Carolyn Thomas was having a heart attack when an emergency room doctor diagnosed her with acid reflux and sent her home. For two weeks, she continued experiencing symptoms while attempting to live normally—all while her heart was in crisis. She tells this extraordinary story of survival, and talks about how it turned her into an advocate for women’s heart health. Also in this conversation: gender bias in cardiac care, why our awareness of heart diseases is actually worse than it used to be, and specific strategies women can use to advocate for themselves in medical settings.
My Heart Sisters blog: https://myheartsisters.org/
A Woman's Guide to Living with Heart Disease: https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/11800/womans-guide-living-heart-disease
What to listen to next: Surviving a brain aneurism - https://overlooked.simplecast.com/episodes/surviving-an-almost-fatal-brain-aneurysm-with-alicia-trujillo
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