So, I wasn’t planning a post for today, because I have copy edits to do and books to write. But a friend just sort of casually posted something on facebook, to the tune of, “Oh hey, you might not have realized it at the time, but I totally had a heart attack three months ago.”
WTF?!
He’s in his 30’s!
He couldn’t possibly have had a heart attack!
WTF?!
Well, he did have a heart attack, and he’s written about it on his blog, Open Source Judaism. Please go and check it out, because while I’d heard of people having a heart attack in their 30’s and 40’s, I always assumed it would never happen to me. No matter what age you are, go read his scary story, get a bead on your very real mortality, and take better care of yourselves, because I like you.
Yes, you personally.
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My brother died of a heart attack on New Years Eve after this post when he was 33 years old. I’ve been living in fear of my own heart ever since. It’s never expected when you’re still so young. In fact I believe he was being treated Luke a possible homicide when he was found. I know “natural causes” was the last possibility on my mind when I heard they found him that morning. I’m still in fear of the stability of my own heart.
My best friends mother died of a heart attack last year. She was 33.
I’m 28, marathon runner, and at risk for a heart attack. It can happen to anyone. I take very good care, but I live in some fear of what could happen.