[AT] OT:Take Care of Your Health

[Gene Dotson]

    To all;
    In view of the misfortunes of some of the list members and some of my 
personal acquaintences, I wish to urge anyone who may be at risk to have a 
thorough physical examination.

    Last summer, I started having chest pains and lack of stamina during 
exertion. I am from a large family and have a family history of heart 
problems. I contacted my family doctor with the symptoms and he scheduled a 
stress test the next day. The stress test showed a blockage of near 99 
percent on a main artery in my heart. 3 days later I was in Ohio State 
Hospital having 2 catherizations and stints installed. The procedure was an 
over night stay and I was home the next day. There were very few 
restrictions to my activities afterwards.

    This blockage was caught before any damage was done to any heart muscles 
or other organs.

    I took a followup stress test last week and was given a clean bill of 
health and no blockage. I took my flight physical the following Friday and 
all signs were good to get back to flying.

    I hope that if this message saves even one list member from a disabling 
disease that I have passed on this message to good advantage.


    Please take care of yourself, we are not bullet proof and medical 
science can do wonders.

                Gene Dotson