by Carolyn Thomas ♥ @HeartSisters
At age 61, retired Canadian high school math teacher Linda Vardy underwent triple bypass surgery – after being told for almost a year that all of her cardiac test results were “inconclusive”. Later, Linda sent me this list of what she had personally learned before, during and after that open heart surgery experience – tips that she hopes can help future patients facing the same procedure.
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by Carolyn Thomas ♥ @HeartSisters
As part of our occasional “Dear Carolyn” series of personal patient perspectives shared by my readers, today I’m introducing you to Canadian heart patient, Linda Vardy, a retired high school math teacher. You might expect that Linda’s experience of undergoing triple bypass surgery at age 61 (after being told for almost a year that all of her cardiac test results were “inconclusive”) would be a dominant theme in her story – but that part is for a future post.
Ten years after her surgery, Linda was told that she now needed a pacemaker implanted. And that’s when things started going sideways. While I was reading her story, I couldn’t help wondering if Linda might have been treated differently had she been a male heart patient. Read her story and let me know what you think. . . . Continue reading “Dear Carolyn: “After 19 months of daily discomfort, my pacemaker was replaced””
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