Lillian says for heart failure – there's nothing for mental health.
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Yeah, for heart failure – there’s nothing. But there is actually, it turns out, but she [cardiologist] didn’t know of anything. – like ‘I blow apart your life, like blow apart your life and I’ll meet you in a month. I’ll talk to you in a month.’ And then you’re like, ‘holy crap – like crying and whatever. Thank God I was with my family. It just shocked me, partly because I’m a mental health nurse. I thought it was bad in mental health, but its not compared to this.
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