by Sallie Crawley | Oct 2, 2018 | Healthy Heart Living & Risk Reduction, Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help
Is there ever a good time to quit smoking? It’s either too close to Christmas, a birthday or some kind of celebration. You’re too stressed, got too much going on or you need it to relax. Sometimes you find yourself saying to yourself there is always...
by Sallie Crawley | Dec 11, 2017 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health
After a heart attack or heart surgery, you can feel sad and find it hard to feel happy. No matter how much you want to have positive thoughts. No matter how many times you remind yourself (and others) to stop focusing on the negative. It is never as easy as it seems....
by Sallie Crawley | Nov 27, 2017 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Relationships, Family, Carers & Intimacy
After a heart attack, heart surgery or a cardiac event when you come out of hospital it isn’t the fix that most people would think. You can help! It’s only the beginning of a long road back to recovery. Both the survivors and their loved ones need support and...
by Sallie Crawley | Jun 18, 2017 | Healthy Heart Living & Risk Reduction, Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
A silent killer, an invisible disease! High blood pressure is silent as there are no obvious symptoms and often you aren’t aware that you have it as there are no particular symptoms. It isn’t until damage starts to happen that it is noticed, although luckily nowadays...
by Sallie Crawley | Jun 12, 2017 | Healthy Heart Living & Risk Reduction, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Stories & Inspiration, Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
Women are notoriously bad at noticing that they are having a heart attack We have a tendency to just tough it out. In my case you could have knocked me down with a feather, it just couldn’t happen to me. I thought I was invincible and immortal! My (disguised) surprise...
