John 3:16 – Be Thankful, Grateful, Patient, Charitable, Kind and Smile as it is infectious! God Bless America; Protect Our President and Military!
This may sound like a broken record but on 1/7/1996 I had a heart attack in the blizzard of 96′ where we got 3′ of snow. I believe in was greatly due to my many years of being a 2 pack-a-day smoker with not the best eating habits. Hey! I used to really like cheesesteaks, pizza, French fries, hotdogs, hoagies and hamburgers…don’t forget a milkshake to wash it all down. However, to the observant eye you would have noticed I used the word “Used” past tense.
Ahh! You see after I had the myocardial Infarction a.k.a. heart attack it was like a domino effect in other things lying dormant in my DNA. Within two year i was diagnosed with Hypothyroid Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Gluten Allergy a.k.a. Celiac Sprue.
That last one changed things dietarily forever in my life especially in 1998. Hmm! What makes the cheesesteak, hotdog, pizza, hamburgers and bread in general so good?? Care to guess? BREADS!! Wheat, Rye, Barley, Malt, Spelt and more. Most of the really good rolls, cakes, donuts, Danish, croissants, bagels and breads are made with extra glutenous grains. Many of the best sauces for your favorite dishes are made with flour! Hey! even oats are mostly produced in plants where there is cross-contamination. Ugh!
Also, the prices of these non-gluten items are much more costly and to make it worse comedians have a field day with it. Well, this usually goes hand-in-hand with being lactose intolerant; which thank God I don’t have, or I would really be screwed. For those of you not in the know that adds no dairy products to your already hell sentence in the food world of GOOD!
I left out the other important thing once you have a major cardio issue the good doctors are worse than the Catholic School system once they get their claws in you when you innocently volunteer and get involved coaching or other in CYO! a.k.a. babysitting other folks’ kids. I could write a comedy routine on that one. Only kidding I gave numerous years coaching baseball and football and barely have any scars to show for it! LOL
Point to Ponder: Don’t Smoke, Vape, Drink to excesses and especially avoid drugs and all who use them as misery loves company! You can thank me now or later. That is if I am still around to expound on you some more wisdom. In any event your heart, liver, lungs, brain and other body parts will thank you and you will save yourself a lot of time and money and not being owned by doctors.
What was your one thing that would have saved you a lot of pain and grief?
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