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[Mout Mout]

Notre cher King Diamond, vient de subir un triple pontage cardiaque !!! Rassurez-vous, tout s'est bien passé !

Hi Everyone,



Livia here.

Let me catch you all up on the past couple of weeks' happenings, because it affects many things.

On Monday the 29th of November, King had to be transported to the nearby hospital by ambulance. After several different tests were done and the EKG machine showing abnormalities, the doctors recommended that he get a cardiac catheterization.



Cardiac catheterization is a procedure where the doctors lead a very thin tube up from the leg and into the heart, where it injects dye into the bloodstream. Then a camera at the end of the tube takes many pictures of the heart's arteries, looking for blockages.

After this was done, they determined that King had several heart attacks, and three of his heart's arteries were the cause: one was completely blocked, the second was 90% blocked, and the third was 65% blocked.



The only solution to this was an open heart triple bypass surgery.



If you are interested in the details of how this surgery is performed, please look it up online. I will only touch on the basics.

The sternum (breastbone) is cut in half and pulled apart, to expose the heart. Veins are harvested from other places of the body, in King's case it was his left leg and chest wall. The person is then hooked up to a machine that practically does the job of the heart, circulating and oxygenating the blood.

The heart is then stopped, and the lungs collapse (the lungs stop working since the blood is being oxygenated by the machine). The surgeon then sews the harvested veins in place, bypassing the found blockages. Once the surgery is done, the surgeon moves the ribs and breastbone back into place and wires it together. The chest is closed as well. They use an electric pulse to start the heart and a breathing machine is lead into the lungs to restart breathing.



King's surgery took approximately 7 hours.



Everything went well, and King was taken to ICU for recovery. He was walking and eating solid food already 2 days after the operation, and he was the first one in the history of the hospital who walked on his own power from the ICU to normal care. 10 days after the ambulance took him to the emergency room, he is at home and is recovering well. It will be a few months before he feels completely normal and is without pain.



He would like to mention here that he's eternally grateful for the wonderful staff at Centennial Medical Center who took care of him. Dr. Kourlis, Dr. Kamili, Dr. Alang, Nurse Christie and Nurse Thomas among many others made sure that he got the best care and attention he could ever have hoped for.

They were always very nice to me too, letting me stay overnight in the ICU after visiting hours were over.



In light of this, he will be taking a break from music and the music business altogether until further notice.

He very much wants to write new music, finish the DVDs, and go on tour, but for now, all those things are in the distant future and he's not thinking about them.



Please understand that the King Diamond band is not stopping, disbanding or anything of the sort. King's health is first priority, and when everything is going good with him, the music will resume.



Thank you all very much for reading this and STAY HEAVY,



Livia

[Nathagnôle]

Le dos, puis le cœur... On n'est pas prêts de le revoir sur scène ou même de sortir un nouvel album...

[Bib]

C'est pas la grande forme apparemment en effet !

[jerome83]

Hé bé.... Bon courage au king....

[Tony Le Pouilleux]

En même temps, c'est des choses qui arrivent avec l'âge et il n'est plus tout jeune, mais j'aimerais bien pouvoir le voir sur scène un jour.

[metalion]

Aie aie! Nouvelle accablante... Bon rétablissement au king!!

[Dave]

Le dos, puis le cœur... On n'est pas prêts de le revoir sur scène ou même de sortir un nouvel album...

putain tu m'étonnes !!! je comprends mieux les retards successifs de la sortie du DVD... comme Nathagnole je pense qu'il faudra être très patient...

[houguerr]

moi qui rêvais de le voir éventuellement au hellfest et ben c'est mort . Prompt rétablissement au king !!!!

[Metal B]

Je le savais agé, mais je ne m'étais jamais renseigné...
Déjà 54 ans le King! Bon rétablissement à toi!

[olivier64]

J'aurais bien aimé le revoir bientôt. Courage, King !

[Mout Mout]

Déjà 54 ans le King! Bon rétablissement à toi!

Bah dans l'absolu ce n'est pas si vieux !

[Pierre]

Oui, il est pas tout jeune mais ce n'est pas non plus un âge canonique... Entre son dos et ses problèmes cardiaques, c'est pas la joie pour lui en ce moment

[metalion]

Le king est bien plus fort que tout ça! C'est le king! . J'espère qu'on pourra le voir très vite chanter les notes diaboliques de at the grave dès que sa santé le lui permettra!

[jerome83]

Le king est bien plus fort que tout ça! C'est le king! . J'espère qu'on pourra le voir très vite chanter les notes diaboliques de at the grave dès que sa santé le lui permettra!

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[heavy76]

J'ai bien fait d'avoir été le voir sur la tournée de 2006 à la loco, un super concert soit-dit en passant! J'espère qu'il va vite se remettre et qu'il va nous reformer Mercyful Fate que je rêve de voir en live!

[Thrashos]

Le dos, puis le cœur... On n'est pas prêts de le revoir sur scène ou même de sortir un nouvel album...

J'ai pensé la même chose... Moi qui aurais vraiment voulu voir une annonce du genre cette année ça tombe à l'eau.

[Nathagnôle]

Heureusement que je l'ai vu trois fois en suivant sa tournée en 2006 avec Gaëtan, mon gratteux et mon bassiste. Mémorable!

[Globox666]

On pète la forme à 54 ans aujourd'hui bordel ! Je suis persuadé de pouvoir le voir un jour, notamment au Hellfest (c'est une des légendes du metal qu'on a pas encore vues là-bas) un doublé Mercyful Fate / King Diamond en tête d'affiche ça le ferait !

A ma connaissance il n'est pas trop porté sur la débauche et les excès en tous genre en tournée façon Lemmy, si ?

[jesus]

'tain ça me les casserait de ne jamais l'avoir vu en live j'éspère le voir au moins une fois !

[brother of steel]

Pareil que le Christ longue vie au King

[houguerr]

il faut qu'il se soigne et qu'il reforme mercyful , je rêverais de le/les voir

[olivier64]

T'as vu l'heure, t'es pas au lit toi !

[jerome83]

T'as vu l'heure, t'es pas au lit toi !

[Gaëtan]

Heureusement que je l'ai vu trois fois en suivant sa tournée en 2006 avec Gaëtan, mon gratteux et mon bassiste. Mémorable!

Sauf qu'avec le gratteux en question, on l'a vu 4 fois en 2006.

[jerome83]

KING DIAMOND’s wife Livia has checked in with an update on the metal legend's health. He underwent open heart triple bypass surgery in November 2010:

"Hi Everyone,

Some of you have been asking for an update on King's health, so I thought I'll write what's been going on.

King has just finished his cardiac rehabilitation program this past Friday, and graduated with flying colors. Thanks to the wonderful people at the rehab center, his exercise regimen help him gain a lot of muscle, and start on the road of building up good endurance. We will start regular exercises now to get the endurance up to nice levels.The examinations by his heart surgeon and cardiologist revealed that his health is steadily improving, and they all expect him to feel better than ever, 15 years younger than he really is.

I am immensely proud of what he has achieved in these short 3 months, stopped smoking entirely, changed diet and doing regular exercise among other things. I cannot say anything certain about when he will be back working on King Diamond related things, but he is looking forward to finishing the DVDs eventually, and he is most certainly not stopping music.

I hope this information was helpful, I can honestly say that his progress has been nothing short of amazing. He is the strongest person I know.

He would also like to extend his huge gratitude to all of you, for your absolutely amazing support. It has really meant a lot to him.

Enjoy his Cardiac Rehabilitation 'graduation' picture below."

Cheers and Stay Heavy,
Livia



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