16 Thursday, November 22, 2018 Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Papa, will you be around in 10 years?
“My oldest grandson Kamaka asked me, ‘Papa, will you be around in
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took a turn for the worst. “All kine things were happening to me.”
Abe was in and out of the hospital. His primary care physician told
him his kidneys were failing and progressing quickly – he had a
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When he and his wife Anne visited the dialysis center, “I fell apart…I
just couldn’t see him doing dialysis,” says Anne. “He’s been athletic
all his life. I told him that we need to try something else.”
“Then my brother-in-law encouraged us to do the Ornish program
after he completed it on Oahu after having a massive heart attack,”
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about the program. I told Abe that I know it’s hard for him, but if you
want to live a little longer, you’ve got to make the change.”
“Fortunately, Hilo Medical Center was just about to open their
(L to R) Ornish alumni, Richard Weiser, Abe and Anne Manuia, reunite
with Marisa Salmoraighi, Director of the Ornish Lifestyle Medicine
Program, and Tracey Lambe, Group Support Specialist.
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Ornish program so we signed up.”
As a participant of Hui Pono Ornish Lifestyle Medicine Program,
Abe and Anne journeyed through the 9-week cardiac rehabilitation
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day, I was so ono for spaghetti and I made it the Ornish way with the
brown noodles, pasta sauce, no added salt, oil and cheese. It hit me
right there and then - there was no oil in the spaghetti, which means
there was no oil going into our body, damaging our heart and kidneys.”
Within just four weeks of being in the program, the unimaginable
happened. “My nephrologist, Dr. Curtis Lee asked me: ‘Abe, what
have you been doing?’ You have improved your kidney function by 21%.”
“Dr. Lee told us that he’s never seen this kind of improvement,”
said Abe. “I asked him so what does this mean for me? He said it
depends if I continue my progress, we’ll see after your appointment
in December, but it may mean that I have delayed kidney dialysis for
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Improving one life at a time through the Hui Pono Ornish Lifestyle
Medicine Program is just one of the many ways Hilo Medical Center
is transforming our hospital and community from good to great!
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