"In January 2024, I was rushed to the emergency room. It was freezing cold outside, and I felt just as cold inside my house and colder in the hospital. I was shivering, and my body felt foreign. I didn't know what was going on. I was scared. No, I was terrified. I had a child at home and one in college."
"I had clients who valued me, therapists who depended on me, and a life I wanted to keep living. But I thought I was dying. Seriously. And the medical team didn't make it better. It wasn't their fault, but the conversations that were circulating around me had words like heart attack, stroke, hypertension, and "Wait, I haven't seen this before.""
A January 2024 emergency room visit involved intense cold, uncontrollable shivering, and a disorienting sensation that suggested imminent death despite family and professional responsibilities. Medical personnel mentioned possibilities such as heart attack, stroke, and hypertension while noting unfamiliar symptoms. A mutual friend experienced colon cancer recurrence and incomplete surgical removal that later metastasized to Stage 4. A Black woman living a very fit life—daily exercise, healthy diet, abundant water, meditation, prayer, and rest—experienced chest pains and dangerously high blood pressure that prompted emergency admission and treatment.
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