Heart Month Through a Patient and Caregiver Lens
- maryrburrell
- 2 days ago
- 2 min read
February is Heart Month — and it holds more than one truth.
Heart Month does important work.
It raises awareness.
It saves lives.
It gets people talking.
And there’s still a part of the conversation we don’t always make enough space for.
Heart disease isn’t only about numbers, charts, or wearing red.
It’s about real people living inside the system.
❤️🩹 It’s the woman whose symptoms were brushed off as stress or anxiety.
❤️🩹 The caregiver quietly holding everything together.
❤️🩹 The patient trying to absorb life-changing information while scared and overwhelmed.
❤️🩹 And the families who leave the hospital with discharge instructions for the patient — but little to no guidance for the caregiver who’s about to carry the weight of recovery.
Heart Month is about awareness — and it should also be about people.
At HeartBridge Collective, we believe:
• lived experience matters
• patients and caregivers deserve a voice
• clarity helps when fear is loud
• and no one should have to navigate heart disease alone
I’m here because of medical innovation and people who truly listened.
Now my work is about building bridges — between patients, caregivers, clinicians, and the systems meant to support us all.
This month, alongside wearing red, maybe we also pause and ask:
👉 Who isn’t in the room yet?
👉 Who is expected to cope without guidance?
👉 What would change if caregivers were supported — not assumed?
Some of us live this. Some of us carry it. Some of us are trying to change it.
💜 Learn more about HeartBridge Collective
Where we speak from the heart, for the heart.
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