subject: Dealing with Immediate Reactions after Diagnosed with Heart Disease [print this page] Having a heart disease definitely raises some doubts in the mind of the patient and the people closed to him. Once you are diagnosed with heart disease, the first and foremost reaction would be a kind of shock for you and your family. A Lot of emotions is involved and it becomes difficult for your close ones to express their feelings before you. They don't even find words to say something. Let us quote an example of a couple (Len and Linda) here. Linda recalls her memories: she said that when Len was told that he needed a surgery, we walked out holding each other hand without even saying a word to each other. She wanted to comfort Len but could not able to say anything. It's all about emotions.
She continues: I might not be so frightened, if it had been any other type of surgery. She said, I walked away when Mr. Len had been admitted to hospital. It was a month of February and everyone was preparing for valentine. So many different thoughts were coming in my mind and I was so terrified about what surgeon was going to say, what had happened in the operation theater. Of course, Len was also terrified and confused about the proceedings.'
News of having a heart disease will have almost a same impact on you that you have after having a heart attack. The intensity of both the news will almost be the same and are enough to put you in a state of being distress. You will be forced to face up your own mortality and this eventually causes you to evaluate your every single aspect of life again.
A good number of people having heart diseases are of the view that having a heart attack or knowing a fact of having merely a heart disease was a considerable turning point in our lives as it totally changes the way we think before and spend our lives.
As soon as you come to know about your fatal health condition, you will begin to think about differently and mostly you begin to take your life seriously and your focus is to find out what is important and have value in your life. Many people re-evaluate their lives and begin to think of how to spend life in future. A Scandinavian research carried out in 1988, suggests that suffering from heart disease can be a source growth and change. For instance, a person was asked about his experience after having a heart attack a year before, he said that his quality of life was actually improved than it had been before the heart attack.
This is not necessary that everyone experiences a positive outcome after being diagnosed a heart disease or having a heart attack. There are many people who have negative impact of this disease on their lives. Some says that their lives are poorer than before and others say that there is no change in their lives after realizing they are suffering from a heart disease.
Dealing with Immediate Reactions after Diagnosed with Heart Disease
