Just thought I'd pop in and say hello, it's been quite awhile since I stopped by and caught up. I'm doing very well these days.
As some of you know, I had a massive heart attack on March 4th. I flat-lined that Saturday afternoon, took a helicopter ride, and was home by Tuesday morning! I made a LOT of lifestyle changes and was 2 weeks from going back to work, then on April 26 I was rushed to the hospital for emergency stenting....again! So while in the hospital I did some soul searching. For two months my social life was only with people in smocks wearing a stethoscope. No more...I want to live without knowing pilots and ambulance drivers on a first name basis, so I became 100% vegan. The transition for me wasn't real hard as I've always loved veggies and beans. The hardest part is the social aspect of eating together. I don't use any kind of oil so that limits our meeting our friends and family in restaurants. But happily because of my new life-diet, I'm doing great! I'm down 30+ lbs, my blood work numbers and b/p are better than I could have ever imagined. My energy level is better than it's been in years. So things are great lately in our house. I hope things are great in yours as well!
I won't be in here as often as I once was, hope you can understand, but I will pop in from time to time. I've made quite a few friends here....and that won't change! Friends are friends for life!
If anyone wants to email or pm me about anything please feel free. I've learned a lot thru this adventure, and I have learned that the corporate world of medicine does not always put our health first. So if anyone has some heart issues you'd like to talk about, etc or questions you have....get ahold of me, I would be happy to tell you what I've learned.
Be well folks!
Gene