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I know I said on Canada Day that I wasn’t going to post again, but I was just chatting with a really cool friend of mine (seriously, if you met her you would agree) and she said it would be worth talking about how, once you’re a heart patient, you’re a heart patient forever. It’s…
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If you know me in life you’ve probably read this post already. But don’t worry, I won’t post this story again after this one. Eleven years ago today I was in the hospital recovering from open heart surgery #2. That morning I was visiting with my friend Dan and, I can’t remember the exact catalyst…
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Has anybody ever seen the movie “Frida”? If you haven’t, it’s an incredible biopic about Frida Kahlo starring (and produced by) the glorious Salma Hayek. If you’ve never seen it and you’re not familiar with the life of Frida Kahlo, well… there’s a lot to cover, but I’ll limit my recap to the following points…
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There’s a lot of things you have to do before surgery. Your doctors will have a bunch of appointments for you, you’ll have to meal prep for when you get back home again, if you live alone you’ll have to arrange for someone to collect your mail for you, and feed your pets and water…
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A couple of weeks ago I talked about how, just before my last surgery I was completely over having heart surgeries, and how I grilled my surgeon on the phone beforehand looking for some sort of reassurance. I talked about how I asked him a bunch of questions but I couldn’t remember what they all…
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Maybe you have a heart surgery coming up. Maybe you also live alone. Or maybe you live with others but you don’t like their cooking. Or maybe you like their cooking but it’s not heart healthy. Or maybe it’s even just a little rich sometimes. You are not alone, and I have some advice for…
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A Post About Stupid Feelings I think we can all agree that there are some things that are easy math. Baby animals = adorable. Stepping on a cactus with bare feet = ouchie. Your favourite dessert = yay! Generally speaking, though, the math we’re presented with is not usually that simple. Especially as we get…
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As promised, below is the interdimensional tree house monologue I wrote after the staph infection incident I wrote about last week: Okay so you know what the thing is? The thing is that keeping stuff just packed in to your heart without getting rid of it all now and then gives you problems. All that…
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Installment 4: The Time My Boobs Tried To Kill Me I have, in years past (certainly not recently) been complimented on my boobs. I think most women have at one time or another, often in disgusting ways. I have posted a photo on this blog suggesting at the mess my boobs have become, but they…
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Maybe what I’m about to tell you might sound like Pollyanna nonsense, but I want you to know that laughing is really important at a time like this. And I don’t just mean because it’s that or cry. I mean it actually really helps you. There are tons of articles about this phenomenon. You can…
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A patient-to-patient support group for people with heart troubles.
