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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Get yourselves checked for anxiety instead.[/quote]

You are an ass.

My very fit, energetic, former dance teacher mom had open heart surgery at age 69.  She went to the emergency room with a stomach infection from chronic diverticulitis and ended up being admitted to the hospital to have a full battery of tests and a cardio work- up.  She had a previously undecided heart murmur and some heart damage due to a malformed mitral valve, possibly congenital.  She was asymptomatic but this surgery saved her life - she's now a vibrant, active 78 year old who runs circles around me, energy-wise.

Here's the thing about cardio health - like my mom, unless you intentionally get a full, complete check up, you just don't know.

Two years after my mom's surgery, her niece (my cousin) a champion swimmer and marathon runner, collapsed while on a training run.  Medical intervention saved her and she ended up getting a pacemaker at 52.  It was discovered that she has a rare, genetic heart defect and  so all of her family members had to be tested.  Now, this cousin and my uncle have pacemakers.

I had to get tested as did my own family of origin.  Fortunately, I am not a carrier, but through this, one of my siblings now takes cholesterol meds.

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