re: Just found out a buddy has to have quadruple bypass surgery next week

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Not trying to be crass but how does that happen?

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Genetics.

My old man had 2. Eleven years apart. Heavy smoker, overweight drank a lot. Bad family history. The whole deal. You can modify all these risk factors except family history. Does he have diabetes?
Any specific questions? I’ve recovered a lot of post op hearts.

Sometimes I get upset with myself regarding how my attitude about food has changed. I went from eating fast food whenever possible, cooking meat-heavy dishes, eating white bread, white pasta, white rice to red-meat light, fish heavy whole grain meals with 5-7 servings of fruits/veggies a day while keeping hydrated. Sometimes I see videos from people back home drinking, eating BBQ, gumbo, etouffee, etc. and I feel sad that I let that part of myself leave. I think "What's the point of life if you're not having fun?" I still drink 1-2 nights a week, but typically no more than 2-3 units and rarely do I get really drunk anymore.

And then I see posts like this and it makes me remember why. Going out and getting drunk, eating shitty food is really fun and we still do go out to bar/club hopping every 3 months or so and have a good time, but those lifestyle choices have consequences. Sometimes your family history has more say than any healthy living, but a lot of these things can be prevented by getting serious about the way we live and our relationship with food.

A buddy near that age had cancer, I'll take your buddies chances over his.
So far to my knowledge, you can't fix cancer.

Prayers for your buddy!

A Physician I work with c/o chest him that day pain so he went down to the ED . Well his troponin level came back high . They wanted to Cath him that day . He told them he had to finish rounding. They found him down in a hallway. MI . 48 year old . I think genetics plays s big part . But smoking,eating crap , and not exercising sure doesn’t help!

Sorry for your loss

Prayers sent

It’s funny, because a calcium scan is how he found out.

The optimal score in his cohort is 0, with 200-400 being concerning. His score was a 4,000.

I’m going to schedule a calcium scan for myself.

Calcium scan is wise. Mine was 484.

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My brother had it at 47. But that's what happens when you smoke three packs of reds and drink over twenty drinks a day for thirty frickin years. He's two years older than me at 57 but looks 20 years older.

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Does he still smoke and drink?