Heartmates

Heartmates
RACHAEL FREED
352 Pages
6 X 9
3rd Edition Completely Revised 2002
Price: $18.95 Softcover
ISBN: 1-57749-121-1
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Heartmates¨ affords cardiac spouses and families the opportunity to heal their relationships and their souls. Written by cardiac spouse and clinical social worker, Rachael Freed, Heartmates¨ provides support for families as they struggle to define a "new normal" after the onset of heart disease.

Stories of real life heartmates and cardiac families along with practical suggestions give families the tools they need to:

Relieve Fear and Anxiety
Overcome Guilt and Anger
Find Outlets for Support
Accept Uncertainty
Recover Humor and Hope

Includes a special chapter for the male cardiac spouse, tips on travel, strategies for developing optimism, a glossary of medical terms, and an expanded index!

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What readers are saying about Heartmates...

Your book was a wonderful resource and support...on a personal level, like having a friend who just worries about me! Next to the three foot high stack of heart books (technically oriented) sits the one-inch thick book Heartmates¨ -- they are equal in importance to my eye! -- my husband is reading your book now to help him see our life from the cardiac spouse point of view -- a double blessing! Sylvia Simpson, Cardiac Spouse -- Simsboro, Louisiana

Nine years ago...they wished us good luck and we came home. I went through all the emotions described in your book from the grief over his loss of health to despair as he went through depression...but I had to get through it all by 'the seat of my pants' ...with no one to compare notes with or to talk to. I am so glad someone wrote a book about what it's like so no one will feel so alone. I am purchasing a copy to put in our church library for other spouses who need support. Elizabeth Wyatt, Cardiac Spouse -- Excelsior Springs, Missouri

We farm 800 acres and farrow to finish 1200 hogs a year...I could relate to every word in your book. So many of the thoughts and anger and frustration I had, I thought were just me and it was comforting to know everyone has them. I not only had him critically ill in the hospital, but I had to oversee the farm and livestock work to keep the farming going...Your book has been a great help to me. Thanks for writing it. Sandra Spinler, Cardiac Spouse -- Morristown, Minnesota

I have read and reread this book, and it has been of great value and comfort to me...I am a graduate social worker and a counselor...at the battered woman shelter, and find it difficult to understand why I have such problems dealing with this. Carolyn K. Young, Cardiac Spouse -- Dayton, Ohio

Your book is so perceptive that I referred to it on many occasions, and it has always helped me. Esther Blumenthal, Cardiac Spouse -- Chicago, Illinois

We have your book and found it very comforting as well as enlightening. I even sent a copy to my mother another 'Heartmate' (my father had bypass surgery two months ago). Suzanne Baizerman, Cardiac Spouse & Cardiac Kid -- St. Paul, Minnesota

Your book was a great source of reassurance and comfort, knowing that what I was feeling and what we were experiencing as a couple was not unique, and that things would become less painful. We are adjusting pretty well, trying to give ourselves the time that we both need. We are hopeful about having a child, openly discussing our fears and our dreams together. Robin Moses, Cardiac Spouse -- Langhorne, Pennsylvania

heart arrow with streamers I am writing to tell you that you have probably saved my life...and I will be eternally grateful to you....My husband had a major heart attack five years ago....I realized that I have recovered. FINALLY, someone understood and I was not going crazy!! You have no idea the relief that it brought. I cried and cried and it was the first real cry in five years and it was for ME. Finally I am allowed to have a life. I am allowed to be angry, etc. But most important, I AM NORMAL! WHAT A CHANGE THE BOOK HAS MADE IN MY LIFE. Marjorie G. Fowle, Cardiac Spouse -- Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada

Seven months ago when my husband suffered his first heart attack, I felt a sense of 'aloneness' as never before in my life. Your book, Heartmates¨, helped explain what was happening to me, it gave me permission and opportunity to cry and feel some grief about what was occurring, and encouraged me to remember that I was still important enough to think about....Friends and relatives, while meaning only the best, simply don't understand the needs of a spouse going through this experience. Susan Melcer, Cardiac Spouse -- Shoken, New York

I don't usually read self-help books...I need someone to talk to, someone to be here with me...I'll read as much as I can, but I don't think this is the answer. To my delight and surprise, I couldn't put it down. It was easy to read and I thoroughly believed the book was written for me, and I had a sense of community with all others who had been there before me. Heartmates¨ was like a guardian angel sent to me at a critical time for me and my family.
Jan Gibbs, Cardiac Spouse -- Mill Valley, California

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