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Join Me At My New Site

I am so profoundly touched at the continued support,  and the number of visits that this blog has, and is enjoying. You …amaze me!  And although i will no longer be posting in this blog, I will… more →

Death: living to talk about it

Design a beautiful day today — 7 comments

Carolyn Thomas wrote 5 days ago: by Carolyn Thomas  ♥ @HeartSisters Regular readers will already know that I’m a fan of Dr. Mar … more →

Tags: Dr. Martin Seligman, Dr. Peter Ubel, mental health and heart disease, Positive Psychology

News flash: care improves when doctors consider the whole person — 4 comments

Carolyn Thomas wrote 1 week ago: by Carolyn Thomas  ♥ @HeartSisters When I worked in hospice palliative care, I remember being gobsma … more →

Tags: Health Care 2, contextual errors, contextualized care plan, Doctor Patient Communication, Dr Harvey Chochinov, Dr. Saul Weiner, Dr. Victor Montori, Patient Dignity Question, patient-centered care

Join Me At My New Site

brha99 wrote 1 week ago: I am so profoundly touched at the continued support,  and the number of visits that this blog has, a … more →

Tags: My story part II, Death and Living, Life, Surviving a heart attack, COPD, dvt, Hospice, HOPE, heart transplant

When heart patients meet the Black Swan — 14 comments

Carolyn Thomas wrote 4 weeks ago: by Carolyn Thomas  ♥ @HeartSisters I have a little ritual as soon as I board the ferry from my islan … more →

Tags: women and heart attacks, surviving heart attack, black swan, Kaja Perina, Brooke Lea Foster, Chris Anderson, heart disease diagnosis

When doctors use words that hurt — 21 comments

Carolyn Thomas wrote 1 month ago: by Carolyn Thomas  ♥ @HeartSisters Consider hearing the scary diagnosis of “heart failure … more →

Tags: Health Care 2, Doctor Patient Communication, Dr. Bernard Lown, Heart Failure, iatrogenic harm, widow maker heart attack, wplongform

'Healthy Privilege' - when you just can't imagine being sick — 25 comments

Carolyn Thomas wrote 1 month ago: by Carolyn Thomas   ♥  @HeartSisters Have you had the experience of knowing something intuitively, b … more →

Tags: Dr. Ann Becker-Schutte, Dr. Victor Montori, healthy privilege, Quantified Self, self tracking, Stanford Medicine X, worried well, wplongform

The Waiting is the Hardest Part

heart disease stress wrote 1 month ago: As I write this my husband is waiting for a family member to come out of the cardiac cath lab from a … more →

Tags: coping with heart disease, health, Heart Disease, heart disease stress on families

Beginning and End

heart disease stress wrote 1 month ago: Tonight I am packing my husband off for a short trip and also thinking of a friend. Both a family me … more →

Tags: coping with heart disease, health, Heart Disease, Heart Disease Stress

Patient engagement? How about doctor engagement? — 12 comments

Carolyn Thomas wrote 1 month ago: by Carolyn Thomas  ♥ @HeartSisters It’s a stressful time to be a patient these days, what with … more →

Tags: Health Care 2, Compliance, Doctor Patient Communication, engaged patients, epatients, Non-Compliance, Patient Engagement, wplongform

Husband Free To Good Home

heart disease stress wrote 1 month ago: This blog is about our journey with heart disease but it is also about the fact we continue to live … more →

Tags: coping with heart disease, Family, picking your battles

Here Fishie, Fishie, Fishie — 1 comment

heart disease stress wrote 1 month ago: My husband has a Type A personality and it has been a process to teach him to unwind. What I never h … more →

Tags: coping with heart disease, Recreation, Relaxation, Fishing, Laughter

Road Trip

heart disease stress wrote 1 month ago: It seems we may be taking an unexpected road trip. I have never been the kind of person to turn down … more →

Tags: coping with heart disease, vegan, The Casual Vegan, traveling with diet restrictions, happycow.net, planning a trip, traveling vegan, plant-based

What your cardiologist (should have) learned last month — 8 comments

Carolyn Thomas wrote 1 month ago: by Carolyn Thomas  ♥ @HeartSisters After a bunch of top cardiologists got together in San Francisco … more →

Tags: Cardiology 101, American College of Cardiology, Pharmaceuticals, Niacin, Medications, Beta-Blockers, CARDIAC DRUGS, Tricor, warfarin

Just not listening - or "narrative incompetence"? — 6 comments

Carolyn Thomas wrote 2 months ago: by Carolyn Thomas  ♥ @HeartSisters I’ve been reading lately about something called the patient … more →

Tags: Health Care 2, Doctor Patient Communication, Dr. Iona Heath, Dr. Jack Coulehan, Dr. Jeff Clark, Dr. Joshua Kosowsky, Dr. Leana Wen, exam room etiquette, Listening

It lasts as long as it lasts — 7 comments

Carolyn Thomas wrote 2 months ago: by Carolyn Thomas  ♥ @HeartSisters With deep calm, actor Susan Saint James said this after the tragi … more →

Tags: coping with heart disease, Grief, Loss, mental health issues after heart attack, susan saint james, Toni Bernhard

Is it the flu or the common cold? — 6 comments

Carolyn Thomas wrote 2 months ago: by Carolyn Thomas   ♥  @HeartSisters I’m writing this from my deathbed. Well, okay, maybe not … more →

Tags: Dr. Sheldon Sheps, head cold, heart disease and common cold, heart disease and influenza, pneumonia

Technology changes that could change cardiovascular health care — 4 comments

rehabilitateyourheart wrote 2 months ago: Imagine in the future you have a heart problem for the rest of your life you will most likely need   … more →

Tags: recovery from heart disease, Cardiovascular, heart conditions, Financial, Health Care Costs, health care delivery, monitoring, home health products, chronic disease management costs

Why "NO" is a complete sentence — 17 comments

Carolyn Thomas wrote 2 months ago: by Carolyn Thomas  ♥ @HeartSisters With apologies to Nike, I’d like you to consider this new m … more →

Tags: saying no, Peter Bregman

Living with the "burden of treatment" — 7 comments

Carolyn Thomas wrote 3 months ago: by Carolyn Thomas  ♥ @HeartSisters Dr. Victor Montori of Mayo Clinic describes two types of patients … more →

Tags: Non-Compliance, Dr. Victor Montori, minimally disruptive medicine, "burden of treatment", non-adherence, wplongform


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