Joe, glad to hear it all turned out ok which all too often is not the case. Thanks also for enlightening some of us for the checkup suggestion.

Glad you are on the mend joe!
medicine is amazing nowadays.
God's pretty good too.

Joe,

OMG....I just now read this thread....I am sooooooooo glad that you are ok and on the mend. Stay home, rest up and take it slow. See you soon.

Dan

I can understand totally. I had three bypass surgery and two stints 3 weeks ago. Good luck to you and eat what they tell you. Steve

Joe glad you are home healing and surgery went well. I will put you on my prayer list for my mens group. God wasnt ready for you yet. Thank him.

Joe

Shocked to read this,but very relieved to hear you're OK Joe.
Peotone just wouldn't be the same w/o you.

Joe,

Great to hear you came out of this ok. I'll take your advice to get checkups seriously.

Jason

Glad to hear you're on the mend and paid attention to the warning signs Joe. I check my blood sugars, blood pressure , both cholesterol levels, and proteins every 3 months and just had my PSA and Colon screening done. Next up is a full physical and that's followed with a stress test & x-ray. Gotta check this stuff as we age.

Get well soon and thanks for chiming in. :burnout:

My wife and I just did all of that about a month ago. I figured we'd better, now that Holly is doing well :)

Theres a 3rd cholesterol that is the hereditary part that got me. Its lp small a is what they call it. My grandfather had a heart attack at 52 and we assume he had it. My mom has it and now i have it. It is not part of a routine cholesterol check. The first time I had one done the hospital, which is a big heart hospital, had trouble figuring out where to send it. If there's been heart attacks at somewhat early ages in your family it's good to have someone look into that. There's not much they can do except try and keep your LDL cholesterol low. Mine is between 15 and 20 now but was never over 30 when I had the heart attack. This small a lipoprotein seems to be sticky and attaches itself to your LDL and then you have problems.