--- BLOOD TEST CONCLUSIONS from fasting blood test Sat to Sunday…blood was drawn 545 am Sunday 21 June.


triglycerides           me = 65mg/dL                     normal is < 150 mg/dL                       2007 = 58

total cholest.          me = 152 mg/dL                  optimal is < 200 mg/dL                      2007 = 181

HDL direct             me = 46 mg/dL                    optimal is 40-59 mg/dL                      2007 = 47.5

LDL calculated      me = 93.1 mg/dL                 optimal is < 100 mg/dL                      2007 = 122

CHD risk factor      me = 3.3                               50% below average risk                     2007 = 3.8

                                                                                (average is 4.4-5.0)


Hi, Cyclists...above are my numbers within the first 24 hours of my hospital adventure.

NOTE: without statin medication, my 2009 numbers are better than the 2007 numbers.  On paper, I look like I should live to 100 and be able to cycle at 20 mph the rest of my life. I do everything I should be doing...diet, portion control, exercise, etc.

So, what caused my circumflex arterial adventure?  From my cardio. doc's comments and some intensive online research...1) it just happened...shit happens, 2) my recurrent sinus infection which has been going on for years and I had one (even though I had been on antibiotics for 36 hours) in the days before my attack, 3) high iron levels...men tend to have more heart attacks than women...and there seems to be a connection with higher iron levels in men....I had been taking ferrous gluconate 6.75g every other day...bacteria need iron to grow.

I may have inadvertently set up a nice situation to be taken out by microbes.

I'm doing well and continuing to learn about this.

I hope you do not mind me sending this...I'm a teacher...I can't help it...if I save somebody by telling my story...it will be worth it..  Soon, I'll have the video CD of my beating heart as the dye pulse cleared the circumflex artery...seeing your life returned to you was amazing..

Thanks for Jonathan's great words...you all ride safe on Saturday and always.

Bob Howland
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On Wed, 6/24/09, JONES,JONATHAN D <jjones2@xxxxxxx> wrote:

From: JONES,JONATHAN D <jjones2@xxxxxxx>
Subject: GCCMail: Sunrise Ride - Saturday June 27 - 7:30am start
To: GCCMail@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 4:42 PM

Hi Everyone,

Join us for yet another epic Sunrise Ride - Saturday June 24th.  Meet at the Chevron at 7:15 for a 7:30am SHARP departure.  50 miles (give or take 5), av speed 19.5-20mph.  Pace strictly capped at 22mph for the first 3/4 of the ride. We had 18 riders out last week! Come to the ride start with route suggestions as I don't have a route picked out for this week.

Let me take this opportunity to wish Bob Howland a speedy recovery from his ordeal on our ride last weekend.  Bob has ridden with the Sunrise ride for years.  He often comes up with route suggestions and usually has to lead the ride as I inevitably get lost on new routes.  Bob is always the first one to circle back and pick up dropped riders - pulling them back up to the pack, or just riding with them until the next group up.  He has also been a great help to me in keeping the ride within the posted speeds.  He is a great asset to the ride and we will miss him out there in the coming months.

I think a lesson we can take away from his ordeal is to be prepared to go it alone out on route.  Bob dropped off the back without anyone noticing (we were at a point in the ride where we do not group up anymore).  The fact that he had his cell and could call 911 might have saved his life.

Bob, on behalf of all the Sunrise Riders - we wish you a speedy recovery and hope to see you back on the road soon!

Jonathan


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