jimimou wrote:whats up nalod!  hope youre feeling better man
Modern medicine is really amazing.  What they did and how good I feel each day is just unbelieveable.  Im off the hard drugs actually now.  When you start feeling "Baby, Im almost glad this happend cuz I feel closer to you now......." that  means the crap is super strong.  Im going orangeblobman on this, but I needed it to keep moving an work on my breathing!  IM walking 30 min a day and sleeping OK.  
Bottom line is Im only 48 so this ain't " your fathers bypasss " kind of crap.
There was a dude getting some same crap done as me at 28 years old while I was there!  Back in the day young dudes just dropped.  Look at Reggie Lewis and others.  I baselined EKG and stress tests for ten years given the family history which never picked up the birth defect but I know my body and knew **** was wrong.  Gotta man up and admit a problem which is not easy for most dudes.  
I got a lot of work still to do, but I think we making good choices and the phys theopy is gonna be tough cuz the goal is pretty high in my standards.  My wind is pretty darn good for what I have had done but I got some ass to kick on the tennis court when I get back and thats a whole different ball game!
Thanks for asking!