Hi, folks and
welcome to another edition
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of Newstart Now.
We have an exciting
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program for you
and a very unusual one.
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We have Tom to my left here,
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who will be
interviewed here in a second,
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but first I'd like to
show you a little bit about
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him when he first arrived.
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So, can we watch that clip now?
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About two months ago,
I had a virus attacked
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my heart which
weakened my heart.
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I spent eleven days in
the hospital and it was
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a very traumatic
experience because
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of all the things they did to me
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while I was there.
They probably tried
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several different
drugs and which I had
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reactions too.
And couple of other
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things they do was,
shutdown my kidneys,
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and several other
things happened during that
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time that caused my
family severe distress,
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they thought I was going to die.
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While I'm here at
the Newstart Program,
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I would like to
probably get back to normal
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as much as possible.
I don't know if that's
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possible but I think
being very optimistic
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and I do step up the
challenges that I can't
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accomplish but with things
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that help I'm going to get here.
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Welcome back. I wanna get right
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into the interview with Tom.
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Tom, Tom
Sherwood, how are you sir?
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Great. Good to
see you. Thank you.
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And I guess for you
it's good to be alive.
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Very well, yes very good.
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So, tell us what has happened,
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I know that you've
had some changes while
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you've been here.
You've had this heart
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beat that keeps
changing, tell us about that.
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Well when I came here
and my heart was in they
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called a Atrial
Fibrillation I guess,
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and that means top heart is,
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out of sync with
the bottom of the heart
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and it was it happened
because maybe one of the
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drugs that I was up subjected
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to I was in hospital.
And it put me on several,
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several drugs of which
because there was a virus
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that attacked my
heart, actually it wasn't
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a heart attack.
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Now, how long were
you in the hospital
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at that time? I was in hospital
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eleven days. Eleven days!
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You're trying to
regulate the heart beat,
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so both all chambers
are fine in sequence, right?
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Well they, they
treated me as a heart attack
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and that wasn't the problem.
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It wasn't a heart
attack, it was a virus.
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They finally found
out. So as they treated me
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for the heart attack
they kept pumping me with
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drugs that are
concerned with my heart,
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which probably I
shouldn't have received.
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And eventually
getting out of the hospital
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and seeing the doctor
and kind of researching
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the drugs that I was
on, brought this to him
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and said, listen I
didn't have a heart attack,
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why am I on these drugs?
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So then, since you've been here,
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tell us a little bit
about what's happened,
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have you stop taking
certain medications or?
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Yes, I have. I've stopped taking
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a couple before I got to Weimar,
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and I was on
actually two, one was called
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Coumadin and the other is Coreg,
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and the hope was
that with the program here
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and what they do for
you that I would eventually
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eliminate both those drugs.
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Okay, and what did the program
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do for you specifically?
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Well they
brought me back to life.
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Brought you back to life back?
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Yes. Yeah you were
looking little more alive when
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I first saw you.
Yeah, I, I, when I got here
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I was in pretty bad
shape, and I've been an
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athlete in all
my life, so I'm not.
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You were coach, aren't you?
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A coach teacher.
Yeah, okay teacher coach.
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So, I'm not on
accustomed to exercising
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and I just retired.
So I had been exercising
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quite a bit and now
when this happened it just
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dragged me right down.
And when I got to Weimar
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I couldn't hardly
walk the half a mile loop
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that they have here
and now I'm walking three
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or four miles a day.
Well, how about your weight?
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Were you really
overweight when you got here?
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I was, I carried my weight well
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they always tell
me, but I was probably
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30 pounds overweight,
and that probably lost
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pretty close to 8
or 10 pounds. Good.
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And so that's
helped with walking,
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that's helped with the heart.
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They feed me real well.
I loved the, even though
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it is vegan and I
haven't had any meat or dairy
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for 18 days, I
have not been hungry
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and in fact, I'm only
eating two meals a day,
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breakfast and lunch.
And before I got here I,
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my weight was because
of a more because of sugar,
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I like sugar and I eat
a lot of candy and so on.
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And I can honestly
say I've not had a craving
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like I had for sugar before.
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So that's been the
biggest plus that I could have
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ever imagine to get
rid of that addiction,
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and I called that an addiction.
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Yes, yes. So your heart
is working properly now?
