Grandma Runs!

Category: Cardiovascular Disease

  • This Aging Body

    I am damn near 60. I hear myself saying these words in my head pretty regularly, especially when I see girls in cute outfits at school and wonder if I could wear them! I am damn near 60. I will be 59 in January, and just cannot believe that I am close to retirement age.…

  • Outrunning Family History, Part 3…A Little Update

    I feel like I have spent my summer dealing with health issues, but I have to step back and remember that I also completed my certification in Interior Design, finished my continuing education for real estate, took a fantastic trip with my husband, and had fun with family and friends. Teachers return to school in…

  • Outrunning Family History, Part 2

    Thursday morning I had my much-dreaded stress test. I don’t like when I don’t really know what to expect, so I was quite anxious as Gary and I made our way to Deaconess Heart Hospital. Let’s preface the story with a video featuring my favorite comedian, Leanne Morgan: All sense of modesty was definitely out…

  • Outrunning Family History

    It turns out, I can’t outrun family history. Fifty years ago today, June 7, 1974, my father dropped dead of a heart attack at the age of 42. I was seven years old; my sister had graduated high school the night before; and my brother had just completed eighth grade. On that day, we were…