Grandpa (my partners dad) had a heart attack last week. . . . . . mild, as, thankfully, he is still with us. This was not his first. At the meek age of 36 he suffered his first heart attack. At 46ish he had stents put in. And now at 57 he has just undergone another operation to insert more stents.
My partner was anxious and worried, as most are when something of this magnitude happens to someone they love. Gratefully, he is home now and seems to be back to his usual self. So all the worry has ceased.
Well . . . . . . . almost all the worry. I have made an appointment for my sweet heart to go and see his doctor. I feel a little like i am being a tad paranoid, BUT, if you have a first degree relative who had early onset heart disease (before age 50 for men) your risk of having a heart attack significantly increases.
Most of the attributing factors which you can change we have good control over for Dan. He doesn't smoke, he exercises four plus times a week, he isn't overweight, he rarely drinks alcohol and we eat reasonably well (with some more modifications being made at the current time).
So am i being overly paranoid!? . . . . . . . . . . . a visit to the doctor will surely tell.
