Bob Stout wrote in a message to All:

 BS> Quoting Roger Scudder :

> I'm sure!  They don't let you do anything fun after you've had heart
> surgery.  Even with the stents they want you to live like a monk.

 BS> I actually never had surgery until 2000. Previously, I was just
 BS> suffering from congestive heart failure and an almost terminally
 BS> enlarged heart. When I did have surgery, it was minimally invasive
 BS> (catheter ablation). Fortunately, I take after my mother's side of
 BS> the family (arrhythmias) rather than my dad's (coronary artery
 BS> disease).

What's scary is when I consider my closest friend (30+ years!),  who is two
years _younger_ than I am,  though we share the same birthday...

He's already had a heart transplant.

---