QUESTION ?
Do you think , people, family or even doctors understand a heart attack ? If they have never had one.........
PERSONALLY NO...... AND NO.........you can have some or all of the signs and even some that are not even known BUT for them to REALLY know understand a heart attack... I think they would have to live thru one and survive and then say they understand, how it feels or even better yet how YOU FEEL.... this came to my attention bc my neighbors sister had massive heart attack and emergent open heart surgery like i did and she is feeling lost and confused, and the WHY ME is coming out every day..... I have not been to see her yet bc my eye is still bad and I know better then to go near her,with maybe an infection, BUT once I can I will be over there to talk with her , listen to her and tell her she is not alone.... and I have known her for 11 years so it hits really close to home for me..but when my neighbor called me and ask me " how can I be there for my sister, how can I help her I have never had what she had and all..... I said JUST LISTEN......... ........
MONICA
I sit here and think, ( what have I learned from my heart disease in the last 13 1/2 years surviving it )
I have learned to listen to my body, and know that I can survive this disease and what ever else is handed to me , because I am a strong woman, that has plans and nothing not even heart disease will stand in my way of what I want to do with my life
I have met some pretty awesome ,loving , caring heart sisters along the way, and we have shared, cried , laughed and even hugged on this journey !!
They gave me 1 to 2 years to live when I started my heart journey. and at first I did everything to prepare myself and my family for me not being here for them. BUT then I said NO
this was my life first, and I am taking back what was mine, I will learn what I have to . with this heart disease and RUN with it for as long as I can with the ones I love and cherish...
I hope that in the past 2 years of starting heart2heart and shared hearts, I have some how HELPED others on this heart journey.
I dont have answers , only life living with this disease and can share and even learn from others surviving this disease.
one thing for sure...this disease has ahold of my heart, and slowly taking me away BUT while I am here and BREATHING I have ahold of my life and how I want to live it while I am here to do so.
When I hear my test results and what can be and will be I take and say OK
now onto living and loving and what will come, will come no matter what I do or what I dont do......so I say ENJOY LIFE and LIVE each day to the fullest
I will say my biggest fear, is not that this disease will take me away from the ones I love and cherish BUT what it will do to them when I am no longer here, and I hope and pray that, they seen how I enjoyed each day with them , loved them cherished them and did all I could to be here to watch the memories of their life..... and spread the love, the life and the care of knowing that their wife,mother and grandmother. was all she could be , while she could be and then some.
far from being perfect, but I MONICA and I enjoy my life and cherish those that are in it with me and on this journey with me..
thoughts and prayers for all who read my thoughts and I pray that some how you take your journey and RUN with it and enjoy LIFE and LIVE it.. for its your life not the heart disease...........
knowledge is power
one footstep one heartbeat
together we are heart2heart
Monica ( creator) of heart2heart
heart disease .........
how can you define it. or can you ?
do you let it define you ?
or do you define it ?
surviving heart disease , is a every day struggle and life, you take each day you are given and run for as long as you can, while you can. if you sit back and let it take control of your body, your mind and your heart
then it wins..............
I am 13 1/2 year heart disease SURVIVOR ♥
and I had plans long before heart disease grabbed me and my family back in 1999
and I intend to do my PLANS........
so live life, enjoy life
and LIVE
knowledge is power
one footstep one heartbeat
together we are ♥ 2 ♥
thanks to ♥ sister Tammy for this and sharing for all
Not a single human being is the same today as they were yesterday. This is not a symptom of trauma.
Yet many who have suffered trauma struggle daily to be who they were before these life altering experiences happened.
These are unrealistic expectations under the most normal of circumstances and ptsd is a natural human response to a markedly Extreme <- life experience.
Often this super human expectation we have of ourselves is because of unrealistic expectations put on us by others.
Be kind to yourselves, and if you find yourself in this thought pattern of guilt in respect to not meeting expectations, remind yourself of the fact that the most evolved and best days are ahead of you not behind.
Healing takes time, and wisdom comes with every obstacle you are overcoming.
You were made for greatness and you have it within and out of you to accomplish Incredible things.
Your life has amazing purpose, your voice matters, your story counts.
Your journey is a gift, don't let anyone including yourself make you believe otherwise.
Wounds Into Wisdom - You are not alone and you were given this life because you are strong enough to live it ♥
the power is knowing your risk for heart disease , stroke and heart attacks
and the knowledge of sharing with others to help and maybe save someones life in the event of such
please check us out on facebook at
www.facebook.com/heart2heartsisters
and like our page
we have a private group as well for women surviving heart disease called heart2heart and a brother/sister group called shared hearts , for women, men and care takers of survivors of heart disease
lots of helpful information , with some laughter mixed in for your heart
heart disease effects the WHOLE FAMILY....... not only the survivor
and living with heart disease SUX, but you can survive it
ENJOY LIFE ( YOUR LIFE) ENJOY YOUR FAMILY. ENJOY LOVING AND CARING FOR ANOTHER AND SHARE YOUR LOVE , YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND YOUR HEART JOURNEY !!!!
LIVE AND LOVE
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
ONE FOOTSTEP ONE HEARTBEAT
TOGETHER WE ARE HEART2HEART
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