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It, actually it
went back to normal after
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a few days and then
the doctor and I just
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yesterday he said,
well it sounds like you
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went back into A-fib
and then this morning we had
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a another treadmill
experience where they hook
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you up and look at
your heart and he looked
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back at me and he said,
I think you are back into
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normal rhythm again.
Wow! And which was exciting.
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My wife saying
right behind me, yo hey,
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because this been a very
distressful time for her.
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And so, I'm gone home healthy.
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We've only got a
couple of more days,
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but I will maintain
this. That's awesome,
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that's awesome.
It's good to hear.
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Your wife is with
you, you said now.
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I know that she went
through a lot of changes
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as did my wife when I
was having difficulties,
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but were you kind a
like on your death bed
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and this was like
your last choice here,
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what was it one of
your first choices?
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I don't think my wife
told me that they thought
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that I may die.
And when we got out
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of the hospital
they started to recover,
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I did come out of
it and start to recover
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and Kathy had attended
another lifestyle center
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about 10 years
ago. And she got on the
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computer and started researching
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the possibilities
of where we should go?
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She found three I
believe and Weimar
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was the best choice for us.
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Even though that's
probably the furthest away
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we both decided that
with what we had seen
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and what we had
heard and that this was the
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place we had to come
for us to get better.
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Now tell us again
where are you from?
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Michigan. From
Michigan, what part of Michigan?
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Mid-State in Michigan,
we're probably 90 miles
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North of Detroit.
Okay, so what else is that
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you can tell our
viewers that might help someone
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with the similar
situation as yours?
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Weimar is just a
place for people who have
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heart problems.
It's a place for just
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about any kind of
problem. They teach you,
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how to control your eating?
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They teach you, how to I guess,
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handle your diseases,
if you come with diabetes
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or cancer or depression
or things that the people
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that are going
through this with me now.
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Everybody has some
problems are the same,
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but there are
multiple, multiple problems that
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these people have
and you go through
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this together. So
you really develop
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a community atmosphere here.
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And so, it's not
just for people who have
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a heart problem. It's for anyone
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who has a problem.
So as I said to guest
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in the past we have a
program here it's like one
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program that
fixes everything, right,
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I know that that's kind
of boastful in some ways,
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but it's the truth.
We see things change
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overnight here in 18
days. And Tom I'm so glad
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to see that you're
getting well and I thank you
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for being on our
program. God bless you,
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in the months and years to come.
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Thank you. Folks thanks for
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joining us, but don't go away,
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we have something to
show you and then we'll be
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right back to give you
a little more information
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about how you can
start your own program
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right in your own home.
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Well, you've done very well.
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Do you have
diabetes, heart disease,
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high blood pressure,
or do you weight too much?
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Hi, my name is Dr. Ing.
I'd like to tell you about
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our 18-day
Newstart Lifestyle Program.
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It includes a comprehensive
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and an exercise stress test,
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physician consultations,
culinary school and an
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opportunity to walk on
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Foothills of the
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800-525-9192 or visit
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Hi, friends and welcome back.
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As I promised we
have Dr. Ing to my left.
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Clarence Ing is our
Medical Director here
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at the Newstart
Program for Weimar.
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Dr. Ing, how are you sir?
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It's pleasure to be here Ron.
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Yeah, as I'm happy
you're able to join us,
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I know you're a busy man.
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We were waiting on
the set for you and I know
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you had been with patients.
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And I'd like to talk to about,
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talk to you about one
in particular that's Tom.
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Now he was here
yesterday and he says to us that
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he has had some
problems with his heart,
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maybe you can elaborate on that.
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Well according
to the report said,
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he came in with he had
some type of infection of
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his heart
presumed to be a virus,
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so it's term to
Viral Myocarditis.
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But his heart wasn't
working very effectively
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and wasn't very
strong, and one of the ways
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that's measured is with
what is term the ejection
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fraction when the
heart pumps it pumps
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out of certain amount of blood,
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and you know
normally the ejection fraction
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is up like around 60%
more or less and this is
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like in the 20s,
right, so it's considerably
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weakened and this
was evidence by you know,
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his abilities
when he first got here
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he could walk,
but he got short of
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breath quite easily and
he got tired quite easily.
