I'm not a doctor—and you don't need another one. Your cardiologist handles medical care. This course is your 10,000-mile road trip guide: someone who's been through heart surgery itself, sharing maps and proven strategies to handle everything better prepared. A mechanic (doctor) fixes the car; this course helps you navigate the journey more effectively.

No. It doesn’t matter which cardiac problem you have, or had, — any type of heart surgery is a major event. Creates the same stress, needs preparation, takes healing, and comes with risks and complications. Same lifestyle changes are needed. This course focuses on the longer timeline: about a year around surgery, relevant to all patients.

100%. It doesn´t matter if its your child, husband, wife, friend or parent. Usually its first time for all to be in such situation and someone needs to know what to do. If its your child, YOU will have same experience as if YOU were having an operation. Timeline, preparation, controlling emotions, restrictions, diet, exercises, chances, recovery - the more you know the better you can support.  

In most cases. This course covers year-long heart surgery preparation and recovery (physical activity, nutrition, stress management). Ask your doctor's office to review this landing page and sign your LMN (Letter of Medical Necessity stating it's helpful for your diagnosis). Submit with receipt to your HSA/FSA provider for reimbursement.

Information presented in this course is useful to any heart surgery patient or supporter, but time factor matters, too. The earlier you start, the more time you have to bring about positive change. If you are, young, strong, out of cardiac rehab already with no complications then you don´t need this anymore. But there are people freshly out of hospital, still lots of questions in their head, expecting rehab, pain, complications, supporters are worrying - then you will find those material useful.