What a roller coaster life has been. From my first symptoms at thirteen during a cross-country ski race to a heart transplant decades later, my journey with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has been one of resilience, advocacy, and fighting to be heard.
When Nancy Hansen was diagnosed with genetic high cholesterol at 19, she couldn't have known the journey ahead. After her father's early death from heart disease…
I was 20 years old when I experienced heart failure due to severe dilated cardiomyopathy. One week I felt okay for the most part; the next, I had all the…
For Bonnie, the heart has always been a source of fascination. Drawn to fitness and inspired by the incredible complexity of the human heart the way its four…
I was born with a congenital heart disease called Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (HOCM). My mother had it, and so did her mother — my grandma…
