Cardiological question

So... if somebody has five stents in his heart already, and a cardiac catheterization reveals four blockages, and they stent two of those... just how bad is that? Is he just telling me he's okay to make me quit worrying? Does anyone know more than I do (roughly nothing) about hearts?

Five years

I've been hearing all sorts of scary things about LJ's layoffs and people moving their blogs elsewhere and the sky falling, so I decided to look into backup options. As I was doing so (this entry seems to be a good links roundup; please let me know if you're aware of other possibilities) I started wondering just how long I've had this journal. It's been a while, and by complete coincidence, today happened to be the day that I went back and checked the date of my first entry.

January 6th, 2004. Today is my fifth LJ-versary.

It feels a little weird to care about that--it's just a blog, you know? But the five years between ages thirteen and eighteen is a pretty damn important five years, and LJ has been an important part of adolescence for me, both as a place to organize my thoughts and as a social network.

So... cheers, LJ. Cheers to Lizzie, to Perrine, to Kate and Jen Erin and Nattie; to Ava, and to everyone else I've met through this journal.