A few years ago, quite a few, a friend of mine had a heart attack. I had lost touch with him for awhile so didn’t learn about it for a while but it was still shocking and scary. In a way, I’m not sure why it was scary because he was always worried about heart related stuff. It was due to family history which he had some of (high cholesterol and such). This friend was a few years older than me but when it happened to him, he was actually a little younger than I am now.? I guess when this stuff happens to someone close, it’s always scary even if there are signs ahead of time.
Well, just a few days ago I got news from one of my best friends that he had to go in for a emergency heart thing. Fortunately for him, they caught it before it got bad but wow! He’s a few years younger than I am.
Both of my friends have children. I work out very regularly as I have said in other posts (in fact, I’m delaying starting my workout for a few minutes to make this post). I do physicals regularly which have checked out well. The only real big issue I have is that I am a migraine sufferer (which is a big issue but I don’t think it is life threatening though when I have one, it sure seems like it).
Times like this encourage you to count the great things you have in your life and ignore the not so great things. They also encourage you to think about your family and friends and make sure your family and friends know that you are there for them if they need you (and you mean it! – drop anything kind of stuff! – really!!!).
Think about it.
P.S. My first friend is doing well and seems to really enjoy time with his family. I’m still not in direct touch with him but he has a blog so I get to be in indirect contact so that is good and of course we trade Christmas cards. My second friend is on a good path so I think things are going to be good for him but as things just happened I’m keeping my thoughts with him.