At on time (12 years ago) was a heavy duty smoker-never less than 3 packs a day-had a heart attack 7/12/95 -lucky to survive -that was the last time I smoked. It left me with a damaged heart muscle-ejection fraction as of now 25%. Have been eating the last decade -the way I smoked - out of control. Have atrial fibrillation-cardioversion did not
work -one of the meds I was taking (amiodarone) screwed up my thyroid bigtime( the only person I ever heard of with HYPERthyroidism who is
fat)on medication to square away that problem-so that it is safe to have
ICD (internal cardiac defibrillator) implanted. Sorry- I know all that is boring. Bottom line-other than the obvious - I really need to get a grip.