Gary !!!

Wish you a speedy recovery....

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Gary,
The best for you, amigo

I just talked to Gary he is home resting and doing very well with his recovery.

Thanks for the get-well wishes everyone. I was discharged from the hospital yesterday, I'm still a bit weak from the ordeal, but overall I'm just happy to be able to reply to still be among the living.

My heart attack was relatively mild, and fortunately, produced no ischemic damage to the heart muscle. It came on suddenly, there were no typical warnings, but the symptoms were classic, arm pain, chest pain, shortness of breath, nausea. Thanks to my wife, just 12 minutes after it happened I was in the hospital being connected to an EKG machine and oxygen was being administered.

While the EKG was normal, blood enzymes revealed I indeed experienced a heart attack. I was transferred to another hospital where a cardiac catheterization was performed and two stents placed in my left anterior descending coronary artery, thus opening an 85 percent blockage.

Guess I'll have to go back on the exercise program, doc said to loose 25 pounds, which will put me back to 175 again, and stay away from the wild women and booze. He also told me to slow down and take some time to smell the roses, which I fully intend to do.

I cancelled all my jobs for the next three weeks, I'm taking the month of January and part of February off to visit some of the zoners living in the sunny south, and cutting my schedule down to just 100 jobs a year. This will give me more time to take my wife, children and grandson sailing.

Thanks again everyone,

Gary

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All the best, friend,


R.

Hey Gary, maybe just cut back a little on the wild women.

Seriously, sorry to hear the news, but glad to know it was mild and your doing well. Take it easy and do whatever you have to for 100% recovery.

Glenn

Good to hear things are going well for you. Keep it up.

I'm glad you're recovering well and making positive changes in your life to speed your recovery.

Beakybird

wishing you the best, keep on playing, benn0

HI GARY,
I am really sorry to hear that you had to go through this but truly thankful that you got immediate attention and survived it.
My wife Jann had a heart attack 7 years ago just like yours and had stents installed. she is doing fine how ever I always have this concern and pass it on to you to think about.
we no longer have our big motor yacht so we are not cruising offshore nowdays in the Pacific but we do have a large motorhome to travel by land. This is my concern:
What if we are out in the middle of the desert and Jann has another heartattack worse then the last one that did in fact kill part of the heart muscle. Worse yet what if she is driving this 14 ton 60 foot long conbination of motorhomme towing the sports car.
These are my fears and they surface everytime we load up and head out.
I know you do a lot of sailing on the bay. I hope you will always think about this and take someone with you versed in CPR.
We pray for your complete recovery,
Best regards,
Bill and Jann