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Now is that able to be corrected
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'cause he says yesterday,
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now he has a better breath.
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He is able to walk much further
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and he feels
stronger. Is the heart actually,
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does it recuperate
after an episode like that?
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Right, well the heart
is basically is a muscle.
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Right! And you know,
if you work with it you
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start to exercise
as he did walking,
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his stamina and his
endurance and his strength
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has increased
because like he says
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he can walk
further, he can walk faster
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as we've
recorded on his treadmill,
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his exercise
treadmill. His first treadmill
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he went for about
five minutes you know,
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and then he couldn't
go any further and on the
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treadmill that we've
repeated on him yesterday
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he was able to go
seven minutes which is a
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40% increase in the
time. Not only it was the
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time increase,
but also during the
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last minute he is
walking at a up more of an
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incline and his,
the speed is increase.
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So, definitely he
had improvement in his,
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his endurance and his strength.
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And I would be
very interested to know
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when he returns
home and he has another
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echocardiogram I would
suspect that his ejection
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fraction has improved as well.
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Now that brings up
another topic for me,
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when our guests
leave do you keep in touch
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with them or do
they often come back for
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examinations and
such? Some come back,
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the ones that I care
for personally in the little
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book that I signed
for them I have given them
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my personal email,
I've written that in there.
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I've also written in
my home telephone number.
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So if they want to call
me at any time you know,
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they ask questions,
they can do that you know,
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I says you call me
morning, noon or night.
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If I'm home I'll
ask to the phone,
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if I'm not leave
me an, leave me a
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voicemail message and tell me
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how late I can call you?
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You know, I'll call
you when I get the message,
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but it maybe and
the wee hours at the
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morning especially
depending on where you
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live because
sometimes they don't get those
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messages till I get
home in the evening,
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sometimes that's
a little bit late.
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Folks let me just
verify that little bit,
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I remember when I
was sick many years ago
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I called Dr. Ing at
his home and I think it was
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about 11:00 PM on
the West Coast here,
00:15:22.65\00:15:25.36
and he was spending
time with me and I was
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amazed because when
I want to see my doctor
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I usually had to wait
an hour and an half or two
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and then spend
five minutes with him.
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However, Dr. Ing took
the time and spend at least
00:15:37.65\00:15:41.79
a half hour on the
phone and because of Dr. Ing
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I was able to
come to Weimar to our
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Newstart Program and
go through the program
00:15:47.53\00:15:50.52
and get well. So
I thank you Dr. Ing.
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And I, and I know
that you do care for people
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and it shows and I
love seeing them on the set
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here and how they,
they before and after and
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we can elaborate
a little bit about
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that was time.
Now, we praise the Lord
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for that, but you know good
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food moderate amounts
of exercise within the
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capabilities of the
patient and a loving
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caring environment
and the Lord's blessing
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does wonders for one's health.
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Yeah. And we've seen
that time and time again.
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Yes. So is there
something you could say to our
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viewing audience
that might encourage,
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because we know that
the heart diseases is a very
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serious problem in
this country along with
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diabetes and
obesity, which we seem to have
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a number of people
coming through our program,
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is there something
you could say to encourage
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people, or
perhaps given up hope?
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Well, the good news is
if you're going to make
00:16:52.98\00:16:54.90
changes in your life and to live
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more healthfully,
you know marvelous
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things can happen.
In one of our recent
00:16:59.88\00:17:02.00
programs we had a
gentleman who came
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to our program it
was less than three weeks
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after he had his
coronary artery bypass graft
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and he continue to improve.
00:17:09.79\00:17:13.16
In fact, as we look at him where
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they took the, the
grafts from his leg,
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it was really pretty swollen,
00:17:20.32\00:17:21.51
but with good care and
treatment here that went
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down his stamina,
his endurance improved,
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his treadmill
time improved and he
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did very well.
Cholesterol is usually
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come down in
these patients and we
00:17:34.62\00:17:37.06
expect that if
they're able to continue to
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follow this
program, if there are problem
00:17:38.78\00:17:40.97
with their heart
disease that is caused by
00:17:40.98\00:17:42.31
narrowed arteries,
they've had books which
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have been written
that heart disease
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can be reversed, and
those arteries can be
00:17:46.00\00:17:48.77
opened up again.
