#471...the pitta that almost didn't pat...

anymore.

..."So this is what it feels like to dodge a bullet," I thought to myself.

Well, they ain't kidding when they say one shouldn't shovel heavy wet "schnow" -

Especially when your left anterior descending coronary artery is 95% clogged.  Yep. that be a killer for sure, that is - if one doesn't listen to the symptoms your heart gives you as courtesy, before hand.

How do I know this?

Well, it seems we were in for a little excitement this past week when the husband with the same cholesterol filled artery decided to do just that - shovel some wet snow.. and then wonder what that damn annoying chest pain and pressure was all about.

(and some husbands just don't seem to listen to nagging wives...but that's another story...)

so off to the emergency room we go - only to be told -"ya ain't goin' home with that thar clogged ticker mister..."  or other scary words to that effect...

and it was a surely a good thing, for the same husband with the clogged artery had to undergo a coronary stent procedure or angioplasty - which saved his sorry little ass just in time. (and I mean that in the most loving way, dear...)

and can I just say one thing - that the docs and nurses at my hospital (Lankenau) are just damn terrific - and we are thankful to have one of the top ten cardiac hospitals right in our own backyard. 

As a little mental visual for you - 95% clogged means that blood had to try to get through the diameter of a pierced earring wire - of the ol "widow maker" coronary artery..really, really, not a good thing.

and at 47, although he appeared fit, and is in shape - those damn cholesterol making genes will try to get you every time -

so word out people - get yourselves checked, and take care of your heart in heart healthy ways...

take it from us - dodging bullets is not healthy for your heart or other living things...