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would your diet and eating habits change if you won the jackpot?

no change

[ 8 ]

[ 25.0% ]

small change

[ 7 ]

[ 21.9% ]

moderate change

[ 6 ]

[ 18.8% ]

huge change

[ 11 ]

[ 34.4% ]

Total valid votes

[ 32 ]

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[ 1 ]

OhSoClose

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Mar 27, 2026, 6:21 am

Quote: Originally posted by JustMaybe on Mar 26, 2026
OhSoClose that was so close - no pun intended.

I strongly recommend that you have someone else check your lottery tickets for you.

I am for real.

I am glad you are well and cherishing every day.

Thank you, JustMaybe. Yes, I know how very close I came to walking through that door. I also know that what caused my heart attack was a chunk of plaque tearing loose inside my arteries and lodging in my heart. That could very, very easily have led to a stroke at the same time as the heart attack. I dodged multiple bullets that day.

On that day, after my wife got me settled into the cardiac ICU, she went home to take care of the dogs. Soon after she left, a nurse came in and told me that the 2 main arteries in my heart were blocked and the cath doc had tried everything to get them open, but no luck. I was a candidate for double bypass. She said the docs would be in soon to tell me what to expect. Docs came in looking serious and the main one said we thought we'd do a double bypass but looking at the numbers, you wouldn't survive it, your heart is too 'hot' from the damage. Best chance is take you back down to cath lab and try again to open up an artery. Do you want to try that? Of course I said yes. He told the nurse to bring me a phone, told me to call my wife and said make sure you tell her you love her. Then he gave me a look that said he wasn't 100% sure I'd be coming back upstairs. So I called my wife, trying not to alarm her and then back downstairs we go.

So when they thread the probe up through me I said a little prayer. God if you're ready to take me home, I'm ready, but if you're not done with me yet, please let this work. At that moment, the doc said, Hey would you look at that! The one artery that was completely blocked is now completely open!

A half hour earlier it had been blocked so badly he couldn't get through it, but I got my miracle. If you know anything about plaque blockages, they're a bit like cement and it is very unlikely one would just disappear. He placed a stent, sewed me up, and 15 minutes later I was back in my room telling my wife it had worked. I've never done particularly well with my lottery bets, but on that day, I was the luckiest guy on Earth! Blessed indeed and extremely grateful.
Stat$talker

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Mar 27, 2026, 6:43 am

Quote: Originally posted by OhSoClose on Mar 27, 2026
Thank you, JustMaybe. Yes, I know how very close I came to walking through that door. I also know that what caused my heart attack was a chunk of plaque tearing loose inside my arteries and lodging in my heart. That could very, very easily have led to a stroke at the same time as the heart attack. I dodged multiple bullets that day.

On that day, after my wife got me settled into the cardiac ICU, she went home to take care of the dogs. Soon after she left, a nurse came in and told me that the 2 main arteries in my heart were blocked and the cath doc had tried everything to get them open, but no luck. I was a candidate for double bypass. She said the docs would be in soon to tell me what to expect. Docs came in looking serious and the main one said we thought we'd do a double bypass but looking at the numbers, you wouldn't survive it, your heart is too 'hot' from the damage. Best chance is take you back down to cath lab and try again to open up an artery. Do you want to try that? Of course I said yes. He told the nurse to bring me a phone, told me to call my wife and said make sure you tell her you love her. Then he gave me a look that said he wasn't 100% sure I'd be coming back upstairs. So I called my wife, trying not to alarm her and then back downstairs we go.

So when they thread the probe up through me I said a little prayer. God if you're ready to take me home, I'm ready, but if you're not done with me yet, please let this work. At that moment, the doc said, Hey would you look at that! The one artery that was completely blocked is now completely open!

