I remember when my Dad had his five heart bypass in 1990 how they cut his chest open like a gutted fish to repair his heart vessels when he was 61, it was very rough on him but he had all of us four grown son's and mom to look after him and make sure he didn't do anything to cause himself to have a back set or injure himself. My father went through a lot and took years to completely heal. But once he got in his upper 70's he got to where he just did and eat whatever he wanted to. Mother would fuss at him, you better watch that salty stuff or fatty foods?

Now I haven't had bypass done yet nor planning to but I do have congestive heart failure, once had uncontrollable AFib brought on by my first back surgery medications. But they fixed this with a procedure to stop and restart my heart, I also have type 2 diabetes and diabetic neuropathy from my hips down to my toes and some effects of neuropathy in my hands. About 9 years ago I almost lost my right foot when I internally decapitated my big right toe which many I told them snickered you almost lost your foot from a broken big toe? Yep and I know people whose lost their whole leg from the same thing. I'll be the first to tell you God has done more healing on me than any doctor and I realize you got to have common sense when you have heart trouble and diabetes going on at the same time. But I'm going to live my life I'm going to eat what I want in the right proportions, I'm going to fish, I'm going to hunt, I'm going to live my life until the Lord calls me home.

People say well don't you know you just shortening in your life? Look when I die I know I'm going straight to heaven stand right in front of Jesus and be whole, my daddy told me the same thing and he lived till he was 82 years old and mother with three brothers are right there waiting on me to join them in heaven. Well I figured God knows every hair on your head by number and every step we're going to take. So I'm going to keep stepping until the fat lady sings kumbaya