'It was a traumatic moment for me. I was in shock,' recalled the singer, who said her 'left main coronary artery was 80 percent blocked' (via toofab)
, lupus -- an autoimmune disease --"occurs when your body's immune system attacks your own tissues and organs. Inflammation caused by lupus can affect many different body systems -- including your joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart and lungs."
"I kept putting it off thinking, 'Oh, I'm fine. I'll be okay.' But my doctor was persistent and I went to get tested in the last week of September. I did a specialized test and they looked at my heart and saw some abnormalities," Braxton recalled."I found out that I needed a coronary stent. My left main coronary artery was 80 percent blocked. The doctors told me I could've had a massive heart attack, I would not have survived.
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