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To: frithguild; Sarah Barracuda

“he was right handed”.

I suppose that’s a joke, not sure. Thing is, often left arm goes numb and tingly as a symptom of heart attack. It is possible he had his left arm over his chest in some attempt to rub or massage the numbness not necessarily knowing the big one was coming.

I had a massive heart attack at age 37. They call that the widow maker. It’s not supposed to happen. I am lucky to have survived, and lucky they had cardiac surgeons in the hospital at the time they wheeled me in and I got two stents placed. I went code blue. Completely blacked out for most of the time I am not even sure they put me under. Had paddle scars on my chest that lasted many weeks.

At first they thought it was from drunkenness or drugs but it was neither. They even did a blood test but of course it came back clean for drugs or alcohol - fortunately the EKG machine told them I was in cardiac distress (regardless of the reason). I had 99% blockage in the coronary artery didn’t even know it. They don’t check for these things at that age. At Bob Sagat’s age, he should have had a stress test.


72 posted on 01/11/2022 4:04:58 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: monkeyshine

Yes, it was a joke I made for a comedian.
God bless that you are still among the living and can share your story .


79 posted on 01/11/2022 6:31:16 PM PST by frithguild (The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
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