The burning sensation started when I was in my early thirties. As an athlete and young mother, I never wanted to admit it could be serious.

My doctors now suspect I had five heart attacks before the age of 35.

None came with classic symptoms, but any one of them could have killed me. It was after the birth of my third child that I said, “No more.” My coronary microvascular disease is now under control. If you want to stop the Ladykiller, you have to face it head on. Attack heart disease before it attacks you.