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A Woman's Guide to Living Well With Heart Disease
Da Capo Press
March 2007
On Sale: March 12, 2007
263 pages ISBN: 0738210935 EAN: 9780738210933 Hardcover
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For the more than
eight million women dealing with the emotional impact of
heart disease,
empowering guidance on how to live with renewed confidence
and hope. After undergoing emergency bypass surgery at age forty-two,
Kathy
Kastan found her world shifting in unexpected ways.
Everything--her
sense of well being, her relationships, her daily routine,
even her
body image--seemed to change. Doctors could help her recover
physically, but she had to find new ways to recover
emotionally and
re-create a happy, healthy life. The first book
written for women dealing with the emotional repercussions
of heart disease, From the Heart
will guide women forward with optimism and courage,
addressing such
questions as: How do you regain a strong self-image? Grapple
with your
fears? Talk to the people you love about your illness? And
learn to
trust your body again? Combining Kastan's personal
experience and
expertise as a therapist with stories from scores of other
women with
heart disease, this invaluable resource will help women
reduce stress,
give up hard-to- break habits, adapt to new lifestyles--and
thrive
again.
About the Author Kathy Kastan, L.C.S.W.,
M.A.Ed., is the President of WomenHeart: The National
Coalition for
Women with Heart Disease, as well as the Chairman of Southeast
Affiliate of the American Heart Association. A licensed
certified
social worker, she lives in Cordova, Tennessee, with her
husband and
three sons.
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