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Cendrine, 34 years old

Cendrine, 34 years old

“My leg was hurting for several days. Then slowly my foot started turning blue. I ended up not being able to put any weight on it. My doctor sent me to the hospital. I’ve been smoking around one and a half packs a day since I was 16 and I’ve been taking the pill for about the same amount of time. The tests showed that an artery in my leg was blocked and blood wasn’t getting to my foot anymore. The surgeon decided to amputate it to save the rest of my leg. My world fell apart. I had to rethink everything: the kids going back to school, work, home… the shock was incredibly brutal. People talk about heart attacks, but don’t talk enough about arterial disease.”

 
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Marinette, 75 years old

Retired teacher, Coulanges-sur-Yonne

"This Thursday, I have to go shopping in Auxerre. In the morning, I read in the Yonne Républicaine newspaper that a screening operation for cardiovascular disease for women was taking place at the Salle Vaulabelle. I took the risk of going there without an appointment... Luckily, I was immediately [...]

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Mariette, 54 ans

Toulouse

I am Dutch and have lived in Toulouse since 1994. In January 2018, in the middle of the night, I had a heart attack by SCAD (Spontaneous Coronary Dissection). I couldn't understand it: I thought I was strong, athletic and healthy. How could this happen to me? I was lucky enough to live 5 minutes [...]

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Rosita, 68 years old

My name is Rosita. I’m 68 years old and for more than 35 years, I’ve suffered from various cardiac issues related to a malformed mitral valve. In 1998, I had a very successful mitral valve plasty procedure, but still had a stroke in 2012 after hastily completed thrombolysis. Fortunately, there [...]

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