url URL date wed NUMBER sep NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER gmt mixed news from yesterday s heart checkup first i went seven minutes on the treadmill that was pretty good my heart was racing like it hadn t since i was in college they also did an extensive ultrasound on my carotid arteries NUMBER they re in the neck and supply my head with blood more good news there they re clear free of plaque healthy not diseased NUMBER so it appears i just have coronary artery disease not general artery disease that s good because there would be a risk of stroke if they were sick and not a whole lot they can do about it as they can with the heart now there was some not good news a small part of my heart isn t working very well there are a few possible reasons for that some fixable some not i asked the doctor does this mean i m going to die sooner and he said no does it mean i have to restrict what i do he said no so what does it mean really not much other than i should watch as before for recurring symptoms the ones that brought me into the hospital in june if they come back we ll do an angiogram and maybe an angioplasty but the likelihood of another bypass because of this is small that s quite a relief i don t like the idea of part of my heart not working but what can you do about it NUMBER URL NUMBER URL 