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…. For a while, I had gone without medicine trying to fight my condition by staying physically active and eating well. However, when I returned to the doctor for a check-up, the doctor told me my condition had gotten worse and that I was basically a walking time bomb. Just being active and eating better were not the solution to my health problems, I needed to be on medicine.
I am so blessed to have found help and gotten the prescription medicines I need to live and maintain a healthy life for years to come. I now truly realize the important role that life-saving medicine has played in my life.
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