I find it a bit scary too. I'll be 51 in a couple of weeks. Had a full physical earlier this year and all looks great....doc even asked if I was a vegetarian (not by a country mile LOL). I still gorge on bratwurst, beer, and bacon double cheeseburgers....bp is 118/71 and cholesterol and blood sugar are excellent. But for how much longer?? See, the bike riding started 6 months ago because I was having some symptoms that were not good, but nothing was found to be medically wrong....doc diagnosed it as stress. After logging in about 700 miles this summer, I feel great again, so I guess he was right.

I have the same questions for those of you that had an M.I......Anything precipitate the event say a day or two before? Were you under any type of abnormal stress, just as job etc? That's my concern.....type A overachiever personality with a high stress job. I ride about 75 miles a week, work in my yard, and walk a lot on my job....I'm just concerned that the stress is going to catch up to me at some point.

Excellent thread....it's good to hear from folks who've been there.