February 28, 2024 is Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Awareness Day. As part of the effort to increase awareness, I wrote the following third person account of my experience with diagnosis and treatment to be shared with the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association. To learn more about HCM, please visit their website at 4HCM.org Dawn’s Heart Story Dawn grew upContinue reading “Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Awareness Day”
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Day is February 28
More than one million people in the U.S. today have a genetically inherited heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) which is a thickening of the heart muscle that may cause no symptoms for years – but can lead to sudden cardiac arrest at any moment. The prevalence of HCM in the population of Michigan couldContinue reading “Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Day is February 28”
Why January 6 Is Important to Me
Today’s date is more than a mere page on the calendar to me. It is a milestone. Today is the eighteenth anniversary of my first heart transplant. January 6, 2006. This time of year is always fraught with emotion for me, and a perpetual cloud hangs over the holidays no matter how hard I tryContinue reading “Why January 6 Is Important to Me”
Dawn Levitt, Author 