Can you prevent a heart attack? It’s a complex question to answer. Coronary heart disease is largely hereditary. Many factors related to coronary heart disease can be “managed” to minimize the possibility of a heart…
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Taking time for myself 2005 (D) 2006 (C) 2007 (c)
Taking time for yourself and lowering stress are pretty tightly coupled for me. The goals for each are almost identical. Again, I could almost post the same entry for this year as I did last…
Lower Stress Level 2005 (C) 2006 (B) 2007 (B-)
I clearly have not met my 2007 goal related to stress. I have barely had a free weeknight in months. That’s why I gave myself a slightly worse score this year. My goal for the…
Regular Aerobic Exercise 2005 (F) 2006 (D) 2007 (F)
This is the worst of my scores, and the area that I am least proud of. I could almost post the same text this year as I did a year ago. I made no improvement…
Heart Friendly Diet 2005 (F) 2006 (B) 2007 (B+)
Today is the 2nd anniversary of my triple bypass. Diet is one of the most important things that a person with cardiac heart disease has directly under his/her control. Below is my goal from 2006…
Heart Health Report Card for 2007
This weekend is the second anniversary of heart attack and the beginning of my 17 day hospital stay that included a triple bypass. One of the things I was determined to do was change my…