We've seen this and
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people will continue
to follow their program.
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Wasn't that man and I
remember him quite well
00:17:54.28\00:17:57.07
because I was amazed
that he was here three weeks
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after his open heart
surgery and as you know,
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I had opened heart surgery,
00:18:02.82\00:18:04.08
but three weeks after
the surgery I wasn't going
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anywhere like he
was. He just, I was very
00:18:08.03\00:18:11.52
impressed by that and
the care that he received
00:18:11.53\00:18:14.62
here at Weimar of
course, I know was exceptional
00:18:14.63\00:18:18.37
and because of that he
recuperated rather fast,
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don't you think, I mean?
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Oh! He did, he did
marvelously well you know,
00:18:23.35\00:18:25.57
what he was able
to do physically.
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Yeah. And you know his
treadmills you know time
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increased and you
know he says you know,
00:18:31.48\00:18:35.44
it doesn't hurt as
much. I mean when you get
00:18:35.45\00:18:37.54
someone who makes an
incision from here to here
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and they get a big sour
in there and they kind of
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open things up and
you're kind of uncomfortable,
00:18:43.17\00:18:46.46
but he made a very
excellent and marvelous
00:18:46.47\00:18:49.17
recovery and he
continues to do well.
00:18:49.18\00:18:51.55
So, as we
continue to talk about Tom,
00:18:52.72\00:18:56.15
what's the prognosis,
what do you think about
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his situation? I
think as Tom continues
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to follow these principles and,
00:19:02.48\00:19:04.01
and exercise and lose
weight moderate gradually
00:19:04.02\00:19:07.86
increasing the
amounts of exercise,
00:19:07.87\00:19:10.53
the intensive exercise
I think that is prognosis
00:19:10.54\00:19:13.74
is good and he
should do very well.
00:19:13.75\00:19:15.54
Oh! That's excellent.
So, Dr. Ing I know you
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said, you've been
here about 12 years.
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How many heart
patients do you think you've
00:19:23.39\00:19:26.70
dealt with in those
12 years or care to take
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stab out? Oh! It's
probably by now you know,
00:19:30.50\00:19:34.72
somewhere it's between
50 and 100 or more because
00:19:34.73\00:19:37.53
you know his heart is you know,
00:19:37.54\00:19:41.28
I just don't recall exactly,
00:19:41.29\00:19:42.48
but we always we
usually have patients with some
00:19:42.49\00:19:45.81
form of heart diseases
in every session two or
00:19:45.82\00:19:48.29
three of them like and
sometime we have people
00:19:48.30\00:19:50.34
with diabetes many,
many people with diabetes,
00:19:50.35\00:19:52.70
and so in each session
I would say we averaged
00:19:53.21\00:19:56.22
between you know five
and six people diabetes
00:19:56.23\00:20:00.93
and you know four to
five people with some form
00:20:00.94\00:20:04.00
of heart disease
and those are cared for
00:20:04.01\00:20:05.90
between you know Dr.
Lukens and myself and
00:20:05.91\00:20:08.81
the other physicians
who work with patients.
00:20:08.82\00:20:10.68
So, is it fair to say
then if a heart patient,
00:20:12.20\00:20:16.52
heart patient let me
clarify someone who has
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had a stroke or has
high blood pressure or some
00:20:20.59\00:20:24.92
form of cardio
disease, if there were to come
00:20:24.93\00:20:28.34
here to Weimar to
our Newstart Program,
00:20:31.40\00:20:32.37
is it fair to say that
they're gonna get better,
00:20:32.38\00:20:34.61
is that something
that we would actually
00:20:35.37\00:20:37.19
say openly and. In
most cases they will
00:20:37.20\00:20:40.38
get better stroke
patients it really depends on
00:20:40.39\00:20:43.42
the severity of the
stroke and what residual
00:20:43.43\00:20:45.88
effects they have you know,
00:20:45.89\00:20:48.17
if they're paralyzed or not,
00:20:48.18\00:20:50.14
how long they've had you know,
00:20:50.15\00:20:51.59
how long they've had
their muscular weakness
00:20:52.84\00:20:55.66
or paralysis. So it's variable.
00:20:55.67\00:20:58.30
Some people have made
very dramatic improvement,
00:20:59.12\00:21:01.13
some people is much
slower, so it depends.
