What Is A Massive Heart Attack?
My Myocardial Infarction
I've had some questions about why I was off-line from mid-October until recently. There's really a rather simple reason: I had a myocardial infarction (MI, or in lay terms, a heart attack) on Monday October 18, and I've been slowly recovering since then.
Sunday, October 17 was beautiful, and my wife and I took our sailboat out into Charleston harbor and the Atlantic Ocean, ate supper out afterwards, and had no problems. Monday morning, I walked our two dogs as usual, then sat down for breakfast.
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Heart Attack and Acute Coronary Syndrome
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