KUYA KIM IS BACK ON AIR AFTER 10 DAYS OF REST

Over lunch yesterday at Annabel’s restaurant with his friend-movie-writers, former Manila Mayor and DENR Secretary Lito Atienza announced that his son , Kim “Kuya Kim” Atienza, will be back on TV after suffering a mild stroke a few weeks ago.

“According to his doctors,” relates Lito, “it was really a miracle that Kim survived. There was a blood clot that could have ruptured. Had there been a delay in bringing him to the hospital, first at PGH before he was transferred to the Makati Med, he would have died.”

As Lito recounts, Kim has just come out of the shower that morning when he felt a tightening pain on his nape that rendered him speechless.

“He rushed out of the bathroom naked. The maid was shocked and embarrassed when she saw Kim. Sabi n’ya, ‘Ano ba naman ‘yan, Sir?’ But Kim quickly put on his pants and asked the driver to rush him to the nearest hospital. His family lives in Malate, a few blocks away from PGH.”

Being a health buff, Kim as well as his family and friends were surprised why he would suffer from a stroke. He exercises regularly and he eats healthy. The culprit: STRESS. Kim used to co-host the early-morning ABS-CBN show Umagang Kay Ganda, the noontime show Showtime and the weather-segment of the early-eveing newscast TV Patrol World.

“It’s a killer schedule, “ agrees Lito.

A check-up showed that, without his knowing it, Kim was suffering from hypothyroidism which could have possibly helped cause the stroke.

“He should cut down on his workload,” adds Lito.

The experience has radically changed Kim’s outlook in life.

“Life is precious,” Lito quotes Kim as saying. “We shouldn’t take our health for granted.

Lito says that Kim has become an advocate of the pro-life movement.

Moral of the story?

Don’t kill yourself on the job. Don’t let your job kill you.