poll....sort of
Last week was the first year annivery of my first heart attack. Since, I have two angyoplasties, a third that wasn't completed, and double bypass. As much pain and mental agony aside...I'd do it again. I mean there is only one other choice, long sleep in a pine box. I have problems motivating myself to exercise, and if my wife weren't so suportive I would be eating bad foods. I do go to the gym, I do work around the house, I am performing my job at work satisfactorly and coping for the most part with the daily stresses. When I was recovering, I thought I'd never be where I am now, but every day I got stronger and hurt less. True, I did overdo some things, it's hard to accept limits on ones' physical abilities. There still are aches and pains, the cardio doc kinda shrugs them off, so I guess it'll bother me for a while longer. A month after the bypass, I started coughing, lot. My insides hurt so much, and I couldn't get rid of it. Antibiotics, OTC cough suppressants, nothing worked. Finally an allergist gave me some Clarinex, it helped, I still cough, but nowhere near as before. I think someone once mentioned the heart meds may be a cause, but I'm sure not gonna stop them. I guess I'm saying...don't give up, no matter how bleak it seems.