Anyone have personal knowledge on coronary atherosclerosis/chronic coronary heart/artery disease? ICD 9 414.01

i was just diagnosed with this disease and am scared to say the least...i know i'm in for a long struggle with possible bypass surgery soon and i'm only 28 years old...if anyone knows any information about it or has it/knows someone who does, please share your knowledge with me..there's only so many internet articles i can read!

coronary atherosclerosis is when u have fat deposited in your arteries and therefore cause it to narrow and restrict smooth blood flow through them.
it is very dangerous if the artery is more than 70% narrowed as it may face a complete occlusion and shuts down blood supply to your heart tissues, causing an acute heart attack.
the severity is also judged by your risk factors (smoking, alcohol affects), family history, and how many vessels affected. we all have 3 main arteries, LAD (left anterior descending), RCA (right coronary artery), LCX (left circumflex, we call it circ in short). if any of these gets occluded more than 70%, it calls for an angioplasty. the worse scenario is when u get all of them with more or less 70% blockage. (we call it TVD, triple vessel disease)

if you smoke, please stop soon.
if you have an unhealthy diet, please, turn to greens soon. stop all that fish & chips, fried chicken and reeses, lays and ben&jerrys. they do u no good.
if u are obese, try to shed some pounces healthily.
do consult ur cardiologist if any medication like aspirin is needed.

do take care.

Great answer by Potatoe.

I'm a patient, with really bad CAD. Already had a bypass, eat very healthy, do my exercise for rehab.

Send me an e-mail if you'd like further information on my treatment and rehabilitation.