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GO LIVE!
I wrote this post from my car while sitting in my car, still parked outside the cardiologist’s office. I’d just received the results of a final screening that was part of a cardiac workup and was sitting with the weight of what it all means. Back story… My father passed from hATTR amyloidosis and congestive heart failure. He also had high blood pressure and high cholesterol. My mother had high blood pressure, high cholesterol, renal failure, a heart attack, and triple bypass surgery. She ultimately died from a stroke that took her brain function almost immediately. My brother—my only sibling—died from a heart attack at 44. And, all of this…