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Book about heart failure
Posted by brianomaracroft • 29 days ago • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: antibodies, book, heart failure, recovery, transplant
My wife and I have started to write a book about her heart failure, experience of being listed for transplant and unexpected but gradual recovery. I have also maintained a blog about her for several years. Can anyone recommend other good against-the-odds blogs on similar issues?
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I have not come across any blogs about heart failure, but quite a few on other health issues.-
I suspect they may be few and far between...my wife was 43 when she had her heart attack, which is atypical. Hmmm...
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I am no stranger to atypical medical things, the mumborg has seen to that. So it is a good thing to be writing about your wife, as I am sure it will help someone.
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It was incredibly helpful in keeping people informed about her condition without having to spend time on the phone that I needed to keep free for her needs. It just mushroomed from there.
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Yes that is how I started writing about the mumborg, why a million phone calls or texts, when a blog post will do
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Kind of off topic, but still on topic.
In recent years there have been more and more women in their 40's having heart attacks.-
And the scariest part of it is that when it's men, it's taken seriously. With women, paramedics often presume (as they did with my wife) that it's a panic attack. Truly frightening.
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Yes, but that is changing. The new curriculum for (most) EMT's include women as at risk as well. It's just a slow process to get everyone on the same page
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Let's hope...the fact we were less than 5 mins from the hospital made a lot of difference.
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Wow - 43!!! Did she wind up not needing the transplant?-
Nobody can really explain why, but no, at least for now. She recovered to near-normal. She'll likely have more problems in the future but, for now, she's pretty much golden.
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Glad to hear it.
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Thanks. She's a fighter. She has a sister who's dying of cancer that metastisized from her breast to her spine. Tough...the whole lot of them.
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wow that's too bad!
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Thanks...she's one of my pals. She's eight years older than me, but I call her Kiddo.
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The human body is an absolutely fantastic thing. Especially when one considers how we abuse it! I hope your wife continues to heal. -
I really think she will. Not to sound too maudlin, but we're hoping her sister has a turn for the better soon, too. We were told by Patty's doctor once not to be "stupidly optimistic." But with Kiddo, we can at least be "foolishly hopeful." Thanks.
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Your wife's sister can't be that old either!! Cancer is such a terrible thing!
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She's 49.
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Hi Brian--what an amazing story. I finished writing my book a few months ago and I am now working with professional editor through my agent. Good luck with the writing of your book and if you have any questions, I am happy to tell you what I've learned. I was lucky enough to have a friend who is a published author who introduced me to his agent.
Best of luck to you and your wife.-
Thank you. Patty and I have actually written about 25% of a book about her experience. The agent who sold my book is shopping it around now. It's a wonderful story. We keep running into the bane of most non-fiction writers' existence...no established writer's platform in the genre. We shall see...
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