So I had a heart attack last week (Feb 1)

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Bad family history and meh diet has finally caught up with me. Like others, I think COVID has hit our hospital causing me to wait for a room and the like. I am blessed to have decent medical insurance but I still needed a separate plan to avoid a massive debt from co pay. My out of pocket max for a year is 9,800 which is around 15% of my total income. My separate policy will cover that and a little more. I do feel better and was treated well at even a small town hospital. The heart cath went well and I now have a stent. I am on several drugs (blood thinner, blood pressure, baby asperin, cholesterol lowering) but I do feel a bit better than before.

I actually returned to work on Monday, and despite being very tired at the end of the day, I have been doing OK. I had chalked up my symptoms to a combination of stress, grief for my dog, and some unrelated illnesses, but clearly I had some other stuff going on.

On the plus side, I am buying a house. A new build, 3 bedroom, 2.5 baths, 1404 square feet, 2 stories, for 192,400 and thanks to a USDA loan I don't have to put anything down and can have closing costs put into the loan. So despite it all things are going well. Listen to your bodies folks.