A scary date night
My husband and I were out for a Valentine’s Day dinner with a number of other couples, and I began to feel so ill that we had to leave and rush to an emergency room. The doctor told my husband that it was good he brought me in when he did, because my body was shutting down. He said even 12 hours later I would have died. DNA testing at Mayo Clinic showed that I had a genetic defect that meant my body wasn’t properly processing some drugs. That was causing potentially deadly side effects to certain drugs. And medication I needed to control my heart condition wasn’t helping me at all.
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Since 2009, I've spent countless hours researching, learning, and educating myself about this rapidly evolving field. My goal is now to spread the word about this issue to help as many people understand how critical this can be to you because of your genetic response to medications.