Life by the Numbers: A Personal FH Journey
What is the impact of early diagnosis and appropriate treatment on disease management and longevity for individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) over the course of 45 years? I answered [...]
Lp(a) and My Family’s History of Heart Disease
Four years ago, when I was out on my daily four-mile walk, I had a very strange sensation, come over my chest and neck. It only lasted a few [...]
Four Year Anniversary
Blog Post from My Journey with Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Heart Disease In some ways, 4 years seems like yesterday. And in most of others, the past 4 years since my [...]
The “En Garde” Life of an FH Patient
Blog Post from My Journey with Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Heart Disease Happy New Year to all and here’s to much health, first. Here’s to everything else, second! If you [...]
2019 – Another Year of Advocacy
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 [...]
The Stroke Family
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 [...]
Long Time, No Write…
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 [...]
FH Community in Action
the Family Heart Foundation is a true partnership of individuals and families impacted by FH, and the healthcare professionals who diagnose and treat FH. Together, we are raising awareness of [...]
Understanding Cholesterol Numbers – Family Heart
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 [...]
“FH Is a Pain in the Butt. Literally.”
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 [...]
