Guest guest Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 Hi , your looking good there!!! Also thank you for posting the pic's of your dad's heart. My, that is one way of us looking at it isn't it. To see how a blockage actually looks. It is a great wake up call, on why we should keep healthy. Prayers to your dad for a quick and healthy recovery period....Kallie ...................................................................... In Serious-Weight-Watchers , " ibeforej " <ibeforej@t...> wrote: > Yesterday, they put in a stint and he's doing fine. (The second > picture is of the artery after the procedure.) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 I'm so glad the procedure went well. Hope he's on the road to recovery. How very scary. My uncle, who's 60, also plays tennis every day and walks several miles each morning. He's very active and doesn't have a horrible diet. He just had a stroke. He's the last person I would have suspected. Laurie 243.6/188.6/150 > >Reply-To: Serious-Weight-Watchers >To: Serious-Weight-Watchers >Subject: My Dad's Heart >Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 04:59:43 -0000 > >Hi! I just posted two photos (in my folder: G.) that really >sunk in w/ me. My Dad has been having chest pains while exercising >for the past couple of weeks and when he had them this weekend while >moving an empty wheelbarrow, him and my step-mom decided to go to >the hospital. Well, he ended up having 98% blockage in one artery. >Yesterday, they put in a stint and he's doing fine. (The second >picture is of the artery after the procedure.) > >My Dad exercises 3 days a week and goes hiking about once every one >to two months. He always does his own project construction and yard >work, plus helping out w/ the construction of two of our old homes. >The one thing he has always had a problem w/ is eating. My Dad >likes to eat a lot. At the age of 53, my Dad almost had a heart >attack because of that blocked artery. He's only 30-40 lbs >overweight and this scared the hell out of me. I think that I can >keep on eating badly and it will never catch up w/ me. Well, it can >and he's living proof. If there was ever a motivator to get my butt >on track...well, that was it. For a whole day, I thought I was >going to lose my father. All because of bad habits. Thankfully >he's being realistic and knows that he has to eat better. It's been >hard for me to talk to him about it, 'cause I feel like a >hypocrite. How can I (at around 30 lbs. overweight myself) tell my >Dad to eat better? Well, the only solution is to do it myself. > >Anyways, I'm not trying to scare anyone or say that a heart attack >is imminent for anyone overweight, but it is a risk. I don't want >to lose a loved one because of food. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Choose now from 4 levels of MSN Hotmail Extra Storage - no more account overload! http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 Oh wow! Those are SCARY looking! Isn't modern medicine a miracle, though? Thank you SO much for the very visual image to remind us just exactly what's at risk when we live with obesity. Praise the Lord that he's okay! Tory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 > It's been > >hard for me to talk to him about it, 'cause I feel like a > >hypocrite. How can I (at around 30 lbs. overweight myself) tell my > >Dad to eat better? Well, the only solution is to do it myself. > > > >Anyways, I'm not trying to scare anyone or say that a heart attack > >is imminent for anyone overweight, but it is a risk. I don't want > >to lose a loved one because of food. >This point is SOO true. I think the best way that we can show our loved >ones is by example! So many people don't realize that you can look >healthy and if you are feeding your body junk it knows. Thanks for sharing! Ang >_________________________________________________________________ >Choose now from 4 levels of MSN Hotmail Extra Storage - no more account >overload! http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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