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One year to live

In Dec. 2008, I heard the words no truck driver ever wants to hear from a cardiologist: “Tom, we've decided we're not doing open heart surgery on you because your arteries aren't good enough. You likely have one year to live, and possibly up to five if you're lucky.” He went on to tell me that with 100 percent blockage in one artery, and 70-90 percent in the other three, it was too risky to try surgery. He said he would
do one stent and that would be all they could do for me. He prescribed numerous medications and sent me home. This was the last thing I needed! I already had diabetes, neuropathy, and high blood pressure. Things were looking pretty hopeless!
     How could this be happening to me? I had been on the road for 30 years and I had logged more than 4,400,000 miles in my truck-driving career. I had been recognized for “Safety First,” and “On-time deliveries with a smile!” I had taken the jump to become an owner-operator and was now the senior owner-operator in Macclenny, Florida.
     My mind started racing to my nearly 50 years of marriage with my sweet wife Judy, our seven children, 18 grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren. My grandkids all call my 2002 Freightliner XL Classic “Big Bird” because of its bright yellow color. I started to think about all the nice people I had met on my routes and the memories I had made. I still had a life to live, and I wasn't ready to give up on it!
     Two months after the news from the cardiologist, my wife and I met a lady named Geri Fox. She told us about a leading endocrinologist named Dr. Joseph Prendergast. He had formulated a product, in conjunction with the scientists of a leading nutritional products company, using the research from Stanford University and validated by the 1998 Nobel Prize in Medicine, that actually reverses heart disease. Geri said Dr. Prendergast had been using these formulations with his patients for 19 years. During that time his more that 7,200 patients had significant improvement in their diabetes, blood pressure, and heart disease. It didn't take long for me to say, "Count me in!"
     When I took my stress test again in August 2009, after using the nutraceutical product for just a few months, they had to stop me after six minutes. The previous December, I hadn't been able to make it for two minutes! The nurses were stunned, and I was happy! In January 2010, I decided to see Dr. Prendergast personally, because my cardiologist's assessment was that any improvement in my condition was just psychological. The tests done by Dr. Prender- gast showed that my neuropathy has been reversed to 1 percent, my diabetic numbers are down, and my blood pressure continues to go down. A recent Cardio Pulse Wave Analysis confirmed this: a decline from 163 to 120 in the pressure at the top of the heart, a reduction two-thirds of the way to the ideal level of 101. Practically speaking, my heart disease has been reversed, and as a result, the doctor took me off my three heart medications. This product used by Dr. Prendergast for 19 years on his patients is literally saving my life!
     This last year I was awarded “A Dedicated Run” for my twelve years of service. I feel like I've been blessed to continue to enjoy what I love best: family and truckin'.