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The Medical University of South Carolina
Jimmy Addison had just moved from Atlanta to Seneca, South Carolina, when he noticed something wasn’t right. “I started gaining weight and didn't know what was going on. I felt bloated all the time.”
Addison, a former Clemson University football player and a huge fan, also noticed he was short of breath when walking up the stairs in the stadium during a game.
So the retired commercial real estate lawyer saw a doctor and was eventually diagnosed with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, better known as ATTR-CM. Proteins in his body were misfolding and building up in his heart, which can be deadly if left untreated.
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