justin_o_guy2 wrote on 10/22/10 at 22:08:12:

I hope they bring some food. Greek food is delishious, they have cheeses to die for.
How typical of you JOG a small country in trouble and you would be the first to close the door in their face.

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 10/24/10 at 20:29:42:

I just felt bad for you because it looked like everyone was ignoring you.
I know you go into some kind of blue funk when you ignored .

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 10/25/10 at 03:29:06:

I'm ignoring you,how's it feel ?

Good morning, Mick -

No, my two stents are in my left anterior descending artery, which is a coronary artery that runs vertically down the front side of the heart, feeding a part of the heart muscle.  That artery is commonly called the "widow maker" because blockages there, and clots that break loose from there and cause a blockage often result in fatal heart attacks.

My carotid (neck) and renal (to the kidneys) arteries are all clear.

I have one coronary artery, the right coronary, that is 100% blocked, and has been for at least 10 years.  The heart contains tiny, almost invisible vessels called "collaterals" that stay small and pretty much non-functional unless you need them.

Miraculously, when a major vessel becomes blocked, the collaterals enlarge, carry the blood flow around many blockages, and take over the load of the blocked artery.  My arteriogram showed that I have well developed collateral circulation around the blockage in the RCA.  This is often called "nature's bypass".

Hence, I'm in pretty good shape.  I went to the Ohio State football game on Sat.  My seats are in the very top deck of the stadium that holds 106,000 people and it's a LONG climb, up many, many flights of stairs to get up there.  I take the first few flights two steps at a time, and don't even get winded.

My family doc says that's eqivalent to a stress test, and since I do it 5 to 7 times each football season, I feel like I'm getting tested rather often and well.

Thanks for asking.