A theory which is mine, belongs to me, and is mine too.

[MiHale]

8. I can see your point...

I have been an atheist most of my life. After I got the news about this how damaged my heart was and what it was going to take to fix it…I got a little…let’s say…spiritual. A quadruple bypass and a bone infection in my sternum invited me for a 45 day stay in the V.A. Hospital in Ann Arbor Michigan. That left a lot of time for self reflection.
A catholic upbringing as a youngster factored in, I’ll bet. Yes thoughts of heaven and hell did cross my mind, only fleetingly though.

The thing that unsettled me most was the ‘feeling of impending doom’ after my first heart attack. Never heard of it before, never knew it was a thing. I quite literally started getting all my affairs in order…my wife couldn’t figure out why till we talked to the doctors…they described the feeling to a T.

Heart attack wasn’t all that bad I’ll admit..I did deep breathing exercises till it was over. No hospital. I blew out my right bicep a few months before and I thought that’s why my shoulder hurt. Went to doctor to check that out and by the routine blood tests ..guess what they revealed.

Could have had an ‘impending doom’ experience.