[Tzan]

[Andromeda]

Nothing !
No art got done !
Yes im embarassed at myself, you happy now ?

wait .. hang on ...

you went to surgery ?

[Tzan]

Hah yeah.
You're the first one who got that

On another forum that option just seemed so impossible they didnt even question it.

I had a heart attack on tuesday at 47 years old.
Later that same day they did the heart surgery.

Feel ok now, back at home yesterday.

[Mikko K]

Holy crap
Hope you're well!

[gLitterbug]

This might sound weird, but my first thought here was "Damn you're 47?!". For some reason I always thought you to be much younger.

Hope you keep feeling ok and it's allright now. Having a lot of stress?

[Andromeda]

OUCH dude .. heart attack ..
what caused it ?
did it hurt real bad , or did you just pass out from the shock .

... is it a serious thing ? like will it happen again ?
you have battle scar now ?

you can show it off and say that you were stabbed you know =]

stabbed through the heart ..

(and you're to blame)

[notic]

wow. that sounds serious..

hope you're gonna be ok now!

[Jabo]

Woah, that's tough. Hope you feel better and will get well soon!
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[Tzan]

[Mikko K]

Just out of curiosity, do you usually exercise, are you overweight? I know with the right genes, this shit can happen to just about anyone. I think heart and cardiovascular diseases are the no.1 killer in Finland at the least.

Hope your recovery goes well!

[Tzan]

Yeah I've been exercising on and off for 10 years. Nothing super hard just crunches and pushups etc... being a bit toned helps.
6 foot tall, 160 pounds, so tall and skinny.
My mom had a heart attack at 45 and died at 55. So there is that. But she was overweight and a smoker, so I figured I might avoid all this.

Thanks

[Synnical]

That sounds like a traumatic ordeal, especially the penis tube part
I hope you are doing okay through the recovery, get well soon!

[Tzan]

Each day is a bit better. I spend maybe 30-60 min at the computer then 60 min with my feet up in the reclining chair I've got. Best purchase ever, got it last october.

[Tzan]

I was an actor in a tv commercial yesterday!

The emergency room hospital I went to first contacted my doctor to ask for volunteers to be in a commercial about how the hospital has grown and doesnt suck anymore ( which it did 10 years ago). He reccomended me.

I asked him why me, people have heart attacks all the time. He said I really had a 40% blood clot in a 60%plaque blockage in the main artery to my heart. The people who have this condition only survive 5% of the time. So I was special.

We started at 6:30 am (which I didnt know even existed) and finished around 12 noon. We where in a small town street in front of an old theater and bank. There was a large "MORE" sign, each letter was 8 foot tall and 3 feet thick and positioned in the street.

There were about 8 actors for the cardiac stuff. They shot at other locations for other services they do. We each had close ups with lines to say and there was a group shot of us milling around the moar MORE sign.

I was the youngest of course. Many of the others had a very hard time saying the lines. I went last and I totally nailed it! After we finished the first line the director said "Where were you an hour ago!" one of the lighting guys said "You've done this before!" I said no, I've just watched a lot of tv

I read my lines while sitting on the giant "R".

At the end, the advert people were very happy, each of them made a point of telling me how good I was. The marketing person from the hospital rushed up to me and said "You saved the commercial! can I give you a hug?".

I'll be getting a DVD of it some time. The ads will run next year locally. I might be doing some radio ads too.

Hey who knew I could act? I sure didnt.

[Naeem]

tzan> sad to hear about the heart attack.
but the commerical thing is crazy, man! look at the turnaround. that's great news.

[Tzan]

Well it was just a volunteer thing, no money. Just a way of saying thank you to the hospital. I was really hoping they didnt need me. I was very hesitant about saying yes, but after they did the preliminary interviews they liked me much more than the others and twisted my arm just enough to make me say yes.

[Jimmyjimjim]

Glad to hear you're OK, Tzan.

To tell you the truth, that's a bit of a wakeup call for me. My overall health has been sliding steadily downhill since I started school four years ago. I'm smoking more, eating worse, less active and am about 60 pounds heavier and i feel it. I never really think about it, but hearing your story... shit... I'm going to die before I'm 40 like this.

[Tzan]

Two months ago I told an internet friend of mine that I game with about all this. We met in person once and he looked like your typical overweight computer tech guy. It scared the crap out of him. He was at least 300 pounds. A month later he told me he had been hitting the gym, checking the cholesterol and he lost 80 pounds!

So I dont mind talking about it if it helps to poke a few people into action.

[Sampster]

Hey man, just glad to hear you're safe.

It sounds like a pretty invasive procedure so I'm glad there wasn't too much pain aside from the catheter (and I guess with those things there's no getting around the pain).

Congrats on the commercial too, awesome that you pulled it off with such finesse

[Max]

I am really happy to hear things turned out good at the end. You seem to be very balanced about all of this - that's definately an inspiration for me and others indeed. Good luck on your actor career

[Max Ostap]

Lets start doing marathons every other week. I gained 50 pounds since i started school.

[balistic]

I've gained about 40 pounds in the year I've been at Blur.

I'd like to lose about 60.

Fuck.
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[Jimmyjimjim]

What do all the fatties in the house think about a lose-a-thon? First one to lose 40 gets a piece of artwork from all the others?

Tzan can be the nonpartial judge?

I've got to lose more like 80, but 40 is a good start....

[Tzan]

So the title would be like the tv show.

The Artistic Loser!

[Lunatique]

Tzan - Oh man, you're way too young for that stuff. Glad you're ok. Did the doctor say how you can prevent future attacks? It doesn't sound like you were living an unhealthy lifestyle, so what else can you do?

Brian - Don't you have some kind of condition that prevents you from doing certain things? Are you ok now? You haven't posted much and I haven't seen any new artwork or music from you for a while now.

[Tzan]

Yeah I was already eating healthy and taking cholesterol pills. The one thing they added was daily 1 Coated Aspirin 325mg. That works to prevent blood clots, which is what started all this.

With new veins in my heart and low cholesterol I should be totally fine, which is really good news

The only thing to watch out for is that eventually the new veins in the bypass will fail in 20 years and will need stents or another surgery. So I'm really good to go for 20 years.

[balistic]

[Lunatique]

[Lunatique]

[Max]

Hey Brain. Have you ever tried to do yoga or some other kind of meditation thing, maybe even Zen. I know, I know,...theres alot of stupid cliches about that in the western world which arise from wrong hopes and bad will. However if you are serious about it maybe this could help you along the way. Even if it makes you feel better 1% it's worth it. It might take you alot of time and energy, however I think this could be another way to help you along. I don't know much about that kind of pain you have, and maybe I am all wrong. I know it's easy to talk about such things if it isn't about you. Still I believe you could give it a try. We all know that body and brain are one. Treat them like that! Anyway, don't stress yourself. I wish you good luck and hope you will get over this some time! Cheers mate, miss your art!