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Subject:Re: Cardiac Event
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:13:06 -0700

That's quite a wake-up call!   Glad you're still with us John.

There's a great food book by nutritionist Ann-Louise Gittelman called The
Fat Flush One Day Plan or something like that. Its got some very interesting
reading in terms of food, health & nutrition.

I recommend it highly.

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 7:14 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:

> Vanagon content:  I drove myself in the Red Brick to the clinic at the
> VA hospital to see the PC. I was rushed to the ER. The rest is history.
>
> Today I got out and did some walking. First time since getting out of
> the hospital for a heart attack. All went well.
>
> I had heavy pressure in the chest, difficulty breathing, pain in the
> right and left sides of the jaw, pain in my teeth. Classic heart attack
> symptoms. Spent five days in the hospital getting worked over, then the
> docs came and said I showed no heart damage of any kind, that I seemed
> to have suffered some sort of stress related heart event, and I should
> take the pills they gave me to prevent such a thing from happening
> again. AND to lose 80 lbs.
>
> At this point, I feel great!
>
> It was an adventure.
>
> I think I am going on vacation.
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
> Chelsea, AL
>

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Jake
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