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Open, Full and Imperfect: What You Must Know About Your Heart
   
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No-Holds-Barred Conversation With Dan Lok - Part 1
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Question: If you were starting out and had no references or a substantial resume, how would you go about finding paying customers for your services?
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Last Friday was National Wear Red Day, an intentional
opportunity to wear a red dress as a symbol of awareness of the
fact that heart disease is the number one killer of women in
America.
I didnt wear a red dress, but I did get my very first
electrocardiogram.
I wish I could say that I had planned it that way.
The truth is that I was experiencing chest pain, a terrible
squeezing sensation in my left shoulder and left arm, and an
alarming tingling running up my neck. I headed into Urgent Care.
The next few days brought a series of tests involving all kinds
of electrodes, ultrasounds, and my personal favorite, running on
the treadmill. Im still waiting for the results.
Im a 43-year-old woman, fit and active, with low blood
pressure, a stupendously healthy diet, and zero history of
cardiac problems in my family. Ive never smoked, I drink a
small glass of wine most evenings, I have low cholesterol, and
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pressed to find a woman with a lower degree of risk for any kind
of heart disease. Yet, here I am, hanging out in the
cardiologists office with a bunch of 75-year-olds.
My doctor is my stepfathers cardiologist. I know hes good
because he has done about a dozen surgeries and procedures to
keep my stepfather alive and kicking over the last 20 years. Dr.
Toren is a great guy. Still, I never quite imagined I would need
to visit him myself.
Its been rather disconcerting, to say the least.
But its also given me an opportunity to think about my heart in
a whole new way. I am appreciating this fantastic organ and its
ability to beat over a billion times in an average lifetime
without (much) assistance.
Like most healthy people, Ive taken it for granted. Ive
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when it decided to poundmiddle school crush walking past me,
parachute not opening fully while skydiving, snatching children
out of harms waydid I ever really pay attention to it.
Poor heart. So unappreciated.
Not anymore. In the last few days, I have felt every beat of my
heart. I note the blood coursing through my arteries with every
pulse. Becoming hyperaware of my hearts magnificence has
resulted in an indescribable sense of awe. Ive been greatly
humbled.
Id always sort of figured that I was in control of my body.
Ive been certified as a personal fitness trainer, and I know a
lot about how to change your shape or size or strength through
exercise. Ive been healthy enough to actually think that I was
the one in charge. How ridiculous of me to believe that my body
will do exactly what I want it to. Its been running the show
since before I was born.
Anyone suffering from any kind of illness, injury or decreased
ability already knows this. I am guilty of ignoring my body on
the most important levelrecognizing its power over me. In my
continuing effort to connect body, mind and spirit, Ive
forgotten that the three dont always share equal billing.
Empedocles, a philosopher and scientist who lived in Sicily in
the 400s BC, was the first to state in any sort of medical way
that the heart was the origin of human emotions. I guess were
supposed to believe, based on current research, that this is
completely inaccurate. Our emotions are actually connected to
our brains.
But really, it just isnt as satisfying to think of love as
being a head thing. Our hearts seem more poetic, more romantic,
more likely to be swept away by the sheer force of nature that
is love. We understand what it means and how it feels to be
brokenhearted. We feel an ache in our hearts in quite a literal
way. A headache is nothing like a heartache.
We use a lot of language that calls attention to this link
between our hearts and all that is good, true, beautiful, and
just. Whether were listening to our heart, opening our heart,
connecting to our heart, trusting our heart, or simply living to
our hearts content, we regard it as the seat of the soul and
the source of tremendous compassion and tenderness.
Women are supposed to have a pretty good handle on all this, and
thats why I believe that we havent really considered women as
being susceptible to heart disease. Were great at picking up on
the importance of being aware of breast cancer, but when it
comes to the heart, we want to believe that we are somehow
protected from what we have come to think of as the stressed-out
mans disease. Or the fat persons disease. Or the
dont-pay-any-attention-to-your-health disease. We hope that by
simply being aware of our emotions, our habits and their effect
on our bodies that were somehow immune.
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I guess what Im trying to say is this: if you have a heart,
then you are at risk. Its that simple. Its terribly important
to do all the right things, but even then, youve still got this
ticker that needs tending. You need to know your risks, and you
know to know how to reduce them.
Im not sure what Im going to learn about my heart when all is
said and done, but Ive already learned an extremely valuable
lesson. My heart may be open, it may be full of love, but that
doesnt mean its perfect.
Im hoping for some seriously good news for Valentines Day this
year. Ill be waiting, and wearing red.
About the author:
Maya Talisman Frost is a mind masseuse. Her work has inspired
thinkers in over 80 countries around the world. She serves up a
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