Living

Editor's note: This is part 2 in a 3-part series. Check out part 1, PPCM Changed My Life: I Don’t Have Heart Disease – or Do I? and part 3...

This hasn't been Invisible Disability Chronicle #1,000,000; however, the weight, trauma, and anxiety of these types of chronicles sure feel like it at times. One of the hardest parts of...

I want to write about my heart transplant journey because I’ve noticed that transplants are a popular thing. Maybe they always have been but I just wasn’t in that light...

I found out I had heart disease at the age of 12 years old. It changed everything for me quickly. The greatest battle for me was being 1 of 7...

One of the most common symptoms of heart failure is fatigue. Let me know if the tips I share here help you! If there are tricks or tips I have...

As a patient advocate, I meet a lot of newly diagnosed patients. Their experience, the fear, and the terror always bring me back to the day I received my heart failure...

Editor's note: This is part 1 of a two-part series. Be sure to check out part 2! Issues surrounding the disparities faced by communities of color are at the forefront...

I was prescribed a stress test a few months back by my cardiologist. At my last appointment, I complained about some chest pain similar to what I experienced the day before...

Breathing exercises can have an impact on your overall stress level because they can help you relax. When you breathe deeply, a message is sent to your brain to calm...

Drug errors can happen in pharmacies and hospitals. People with heart failure are at a particularly high risk of drug errors because of the number of medications they are prescribed...

Many of us live with the knowledge that when you have one medical condition, it usually isn’t the only one you have. The more conditions you have, the better chance...

Living with a chronic illness like heart failure can mean lots of doctor's appointments, both before and after diagnosis. Sometimes, it feels that the more doctors you see, the more...

Most of us know that our cardiologist is the one that helps us with our heart issues. But what you may not know is there are a lot of different...

Managing your energy level is tough. I have found that I no longer have reserves and my energy level can be unpredictable. While I used to be able to operate...

As a young child, I always knew I wanted to become a nurse. I went through a period of denial in my late teens because that is just what teenagers...

Editor's note: This is part 1 of 3 in a series. Part 2 is titled PPCM Changed My Life: I Almost Died - UNNECESSARILY! and part 3 is called PPCM...

March 1, the day I received my heart. Every time a year comes I’m extremely excited because I made it another year to keep getting stronger, wiser, and healthier. I...

“My doctor told me I had to go to rehab.” “Why hasn’t my doctor offered rehab?” “What is rehab, and will it help me?” These are some of the things...

As scary as my husband’s first heart attack was, his second has left lasting anxiety. We had lived together for almost four years at this point, and he was in...

Yes, yes we all know by now - smoking is not good for you. It’s sure a change in perspective from the 1930s to 1950s when doctors actually recommended smoking...