A half hour earlier it had been blocked so badly he couldn't get through it, but I got my miracle. If you know anything about plaque blockages, they're a bit like cement and it is very unlikely one would just disappear. He placed a stent, sewed me up, and 15 minutes later I was back in my room telling my wife it had worked. I've never done particularly well with my lottery bets, but on that day, I was the luckiest guy on Earth! Blessed indeed and extremely grateful.

"Blessed indeed and extremely grateful."

Divine things manifests in the lives of those who believe in GOD...🙏
OhSoClose

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Mar 27, 2026, 7:17 am

Quote: Originally posted by Stat$talker on Mar 27, 2026
"Blessed indeed and extremely grateful."

Divine things manifests in the lives of those who believe in GOD...🙏
JackpotWanna

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Mar 27, 2026, 6:24 pm

I voted for moderate change. Less fast foods and more slow foods
hearsetrax

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Mar 27, 2026, 6:42 pm

Quote: Originally posted by JackpotWanna on Mar 27, 2026
I voted for moderate change. Less fast foods and more slow foods

all things in moderation, 'cept for Dark Chocolate LOL
KY Floyd

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Mar 27, 2026, 7:10 pm

"If it had happened literally anywhere other than at the cardiologist's office "

You usually hear it about buying houses instead of the farm, but 'location, location, location'. Glad you chose wisely.

"I'll turn 70 in October"

I've got a longer wait before turning 70. My heart is in great shape, but my knee makes it difficult to take full advantage of the heart. As long as it wasn't going to cause other problems I'd give up 30% of my heart capacity if it would make the knee good enough to use the heart to maximum capacity. I used to hear stories about the golden years, but I think a lot of us have been misled.
BobP

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Mar 28, 2026, 1:57 am

Zorns chicken flown in from Long Island, best chicken on earth if still as good as it once was.

BobP

All the rest, as Mr. Creosote says, put it all in a bucket.
OhSoClose

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Mar 28, 2026, 6:32 am

Quote: Originally posted by KY Floyd on Mar 27, 2026
"If it had happened literally anywhere other than at the cardiologist's office "

You usually hear it about buying houses instead of the farm, but 'location, location, location'. Glad you chose wisely.

"I'll turn 70 in October"

I've got a longer wait before turning 70. My heart is in great shape, but my knee makes it difficult to take full advantage of the heart. As long as it wasn't going to cause other problems I'd give up 30% of my heart capacity if it would make the knee good enough to use the heart to maximum capacity. I used to hear stories about the golden years, but I think a lot of us have been misled.

Sorry to hear you're having knee trouble. I've got a bit of arthritis in my right knee and fortunately it only hurts like crazy when stormy weather's coming.

Crazy story about how I chose to have my heart attack during a stress test. I was out pushing a snowblower up and down our driveway when I got an odd, fluttering sensation in my chest and I couldn't catch my breath. I called my PCP's office to schedule an appt to tell him about it. He orders the stress test and I go and have the attack. A stress test is a echocardiogram before and after the treadmill part to see what your heart looks like before and after exercise.

The doc who placed my stent came into the hospital room after that procedure and told me he accessed my test records and said that the echo before the treadmill clearly showed that one of my arteries was already 100% blocked. But the way they do the test, they don't even look at the echo done before the treadmill before they do the treadmill part. Both the before and after get reviewed by a doc after the whole thing is over.

My advice to anybody who get sent for a stress test, if you're having ANY chest symptoms, please ask for an echocardiogram FIRST and get it reviewed before getting anywhere near a treadmill.
OhSoClose

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Mar 28, 2026, 6:33 am

Quote: Originally posted by BobP on Mar 28, 2026
Zorns chicken flown in from Long Island, best chicken on earth if still as good as it once was.

BobP

All the rest, as Mr. Creosote says, put it all in a bucket.

And don't skimp on the pate'.
Elizabeth03

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Apr 11, 2026, 7:46 am

I would be able to buy better quality food.
MillionsWanted

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Apr 11, 2026, 4:27 pm

Moderate change. I would probably eat more healthy. So called healthier food is more expensive in my country.