00:21:01.14\00:21:04.49
But with heart
disease I'm probably much more
00:21:04.50\00:21:07.33
optimistic, but
people with stroke it bit,
00:21:07.34\00:21:09.40
like I said depends on
the severity of the stroke
00:21:09.41\00:21:11.60
and which part of the
brain has been affected.
00:21:11.61\00:21:14.66
We're running out of
time, thank you so much
00:21:14.67\00:21:17.85
for joining us Dr.
Ing, and thank you folks,
00:21:17.86\00:21:20.56
but don't go away
we've got a tip for you in a
00:21:20.57\00:21:23.42
couple of minutes. God bless you
00:21:23.43\00:21:25.19
and have a great day.
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Hi, welcome to Newstart Now,
00:21:40.97\00:21:42.35
I'm Don Mackintosh.
We're glad that you're
00:21:42.36\00:21:44.06
with us today.
We're gonna talking about
00:21:44.07\00:21:45.46
the heart and let me
get it turned up here the
00:21:45.47\00:21:48.11
right way and talking
with us about the heart is
00:21:48.12\00:21:50.89
Dr. Brian Schwartz,
he is a cardiologist
00:21:50.90\00:21:53.17
from currently from
Ohio. We're glad that you're
00:21:53.18\00:21:55.32
with us today.
Well, thank you Don.
00:21:55.33\00:21:56.81
And you know you all
day about the heart to
00:21:56.82\00:22:00.28
people and you know, you're in
00:22:00.29\00:22:01.87
Interventional
Cardiologist, that's right,
00:22:01.88\00:22:04.50
that means you
can do interventions.
00:22:04.51\00:22:06.28
I want to talk about you know,
00:22:06.77\00:22:08.14
people come in and they
have these feelings like
00:22:08.15\00:22:11.73
their hearts jumping
or different things and
00:22:11.74\00:22:13.69
what's happening with that?
00:22:13.70\00:22:15.48
Can you talk to us
about these kind things?
00:22:15.49\00:22:17.65
I'm sure, we call
those palpitations,
00:22:17.66\00:22:19.61
if you like your
heart is skipping beats are
00:22:19.62\00:22:21.46
raising that can
occur from several different
00:22:21.47\00:22:25.67
things probably the
most serious cause is the
00:22:25.68\00:22:27.85
condition called
Atrial Fibrillation.
00:22:27.86\00:22:29.46
Okay and where
are the atria are?
00:22:29.47\00:22:31.68
Yeah, atrial fibrillation
occurs when the upper
00:22:31.69\00:22:33.60
chambers of the heart
and there are four main
00:22:33.61\00:22:35.24
chambers- two
ventricles, two atriums. Okay,
00:22:35.25\00:22:37.87
so if I'd looking at
this and I opened it up here
00:22:37.88\00:22:39.95
that would be let me
just see where are those?
00:22:39.96\00:22:43.09
Now there they are.
Right, so, hold it right
00:22:43.10\00:22:45.02
to the camera there.
Atrium, the left atrium,
00:22:45.03\00:22:48.21
the right atrium
around the upper parts,
00:22:48.22\00:22:49.68
the lower chambers
are called ventricles.
00:22:49.69\00:22:51.54
Okay, so the atrial
fibrillation is this part
00:22:51.55\00:22:53.57
kind of shaking?
So, atrial fibrillation
00:22:53.58\00:22:55.64
absolutely occurs
when the upper chamber may
00:22:55.65\00:22:58.29
stretch or dilute a
little bit and then instead
00:22:58.30\00:23:00.84
of the natural
pacemaker which is located up in
00:23:00.85\00:23:02.86
the right atrium taking
over and controlling the
00:23:02.87\00:23:05.06
rhythm of the
heart in a regular basis,
00:23:05.07\00:23:06.96
the whole upper
chamber is just kind
00:23:06.97\00:23:09.02
of fibrillate, in
a disorganized manner
00:23:09.03\00:23:10.75
and that's why we
call it Fibrillation.
00:23:10.76\00:23:12.45
Now why is that so dangerous?
00:23:12.46\00:23:13.44
As you said, you
said it's one of the
00:23:13.45\00:23:14.89
most dangerous
things, why is that?
