How to Reduce Your Heart Risk
It was just before the Fourth of July three years ago when John Sousa, 44, knew something was seriously wrong with his health.
For about a month, he had trouble breathing, which he initially passed off as part of his asthma symptoms from seasonal allergies.
While some antibiotics and steroids improved his condition slightly, within 10 days, he was back at the doctor’s office. He was given another round of steroids and just days later was back. His breathing was worse.
“This time, the nurse asked me ‘weird questions’ like, ‘Did I have chest pains?’ That kind of things.
“I couldn’t even wrap my brain around it,” he said of his diagnosis. “It was overwhelming. ‘I was going to die’ was the only thing I could think. I started Googling the survival rates and saw these terrible statistics.”