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Personal Narrative: Change In An Instance

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Changed In an Instance Looking back over my life and reflecting on what I could have done different, and how I should have changed my lifestyle, and now looking down from heaven, what I would have done, if only I was allowed a second chance. I am telling this to you now, so you will know that when you are young and healthy you think that you are invincible, but as you get older I am here to say things happen and maybe by taking the right steps in life you could be a healthier you. Here is my story, and I hope you will read it, think on it, and apply my lesson to your life, and that my story will help a life be saved. In my life everyone knew me as Jim Hathaway, and I was born and raised in Sneedville County, Tennessee. If you know your …show more content…

I came home from work and I could tell that the weather was changing as it was cool out, but I felt hot, and when I say I hot, I mean I had sweat rolling down my face. I made it to my chair and thought if I could just sit for a little bit everything will get better. That wouldn’t turn out to be the case though, because as I sat there in my chair, I started to a pain up in my chest. I just passed that off as indigestion from the big greasy lunch at McDonald’s I had that day. I sat there and reflected back about all of the times Bo encouraged me to go to the doctor, to exercise, and to take care of my health. I wasn’t that old and losing my health and dying never crossed my mind for somebody my age. The pain was getting worse and my phone was out of my reach. That early fall evening I was going to die from the silent killer, the heart attack, and it would be the moment that I would be changed in an instance from being alive to being dead. I did die that evening, and it was all due to a massive heart attack that had I heeded the advice from my friend, probably could have been prevented, if only I had taken the time to see a doctor and learn more about how to prevent a heart attack, and what the warning signs of a heart attack would

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