- Home
- About
- How to use
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Week 1
- Getting Home - Getting Better
- I still don't feel well
- Do I or don't I?
- Why is exercise so important?
- The Exercise/Activity Plan
- Relaxation
- Instruction for using the relaxation audio
- Feeling worried, fed up or bad-tempered?
- How to let go
- Knowing the truth
- If you think you may be having another heart attack
- Week 2
- Feeling Better?
- The Exercise/Activity Plan
- Getting started on your plan
- Relaxation
- Worrying after a heart attack
- Coronary artery disease
- You can fight back by reducing your risk factors
- Jim McGuire's heart attack
- Jim McGuire's recovery
- What can you do to reduce your risk?
- This week's risk factor: Smoking
- Quick Quiz
- Week 3
- Week 4
- Week 5
- Week 6
- Part 3
- how it will affect your life
- having another heart attack
- what you can or can’t do
- going back to work.
- sad
- afraid
- bad-tempered
- moody.
- out-of-date ideas
- wrong ideas
- not knowing the true facts.
This programme/website is called the Heart Manual: Post MI Edition because it can help you to understand why you had a heart attack.
It will also tell you the things that you can do to recover in the quickest and safest way.
It can tell you about the medicines you are taking.
If you live with someone it can help them to understand your condition.
The main part of the programme/website is divided into six weekly sections. There are some simple exercises to do, and each week there is a small section to read.
The bad news
The first reaction after a heart attack is often relief that you have survived. But once you get home, this may turn into worry about:
The good news
These worries are often caused by:
