There is so much to say about living with heart disease. It’s medical. It’s emotional. Physical. Mental. It’s about food. Exercise. Nutrition. Awareness. Research, medication, procedures, surgery. It’s about life and loss and broken hearts. Hope and goals. Empowerment and letting go. The idea of writing about heart disease from A to Z occurred to […]
Archives for 2012
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Oct 2012
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Oct 2012
I’m excited and honored to report that I’m now a syndicated blogger! I’m the newest blogger for Sister to Sister: The Women’s Heart Health Foundation. Founded in 1999, Sister to Sister works to prevent heart disease in women through programming, education, awareness, and outreach. Their portal myHeartHealth includes assessment tools, information on diet and exercise, […]
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Oct 2012
So this happened too. Three weeks after my brother’s heart attack and 13 months after my own, I was back in the OR, prepped for another angioplasty, getting another stent. Because heart disease is not a dramatic, one-time, life-altering, something-that-happened-to-me-once-isn’t-that-interesting thing. It is a lifelong, chronic illness that will strike whenever it damn well pleases. […]
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Oct 2012
On August, 27, one year and two weeks after my heart attack, my younger brother Mike had one too. He is 32. While we all knew we inherited this risk, none of us really believed it would happen. Better to just consider my heart attack some kind of freakish, one-time event; that just made more […]
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Sep 2012
Just Like Me
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He’s a distance runner. Just like me. A parent. Just like me. A spouse. Just like me. A sibling. Just like me. He’s young. Just like me. Younger, even, than me. He had no risk factors, other than high cholesterol and family history. Just like me. He continued running. Just like me. The first mile […]
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Sep 2012
Today is World Heart Day, organized by the World Heart Federation. (I will be celebrating by joining my first-ever Twitter chat at noon central time. Follow @thehearttruth and #HeartChat if you’d like to join in.) The focus this year is on women and children and cardiovascular disease. I’m so pleased to see this issue continue […]
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Sep 2012
Here are American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women real women’s stories of 2012. So many of them so like much like mine. I’m glad to hear the message focusing on all the different kinds of heart attack symptoms women may experience. They are not what you’d expect, and that makes awareness and vigilance even […]
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Sep 2012
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Sep 2012
I’m a sucker for a good infographic, and this one is fun! If you read this blog (or live anywhere but under a rock), you know that exercise, good food, and rest are essential to your health. But did you know how good for you laughter is? Scroll down to find out. A few highlights […]
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Aug 2012
Gone Red
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Last February was my first heart month and it surprised me by being a big deal. One of the things I did, quietly, was go to the Go Red for Women Casting Call at the Mall of America. Each year several women are chosen as Go Red spokeswomen, and I knew that if I didn’t […]
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