THE UPSIDE-DOWN HEART

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  This entry is going back to when I attended Dunham College. I was probably in my late 30's and attending a special program where you had modified classes. This unfortunately for me meant I couldn't try and go into the field I wanted at the time. Looking back it may have been an o.k. thing. I wanted to go into the fitness field become a personal trainer.

 So why may that not have been the best decision for a job. Mostly because of my heart issues. I was born a blue baby and needed corrective surgery on my heart as a baby. My valves were reversed so my oxygen and blood flow opposite to the average person.

 I began attending a gym over the years. One significant thing that I noticed had nowhere near the energy as other people so it definitely would have been hard for me to be a trainer. 

 Now why the upside down reference to my heart you may ask? Well several times during my course people referred to it as upside-down and not reversed. But one key moment was during a presentation my friend had heard it so often  that in the presentation she referred to my heart as upside-down and not reversed.

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