Oh snap! Shrub's recent heart problems were far more dangerous than generally believed

[KentuckyWoman]

8. It's not that easy

I have a known blockage in the main artery. 80% not stentable. They check it every year or if I whine about symptoms.

The symptoms are very easy to discount to a busy schedule and not enough sleep, age, or I shouldn't have eaten pizza yesterday type of thing even after known block it's still easy to discount. Mine was found by pure accident. Even now that it's known the testing nearly always comes back as normal..... which means the blockage is not bad enough to pick up by the test. That's at 80%.


My husband was completely symptom free until the day of his heart attack. Was 98% blocked in 3 places and a blood clot is what stopped the hole up and created the heart attack. This is a man who physically worked hard every day. No symptoms. No reason to go get expensive medical tests.

So it does not shock me that a reasonably healthy man with the best medical care in the world would not know he was blocked at 90+percent.

All that said, I bear the man no good will - or bad will for that matter. I just want him out of our lives and I'd be perfectly happy if he lived a long life painting his own feet and not bothering anyone.