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Mar 17, 2023Liked by William H Bestermann Jr MD

Thank you for your personal story. It was approximately 4 weeks ago that Eule and his team from Heartcarecorp.com did an MCG on me. It blew up my world. I was purchasing the device to prevent heart attacks in others--not for myself. As a result of the MCG, I had my partner do some labs and sure enough, I have diabetes contributing to the left sided heart disease the MCG was detecting. I went from angry to depressed to then changing my perspective that this disease is not my identity and it is only defined by how much energy I pour into it or the tapes that attempt to make it my identity. My practice partner battling breast cancer is challenged with the same tapes and she is instead moving forward with great courage to be the victor.

Personally, I have done a 180 degree on how I eat and I have taken Dr Sam Fillingane’s perspective that exercise after age 30 is no longer optional on days that end in Y. I am only 3 weeks into this change, but I fully intend on reversing what was showing up on the MCG and my labs. I have done nearly 100 of these MCGs on my own patients and I am now inviting them to join me on a better path to wholeness and wellness. The heart attack rate in our busy practice of 3000+ will be reduced to 1.2 per year by the end of the next 12 months and I will lead the charge by setting an example. The national average is 7.3 per FP/IM and for this disease state--we intend on being better than average.

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Thanks Karl. I am sorry that you and your partner are facing those challenges. When the MCG detected your heart disease and led to the discovery of diabetes it pointed to a need for optimal medical therapy, which is what this site is all about. Optimal medical therapy is a combination of "evidence-based care processes consistent with best practices'" and includes lifestyle and medication interventions. It is highly systematic and it can be replicated and scaled. It enables you to explain to others how you produced your excellent results.

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Mar 17, 2023Liked by William H Bestermann Jr MD

Thank you for this personal story.

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Thanks Elsa. It is one thing to treat and write about chronic disease. It changes everything when you have had it. I have often said this was the worst thing that happened to me and it was the best thing that happened to me.

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Mar 17, 2023Liked by William H Bestermann Jr MD

I really needed to read this today as I start yet another round of a different chemo for in operable stage 4 cancer. I do try also to live with these treatments in between my life. I still work as graduate nurse faculty but I have learned to live with not being at my best all the time.

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It is great to hear from you and I am so sorry that you have this challenge to face. Focus on today and get what you can out of today. I am very encouraged by the advances in science that are coming every day. I hope we find a better answer for you soon. Advanced practice nurse teams can deliver the best care. You are doing important work.

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Mar 17, 2023Liked by William H Bestermann Jr MD

Thanks, Bill. Actually, I have a story to tell you. Stay tuned.

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Mar 19, 2023Liked by William H Bestermann Jr MD

Thank you for sharing your story. It is a must read for everyone wishing to age well. Bravo to Karl for his 180 degree turn. I am 84 years old and still exercise daily - stretches, walking 5000 to 10,000 steps and walking up and down several flights of stairs.

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Our stories were very similar and I shared yours. It got a great response. You are an inspiration.

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Hi, Thank you ever so much. I included a link to your article in my next one which will be published on Friday. Your articles consistently provide important information and I hope readers take the messages to heart - they are life saving.

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This is from President George Washington's Wife-Thanks to Tom Milam

“I am still determined to be cheerful and to be happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learnt, from experience, that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us, in our minds, wheresoever we go.”

Martha Washington, excerpted from her 26 December 1789 letter to Mercy Warren, wife of James Warren (a Major General and the Paymaster-General with George Washington during America’s Revolutionary War).

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Here you go! I wish we were there to capture your data at the time! https://youtu.be/pIBsZ2lh71A

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