🧠🫀 Mental Health Awareness Month: Knowledge Can Ease the Weight 🫀🧠 When you’re living with aortic disease, the mental and emotional toll can feel just as heavy as the physical side. The unknowns, the questions, the “what ifs” — it’s a lot. 💙 One simple way to ease that stress? 📖 Download one of Aortic Hope’s Patient Guides. Our guides — 𝗔𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 and 𝗔𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲—

It'a a new season of Qi Gong on AHTV on certain Sunday's at 12 PM EST Join us for our newest season of Qi Gong on Aortic Hope’s YouTube channel, led by community member, Kevin Songer. This gentle, flowing practice is designed to support relaxation, breathing, and overall well-being meeting you right where you are. Click HERE to watch and participate ✨ Created by the community, for the community ✨ Calm, mindful movement ✨ A space to restore and reconnect 🩺 As always, please c

This month we are focusing our attention on helping you ACE Your Healthcare Journey and today is about ADVOCATING. 🫀✨ ACE Your Healthcare Journey: A is for ADVOCATE ✨🫀 Advocating for yourself isn’t always easy — but it’s one of the most powerful things you can do on your aortic journey. 💙 Advocate = taking an active role in your care. Here’s how you can start: 📝 Keep copies of your records, scans, and test results ❓ Write down questions before appointments 👥 Bring a trus

IT'S TIME TO SHINE! 🌟 We're revving up the engines for the Saturday Survivor Series and "Where Are They Now?" - a dynamic duo of storytelling events that's all about YOU! 🤩 *Two Ways to Share Your Story:* 1️⃣ *Saturday Survivor Series*: Share your journey with Aortic disease from a patient or caregiver perspective. Your story can be a recorded event on the AHTV YouTube channel or a written story. 🌟 2️⃣ *Where Are They Now?*: Past storytellers, it's time to update us on you

🫀💙 Looking for a meaningful way to ease the emotional toll of aortic disease? 💙🫀 One powerful step is helping others feel less alone — and you can do that with our FREE Patient Awareness Posters. https://forms.office.com/r/WqrXNG3cAw 📦 Each pack includes 10 posters 📍 Displayed in exam rooms across the country 📱 Provides easy access to support groups & patient guides These posters don’t just share information — they create connection, spark conversations, and help patie

🩺💙 Happy National Nurse Appreciation Day! 💙🩺 Today, Aortic Hope proudly celebrates the incredible nurses who stand beside our community every step of the way. From the very first moments of diagnosis to surgery, recovery, and lifelong management, nurses are often the steady, compassionate presence patients and caregivers rely on most. You are the ones who listen, comfort, educate, advocate, and act — often all at once. 🫀In the aortic community, your role is especially vi

🧠🫀 May is National Mental Health Month 🫀🧠 At Aortic Hope, we recognize that aortic disease doesn’t just affect the body — it can deeply impact your mental and emotional well-being too. 💙 Experiences like diagnosis, surgery, and recovery can bring on anxiety, fear, or even PTSD. And in our community, those feelings are more common than many realize — and just as important to address as physical health. That’s why we’re sharing this important conversation from AHTV 🎥 feat

💙Join us for Therapeutic Thursday, hosted by community member, survivor, and therapist John Quick. First Therapeutic Thursday, May 21 at 12p ET with guest Molly Thomas. To watch, click HERE. We’re inviting 𝗬𝗢𝗨 to be a guest on our pre-recorded series and share how aortic disease — whether an aneurysm, valve disease, or dissection — has impacted you mentally and emotionally. ✨𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹. ✨𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼

📚🫀𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲!🫀📚 Today we celebrate the power of stories — and in our community, those stories are more than words… they are strength, survival, and hope. 💙 Many of our incredible community members have turned their journeys into meaningful works of inspiration — sharing their experiences to educate, comfort, and uplift others. 📖 From personal stories… 📖 To contributions in 𝗔𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗧𝗵

✨ It's A Movement For Movement Monday ✨ “You are not behind. You are building.” Pause right there—because this one matters. In a world that glorifies speed, milestones, and “catching up”… it’s easy to feel like you’ve missed something. Like you should be further along. Doing more. Moving faster. But here’s the truth: Growth doesn’t rush. It layers. What feels like “slow” is actually your brain and body learning, adapting, strengthening. Every walk, every stretch, every rest d

