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  • 1.  That magic 11

    Posted 02-02-2018 13:37
    Yesterday was the 11th anniversary of my lovly wife getting the bad news...in spite of all odds, I had survived open hert surgery, or as our loving kids refer to it, the day I ruined my bride's Birthday.

    11 years since Dr. Feelgood informed us I had no chance without a transplant.

    11 years continuing to ruin my wife's Birthdays

    11 years refusing to relinquish my loving offsprings inheritence.

    11 years paying college tuition for the doctors progeny to attend college

    11 years annoying those same doctors and family members

    11 years I've defied all odds. And so I say to all those doctor doubters...I'll die when I get good and ready, or when my wife snaps and finishes me off, but not on your schedule.

    To my friends out there fighting this battle daily I say, don't quit just because someone says it's time. We've overcome adversity and don't need to give up until we are ready, and not one minute before. 

    Looking forward to the next 11

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    Warren
    Tucson
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  • 2.  RE: That magic 11

    Posted 02-03-2018 04:55
    I just celebrated my 6th "heartiversary" 2/1/18.  I had idiopathic asymptomatic cardiomyopathy.  My ejection fraction dropped to 10; I died twice and was given no chance for survival.  And I'm still here.  So miracles do happen.  I'm living proof.

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    Francee Levin
    Columbia SC
    (803) 788-1207
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  • 3.  RE: That magic 11

    Posted 02-04-2018 15:17
    Hey Ralph,
         I just wanted to say that I admire your courage. Taking charge of your health and standing against the tide is a struggle. There is also the fear of "are you doing the right thing, making the right choices" that hangs over your head when you're in the fight.
        So, yeah! Good job! Way to go! May you live to be a hundred.
       Kudos,
            Dale

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    Dale Clement
    Apex NC
    (919) 607-4049
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