Widow Maker, Open Heart Surgery and My Neighbor, Update Post 14

[snubbyfan]

My Neighbor's the Mayor of our little West Virginia mountain town.
Haven't seen him for a while and I figured that between the cool rainy mountain weather and him doing his Mayor thing, he was just too busy and the weather wasn't conducive to hangin' out in the back yard.
He's pretty cool and last year it wasn't uncommon for us to be hangin' out smoking cigars and doing shots of moonshine. I've got a coupla of his cigars in my humidor
Today it was a beautiful sunny warm day and I was out in our back yard. I fired up the grill, lit a cigar and drank a cold beer.
I heard my neighbors voice, "Hey, what's cooking." When I looked over, he was coming out of his back door. His shirt was open and I could see a huge fresh scar down the middle of his chest.
"What the (expletive deleted) happened to you?" I asked.
He was just recently released from the hospital after having open heart surgery. He told me that the left side of his heart was "jacked" and it was a "widow maker."
He'd been home for 'bout a week.
He did tell me that if his wife found out he was out, he'd be in trouble.
He's about my age and height but out weighs me by about 100 pounds.
He looked like he was doing well and his voice was clear and strong.

 

[s&wchad]

The Mrs. and I have been here 25 years. We’ve got really good neighbors too and I’m glad yours is doing well.

Married men often pass before their wives.
I’ve been told it’s because they want to...

 

[Watchdog]

Married men often pass before their wives.
I’ve been told it’s because they want to...

Ow-w-w-w-w...

 

[rubiranch]

Glad to hear the Mayors doing good.

Its amazing what those doctors can do these days.

I’ve been told it’s because they want to...

Its because women don't marry women.

Well at least they didn't used to.

 

[Golddollar]

Can you have a Widow Maker if you're a single guy?

 

[Jessie]

Can you have a Widow Maker if you're a single guy?[/QUOTE
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I suppose you could but I imagine you wouldn't feel the need.

 

[pharman]

"Widow Maker"

"Widow Maker" is a name for the left anterior descending coronary artery of the heart aka LAD...it is called this because if this artery gets abruptly and completely occluded due to plaque it will cause a massive heart attack that will likely lead to sudden death...many cardiac patients (including myself) have "stents" to open up these blockages in this artery..."Widow Maker" was one of the 1st terms I learned after waking up in recovery room after having a heart attack in 2006...I heard the cardiologist say "we fixed your "widow maker" with 2 stents...you're good to go...you can go home in the AM...

 

[pharman]

YES!

Can you have a Widow Maker if you're a single guy?

YES!...see my post above...both single and married guys can have them!

 

[Hugh WW]

Another survivor

Yes, I too, have survived the dreaded widow maker. Two stents fixed me up. Had a week in the ICU, another week in recovery and finally home. Gave up a 50 year cigarette habit and no drinking until about a month ago. Would really love a good cigar right about now. Had 100% blockage in the left lower and 85 % in the one next to it. Nothing to fool around with as it gave me no warning. Have fun!!!

 

[Golddollar]

Right after I retired the doc discovered a blockage in my right descending coronary artery. They tried to drill it and put in a stent but the blockage was calcified. I asked the surgeon why didn't he try a little C-4. He didn't think that was funny.

 

[RobertJ.]

"Widow Maker" is a name for the left anterior descending coronary artery of the heart

And here I thought this thread might be about logging!

Around here, a "widow maker" is a big, heavy, usually dead limb that falls while you're cutting the tree down.

 

[Jessie]

Snubby, I'm sorry. I never mentioned that I'm glad for your friend and neighbor and Mayor.
Send him my best from the S&W forum!
And if you grill for him, you might make it chicken for a while and easy on the shine?

 

[snubbyfan]

The Mrs. and I have been here 25 years. We’ve got really good neighbors too and I’m glad yours is doing well.

Married men often pass before their wives.
I’ve been told it’s because they want to...

I honestly feel that if it wasn't for my wife's stabilizing influence on me, I probably wouldn't be here today. Or at least nowhere near as healthy or intact.

 

[snubbyfan]

Update on the Mayor.
I was out in the backyard again today, grillin', cigar smokin' and beer drinking. The Mayor and his wife came out, greeted me and said that they're headed out for some soda.
They came back shortly with a large box of Rolling Rock, a box of wine and a 12 pack of soda.
I guess he is feeling a lot better.

 

[BC38]

...Married men often pass before their wives.
I’ve been told it’s because they want to...

I know I do.
Not because I want to get away from her, rather the exact opposite.
I don't even want to think about having to or trying to live without her.
But I can see why some might feel differently about their spouse.
I'm one heck of a lucky guy to have the wife I have.

Glad to hear your neighbor is doing so well snubby.

 

[BillyMagg]

The Mrs. and I have been here 25 years. We’ve got really good neighbors too and I’m glad yours is doing well.

Married men often pass before their wives.
I’ve been told it’s because they want to...

Chad, Chad, buddy that could get you "banned" from your happy home son?? I think they call that "extreme risk taking",,,

You probably better cut that our and buy yourself a Hayabusa or ZX-14, something safer to indulge your "wild side"??

trust me, you don't want to be BFL!

 

[moosedog]

I have heard that on the average, married men live longer than single men. I can believe that. If I would have stayed single I would have burned out like a roman candle years ago. (Would have died with a smile though)

 

[Onomea]

Had a Nobel laureate tell me once that hearing loss as we age is nature’s way of encouraging monogamy...