=====UPDATE-09.04.04-2:15 EST===========President Clinton Confirms Heart Attack on Phone to Larry King Live
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CNN) -- Former President Bill Clinton's office announced Friday that he had experienced mild chest pain and would undergo a quadruple-bypass operation. During a panel discussion on CNN's "Larry King Live," Clinton called in to discuss his health.
KING: How are you feeling?
CLINTON: I feel great. And I've enjoyed this program. And Dr. Isom explained why we are going to delay this surgery for a couple of days. (
Note: This is usually done due to excess heart muscle inflammation, which is typical of serious cases. The physician gets the inflammation under control, before proceeding to perform surgery. Presently they are shooting for Surgery on Tuesday morning)
But I feel really blessed, you know, because a lot of people who have a heart attack never get any advance warning
I've had some difficulty ever since I got out of the White House in getting my distance up in running. And I just had a feeling a couple of days ago I had to have it checked, when I finally got some tightness in my chest. And I hadn't done any exercise. That's the first time that ever happened to me, and we did this angiogram and found out I had blockage that was too significant to open and put a stent in. We had to do the whole surgery. So I'm trying to get my head in the game.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/09/03/clinton.lkl /
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Hillary Clinton did a TV press conference around midnight, was very upbeat, politically correct, said everything is fine, for everybody to have a great weekend and not worry, even threw in a political plug for Universal Health care coverage so all in America could have the same fine care like her husband was receiving (pleaseeee).
However, she did say that Pres. Clinton was having chest pains, fatigue, and shortness of breathing before he finally when in to see if something was wrong (which are classic Heart Attack symptomalogy in men his age with his high stress lifestyle).
NOTE: I am getting this information second hand, but very reliable>>
A close friend of the Clinton's at the hospital confidentially said his situation was serious but under control and guarded when Hillary did her press conference.
They were monitor the news stations in his room and saw the Larry King program talking about him so Clinton called in to let everyone know he was fine and "put on a good face".
The friend said President Clinton was really bummed out about this happening since he had so much he wanted to accomplish for the Kerry-Edwards ticket and other Democratic races in November (which this whole issue goes back the 2000 Gore-DNC debacle). He said Clinton ask the doctors several times if there was any way to put the operation off for a couple of months and the doctors said forget it, he was lucky to be alive as it was.
Please don't forget to send a get well card at his Clinton Presidential Center web site. Thanks J.A.L------------------------------
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