At 48, Lorrie felt a tightness in her chest while walking uphill. Her HCP found a blockage in 4 areas of her heart. She needed quadruple bypass surgery immediately or risked having a HeartAttack. Read how listening to her heart saved her life ❤️
the year before and everything was normal. I was also on blood pressure and cholesterol-lowering medications.
I was also working as the entertainment editor for USA Weekend magazine, so I was always on the go — but I certainly didn’t want to get anyone sick. When I told my HCP my symptoms, she stopped mid-stethoscope and looked me right in the eyes. “I don’t like this, Lorrie,” she said. “Let’s schedule a stress test right now.”
I went home without scheduling the surgery. Looking back, I was definitely in shock. How was I going to make this huge decision on the spot? I needed to talk to my husband. I knew what was at stake given my family history, but I also knew that bypass surgery is no joke: In order to create a new path for blood to flow around blocked arteries, the surgeon has to make a long incision down the chest and open the rib cage to the heart. I was only 48 years old. This couldn’t be my only option.
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