Blogs by Cynth'ya Lewis Reed
Waiting on God
3/24/2005 1:25:41 PM
There's gotta be a book of inspiration in here somewhere. . .
Sorry I'm just now getting to this. We got home late
Tuesday night, March 22.
Forget the fact that I've only had 6 hours sleep
over 48 hours personally and drinking green tea like a
whale siphons krill. (And if not for DoubleX I doubt
if I'd be able to even put a conherent sentence together.
Kenny's cardiologist, Dr. Jeffrey Breall (look him up online) looked at the ingredients and said this:
"These aren't good. . . .they're EXCELLENT". (. . .
and four out of five dentists surveyed say. . . .) LOL
Well, years of evidence of bad fast food eating was
all over Kenny's coronary tree, as most Americans.
That was treated with Plavix and Lipitor, probably for the rest of his life. The scary thing was the 80 percent blockage of one of the three main arteries. This affected the main artery off the aorta that runs right down the front of his heart.
Other than his EKG he showed no signs. But Kenny was unusually short of breath when he entered the hospital at 6:15 a.m. Monday March 21st. He was looking forward to this, very positive, but was breathing heavier and had a hard time walking to the cath lab that 26 degree day that supposedly signaled "Spring Day." The chilly temperature brought out further evidence that may have not been picked up if the weather had been warmer. The hidden blockage was at that moment starting to take its toll on my husband's life.
So if not for the prostate cancer preop, he could have
had a heart attack.
God's timing is amazing!
His angioplasty opened up that area. Seventy percent
of that was cleared. His ECG is strong and normal. Dr.
Breall didn't put a stint in because if he did, that
would delay his prostate cancer surgery for another
2-6 months. Since it's agressive, obviously they don't
want to put that off. This may mean, of course,
missing April Business Leadership (big bummer!) but Kenny is the priority for now, and praise the Lord for Nutrilite!!!
He is on plavix, aspirin and lipitor, more than
likely, for life. Also no fried foods, zero salt
(meaning no more Arby's, his favorite place. Deli
meats of any kind ARE NOT HEALTHY. You have as well
eat about 1/4 cup of salt plain when dining at any
fast food set up.
Now we think, "fast food, fast death." And this is no
exaggeration in Kenny's case. The cath lab was
overflowing with people of all ages with heart
problems. Smokers and drinkers seemed to have the
worse prognosis. Kenny's cardiologist was amazed as to
how well he handled the procedure. He kept commenting
to me that for as much blockage as he had, and being
awake for the entire procedure, that Kenny pulled thru
better than anyone he'd ever done this procedure on.
His healing was very much accelerated and the doctor
is convinced that his vitamins, his losing 12 pounds
and altered diet ahead of time played a big part in
his rapid recovery. He's still on a weight loss plan
that is working for both of us. Mostly just eating
sensibly, raw and non-processed foods I prepare at
home. AND NO SALT!
We also give God credit first and foremost for having
knowledge to do the right thing as He led us to do.
Like the Bible says, "prayers of the righteous
availeth much," as well as good positive thoughts of
love and care. So (and this is said with love) if there are any atheists out there, you probably haven't met the right God yet, nor His true people who don't judge you by your past, but love you for whom you are.
As for all of you out there, don't get too "into" the low carb hype. If we exercise our bodies as they were designed to do, and replenish them with non-polluted foods sanctioned by the FDA (who says it's alright for fast foods, even places like Subway and Arby's to sell even salads with high sodium levels) and QUESTION YOUR MEDICAL CARE PROFESSIONALS WHO DESERVE TO BE QUESTIONED BY ALL INTELLIGENT CONSUMERS, then we have a strong chance of letting foodmakers and manufacturers know we're not going to allow them to poison our children like they've poisoned us.
If salt in food was crack cocaine, we'd all be scratchin' and survivin'. READ those labels ya'll. And put your health above "giving your taste buds a quickie."
Keeping you all close to our hearts. By the way, to show how there are some things that humans cannot control, (like Kenny's personal urologist having no idea on who was the best qualified cardio specialist in the area), here's Dr Breall's CV. He was "a suggestion" given to Dr. Richard Foster, Kenny's urologist. (See, we didn't know Dr. Foster either. We "squeezed" his name out of Kenny's local urologist. Found out later by his receptionist that Dr. Foster is the 14th top urologist in the United States.
Like we say, it's always good to "Wait on God."
Dr. Jeffrey Breall's CV
http://vascularbiomed.iu.edu/people/cv/breall.html
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