A sad start to the New Year for my Son. Not yet 50 years old and he had heart attack on Friday night. His wife took him to the Newton Wellesley hospital with chest pains and he was vomiting. He was transfered to MGH immediately and was taken to their cardio section. They put two stents in and will go back in on Monday to have another repair job. His arteries are clogged solid and he is lucky to be alive. Hope they can help him to live a normal life after this event is done.

Doc has told him he will have to stop smoking and eat the right diet. He is a welder by trade and was not overweight, not a drinker. His only problem is a wife who doesn't cook. He ate all the wrong stuff for a long time. The only symptoms he had was heartburn for a long while before the attack. He didn't listen to the old man when I tried to get him to a doctor. His blockage is at the valves.

Say a prayer for him. He has a 8 year old daughter and a 16 year old stepson to take care of..Those who fish PI and are members of the MBBA know him as Jeff.

man that sucks give him the best from the salty's crew.

well wishes, t & p's to your son.

I hope he recovers quickly.

Wow Don Sorry for the bad news, I am wishing the best for Jeff.
I will call you tomorrow. If you need anything I am just a phone
call away.

Hoping all goes well on Monday..Prayers on the way..with backup prayers for Monday P.M. @ Mass (HDO).

Sorry to hear. Hopefully he can make a full recovery as he has some very important reasons to get better. T&P's .

Best of luck to him.

Thats a wake up call for alot of us I'm sure. Hope he recovers soon.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery

Don....my best to you and Barbara! Hope all goes well for your son and his recovery. Saying a prayer for you!

best wishes to your son and his family, and if it puts you at ease any, MGH has some of the best heart surgeons in the world, they did my dad and he is better than before
Ryan

T & P's for your family.

Prayers and healing thoughts for your son. Hope he gets well soon and all is well for the New Year!

Here's hoping for a speedy and full recovery

Oh Don that is terrible. You must be worried sick.
I'll be praying for him and please give him our best.
I'll see you soon, let me know if you need anything.

Don, very sorry to hear this. Thoughts and Prayers sent

Sorry to hear the news. I hope his recovery goes well

I really hope all goes well for you and your family.

god bless for ure son and ure family. send u some prayers... hope they help

Thoughts and prayers from our family to yours.

here's hoping the wife learns to cook

..may Jeff find a new lease on life and get better real soon.

T&P's sent.

Thats a wake up call for alot of us I'm sure. Hope he recovers soon.

+1

Thoughts & Prayers out for your son

T+p sent for a quick recovery

:( wow sorry to hear that Don, I wish him well and that he makes a full recovery. That is way too young to be sick like that :( It is a wake up call for sure.

sorry to hear that Don...prayers sent for a full recovery

Sorry to hear, Don. :(

I will keep Jeff, his daughter and step son in my prayers.

My thoughts are with you and your son. Hope he makes a full recovery.

thoughts and prayers out to you son

don

Im sorry to hear of Jeffs blockage . He is lucky that it was caught when it was or else they would have to bypass the blockage . With the stents have him make sure above all else he takes the medication (clopidogrel ) they give him to coat his stents from any further exclusion at that spot . then its low cholesterol diet and exersise . I have 3 in since 1997 .

I hope the best for him

Hope he gets better soon. I got a stent in the main pipeline ---LAD. You don't even know its there.

Anyway , the doctors will be checking him closely now so hopefully he won't have any more issues.

Here's including you, your son, and Jeff's family in our thoughts and prayers. Speedy and full recovery, and here's hoping that he embraces the new diet and this second chance he's been given............

All the best to you and them, from us!

We're wishing for the best over here. Good luck.

-spence

Hope all goes well, prayers and thoughts for the family.

best wishes for a speedy and full recovery. -Matt

Thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery.

He will be fine if he changes his diet and quits smoking. I got my first stent at the age of 47 after a major MI and a full occulsion of my Right Corenary Artery (RCA). I had 4 more put in until I finally said enough and had them do a quad bypass. Changed my diet, exercise, quit drinking, etc. Fine since the bypass in May of 03.
The one big problem with stents is even the coated stents will eventually block with plaque unless he changes his diet to low fat/fat free and gets on some cholestrol drugs like Lipitor, Crestor, Tricor, etc.

I wish him the best but let him know that he is in control of his destiny.

Don, I am so sorry to hear about Jeff, but at least he got to the doc in time. Scary, but it is becoming far too common in guys our age.

Best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery! Get well soon, and hope to see the both of you back out slinging wood on PI in time for the spring run.

- Martin

Thoughts and Prayers sent....Hope he is doing much better....

Ice

Thanks to all. Jeff is doing fine. He had the last balloon removed today and is looking better than I have seen him look in a long while. The Docs at MGH told him that they opened up three arteries that had lots of blockage. With a lifestyle change or two he will be OK. :musc:

Glad to hear that Don. Hope to see you at Somerville soon?

Glad to hear that Don. Hope to see you at Somerville soon?

Yep - getting itchy to cast a few for holdovers - soon.:kewl:

Nice to hear Don....:kewl:

Hope...

Speedy recovery!

prayers and thoughts are being sent.