Heart attack cannot derail Kitagawa on healing path

By Michael Tsai

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 27, 2011

~~<p>When local masseur Wade Kitagawa suffered the third heart attack of his life last month, it wasn't as if his clients were overflowing with sympathy.</p>
<p>"I was in the hospital, and this one client called to confirm his appointment," says Kitagawa. "I told him I'd just had a heart attack, so he said, ‘So, how about Thursday?' I told him I was still in the hospital so it might be some time before I could start again. So he said, ‘OK, how about next week?'"</p>
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When local masseur Wade Kitagawa suffered the third heart attack of his life last month, it wasn't as if his clients were overflowing with sympathy.

"I was in the hospital, and this one client called to confirm his appointment," says Kitagawa. "I told him I'd just had a heart attack, so he said, ‘So, how about Thursday?' I told him I was still in the hospital so it might be some time before I could start again. So he said, ‘OK, how about next week?'" Login for more...