Jennifer had to travel long distances for tests and follow-up until services became available closer to home.
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And I felt fortunate that that doctor was actually in my hometown. Because in the testing I had done earlier, I had to travel four hours to Vancouver and see a couple of doctors there and I had to return to get a biopsy and return to get a nuclear test that are not available in my hometown.
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- Access – JenniferJennifer had to travel long distances for tests and follow-up until services became available closer to home.
- Self-care – Maintaining Your Own Well-being – JenniferJennifer describes the benefits of volunteering and advocating for other women with heart disease.
- Mental Health & Emotional Support – JenniferJennifer's children did not want to be away from her, in case something happened.
- Finding Information & Cardiac Rehab – JenniferJennifer talks about how rehab could be improved for younger women.
- Finding Information & Cardiac Rehab – JenniferJennifer needs more information about why.
- Reflections on Identity, Life and Death – JenniferJennifer found volunteering gave her a new sense of purpose.
- Reflections on Identity, Life and Death – JenniferJennifer's life perspective changed following a stroke and heart failure.
- Diagnosis – JenniferJennifer's heart condition was found following a stroke.
- Backstories – JenniferJennifer describes the day she had a stroke.
- Early Symptoms – JenniferJennifer describes her experience having a stroke and finding out afterward that she had heart failure.