Heart Sisters Posts From The Past
JANUARY 2014
When doctors can’t say: “I don’t know”
“Everybody has plans ‘til they get punched in the mouth.”
My blog post in the British Medical Journal!
Doc chat: in the cath lab with a “radial evangelist”
When thyroid problems masquerade as heart disease
FEBRUARY 2014 – HEART MONTH!
Why we ignore serious symptoms
Is your doctor paying attention?
Confessions of a non-compliant patient
Can it be two years since my mother’s death?
Jennifer’s story: her heart attack at age 36 “smacked her with her own mortality”
Eileen’s story: “When my surgeon opened up my heart, my arteries disintegrated”
MARCH 2014
Stress test vs flipping a coin: which is more accurate?
Dr. John Mandrola: “AFib is your body talking to you”
“I’m the least depressed person on earth, except when I’m depressed”
Cardiac gender bias: we need less TALK and more WALK
When your “significant EKG changes” are missed
APRIL 2014
“The under-appreciated joy of making a meatloaf”
Cardiac care for the whole patient – not just the heart
How a heart attack can trigger PTSD
What (not) to say when you’re visiting the sick
MAY 2014
Is your doctor talking to your other doctors?
The five questions your doctor is probably not asking you
When drugs that help turn into drugs that harm
Misdiagnosis: is it what doctors think, or HOW they think?
JUNE 2014
How having a wife shortens time to heart attack care
Convalescence: the forgotten phase of illness recovery
Why you should hug your cardiologist today
Hypervigilance: waiting for that second heart attack
Are you a victim or a survivor?
JULY 2014
Who will take care of you at home if you’re seriously ill?
Patient engagement as described by 31 non-patients
“Us” vs “them”: the under-served patient speaks up
We know we should do ____, but instead we do ____
What women need to know about pregnancy complications and heart disease
AUGUST 2014
The day I made peace with an errant organ
Why patient stories actually matter
When we don’t look as sick as we feel
Heart scans: the triumph of profit over science
The hospital discharge race: is sooner always better?
SEPTEMBER 2014
The freakish nature of cardiac pain (first of a 3-part series on pain)
It’s Invisible Illness Awareness Week!
Brain freeze, heart disease and pain self-management (second of a 3-part series on pain)
Chest pain while running uphill (third of a 3-part series on pain)
How intense grief increases your cardiac risk
OCTOBER 2014
Feisty advice to patients: “Get down off your cross!”
“You’ve done the right thing by coming here today”
First we had peer review – and now patient review!
Little social support: a big gap for younger heart patients
How gender bias threatens women’s health
The symptomatic tipping point during heart attack
NOVEMBER 2014
Heart attacks: “Men explode, but women erode”
Flexible restraint: it’s what’s missing from all fad diets
Words matter when we describe our heart attack symptoms
Let’s all play Chronic Illness Bingo!
Downplaying symptoms: just pretend it’s NOT a heart attack
DECEMBER 2014
Failure to refer: why are doctors ignoring cardiac rehab?
Women and statins: evidence-based medicine or wishful thinking?
Size matters – but not in coronary artery blockages
A year in review: Top 10 Heart Sisters posts in 2014
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