A Change of Heart: Mayo Clinic's Social Media Summit

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Mayo Clinic's Social Media Summit

In just under two weeks, I will be at Mayo's third annual Social Media Summit. My SCAD-sister Katherine and I, plus the authors of Mayo's pilot study on spontaneous dissections, will be on a panel together.

http://socialmedia.mayoclinic.org/2011/10/04/scad-ladies-highlight-social-media-summit/

I'm slightly nervous but also looking forward to it. I hope it brings more attention to the two new SCAD studies that Mayo is doing, and that we garner more participants in the research.

4 comments:

AnonymousOctober 12, 2011 at 9:44 AM
Good luck and HAVE FUN at this Social Media Summit, Laura!! It will be an amazing experience for you just to be back at Mayo once again.
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Carolyn
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LauraOctober 12, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Thanks, Carolyn. I'm really looking forward to it, and being back at Mayo, especially with another heart-sister from the '09 class, will make it even more special. I really hope that you're able to attend next year.
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AnonymousOctober 15, 2011 at 6:54 PM
Yeah, well, remember our deal - I'm moving in with you next year so I'll qualify as an American....

HAVE A GREAT TIME!!! Hugs to Dr. Hayes from Canada! :-)
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LauraOctober 15, 2011 at 10:01 PM
You got it. And yes, you're cordially invited to move in with me next year. ;)
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Why am I doing this?

In March of 2009 I had a heart attack. It was as much a surprise to me as it was to the doctors; I don't have any risk factors--no high blood pressure, no diabetes, no clogged arteries, no family history; plus I'm a young (in cardiac terms) female who exercises. Definitely NOT the usual suspect for a heart attack.

But tell that to my body--I had one anyway. Turns out that I experienced a rare thing called a Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection. Don't google the term unless you're prepared to be depressed by mortality rates and statistics, and the fact that doctors really have no clue about what causes some people to have them.

The bright side is that my toast landed butter side up, and I'm still here. In 2009 I put together a one-shot fanzine called A Change of Heart; you can get a PDF copy of it from efanzines.com here. This blog is an extension of that fanzine and an effort to reach more people, both in and out of of the fannish science fiction community.

If you want to read my story from the beginning, I suggest starting with this link to my wonderful husband Paul's journal:

Laura Had A Heart Attack Monday Morning.

He kept up a pretty good running commentary of what was happening while I was still in the hospital, and it starts there. The "Next" and "Previous" links move to later and earlier entries, detailing our experiences.

In October, 2010, I competed in and finished the Chapel Hill Ramblin' Rose Triathlon. These are pictures Paul took of me riding my bike and running (he couldn't get into the pool).