He's OK

My son had a stent put in this late morning, doctor told him everything will be fine as long as does a few things. like change his life style. He was talking to me under the spell of a double dose of adavan, uswed to immobilze him for 6 hours.I told him that happened to me 4 times already, once when a blockage was opened, the other times when the doc. needed some extra cash for vacation.He had the heart attack on a cruise for his daughters 17 birthday. Gee I remember when several thousand of my friends and I took a cruise, mid october, north atlantic. Brooklyn naval yard to bremerhaven germany,. a fully paid 29month vacation in wonderful duetchland.We went camping, hill climbing, and lots of other fun guy things. My heart attack came 28 yrs later.

Glad to hear his catheterization when well, and that his stent was placed without any problem. That Ativan is strong stuff! Great for combative patients:D

-Rich

Good news for sure....as we get older our focus on healthy living has to change huh? Hey did they feed ya well on that wonderful fully paid cruise?:p

Good news.

Prayers answered. I am glad to hear he's OK.

Kygorski, glad to hear he's doing well. My dad died at 54 after his fifth heart attack & miss him everyday. I work with a fellow that had a heartattack that had to change his lifestyle as well & he is without a doubt in the best shape of his life. I have the utmost respect for him as he has the most willpower of any individual I've ever saw. It truly is amazing seeing him now versus then.

The food on the cruise was haute cuisine, I saw it coming and going, I was wishing for dseath the third day. I ate one peanut and hurled a basket of them.

That is good news! Hope you have many many fishing days together ahead of you!

Good news for sure. Stay on him though. It's easy to go back to old habits. I had an angiogram done back in May. The doc ran all the tests. I failed the stress test, and they took the pictures of my heart. The doc tells me I have a blockage and I need a stent put in right away. He tells me that there is a 20 percent chance that all the tests are wrong. He gets in there and tells me to look at the monitor. He said that there was no blockage and that my arteries look like babies arteries. I'm a 20 percenter! I have to stay on my blood pressure meds, thats it. He said he would see me again when I I'm 80.

I'm glad to here of the successful stories here...my dad is 83 and recently went to VA Hospital in Louisville for a defibulator installation...long story made short they told dad they wanted to do surgery but didn't know how evasive it would be until they got into it...could be as simple as a stint, might have to do a by-pass or might have to do a full blown open heart surgery. Dad told them to send him home, that he didn't want anymore to do with them than what he's already had to do with them (he's been on dialysis for about the past four years). Now as I see his strength and stamina fade, I wonder "what if" he would have let the doctors do the surgery. Anyway...glad to hear your son is doin' ok, great news!

I can sympathise with your dad, sometimes the cure isn't worth the hassle.My second wife was diagnosed with panceatic cancer, stage two,she accepted and said this is it. Well we talked her into a very painfull surgery, there was a full two months of pain recovering, when they said it had returned but therewas still chemo, she asked how long. less than a year, she said forget it. I have a problem that cant be resolved by surgery, when the eventual problem comes, I may justb opt to call it quits also, there is a dignity and quality issue in life.I have had a great run, hope for another couple of years or more, , but just breathing isn't living.