Originally Posted by Tasha View Post
KewlJ, I also hope that Mickey is all right.... :/ The thing is, Mickey said that the heart attack doctor thing is the first time he had been to a doctor in 66 years. That may seem like a very sweet life but really he should have been doing yearly checkups just to make sure everything was running smoothly. His heart attack could have been prevented or anticipated had he been doing yearly checkups.
Mickey has lived an alternative style life than what most of us would consider commonplace. I don't think he has ever held a job for very long, instead choosing to move on constantly. He's hitchhiked, hopped trains, etc. in order to get around, and gambling has always been an interest to him. He said that for years he'd close bars down, which he laughed about on GWAE saying how Vegas bars just don't close. He is also a smoker--as are/were many from the babyboomer era--who I don't believed had stopped at the time of his attack. His having no health issues up to this point is truly amazing. I'm four years older than him and I also have had no health issues up to this point other than the foot I broke recently while acting foolish. But I've regularly been for physicals throughout my life, I've never smoked, I've always drank very little alcohol, and I've continuously kept myself in shape. So for the run mickey's had, I'd say his overall health-rating index has been higher than even mine.

I'm sure he's doing OK. The fact that he had the attack then could tweet from the ICU means a lot. Who knows what's going on in there right now, or even if he's been moved. It's not like he has family members who would bother contacting any of us on his progress.