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<\/p>\nFebruary is Heart Month!\u00a0 Most of us focus on the love part.\u00a0 I am going to switch it up and focus on the health part.\u00a0 It is the perfect time to learn about your risk for heart disease and the steps you can take to be healthy.\u00a0 The perfect time to love your heart to health!<\/p>\n
This has become extremely important to me as my husband Steve had several heart attacks in November.\u00a0 We felt blind sighted. He eats healthy and works out most days.\u00a0 Steve feels and looks healthy and goes to the doctor annually for checkups.\u00a0 We were hiking daily in the hills of Sausalito two months prior to his heart attacks.\u00a0 He felt great.\u00a0 Everything seemed to be good.\u00a0 We were utterly shocked when we found out that what we thought was indigestion was really a heart attack.<\/p>\n
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We feel very blessed that he survived.\u00a0 The surgeons performed an Angioplasty resulting in placing two stents and opening other areas.\u00a0 They refer to the 90% blockage Steve had as the Widow Maker.<\/p>\n
We are so appreciative that several of my clients and colleagues suggested we read \u201cBeat the Heart Attack Gene by Bradley Bale, MN and Amy Doneen, ARNP, https:\/\/beattheheartattackgene.com\/<\/a>. Reading the book has created a much better understanding of heart disease.\u00a0 I followed up with reading \u201cMayo Clinic Healthy Heart for Life!\u201d. which supports the same information. The standard of care is geared to treat end stage disease.\u00a0 Who wants to wait until end stage? Instead, \u201cBeat the Heart Attack Gene\u201d focuses on prevention and what causes heart disease.<\/p>\n