Ray Romano appeared on Mondays episode of the WTF with Marc Maron podcast to wax nostalgic about his and Marons early days in stand-up comedy. When the subject turned to health, however, the 65-year-old actor implied he nearly died of a heart attack this month.

I just had to have a stent put in, Romano told Maron . I got kinda lucky that we found it. I had 90% blockage... in the main artery, what they call the widowmaker, I had a stent put in.

Starting at about the 30-minute mark in the podcast, the Everybody Loves Raymond star told Maron that while he doesnt consider himself old, hes now getting a couple of notices from his body that suggest otherwise. Romano said he was on cholesterol-lowering statins to combat his unhealthy lifestyle of yore.

I had high cholesterol 20 years ago and my guy always told me, Why dont we start going on the statins? he told Maron. And every time, I said, Let me do it myself, let me do it myself. And I would go home and I would eat right not vegan, but I would eat a little healthier, and get it down a couple ticks.

I go back, Romano continued. It was 280 now its 220, and I go, Ah! And hed go, OK, but now you gotta get it down even more. But then Id go home and think I was hot shit and I got it down already, and I would start cheating, cheating. And that was the cycle... for 15, 16 years.