Tag: Heart attack
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Lessons of the Heart
By Jennifer Snead Chavez I suffered a heart attack three years ago. Well, suffered is the word people seem to use most often, but it doesn’t really describe my experience. While it was unpleasant, a tad scary, inconvenient and eye-opening, there was very little suffering on my part. In fact, I think there was…
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Three Heart Attacks Later, I’m Lucky to be Alive
By Delilah Castillo-Nosek Little did I know that my life was about to change in June 2004. On the evening of June 26, I went to bed. Throughout the night, I experienced heartburn (so I thought). I took Pepto-Bismol, but I continued to have discomfort. I could not figure out what was wrong. I…