Open Heart

When Open-Heart Surgery Becomes Your Best Option

Chris Palmer, Christina Palmer

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Bethesda Communications Group
27 July 2021

Public health & preventive medicine; Medical screening; Cardiothoracic surgery

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Author and filmmaker Chris Palmer takes readers on an intimate and enlightening journey into what it's really like to have open-heart surgery. His daughter Christina Palmer, M.D., shares her own medical insight into the family experience. Together, they have written a first-person guide that will help anyone going through a similar situation, including how to avoid their mistakes.

While facing open-heart surgery is scary, preparation can help you and your family members cope with the pain, anxiety, and frustration involved. With that goal in mind, the authors share valuable insight into how to be as ready as you can be for the day of surgery as well as the recovery. They also address the myth that a healthy diet and exercise can eliminate the need for cardiac surgery. In Palmer's case, that was not the case: Despite years of healthy living, he still had to go through this invasive operation.

Full of hope and inspiration, Open Heart gives readers the guidance they need to feel as prepared as possible. Peppered with the author's own cartoons and photos, it also provides much-needed comic relief for an inevitably stressful situation.

By: Chris Palmer, Christina Palmer
Imprint: Bethesda Communications Group
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 163g
ISBN: 9781735772998
ISBN 10: 1735772992
Pages: 82
Publication Date: 27 July 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active