Please help
I'm not suffering, but I joined because my uncle who is more like a brother since he helped raise me is. In 97 he had a shunt put in I think that's called angioplasty. Then on New Years day of this year he had quadruple bypass, two weeks later he had to have a defibrilator put in and Sunday he had another heart attack, they put two more medicated shunts in. I don't understand how after he had that surgery he could have another heart attack. I'm very scared, my grandfather died at 51 because of heart disease which is what Greg has. But what exactly does that mean does that mean his heart is dying. I mean we know that there has been some damage to the heart muscle itself how much I'm not sure. But I need to understand this disease and what I read is rather evasive. I love him and the thought of being in world without him is just unreal. See on Christmas eve my aunt had a heart attack and went into a coma, she died on January 14th, so it's been a rather harsh reality for us. But he's having heart attacks back to back. He was a smoker so I'm sure this helped with his problem. I do not smoke don't know how I avoided the smoking gene since everyone else smokes in my family. I need to know the realities of this. What are the statistics, and how bad is he if all this has happened in such a short time. I've already been told to just be prepared. Then my sister who lives in la la land says' oh well I'm not going to worry until there's something to worry about. Um well I think there's plenty to be worried about. Please help any information, would be greatly appreciated. I tried to find a support group for families and couldn't. I just need to know. Sincerely LyricZada