🫀✨ Relaxation Is Not a Luxury — It’s Part of Your Care ✨🫀 Living with aortic disease can bring stress, anxiety, and constant “what if” thoughts. But here’s something we want you to remember: relaxation is essential. 💙 Managing stress helps support healthy blood pressure, eases tension in the body, and gives your mind a much-needed break. It’s not about doing nothing — it’s about healing intentionally. That’s why we’re excited to share relaxation techniques from Katie Mor

💖Therapeutic Thursday — 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀💖 💙Join us for Therapeutic Thursday, hosted by community member, survivor, and therapist John Quick. We’re inviting 𝗬𝗢𝗨 to be a guest on our pre-recorded series and share how aortic disease — whether an aneurysm, valve disease, or dissection — has impacted you mentally and emotionally. ✨𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹. ✨𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱. ✨𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶

🫀✨ 𝟭𝟬 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆✨🫀 For nearly a decade, Aortic Hope has shared your stories — bringing hope, education, and connection to people around the world. 💙 Now, we’re creating the next edition of: 📖𝘼𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙃𝙤𝙥𝙚: 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮, 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 This book focuses on life beyond the aortic event — and we want YOU to be part of it. If you’ve been featured in our Survivor

Hello, everyone! I hope you are all doing well. My name is Alvaro, and today our discussion focuses on thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA). This condition occurs when a segment of the aorta within the chest becomes weakened and abnormally dilated. If left untreated, this area can continue to expand over time, potentially leading to a life-threatening rupture or dissection. What is a Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm? A thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is a condition in which a segment of the

💖Therapeutic Thursday — 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀💖 💙Join us for Therapeutic Thursday, hosted by community member, survivor, and therapist John Quick. We’re inviting 𝗬𝗢𝗨 to be a guest on our pre-recorded series and share how aortic disease — whether an aneurysm, valve disease, or dissection — has impacted you mentally and emotionally. ✨𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹. ✨𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱. ✨𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶

🎉 No jokes here—just something meaningful. 💙 For nearly 𝟭𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, Aortic Hope has had the honor of sharing your powerful stories through our Survivor Series. Those voices have educated, comforted, and inspired people around the world—and now we’re working on the 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of our patient guide: 📖 𝗔𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲: 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚, 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 This next book is all about 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗼𝗿𝘁�

💙 A Movement for Movement Monday 💙 “Some days you soar. Some days you shuffle. Both are movement.” There will be days when you feel strong. ➡️Steady. ➡️Capable. ➡️Like you could climb mountains. And then there will be days when getting out of bed feels like the mountain. ❤️For our heart warriors, survivors, caregivers, and supporters — we know this rhythm well. Healing isn’t linear. Energy isn’t guaranteed. Strength doesn’t look the same every day. But here’s the truth: ✅So

💖Therapeutic Thursday — 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀💖 💙Join us for Therapeutic Thursday, hosted by community member, survivor, and therapist John Quick. We’re inviting 𝗬𝗢𝗨 to be a guest on our pre-recorded series and share how aortic disease — whether an aneurysm, valve disease, or dissection — has impacted you mentally and emotionally. ✨𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹. ✨𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱. ✨𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶

🥣Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold—embrbracing the cracks, not hiding them. Each fracture becomes part of the story… stronger, more beautiful, and uniquely resilient. 🫀For those living with aortic disease—survivors of aneurysm, dissection, or aortic valve surgery—you understand this deeply. Your scars, your journey, your healing… they are not flaws. They are proof of strength, courage, and survival. ♥️At Aortic Hope, we believe in honoring e

It's #ThinkAortaThinkFamily Thursday! 📑Knowing your family medical history can save lives. 🗣️Start the conversation with your loved ones and learn about the conditions that may run in your family. ❓Ask if any family member has had any type of aneurysm (not just aortic), an aortic dissection, a congenital heart defect such as being born with a bicuspid aortic valve, or a sudden death where an autopsy was not done to rule out aortic disease. 👉Aortic dissections are rare, but