Amy Winehouse Finally Diagnosed
Martin Grimes, PacificCoastNews.com
Well it has been no surprise that Amy Winehouse’s body finally decided to shut down on her, or at least begin the process. She’s never been exactly known as the type to lead a model lifestyle in terms of taking care of her health. And her many years of chronic cigarette and crack smoking have started to catch up to her. After having been hospitalized for collapsing at her home, Amy has now been in the London Clinic for a full week and there have been a lot of rumors circulating as to why she may or may not be in at all. Amy has been diagnosed with a weak heart, but her lungs are not doing well at all. Her doctors have rule out tuberculosis, but it looks like the formal diagnosis at this point is emphysema. Amy is in the early stages of emphysema, and her crack habit and cigarettes are to blame. Her lungs are quite a mess and doctors are seeing several nodules around her chest as well as dark marks showing up on her lungs. Right now it appears that she is operating with 70% lung capacity as well. Prior to Amy’s hospitalization, she had had a few days that were typical Amy style, having stayed up for as much as 48 hours straight with little to eat, and a lot to smoke, and she slept for the first three days while in hospital. And it sounds like she’s got the wakeup call she needed, as she has promised her dad that the drugs will stop once and for all. Yes, sadly sometimes it takes a serious diagnosis and health scare to do that, but for many it’s a lot worse. Her chances of performing for Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday party this coming Friday are 50/50, but my hunch is the way things are looking, slim to none. Let’s hope that Amy does get the treatment she needs and begins to take things seriously, as talent is definitely one thing she does have going for her and this could be just what she needed to get her life back on track.
