I had a 23 per cent blockage in my micro-arteries. At first the doctors thought I needed a heart transplant, then they said I have microvascular angina, which means I will be on medication for the rest of my life.
I want the public to know the truth, not every condition affecting the heart comes from a blockage.
Certain of misfire, my heart threatens to stop.
Fans with heart problems have to be careful!
I am a doctor. I have long experience with heart disease.
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women.
If I wasn't dead already, I'd said I was having a heart attack.
The public needs to know - they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.
Any kind of blockage is heart disease; when you have a blood clot anywhere, that's heart disease. When Wilt Chamberlain died, strongest man I ever met in my life, I started paying attention.
When you have heart disease, you start to be tired of everything. It's like getting older. You become more white, and after that, grey. You have no feeling for anything.
My heart may be black but it was still capable of heart failure.
I have both sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation, which are both debilitating conditions.
