Prioritizing Heart Health While TravelingLiving with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) hasn’t stopped me from exploring the world, but it has made me more intentional about how I travel. Over the years, I’ve learned how to...
How Heart Disease Changed the Way I EatWhen I was diagnosed with a form of heart disease called dilated cardiomyopathy, I never thought it would change the way I ate. It was a shock at first when...
Finding a New Cardiologist is DifficultLast year, I moved from Florida to Wisconsin. It was to pursue a new degree and to make a career shift. So far, I've enjoyed my experience in a new...
Prioritizing Heart Health While TravelingLiving with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) hasn’t stopped me from exploring the world, but it has made me more intentional about how I travel. Over the years, I’ve learned how to...
How Heart Disease Changed the Way I EatWhen I was diagnosed with a form of heart disease called dilated cardiomyopathy, I never thought it would change the way I ate. It was a shock at first when...
Finding a New Cardiologist is DifficultLast year, I moved from Florida to Wisconsin. It was to pursue a new degree and to make a career shift. So far, I've enjoyed my experience in a new...
Prioritizing Heart Health While TravelingLiving with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) hasn’t stopped me from exploring the world, but it has made me more intentional about how I travel. Over the years, I’ve learned how to...
How Heart Disease Changed the Way I EatWhen I was diagnosed with a form of heart disease called dilated cardiomyopathy, I never thought it would change the way I ate. It was a shock at first when...
Finding a New Cardiologist is DifficultLast year, I moved from Florida to Wisconsin. It was to pursue a new degree and to make a career shift. So far, I've enjoyed my experience in a new...
My Statin Intolerance Journey: Not Every Patient Fits the MoldSeveral years after my myocardial infarction (heart attack) in 2001, I was diagnosed with high cholesterol and had high triglycerides. My primary care doctor (PCP) put me on Lipitor for...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
5 Things I Wish I Knew Before My DiagnosisIn 2014, I was diagnosed with a form of heart disease called dilated cardiomyopathy. This is when the ventricles become enlarged and can no longer pump blood efficiently. Before the...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Featured forum What type(s) of cardiovascular disease do you live with? There are so many types of cardiovascular disease; what condition(s) brought you to our community? ...Reactions0reactionsComments53 replies
Featured story FH and AFibAll I know is that my mother had a very high total cholesterol count of over 480. I never got mine tested until later in life when I found out...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
