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Dana David is a Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and heart attack survivor who is currently working to invest positive energy back into her community. She is also a wife, avid reader, and is proudly owned by two cats. You can follow her @ivorynetsuke on Twitter.

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Getting Back Up After You Fall

“If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through.” ~Chinese Proverb

Last year I had emergency open heart surgery. Shortly after the procedure, two nurses entered my room and gave me terrible news: I had to walk.

That may not sound like a big deal, but open heart surgery is brutal. Simple things like being able to sit up or change position once my backside became sore were agony. Getting to the walker, a mere several steps away from my bed, was an extreme effort.

My goal was to walk around the nurse’s station,

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