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DAY 1 · YOUR REASON
Begin with the life.
Start with something you want to keep doing. It could be travel, stairs, work, or playing with your family.
Question to carryWhat do I most want this conversation to help me understand or protect?
VISIT PREPARATION · FREE · NO SIGN-UP
More time with your Heart Story.
Seven prompts to help you gather your history, results and questions. Use them at your own pace.
Your answers stay in this browser tab. Save or print your notes before leaving the page. HEART RESERVE does not receive or save them.
PREPARING FOR YOUR VISIT
Start with what you most want to ask.
Begin with your saved Heart Story or notes you already have. Choose the prompts that help you explain what matters most.
You can bring the notes you have now. Completing all seven prompts is optional.SEVEN VISIT PROMPTS
Choose the prompts that help you.
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DAY 2 · HISTORY
Keep important history from disappearing.
Name the pregnancy or reproductive history, menopause stage, family history, diagnoses, procedures, or treatment changes you want visible. Use the words you were given when you know them. “I am not sure” is also useful.
Optional: explore pregnancy history (opens in a new tab)Question to carryWhich part of my pregnancy, menopause, family, or medical history should remain visible in my ongoing care?
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DAY 3 · FLOW
Bring the movie—not only the latest photograph.
Gather the blood-pressure, cholesterol, and blood-sugar results you already have, along with their dates. Record them without trying to interpret them yourself. A missing result can become a question.
Optional: compare results over time (opens in a new tab)Question to carryWhich change in my blood pressure, cholesterol, or blood sugar matters most now?
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DAY 4 · BEAT
Describe the moment in ordinary words.
If rhythm symptoms are part of your story, note when they happen, how long they last, what you are doing, and what you feel with them. Do not try to provoke or name the rhythm yourself.
Question to carryWhat would help connect this rhythm change to the moment it occurs?
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DAY 5 · PUMP
What did your heart ultrasound tell you?
If you had a heart ultrasound, called an echocardiogram or echo, record what your clinician said it showed. A resting echo can show your heart’s size, valves, and how it pumps and fills. It cannot rule out plaque in the heart’s arteries or a rhythm problem that comes and goes. A resting echo does not measure what you can do during exercise.
Question to carryWhat did this test check, what could it not show, and when should we follow up?
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DAY 6 · POWER
Return to ordinary life.
Choose one familiar task you already do and describe whether it feels the same, easier, or harder than it used to. This is not an invitation to test or push yourself.
Question to carryWhat safe, familiar task can help us notice changes in what I can do?
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DAY 7 · YOUR FIRST QUESTION
Choose one beginning.
Review what you wrote. Choose the change or question you most want to discuss. You can start with one question and return to the others.
Question to carryWhat should we follow, when should we return to it, and what would make us return sooner?
HEART RESERVE
7-DAY START · CONVERSATION CARDMY NOTES TO CARRY FORWARD
My HEART RESERVE Conversation Card
My notes and questions for my next healthcare visit.
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What we decided to followWhen we plan to return to it
YOUR NEXT STEP
Bring your notes. Agree on the next step.
Save or print your notes and bring them with your Heart Story, medicine list, and any test reports. Ask your clinician what the findings mean, what to do next, and when to follow up.
The book’s twelve-week plan is optional if you want more structure after your visit.
Optional: explore the twelve-week planIF YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING
One clear idea at a time.
Get one heart-health question explained each month in The HEART RESERVE Letter. Your tool answers are never included in the signup.