Dr. Joen, ND, a TAFYH grad, shared this story about her husband, Tim.
Tim had been an athlete all his life. At 67 he was seemingly healthy, never having had any kind of medical scare or surgery. Driving home to Arizona from Texas after a busy cross-state tour in the summer of 2014, Tim had a massive heart attack.
As recommended in the TAFYH class she had taken, Dr. Joen had the set of herbals for just such an event. "I shook a bottle of MC into his mouth (no idea how many) and Capsicum. 10 minutes later, Tim threw up, but no pills emerged. Back in the car we went, to the nearby Mayo Clinic."
Aghast, the ER doctor asked Tim, "Do you realize you've just had a major heart attack?" His blood pressure was 195/198. "You should have stroked out! You've just had a widow maker. Your left coronary artery was blocked. Only 3% survive this kind of heart attack." Tim was too fragile for surgery. After a 12-hour wait his blood pressure was down to 150/90, and he then had surgery to insert a stent, as the coronary artery was 95% blocked. The surgery was at 9 am, and he was discharged 15 hours later.
The Head of Cardiology said he had to know how Tim had survived the heart attack in the car. Dr. Joen explained how she had got the formula from TAFYH, and the doctor asked her to return that October to speak to 120 cardiologists at the Mayo Clinic. Some were very interested, others skeptical, but some young interns were really thrilled, and they asked about the cancer program too. The Mayo Clinic offered Dr. Joen a job doing prevention. "I felt super-honoured."
