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A change of pace

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By Stephanie Lindstrom

I was born with a dysfunctional heart valve, and when I was 6 weeks old, I underwent surgery to place a band around the valve to help my heart function normally. The band didn't grow as I did, though, so I was in and out of the hospital undergoing treatments to keep my heart from malfunctioning. My doctors cautioned me to avoid doing any activity that would overexert my heart, so I rarely exercised.

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