Apologies (well, explanation, really) all for my recent absence on the forum
On Friday April 20, 2018, while at work at about 10:30 pm, I suffered a major heart attack. I was rushed to the emergency room where they found the main artery 100% blocked (they call it the widow maker). I crashed and basically died in the ER, they have to shock me 9 times to revive me (one of which I woke up for and actually felt). I woke up again Sunday morning with pipes and tubes everywhere.
I have found out that very few people ever survive this 1, and of those, only 6% or so come out with no brain damage, so I guess I was very lucky and beat the odds.
The scary thing was that I had no real symptoms at all, and those that I did have, I easily attributed to other logical reasons (arms ached - from pulling a heavy skid, i threw up - had some bad take-out food).
I am now at home and slowly on the mend, it will take a long time to recover my strength and stamina, but I will get there. Hopefully the constant sleepiness and drowsiness will end soon too My wife and her dad have been like a rock and never left my side.
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