00:23:14.90\00:23:16.43
Yeah, it some,
first of all it's a very
00:23:16.44\00:23:18.09
common condition one
out every five people
00:23:18.10\00:23:20.21
over the age of
65 may develop it,
00:23:20.22\00:23:22.04
and the biggest
risk is that it can be
00:23:22.05\00:23:25.17
unrecognized source of stroke.
00:23:25.18\00:23:27.24
When the upper
chamber is just fibrillating
00:23:27.25\00:23:29.40
and not squeezing
vigorously blood can
00:23:29.41\00:23:31.74
just pull and
swell around in there
00:23:31.75\00:23:33.53
and eventually it
could lead to small
00:23:33.54\00:23:34.93
blood clot forming.
If that blood clot then
00:23:34.94\00:23:37.33
broccolis and travel
up to the brain it could
00:23:37.34\00:23:39.47
cause a stroke.
Okay. This is a common
00:23:39.48\00:23:41.56
cause of stroke. So,
what do you do for that?
00:23:41.57\00:23:43.55
Can you help people with that?
00:23:43.56\00:23:45.28
Yeah, so the first
thing is to recognize that
00:23:45.29\00:23:46.98
problem does exist.
Sometimes we can just
00:23:46.99\00:23:52.07
use medicines to
control the rhythm of the heart
00:23:52.08\00:23:54.42
and prevent the
Atrial Fibrillation.
00:23:54.43\00:23:56.22
There are some special
procedures where catheters
00:23:56.96\00:23:59.03
can be placed up into
the heart that can clear
00:23:59.04\00:24:02.28
a scar that reduces the risk for
00:24:02.29\00:24:04.57
Atrial Fibrillation,
but in the large group
00:24:04.58\00:24:07.73
of patients we have to
use medications to prevent
00:24:07.74\00:24:09.91
a blood clot and so
they would have to go on a
00:24:09.92\00:24:12.47
blood that are medication.
And so there is really
00:24:12.48\00:24:14.36
not any kind of
natural remedy for that.
00:24:14.37\00:24:16.43
They really need to
see someone like you.
00:24:16.44\00:24:17.86
Yeah, if someone and truly has
00:24:17.87\00:24:19.32
Atrial Fibrillation,
I'm not aware of any
00:24:19.33\00:24:22.15
supplements that would
have in effect within the
00:24:22.16\00:24:25.17
blood enough to
prevent that risk for stroke.
00:24:25.18\00:24:27.16
So, you said you can
put it like a little tube up
00:24:27.17\00:24:28.83
there and cause some scarring,
00:24:28.84\00:24:30.10
and I imagine that
just kind of makes it so it
00:24:30.11\00:24:31.94
can't fibrillate as
much, is that the idea?
00:24:31.95\00:24:33.63
I'm gonna actually
part of the reason why
00:24:33.64\00:24:36.03
fibrillation occurs is because,
00:24:36.04\00:24:37.33
if the atrium is too
big it takes a long time for
00:24:37.34\00:24:40.11
the rhythm that
travel all the way around
00:24:40.12\00:24:41.29
the heart. I see. If
we can reduce the size
00:24:41.30\00:24:43.93
either by doing
surgery and cutting out part of
00:24:43.94\00:24:47.56
the atrium or by
creating a scar that isolates
00:24:47.57\00:24:50.53
the upper part of the
atrium from the main body
00:24:50.54\00:24:52.39
of the atrium that
has less tissue and it can
00:24:52.40\00:24:54.71
actually cause normal
rhythm to be restoring.
00:24:54.72\00:24:56.89
Fascinating! So there is atrial
00:24:58.08\00:24:59.40
fibrillation or what
other kind of rhythms do
00:24:59.41\00:25:01.89
you see? Okay, so commonly in
00:25:01.90\00:25:03.39
young people we'll
see just occasional
00:25:03.40\00:25:05.11
skip beats. You
know, it's not uncommon and
00:25:05.12\00:25:07.24
for young person to
feel just to skipped
00:25:08.26\00:25:10.71
irritable beat that
comes from the upper chamber
00:25:10.72\00:25:12.52
of the heart we call that a
00:25:12.53\00:25:13.50
Premature Atrial
Contraction (PAC).
