Comments on: GUARDIAN Reader Cheats Death–Repeatedly

By: grumpy ole guy

grumpy ole guy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:39:50 +0000

Thank you, Andy and Dave. Well written, informative and – dare I say, heart-warming? Thanks.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:27:54 +0000

Excellent. And, over the next several years probably will save more than a few lives by alerting all of us to the benefits of reacting properly and quickly when the signs of a heart attack appear.

By: Pat (Claudine)

Pat (Claudine) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:32:18 +0000

I am a classmate of Andy.s. So glad you did everything right. I too had heart attack in 2002 and four stints put in. Unlike Don whom I lost to heart attack in 1995 I have done fine since. Life is good,hope we can enjoy it many more years.
Take care.

By: Sweet Shell

Sweet Shell — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:36:42 +0000

To think the tragedy of losing Jerry so many years ago reached through time and saved your life so many years later. To think what your story may do for someone else now or years from now. You have yourself a real miracle and the rest of us have the gift of your friendship to enjoy for a good long time. Thank You God and the cardiac team at St. Lukes.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:08:04 +0000

I think we all worry about having the big one hit after we cross the 6th decade of life. We see friends and relatives dropping to the other side of the lawn more frequently than we like.

Thanks for sharing the symptoms in such detail. We all have an innate fear of being called a woosie for our aches and pains. A friend told me his heart attack was like nothing he had ever felt before in his life. He too survived the event and is alive more than 10 years since his second heart attack.

None of us are going to get out alive but as long as the quality is good I personally would not mind a couple more years of the good life but you never know for sure.

By: brat1

brat1 — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:07:16 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing your story, Andy. Well worth reading and could save someones life!!

By: Clancy

Clancy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:35:09 +0000

Interesting and informative read.

By: Liz Johnston

Liz Johnston — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:18:14 +0000

Thoroughly enjoyed all the photos from the reunion! Thanks for sharing all these details & so happy to read about your positive outcome – & congratulations – you are quite a writer in addition to being a great photographer. a classmate – Liz

By: Bonnie, SHS Class of 1959

Bonnie, SHS Class of 1959 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:08:26 +0000

This is a classmate who was in Arkansas just three months ago for the 50th reunion of his high school graduating class…our class photographer and creator of the class website. We all love him very much.

I will share this site with 33 of our classmates and pray that everyone will learn that you do not wait if you think you are having an attack.

Thank you, Andy, and may God continue to bless you and your wonderful family.

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:36:19 +0000

Wow!

That was very interesting reading. Lots of details about how a heart attack might be treated that I’d never heard before… pretty impressive for a guy who was on “the good stuff”!

Thanks for sharing your experience, Andy, and best of luck as you continue to return to your normal “macho man” state of health!