Bobby Campbell
December 21st, 2007
I live with my wife and three daughters. My wife and I both work part-time jobs and live on a limited income.Three years ago, I suffered a heart attack and subsequently was placed on several prescription medicines. I didn’t think life could get any harder. I was on medication to lower my blood pressure, to keep my cholesterol down and to slow my heart rate. It all happened so quickly and was a little overwhelming… (more…)
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Patricia Stoll
December 14th, 2007
My story isn’t too dramatic, but it’s honest. I have dealt with numerous ailments, including diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. While these things are difficult to deal with alone, I am also clinically depressed. And I’m proud to say I’m no longer embarrassed to talk about it.Talking about it has really been my key to happiness. I started feeling like I was losing control of my life when my mother passed away a few years ago. My husband and I had to move, and everything in my life seemed to be in this phase of change that I could not deal with. I had a breakdown and finally admitted that I couldn’t handle this alone. Admitting that you need help is just the hardest thing to do sometimes, I know. I finally admitted to my family that, yes, I needed some help to learn how to be happy again… (more…)
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Delores McAllister
December 7th, 2007
I had worked all my life and expected to do so for many more years until I faced a turning point in my life in 2004. My husband unexpectedly passed away. Obviously, we had not planned for this devastating life change, but I dealt with it the best I could. I decided I would then go into early retirement. I moved to Newark, Delaware, to make a new start and chose Newark because I would still be close to my family in Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, with all this change, I still had to deal with my multiple health issues. I have high blood pressure, high cholesterol and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), so I must regularly take my prescription medicines to keep my health problems under control. (more…)
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Mary Holliman
November 30th, 2007
When I retired from my job, I looked forward to the extra time I would have to spend with my six grandchildren, including a set of triplets! What I didn’t know was that when I retired, my health wouldn’t be the same as in years before. Keeping up with my changing health became even harder when I lost my health insurance.I take over 12 different medications for my high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and when I lost my health coverage, I had trouble getting my medicine. I became frugal and sometimes skipped doses to make it last. When I started doing this, I saw the negative effects. I was always exhausted and my body did not feel as healthy as it should be. (more…)
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Virginia “Ginny” Drummond
November 21st, 2007
How I’ve dealt with my health issues seems like a story filled with many chapters. I’m dealing with many different health issues right now, including emphysema, allergies and cholesterol problems. I also have arthritis, and WITHOUT MY MEDICINES I can tell you, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF BED… (more…)
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Susan Curren
November 16th, 2007
While my story and how I’ve overcome a health challenge may not involve the most deadly of diseases, it does show how taking control of a chronic ailment can lead to a longer, healthier life. I was diagnosed with high cholesterol a number of years ago, and my doctor stressed how important it was to monitor the issue and my overall health to ensure I’d be around for many years to come. When he told me I had high cholesterol, he told me, “Susan, you better take care of this and take your medicine every day, so that we can get this under control.” He wasn’t more right! I started taking my medicine but didn’t always take it everyday for a number of reasons… (more…)
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Elaine Goldin
October 26th, 2007
I live a quiet life in a senior development, now that my son is all grown up. He son is 32 now and married with a six-year old son, who I just love to pieces. However, in the blink of an eye, I almost left my family all too early, when I had a stroke in 2005. To make matters worse, after the stroke I found out that I have Type II diabetes, cholesterol and high blood pressure. I was devastated and so depressed when leaving the hospital that not only had my life almost been cut short by my stroke, but that my life had been forever changed because I would now also have to cope with additional life-threatening conditions. (more…)
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Carmen Rivera
October 11th, 2007
I have always been very active and engaged in my children’s lives whether it was helping them with their homework, cooking dinner for them, or even going to baseball games with my son. Then one day, I got the scare of my life after learning that the joy of caring for my children might be taken away from me prematurely.In 2001, I was diagnosed with diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. The diagnosis was devastating, even though it should not have been a surprise. After all, these illnesses run in my family. My mother also had diabetes, heart and cholesterol problems and eventually died because of them. The prospect that I would not be around to care for my children and eventually their children was so devastating that I fell into a depression. (more…)
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Gerald “Jerry” Johnson
October 5th, 2007
I have always been in fairly good health my whole life. I was an athlete when I was younger and I have continued to do yard work and physical activities as I have gotten older.After going into the doctor for a routine check, my primary physician told me I was a prime candidate for a heart attack and a stroke. The culprit was my cholesterol. Having been active and healthy my whole life, I was not prepared for how serious my condition was. The doctors had me on some medicine to try and bring my cholesterol down to a normal level, but the medicine was causing me serious pain, especially in my shoulders and arms…. (more…)
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