Blog Post from My Journey with Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Heart Disease
Having a more-or-less terminal disease (isn’t life one, too?) makes you appreciate every new day that lies in front of you. From the first breath you take when your eyes peel open and you look at the window … Read More
Blog Post from My Journey with Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Heart Disease
How FH Has Affected Four Generations of Our Family
When some people are first diagnosed with FH, they have a hard time believing that they must be on medication to ensure protection of their arteries. There are folks … Read More
Blog Post from My Journey with Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Heart Disease
How in the blue blazes has it come to be December already?? I cannot believe that my last blog was in July! We were eating peaches and getting our skin scorched in the sun and now, we’re watching the Christmas tree … Read More
Blog Post from My Journey with Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Heart Disease
Although my cardiologist will tell you that I know more about cholesterol than he does, this is truly not a rhetorical question. I am really looking for the answer to it.
After 36 years of watching these numbers, … Read More
We are excited to see much more coverage of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) in the news and social media. Recently, Grey Genetics featured Fran Emmolo Gamella on their podcast Patient Stories. Fran shared how she only understood her diagnosis of FH after a heart attack at 31. Unfortunately, it’s … Read More
Blog Post from My Journey with Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Heart Disease
The title needed quotation marks because it was suggested by my husband after my latest appointment with my cardiologist. I hope after reading this post you will concur with its appropriateness.
As we all know, managing … Read More
Blog Post from My Journey with Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Heart Disease
A few weeks ago something really bizarre happened. On a Wednesday afternoon, my husband and I went for our usual bi-weekly or so walk in our neighborhood. We have what I call a “kick-a$$” (for me) hill right outside … Read More
Blog Post from My Journey with Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Heart Disease
“Up and at’em!” – is what my surgeon said to me the day I came out of ICU, two days after my surgery. Three years ago tonight I came out of my open heart surgery with a new mechanical aortic valve, a new … Read More
Blog Post from My Journey with Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Heart Disease
I follow a number of forums and pages dedicated to FH and heart disease. Let me just say first that I am grateful that they exist. Back when I started this blog, there was no information out there about our disease and … Read More
Blog Post from My Journey with Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Heart Disease
It’s been a while since we chatted. Life seems to have sped up there for the past few months. I guess it’s good when you make plans but even better when you get to carry them out. But delay no longer.
I … Read More