Robert Fripp has heart attack.
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From Rolling Stone:
Robert Fripp recently underwent two surgeries after suffering a heart attack he didn’t even know he’d had.
The King Crimson guitarist shared the story in a new video posted over the weekend alongside wife/collaborator, Toyah Wilcox. “He had a heart attack two weeks ago,” Wilcox said in the clip. “And you were in the right place, in the right time, and I am so grateful, because you’ve been through a lot.”
Fripp then explained the surreal sequence of events. Last month, the musician said he’d been dealing with what he thought was acid reflux in the weeks leading up to a trip to Italy for a show. Having endured something similar a few years prior, Fripp didn’t think much of it. But the day he flew to Italy, he said, he felt “more discomfort.”
While Fripp’s team had already scheduled a doctor’s visit, upon landing, they decided to take him to a cardiac hospital in Bergamo instead. While Fripp said he thought the doctors would prescribe him some acid reflux medication, they ultimately alerted him to some alarmingly high troponin levels in his blood, which can be a sign of a recent heart attack.
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He had stents placed, a
He had stents placed, a procedure performed via cath lab . Not really "surgery"
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But that doesn't diminish the
But that doesn't diminish the gravity of the situation, don't get me wrong. People just get cardiology and cardiac surgery confused all the time
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A similar thing happened to
A similar thing happened to me about 7 months ago. I had an increase in heartburn / acid reflux and was doing the Tums thing. One night my shoulders got tight and the my left arm started tingling. I had my wife take me to the ER and turns out I was having a heart attack. No surgeries or procedures needed but it was a wake up call. Get yer tickers checked.
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Andy, so glad you made it.
Andy, so glad you made it. How are you now?
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Hi Judit, I'm doing really
Hi Judit, I'm doing really well. All the major pipes appear clean and other than cholesterol all numbers are good. Turns out you can't party near 60 like you did near 30. I'm pretty sure that had something to do with it. It was a wake up call. My wife called it the check engine light flash. I still have plenty years of life to go.