Best wishes oncle Bill, I hope you bury the cardiologist!
Since I succesfully recovered from a heart attack at 31 ( i am 41 now ) I figure I gave you the scoop on the mystical French Health Program ( a.k.a the French paradox). It is very simple and easy to follow:
1: What ever you drink, only drink the best!
(I personnaly recommend a glass of cognac or armagnac after each meal, works for me...)
2: Don't ever get upset. Period, no if or but.
(If you feel you are getting upset, just display your 20" Sirupati. If you are still upset after that, just use it. Does wonders to calm the nerves)
3: Always go to bed with your wool socks on and a hat
(Body heat escape through those extremities first. You end up getting a cold. Your wife / doctor think they are going to cure you by stuffing you with pills like a turkey on Thanksgiving...you can take the pressure, you end up killing yourself! Hence wear a hat and socks!)
4: Nothing is worth the trouble it generates ( if life become too difficult, move to Nepal , above the snow line , go down for food and supplies once a year ......)
Wait, if that happens we would not be able to get our knives anymore. Forget anything I said, just make sure you are around for another 100 years!
Best,
Pierre