Go Red for Women's Heart Health

Sorry this post is late, it has been a crazy month for us. Last Friday was Go Red for Women's Heart Health, so I hope everyone wore red. All month long will be Go Red month, so take time to think about this important issue. Heart Disease is the NUMBER 1 killer of women, not cancer. But it has always been thought of as a man's disease. This was never more clear to me than a few years ago when my grandmother had a heart attack. It came completely out of the blue to everyone, coming almost 20 years after my grandfather's heart attack. She had initially went in because she thought she was having a heart attack. She had not had one but there was severe blockage and ended up having a bypass, CABG x5. Unfortunately, it did not take and a week later she had a heart attack. They could not do anything surgically because she had just had the bypass. It was a hard month for all of us. No one likes to wait and see. But we were lucky and my grandmother is still with us. So this month make a few changes in your life for heart health and remember to Go Red!