He was diagnosed three years ago of a heart disease but was too proud to succumb to the number one cause of morbidity and mortality in older women and men. He was only on medication (Persantin and NeoBlock) but I guess not religiously, due to financial constraints or an attitude problem (he wouldn’t accept that he’s got a serious condition) or a combination of both. He was one proud man who didn’t eat healthy albeit the diagnosed heart condition. He neither drunk nor smoked but sure is one heck of a meat-eater. Vegetables, fruits and milk are just not welcome additions to his diet. The point to this post?
Live and eat healthy. See your doctor regularly and never be too proud to admit any condition you have and fight it by seeking to be cured from it or at least by improving your quality of life.
Take your medications regularly, listen to your doctor and loved ones: this wouldn’t make you less of a man or woman.
Researching for blog entries, it’ amazes me reading about the breakthroughs in medical research, in treatment and prevention of all forms of cardiovascular diseases and other serious conditions like cancer and diabetes. For what science has in store, nobody will get sick anymore and we can all probably live forever in the future.
I just hope that such medical innovations trickle down to patients (even those with no or less resources) and those patients embrace the procedures (or medicines) that will help them manage their conditions. Otherwise, all that science research will be just waste, don’t you think? 
Seven months ago my father died of myocardial infarction or simply known as heart attack. The attack, (his first major and last) came while he was at sea, chest-deep. Nobody was close enough to save and revive him. His body when found was already under water. He would have been 60 today.
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