I know about the bruised hand and the obvious cankles

[Mossfern]

17. What an ordeal!

I'm glad you came out of it well off!

I had a MI at 46 years old. My LAD coronary artery was blocked - ended up losing about 10-15% of my heart muscle.
The cause (they thought for almost 30 years) was a coronary artery aneurysm. Recently I had surgery for a different issue and ended up with several pulmonary embolisms in both lungs. The reason for the embolisms was that I was off my Warfarin for several days. I was admitted to the hospital and seen by a hematologist. It turns out that I have a clotting disorder that may be genetic - so it's possible that the MI was not caused by a congenital deformity, but the very sizable clot may have caused the aneurysm. No matter what, I will be on Warfarin forever.

Even though it's a bit of a pain to constantly go for testing, I prefer Warfarin as it can be reversed with vitamin K in case of emergency. There is no readily available antidote for the alternative anti- clotting agents. I told my kids to get tested for the protein deficiencies that I have.