A patient confronts the choices Donald C. Drake, an Inquirer medical writer, had a heart attack in 1980. In Christmas 1998, just before a vacation, he had some tightness in his chest. In his job, Drake had seen bypass operations many times and hoped he would never need one. We welcome readers' comments on this series.
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