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That since xmas unknown to me I've had four heart attacks , at the time I thought it was my lungs playing up, after visiting my local chest DR on tuesday I've spent most of the time in Tenri hospital, my arms are now blue , yellow and shades of purple, feels like half my blood is in small files at the hospital.
I do know that one of the best heart DR's in the world took care of me a DR Nakagowa ,he placed a Stent in one of the main arteries in my heart via My left wrist, we also talked in english about the cotswolds where he vacated a few years ago. In my experience the vast majority of DR's in Japan can and will talk english to anyone that needs their help.

hi arnold
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ive been ok since 1994,i had two attacks and a mild stroke at the time.
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i stopped smoking, only have a bottle of larger now and then, and take twice as long to get to from a to b when im on foot.
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doctor told me as long as it stays dormont, and i do go doing aytning like runnig for a bus lol,i should be ok till im at least 60, on the other hand the back with this cold weather, is giving me daily problems, jim

Anold, I hope that you are soon on the recovery trail my friend, follow the doc's orders

Anold, I'm sorry to hear about your heart attacks, but relieved that you've had excellent medical care. I hope you recovery quickly and well.

Thank's folks , They wanted to do my op while I was still awake but I couldn't stand the thought of that(big chicken that I am ) and know I could never have stayed still for an hour so I pushed to be put to sleep, I looked at the clock just before loosing consciousness and again when I woke ,only thirty minutes had elapsed and I felt good except for the tight plastic blow up wrist band covering the hole in my artery,As soon as I got back to my ward I ate lunch and within half an hour I was up and walking about , I didn't sleep very well in the night and at two AM went down stares and bought a couple cans of coffee from a machine.

The next morning at seven I did sneak outside the hospital for a fag and by nine I was dressed and ready to go home , my wife arrived around ten and after a chat with a DR(I had four DR's in total) and paying the bill I was released twenty two hours after the op.
I do feel good and will try to stop smoking and cut down on my drinking, but as I used to buy my fags by the carton(eight pounds a carton of 200) I still have a couple of packs of fags to finish.
I do feel good now but find myself doing things a lot slower than before , being home eating english style food instead of Japanese hospital food sure tastes good

Glad all is well my friend, as I say to many on hootoo, we might never meet, but nevertheless you are still a friend and treat accordingly

take things slow and let the batteries recharge ok! (or else)

Take it easy, AGM. I'm glad you were operated on so quickly - and by an eminent doctor. My brother had a stent put in a couple of years ago and he's fine now

Good luck

Fb

I'm glad you got help, and I'm happy you are feeling better!

Now be gentle to yourself and your body, you deserve to be well.

Glad you are feeling better Moonraker. Take more care of that body now my friend

Websailor

MMF

Thank's again, I do feel lucky, my father was not much older than I am now when he died from having heart attacks,medical science sure has come a long way in the last thirty years,
I still reckon one of those tablets I'm now taking has got something special in it cause I sure do feel high.

please send me someat 5ft 3ins, I could do with being a little higher

My wife has also decided to give up smoking as from last night, now it's keep your head down or run for cover time.

Ooh, that's rough, but I'm sure she can do it! Hopefully it won't be harder on you than on her.

Oh Dear Moonraker I see what you mean It might make it easier if you both try to give it up. Glad you are feeling better though. Just don't overdo things

Websailor

WE are trouble is that she started earlier than me When I came out of hospital I had three packs left , ( I used to smoke two packs a day) yesterday I had one pack this morning I have ten fags by tonight I will have none, we did share one last night.
Last night I was just trying to explain to my daughter why mamma was not a happy camper when the s**t hit the fan,

try the Yorkshire (tight ass way) psychological method

take a 20 packet, take one cig out and say I don't need these and screw up the packet(with 19 still in)and chuck them in the bin, then crush the one in your hand again saying I don't need these

it does workbecause you are throwing away a full 20 pkt and waiting till the last one

should be!
and NOT waiting till the last one to pack in

Can't do that Prof ,had two this morning only eight left now thinking of making a rollup out of the dog ends that's in the ashtray

you got to think like a Yorkshireman Anold - cigs hit pocket/walletsod health - it's MONEY wasted mate