i absolutely felt like i was neither here nor there. i then again felt myself back in heaven and god s world. i was in this incredible field. again, it was the same experience of intensity. but i was having this conversation with jesus. so if i m hearing you correctly, you re having a conversation with jesus. uh-huh. and what are you asking him? we talked more about reasons that i had been sent back. it had to do with my husband s health. so when a couple of our friends died from unexpected causes, i then pushed my husband to have his heart checked. and it was on this heart scan that they ended up finding this lung lesion that was malignant. how serious was it? had it not been found, he
i then again felt myself back in heaven and god s world. i was in this incredible field. again, it was the same experience of intensity. but i was having this conversation with jesus. so if i m hearing you correctly, you re having a conversation with jesus. uh-huh. and what are you asking him? we talked more about reasons that i had been sent back. it had to do with my husband s health. so when a couple of our friends died from unexpected causes, i then pushed my husband to have his heart checked. and it was on this heart scan that they ended up finding this lung lesion that was malignant. how serious was it? had it not been found, he probably wouldn t be here.
been identified with a heart scan years before. i don t want to sound glib, but why wasn t it done? again, you would assume the white house doctors, the president of the united states, they d be doing that for him. well, yeah. it was not the standard of care then. we are past that. i decided to ask bill clinton about that. turns out he did have a coronary calcium scan just months after leaving office but technology was so new then doctors weren t quite sure what to do with the results. they said i had some calcium build-up around my heart that put me basically in the top third of risk. but they said there was no evidence of blockage because i d done so well on the stress test. for a few months before this happened, i noticed whenever not every time, but often when i would do rather strenuous exercise, there are some really hilly areas in the town where i am. i d climb those hills and have to stop and take a breath. i didn t take it seriously,
it blocks your blood vessels. plaque is formed by ldl cholesterol in the blood. the bad cholesterol. think of it as l, for lousy. building up on the walls of your arteries forming plaque. it can accumulate slowly, over time, narrowing the blood vessels like something building up inside a pipe. this narrowing in the blood vessels leading to your heart can cause chest pain, called angina. it can also cause a heart attack. did you ever wonder how seemingly healthy people can have a heart attack? this may surprise you. most heart attacks happen in people with no symptoms. in people whose arteries are less than 15% blocked. here s how. cholesterol can cause unstable bubbles or blisters of plaque to form in your arteries. these can be incredibly dangerous. most are covered by a cap, but inflammation and stress can cause the cap to thin and rupture resulting in a clot that blocks the flow of blood to the heart. robbed of oxygen, the heart muscle can t function properly. heart attack. therein
i was in the hospital for five or six weeks. i absolutely felt like i was neither here nor there. i then again felt myself back in heaven and god s world. i was in this incredible field. again, it was the same experience of intensity. but i was having this conversation with jesus. so if i m hearing you correctly, you re having a conversation with jesus. uh-huh. and what are you asking him? we talked more about reasons that i had been sent back. it had to do with my husband s health. so when a couple of our friends died from unexpected causes, i then pushed my husband to have his heart checked. and it was on this heart scan