00:25:13.51\00:25:15.99
They may occur frequently
and particularly during
00:25:16.87\00:25:20.64
periods of stress like
someone oncologist taking
00:25:20.65\00:25:23.21
exams, they can change with,
00:25:23.22\00:25:25.37
change in the
hormones, if someone becomes
00:25:25.38\00:25:27.57
pregnant it becomes very common,
00:25:27.58\00:25:29.07
excess caffeine
makes the heart much more
00:25:31.05\00:25:33.27
irritable and it's
much more like that it cause
00:25:33.28\00:25:34.97
PACs or extra beats.
And then you can also have
00:25:34.98\00:25:38.19
a beat that comes from
the lower chamber call the
00:25:38.20\00:25:40.56
PVC or Premature
Ventricular Contraction.
00:25:40.57\00:25:42.91
So more dangerous? Not I think,
00:25:42.92\00:25:44.97
almost all of us,
you and I probably
00:25:44.98\00:25:47.22
have a few of these
everyday and we just don't
00:25:47.23\00:25:48.99
know this.
Especially, when we work for the
00:25:49.00\00:25:50.12
cameras or
something. That's right,
00:25:50.13\00:25:51.37
but when it becomes
more frequent or if it were
00:25:51.38\00:25:54.83
to become continues
a whole run of PVCs we
00:25:54.84\00:25:57.52
call them ventricular
tachycardia that can be
00:25:57.53\00:25:59.23
life threatening
and weak heart it.
00:25:59.24\00:26:00.80
So really to figure
this out you need to see
00:26:01.27\00:26:02.81
someone like
yourself, someone they can tell
00:26:02.82\00:26:05.84
you which is happening, get EKG,
00:26:05.85\00:26:07.58
look at that little bit closely.
00:26:07.59\00:26:08.56
Yeah, the most
important thing is to identify
00:26:08.57\00:26:10.48
what type of rhythm it
really is as we do that
00:26:10.49\00:26:12.54
either with an EKG or
by wearing a hot monitor
00:26:12.55\00:26:14.72
for 24 hours and an
echocardiogram to tell us
00:26:14.73\00:26:17.95
if the heart is stretched up.
00:26:17.96\00:26:18.98
We've been talking
with Dr. Brian Schwartz,
00:26:20.14\00:26:21.56
we've been talking
about these different
00:26:21.57\00:26:22.86
arrhythmias or heart
palpitations and different
00:26:22.87\00:26:25.48
things that you
may need to check out.
00:26:25.49\00:26:27.03
When you come to Newstart here
00:26:27.04\00:26:28.34
we do those kind of
EKGs as well not everything
00:26:28.35\00:26:31.14
he's talked
about, but some of it.
00:26:31.15\00:26:32.53
And we hope that
today you've learnt
00:26:32.91\00:26:34.26
something that can
help you with your heart
00:26:34.27\00:26:36.18
and help you have
a Newstart right now,
00:26:36.19\00:26:38.68
if you want some
more information go to our
00:26:38.69\00:26:40.23
website and we
have some more there.
00:26:40.24\00:26:42.06
Thank you, for
being with us doctor.
00:26:42.07\00:26:43.42
Well, you're very
welcome. And thank you.
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Hi, I hope you've
enjoyed this as much as I have
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this edition of Newstart now.
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I'm Jim Brackett,
Executive Vice President
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here at the Weimar
Center. I'm gonna take just a
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moment to give you
an idea of some of the
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wonderful resources
we have here at the book
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store such as Dr. Nedley's book
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called Proof
Positive. Now, in addition to
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Dr. Nedley's book
he has a series on
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Depression Recovery, we have the
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Newstart Lifestyle
series on DVD by our
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Newstart physicians relating to
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topics in diabetes,
heart diseases, cancer.
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We have a number
of authors who have
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cookbooks here
including some in the raw field.
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Now we'd loved to have
you start buying visitors
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for your shopping,
but you can do it online
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at newstart.com.
Click the link that says
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book store or use our
(800) number 525-9192.
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And by the way,
anytime you order is a
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$100 or more we'll
see that you get free the
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Newstart Lifestyle Cookbook.
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Thank you, for joining us for
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another edition of Newstart Now,
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pick up that phone
and call 800-525-9192.
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God bless you and
have a healthy week.
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