a better life than living a bit longer never being happy and at peace.

You can do everything right and still die young and you can do everything wrong and still live to a ripe old age. So live until you die taking each day the Lord gives you and living it to the fullest. I have found that there is a lot of contentment is saying "If I knew I was going to die tomorrow I wouldn't change a thing about today" Keeps me happy
 
My father passed away at 50 years old of Acute Coronary Failure. I wish you luck!
 
bitshird said:
Wow 50 is young, I had mine at 57, but it could have been avoided,
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My eldest Brother had a massive one at 43 and passed away.
I had mine at 37. Heart disease runs in my family but I have my cholesterol under control, I quit smoking, and I'm trying to get my diet and weight under control.

Good luck to both of you.
 
My brother has lost 140+ pounds in the last year and a half. No he didn't do a miracle pill, not the latest nutri food program or diet book craze.
He started to walk for one hour every other day, eliptical in his home the other days. He walked because that is about all he could do. He would be out of breath walking from his car into the house before his life change.
Last weekend he biked to a town 50 miles away on Saturday and back home 50 miles on Sunday(MS fundraiser event). This is not earth shattering or going to make it in Ribleys believe it or Not book, but if you would have seen him 1 1/2 years ago it is amazing.
There is one other thing that he does religiously, he goes to a website that tracks calories and burned calories. He said it doesn't seem like a diet because if you do go over your set amounts, you can just adjust or be aware of it. The website is free and it is www.fatsecret.com.
He is literally half the man he used to be. Needless to say, he is feeling a lot better!
 
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