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acob Angelo has worked for Exxon
as an engineering associate in
Last January, Angelo, 57, started
experiencing discomfort in his chest.
When he went for a walk, the discom-
fort spread up to his chest and neck.
He figured it was indigestion. He
look antacids and flew to Baton
Rouge, La., on a business trip, but
the antacids didn’t make the pain go
away.
While at his hotel, he read an arti-
cle about the warning signs of a heart
attack in Health Scene Magazine
published by Houston Northwest
Medical Center. He had received
the magazine at home in the mail
just before he left. ‘The warning
research and development for 31
years. He lives in Spring, and com-
mutes several limes a month between
offices in Baytown and Baton Rouge,
La. Between his busy life at work and
at home with his wife and four daugh-
ters, Angelo was prepared for almost
anything. Anything except for the day
when what he thought was indigestion
turned out to be a severe blockage in
his heart.
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enhance organizational effective-
ness by providing occupational
health services. Many of the mili-
tary installations they serve have
large and varied populations.
“We benefit from having them
assist us in performing special
projects and clinic work. It’s a
learn-by-doing program.”
Dr. Gabriel, a lieutenant
colonel stationed at Brooks Air
Force Base in San Antonio,
agrees that the experience is
worthwhile. She says that the pro-
gram provides the opportunity to
learn more about chemical and
physical hazards in the work-
place.
“In addition to assisting medi-
cal, I spend as much lime as pos-
sible in the plant operating units
learning about the refinery and
chemical business,” she says.
Calling Exxon fascinating, she
says: “I appreciate all the lime
employees have spent leaching
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said.
The next morning he went to
Exxon Medical. The physician ran
an electrocardiogram and insisted
Angelo see a cardiologist. The car-
diologist tested Angelo on a tread-
mill; he lasted only 7.5 minutes.
Angelo wanted to go back to
Spring lo be with his family, but
the cardiologist would not lel him
leave until he had performed a car-
diac catheterization to help diag-
nose the cause of his chest pain.
The cardiologist called Angelo’s
wife, Diana, and persuaded her to
make Angelo stay. “She said,
'Don't lel him leave, don’t let him
gel on the plane,”’ Angelo said.
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Angelo said the catheterization
wasn’t as painful as he expected and
said it went as smooth as glass. It
revealed an 85 percent blockage in
his right coronary artery.
Unfortunately, an angioplasty (which
unclogs blockage in the artery) could
not be performed immediately
because there was a blood clot in
Angelo’s artery.
Angelo was placed on blood thin-
ners for a day, which gave his wife
lime to gel to Baton Rouge. The next
day, the cardiologist performed a bal-
loon angioplasty and inserted a 4-
millimeter stint, the largest available,
in Angelo’s artery to maintain maxi- '
mum blood flow and prevent reclo-
sure.
Angelo said his cardiologist was
suiprised that he recognized the
heart allack warning signals and
came in for a checkup. "Thecardiol-
ogist said most men tend to ignore
their chest pain,” Angelo said. He
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AZINE ardcle for helping save his
life. He said he feels as if he were
given a second chance.
Now, Angelo is on a low-fat, 1ow
cholesterol,low-sah,reducedcaf-
wife put everybodyon
thesamedietl'mon,"hesaid,smi-
ig. yeryone eats much healthier
now. He has lost over 20 pounds and
owes much of his success to exercis"
ing. He lifts weights and walks three
miles six days a week at a pace of 4.5
to 5 miles per hour. “I exercise now
more than I ever did in my life,” he
said.
In April 1997, Angelo took another
treadmill stress test. This time, he
lasted 17 minutes and didn’t have
any problems. In May, he walked 3.1
miles in 37 minutes in the Baytown
Company Cup. He came in ninth
overall, and his team placed first.
Angelo said that one of the most
important things a person can do to
keep healthy is exercise. “Once you
start exercising it becomes very
easy, he said. “You just have to do
things to keep from getting bored.”
Angelo says he enlivens his exercise
1 online by listening to music, taking
different routes or even taking a walk
pround the Exxon refinery in Baton
Rouge. If he is out of town, he uses
J ne exercise equipment at hotels so
he never skips a day.
Angelo can now enjoy the things he
O eswroodworking, restoring cars,
Participating in church events and
spending time with family—knowing
that his second chance at life will
never be wasted.
Dr. Mary Gabriel, left, flight surgeon with the U,S, Air^rce^ a
patient's chart with Exxon occupational health nurse Allan McBride.
Gabriel spent two months at Exxon 's Medicine and Environmental Health
Department gaining experience in occupational medicine.
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The Air Force program is the
largest occupational medicine
training program in the country.
All are experienced physicians.
%/ edical doctors Pete Bauer,
..VI Mary Gabriel, Ken Knight
and Andy Marchiando have
served on “active” duty with
the Baytown Medical
Department. In a special pro-
gram with the U.S. Air Force,
doctors have trained here in
two-month increments.
“This joint venture benefits
both Exxon and the Air Force,”
says Dr. Richard Dockins,
Director of the Baytown Area
Medicine and Environmental
Health Department. “The mili-
tary doctors get third year resi-
dency training in an industrial
setting to fulfill an occupa-
tional medicine accreditation
requirement while we get the
benefit of their vast medical
knowledge. The Baytown pro-
gram began in May.
“They learn specific informa-
tion about petroleum and refin-
ing operations as well as how
medical professionals can
Some are certified in family
medicine, emergency
medicine, internal medicine.
Most of the Air Force doctors
are senior captains, majors or
lieutenant colonels. —2-
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Pfennig, Glena. Baytown Connection (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 1, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 1, 1998, newspaper, February 1, 1998; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1495084/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.