. . . . . your only option left could be a quadruple by pass and few people are fit enough to withstand one of those.
Well, except for the 16,000 UK patients who have bypass surgery every year and the 500,000 US patients who have bypass surgery every year.
Edit: Double checked the 500,000, so that's 30 (ish) times as many operations for a population 5 (ish) times the size. I might have to treble check that number although as I mention below, they were very keen to give me a bypass, and my UK cardiologist thought differently. Different financial motivations maybe?
The interesting thing about the US figure is that I was told by a US MD that I needed a triple bypass, until I said I didn't think my travel insurance covered that. Pleased to say that a UK cardiologist using the same tests that were done in the US, disagreed. I'm still walking up hills (no choice in High Wycombe without getting puffed.
So I'm wondering how I should balance my fat and carb intake while controlling both my diabetes and the new problems thrown into the mix by having a heart attack.
I have always felt that there's is an over emphasis of "high fat" in what is essentially a low carb diet. When I first mentioned low carb to my GP about 5 years ago, she wasn't very supportive because she thought it automatically meant "high fat" as well. I have no doubt that LCHF works for lots of people. I literally couldn't stomach increased fat, probably because of the years and years of low fat everything. Now you have been told to lower your fat intake which can be a problem on the calorie front, you obviously don't want to increase carbs to make up for lower fat calories but if you start to lose weight that you don't want to lose, you'll have to do something, maybe look at some of the different shakes that are available, low carb - low fat, high calories. Perhaps your medical team can advise on how to maintain calories while keeping carbs to a minimum.
Sorry to hear of your heart attack, I'm sure the stents will do a great job. Two of my friends have recently had stents, and another two have had bypass surgery. If there is a "typical" person requiring surgery, none of them were typical, in fact one of my friends who had bypass surgery is a karate black belt and incredibly fit. All the best.