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    Rosie O'Donnell Divulges Heart Attack on Facebook, Twitter

    By Brian Anthony Hernandez | Mashable – Mon, Aug 20, 2012

    Comedic entertainer Rosie O'Donnell published a poem on her blog Monday, detailing her scare with a heart attack last Tuesday morning.

    She shared the poem to Facebook and Twitter with a simple yet revealing three-word prompt: "my heart attack."

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    In the poem, O'Donnell writes she's "happy to be alive." She didn't call 911 after experiencing body pain. Instead, she took aspirin and on the following day visited a cardiologist, who sent her to a hospital to get her "99% blocked" left anterior descending artery remedied.

    Fans quickly sent her messages of relief and encouragement when they saw her tweet and Facebook status.

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    "Know the symptoms, ladies. Listen to the voice inside -- the one we all so easily ignore. CALL 911," she urges in the poem.

    This story originally published on Mashable here.

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