Tag: patient navigators

The “not wonderful” new diagnosis I didn’t see coming

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by Carolyn Thomas   ❤️   Heart Sisters (on Blue Sky)

If you’re me, and you live with a medical condition as serious as heart disease (which is women’s #1 killer worldwide, by the way), you may start believing that this is it. This will be the cause of death listed in your obituary some day. This is the diagnosis that kick-started  your tests, medical procedures, follow-up appointments, more tests, scary symptoms, prescription cardiac meds you’ll take for the rest of your life, and writing these Sunday morning Heart Sisters articles.

But as the saying goes, “Life is what happens when we’re busy making other plans.”  And last month, LIFE happened to me. . .
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My video interview with Connie Jorsvik: The “Patient Pathways” workshop

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by Carolyn Thomas   ♥  Heart Sisters on Blue Sky

I love how former cardiac nurse-turned-independent Patient Navigator Connie Jorsvik introduced our recent online conversation about women, heart disease and serious illness that was broadcast on her Patient Pathways website. Connie began with this profoundly true observation:

“When I was a cardiac nurse, it always seemed like more women than men were admitted after Christmas. Often, these women had been experiencing cardiac symptoms for days – and even weeks. Women tend to put off seeking treatment because we so often put ourselves last on our priority list – and there is no  bigger time for everyone else’s priorities than the holidays!”

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