For women living with heart disease
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by Carolyn Thomas ♥ Heart Sisters (on Blue Sky) Crying is a natural and effective way to relieve stress by releasing stress hormones like cortisol, triggering feel-good endorphins and oxytocin, activating the body’s calming parasympathetic nervous system, and helping to restore emotional balance, leading to a sense of relief and improved mood. It acts as … Continue reading A patient’s dilemma: to…
I'm starting to recognize what "normal" might feel like again one day.
Life is not a competition to live the longest - despite what tiresome "experts" peddling extreme longevity say.
I'm not a physician, but even I knew that left arm pain is not a sign of indigestion...
A computer screen, an internet connection, and a Mayo Clinic link can get me credible patient info without any of the niggly accuracy issues of current AI.
I've been thinking, writing and speaking about women's heart issues since 2008 - right up until I was diagnosed with a scary NEW medical crisis this year.
I'm not alone among patients who prefer to avoid the frozen food aisle.
by Carolyn Thomas ♥ Heart Sisters (on Blue Sky) A study published by Swiss researchers suggests that a culture of kindness in health care has a positive impact on healthcare organizations, healthcare staff, and – best of all! – patients.(1) If we’re very lucky, many of us already know those benefits because of our … Continue reading Small kindness – big impact
The focus of cancer treatment has always been to increase overall survival - but is quality of life even more important than length of life?
"There's a big difference between a nurse speaking to a patient vs speaking to anybody else, and it starts with identifying which person has skin in the game. One of the two people in our phone conversation doesn't have breast cancer, is not overwhelmed by chemotherapy side effects and has no plans to have her right breast cut off..." "So that person by default is the one who gets to do the most…
