I'm enjoying the summer in this body. I walk miles each day in a white tank top and black Nike shorts. Skinny as my 20's. I've donated most of my closet and bought new clothes.I haven't used a vending machine or drive-thru in nearly 3 months. The liquor store doesn't miss me. At gas stations, I only buy gas.
My favorite destinations are whole food stores and farmers markets. I've learned to love the long way home.
But there are pills. Beta blockers. ACE inhibitors. Statins. Mononitrates. Plavix. Aspirin. Sublingual Nitroglycerin small as grains of sea salt. There are days I am an old man. There are symptoms I'm required to report. There are nights I'm held for observation.
I feel like someone else. I'm carrying around a glass heart with one hand. The other hand isn't my own. There is a birthday arriving in weeks. There are gifts I've already opened.
10 comments:
Wow, your face looks so different from the head shot of you on the blog! How much weight have you lost now? Keep positive and get that next book manuscript out!
Thanks Collin. 25 lbs and counting . . .
My cousin died of a heart attack at 37. My father died of a heart attack at 49. It's scary, your glass heart, but god, you look fantastic.
25 pounds. omg. very impressive and inspiring.
Your post has the makings of a lovely poem! (at least the last two paragrpahs)
Be well. And happy "early" birthday!
(As I said to people who asked me with trepidation how it felt to turn 50 -- not everybody gets to live this long, and have gray in their hair, and wrinkles on their face, and so I felt lucky.
Stupid question: is Bayer better than Fish Oil pills?
I do fish oil. Do Bayer and Fish Oil work different effects on heart?
Your fish oil pills are giving you Omega 3 fatty acids, which helps raise your good cholesterol, and the asprin is a blood thinner to help prevent clots. Both good things!
I recommend lef.org for health guidance on treatments. They are truly the shit.
Do you take COQ10?
I'm taking L-Arginine, but was in my case told not to take COQ10 by my doctor because it may interact with some of the other drugs I'm taking.
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