I Knew This Memory was Coming

I am still Blessed! I still complain about the medicine I have to take. However, I will take it, see my cardiologist every 6 months, have my cholesterol checked every 6 months which has always been great, and keep moving. Everyone is not lucky enough to be able to complain.

I am Blessed! Actually I know that everyday. This week I am especially Blessed. I had a HEART ATTACK on Thursday. And I am home today and doing my usual chores. I do have a new stent in my heart and a handful of pills to take every day but I am here to complain about the number of pills. Yes I knew it was a heart attack and yes I had Gene call 911. However, I am mad! I did everything I was supposed to do. I have my cholesterol checked annually and it is good. I have a great family history. I get a lot more than the recommended 10,000 steps per day and I see my friendly Cardiologist every 6 months. I don’t smoke and have low blood pressure. And still I had a blockage and a heart attack. Cardiologist says all the other vessels look great and he does not anticipate another heart attack. I didn’t anticipate the first one. lol He said sometimes bad things just happen. Minimal damage, which is another blessing since the issue had been going on for a few days. And this was the infamous Widow Maker. The advantage to being so healthy is that I am back to normal. Honestly, I could have climbed off the table and come home to work if they would have let me. I am impressed. I was taken from the ambulance directly to the Cath Lab where everyone was waiting and went right to work. It was an experience to be awake while they went through my wrist and got rid of the blockage and put in a stent. The surgeon was happy to report that I am famous for now. They set the record of 19 minutes from ambulance to blockage gone and stent in place. Best time ever. I do have to take blood thinners so obviously I will be carrying a tourniquet in my back pocket at all times because we all know how accident prone I am. The doctor has asked me to try to take it easy for two weeks and then I can go back to doing everything I was doing before the heart attack. I only agreed to try. No point in lying to a new doctor. Agreeing to take all this medicine for a year is more concession than anyone ever expected. Never take an ordinary day for granted.