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May. 4th, 2025
Most of the deaths I encountered in the ten years that I volunteered in the Sewickley Hospital emergency room in Pittsburgh were due to heart disease.
In one moment, a man my age was routinely taking out the garbage at home and in the next all there is for the family to see was the stub of an intubation tube in the mouth of a lifeless body.
If there is one thing I could say to folks, is to please do not wait until someone like me leads your grieving partner and family into a silent treatment room. It's really hard and really really sad. I promise. So please make yourself a promise -- to eat better food, and to start to make exercise and healthy living more of a regular part of your life.
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In one moment, a man my age was routinely taking out the garbage at home and in the next all there is for the family to see was the stub of an intubation tube in the mouth of a lifeless body.
If there is one thing I could say to folks, is to please do not wait until someone like me leads your grieving partner and family into a silent treatment room. It's really hard and really really sad. I promise. So please make yourself a promise -- to eat better food, and to start to make exercise and healthy living more of a regular part of your life.
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