On January 9,2020 I suffered 2 widow maker heart attacks within 20 minutes of each other. Luckily for me I was only 3 miles from the hospital. In less than 20 minutes they had me in surgery for a triple bypass. On January 17th all my organs shut down. It was a scary time and I spent 28 days in Cardiac Intensive Care. They had me on so many IV's and a machine to make me breathe I couldn't move. My right lung collapsed and filled up with fluids several times. They drained my lung 4-5 times and I had to do breathing exercises and walk as much as possible to get the lung to pump back up and to keep the fluids and solid junk down. That is the lung I have had trouble with all my life. It sucks!  
 
Now 3 months later I am trying hard to make a come back. I started riding 2 weeks ago in my WAW before the doctor released me to. I have ridden a total of 156 miles in those 2 weeks. Yesterday I made it 30 miles. I thought it was going to kill me! Came home and couldn't get enough food and water down. Finally about 1:30 am I got up and ate oatmeal and raisin cookies. That seemed to help me sleep.
 
I thought eating healthy and riding over 200 miles a week was enough to keep me healthy. I was wrong. Bad genetics. I will be getting yearly stress tests done from now on. I'll also have my kidneys, liver, and stomach tested on a regular basis. I would donate my organs but they aren't worth having.  
 
I almost forgot that I lost around 52 pounds without trying.
 

Wow, Jerry! What an ordeal you've been through. Wondered why you had disappeared from the Forum. Now I know. Hope your recovery continues to progress well.

darn dude. No more of that!  I'm finally back on the bike so we can start riding together soon as this is over.   I'm so glad you're ok. You're a tough SOB!

Darn, Jerry.  I am so sorry that you had to go through that.  I wondered why I hadn't seen you on the Cottonbelt trail back in February and early March.  I hope you recover well, but do follow the doctor's advise.  Stay safe from the virus.

Dang, sorry to hear this.  Hope you continue to get better. I have those bad heart disease genes, too. One thing I've learned: besides riding, we have to eat better than we did when we were young and bulletproof.

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Jerry, there are always more expensive alternatives to those!  

The wound vac is off (I'm two-handed again! Yay!), but six weeks of IV antibiotics has given me chronic diarrhea.  They want get me tested for C. dif.  At least the PICC line will get removed from my arm.  My hope is to feel good enough to try pedaling the trike around the neighborhood in a couple of weeks.
 
You must be extremely valuable, Jerry.  Baylor only tried to get $600,000 out of my insurer.  

The surgeon who did my heart valve transplant spent more time with me selling the product than my other surgeons did checking on me after the damage was done.  There were a couple of names in the report I'm not even sure stuck their heads inside the door.  My primary care physician has been calling once or twice a week.