Help, I have been getting slight chest pains and slight pains on my left
arm
once every week or so for the last few months. This has been a recent
development in the last 12 months. No one except my Mom suspects, and I
don't know what to do about my relation****p with my girlfriend.
I am 34. I have lead a pretty bad but not excessive lifestyle. I smoked 10
cigarettes a day since age of 19, cut down since 31, quit since 32. I am
not
overweight and I used to do regular exercise until last year. I have
always
had a 'stressed' personality and I like my meat and mayonnaise. I also
used
to drink over 8 cups of filter coffee a day at work for 3 years. I enjoyed
pu****ng my work life to the max. I think the pains are a way of life
showing
me that it's caught up with me.
One week ago I have decided to cut down my caffine, lower my cholestrol.
The
pain has made me re-evaluate my life and I have tried to stay less
stressed
and be more pragmatic about my workload (I am a workaholic). I have tried
to
take a new perspective on life to try and not take things too seriously
since then.
I need to know a couple of things:
1) Is the blockage of the arteries a reversible process, if you lower the
cholestrol, can you remove the 'furring' up of the arteries?
2) My girlfriend who I have been with for 6 years doesn't know. I hoped to
have children, and now this calls into question how feasible the option
is.
I love her and I don't know if I want her with me when I go through this.
I
don't know if I should break up with her and how I should.
3) I don't believe this is a heart problem (more an artery problem), so am
I
right in guessing this could affect my mind as well, if so is it sudden or
will I slowly become more 'dull'?
4) How long does the average person last in this case (max)? 5 years? 10
years?
I was a pretty ambitious person, so this is a real bummer. But question 2)
above is really worrying me at the moment. Help.
PS I live in London. UK.
thanks,
JL_londonuk
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