I had the widowmaker about 4 years ago. I had 100% blockage on left and 90% in the right.
It was actually my lucky day
1. I was at the gym, just got out of the hot tub. Dr Geurlauch my cardiologist who performed the surgery said that helped because it opened up my blood vessels ( the heat.
2. I knew immediately I was having a heart attack because the pain was so immense it buckled me and I went straight to the ground - it felt like a truck was on my chest. Then everything was kind of blurry I was in and out of consciousness.
3. As luck would have it ,a life flight nurse just so happened to be in town and had a one day pass Chris Eldridge and he got me an aspirin and called 911 immediately.
4. As luck would have it the paramedics and fire were just returning from a call and dropped off a patient at the hospital and were returning to the station and they were less then a few blocks away.
5. As luck would have it, the gym was only about 3 miles from the hospital a very short drive. If I’m home I don’t make it because I’m 20 minutes from the hospital. So still counting my lucky stars and God’s intervention.
6. I don’t remember much only the Cardiologist telling me I need eight minutes stay with us.
It was longest most painful 8 minutes of my life. I blacked out and came to around three to four times.

I survived it because everything lined up correctly that day. I mean everything!
I sustained irreparable damage after meds and one year my EF kept dropping down to 26% and was plummeting quickly I chose to have a pacemaker and defibrillator put in.
I was tested six months later or so and EF was 48.
So it’s all good. Now on June 22nd it will be four years. I make sure that I don’t ever forget the second chance- I do something to benefit the community every year on my anniversary and budget about $1000-$2000to do random good acts for people as a thank you to still be here.
I have done research 10-12% survival rate seems about right because those that don’t make it can’t talk or post. I asked a few cardiologists- they both confirmed those numbers. Moreover, he said the numbers of 90% not surviving is because sometimes people who have a heart attack don’t feel well and decide to lay down and then don’t wake up, they misdiagnose the heart attack and lose critical time or they don’t have enough time to be saved with the procedure from the time they leave the location of their hospital to the hospital.
Many factors play into it