posts here focus on the “new normal” you’ll discover once you get home from hospital and the reality starts to sink in
by Carolyn Thomas ♥ @HeartSisters
Remember that unfortunate “Don’t Google It!“ campaign a few years back in which the Belgian government sought to warn patients against seeking health info online? Three of the (many) assumptions in that offensive campaign included:
Too bad the creators of this campaign weren’t familiar with the results of an interesting study that challenged those assumptions. . Continue reading “Four ways we use online info to make healthcare decisions”
by Carolyn Thomas ♥ @HeartSisters
A friend’s daughter (who happens to be a cardiac nurse) phoned to check on me a few days after I was discharged from the hospital following my heart attack. I felt so relieved to hear Kate’s voice because something was really starting to worry me: I was still having chest pain.
Hadn’t the blocked coronary artery that had caused my “widow maker” heart attack just recently been magically unblocked? Wasn’t that newly revascularized artery now propped wide open with a shiny metal stent? Shouldn’t I be feeling better?
And that’s when I heard the words “stretch pain” for the first time. . . Continue reading “Post-stent chest pain”
by Carolyn Thomas ♥ @HeartSisters
The holiday season seems to be a good time to revisit the importance of solitude.
Don’t get me wrong: I’ve truly been enjoying the lights and music of the season, family traditions (oh, those homemade perogies at our Christmas Eve feast!), the joy of watching 4-year old Everly Rose embrace in equal measure the arrival of Santa and the Baby Jesus story, out-of-town visitors, and the seasonal open-heartedness one encounters even from passing strangers in the Village.
But I’m physically craving some delicious solitude right about now. . . Continue reading “Craving post-holiday solitude”
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