Heart Catheretezation

Dear blog: Sorry for not writing sooner. I know it's been a long time, but I haven't felt anything unique to write about. Not writer's block, just... it hasn't been the right time. So the kids are older and we've gone from one to four grandkids. I've been preparing for almost a year to retire from state government in a few weeks... but then I almost died last week. Actually I didn't know that I almost died until today when my family doctor told me that my cardiologist told him that my Left Anterior Descending artery was 90% blocked until they put in a stent implant. Sure that sounds bad but it's not the almost died part. Right after the implant procedure I had chest pains that they told me were not typical, and I was very nauseous and sick. The stent "jailed" or cut off a smaller artery that in turn caused a "lesser"(?) heart attack. I'm feeling pretty good now except I'm feeling a combination of joy and anger. Joy that I've been given more time to accomplish the purposes and passions that Divine Providence put me on the planet to achieve, but anger that I did not have more time to get myself in the better physical condition that I always saw myself accomplishing in my late middle age. I only had slight chest pain about three weeks before seeking medical attention, but I also had higher than my normally too high blood pressure, high enough that I was turned down to donate blood. That more than the chest pain sent me to the doctor. Since I've shared what happened I've heard many stories of much younger and much healthier (apparently) men having stents and bypasses. I encourage anyone who has the slightest inkling that they may have a heart issue to ask a doctor for a stress test.