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Heart Scene: A Joyful Day |
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Written by Tony Mussari
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Sunday, 02 March 2008 02:37 |
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He who has not looked on sorrow will never see joy.
-Kahili Gibran
Standing on a grassy knoll located between the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and the historic Wilkes-Barre Cemetery were three doctors, two businessmen, the Executive Director of the county’s Office of Human Services and a recovering quadruple by-pass surgery patient.
The sky was filled with dark clouds that were eclipsed by the brilliant smiles on the faces of the seven people on the ground who were bantering like teenagers at recess as they waited for the photographer to snap their picture. It was a moment of grand celebration and everyone assembled knew it.
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Heart Scene: The Most Positive Learning Experience of My Life |
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Written by Tony Mussari
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Sunday, 02 March 2008 02:09 |
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The sign on the highway reads:
20 Years of Open Heart Surgery Success!
Over 9,000 Cardiac Surgery Procedures.
Heart and Vascular Institute, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
Impressive…to be sure. If I had seen it one month earlier, I would have noticed it and thought little. Today as my wife and I passed it on our wedding anniversary, it meant a lot more.
You see, I am one of those 9,000 surgery procedures.
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Heart Scene: Good Morning Dr. Briskie |
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Written by Tony Mussari
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Sunday, 02 March 2008 02:02 |
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Nine weeks to the day after I had quadruple by-pass surgery, Kitch and I were sitting in the office of Dr. Joseph Briskie. The road to this visit was long and somewhat complicated.
Many years ago after my brother’s unexpected heart attack and death, my sister and I were advised to see a cardiologist. We did, and for the past 19 years I have been waiting for the inevitable.
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Heart Scene: Anxiety and Depression |
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Written by Tony Mussari
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Sunday, 02 March 2008 01:49 |
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The greatest gift that you can give to anybody is the gift of your honest self. It's the only unique gift anyone can give.
-Fred Rogers
The words of Mr. Rogers provide the underlying theme of what I am about to share with you.
For most of my life I have lived with the twin demons of anxiety and depression.
For a very long time I did not know them by name, only by experience. When I was a youngster the worst thing you could get was chicken pox or whooping cough. Where I grew up, anything else one could handle with lots of spaghetti sauce.
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Heart Scene: A Voice of Inspiration |
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Written by Tony Mussari
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Sunday, 02 March 2008 01:41 |
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Heart Scene: A Voice of Inspiration
Absolutely nothing in life is preordained or predestined. Only God can do that and He is all-powerful and utterly, completely benevolent.
-John Lucas, Ph.D.
John Lucas is a prominent Olympic historian. In his lifetime, he has accumulated 44,000 hand written research notes. He has written 300 articles, and he has published four books. In 1991, he was appointed Honorary IOC Lecturer for North America by the then IOC President, Juan Antonio Samaranch. Five years later he received the Olympic Order at the 105th IOC Session in Atlanta.
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