at a high risk of developing the disease. Though, at the time, she wasn’t willing to face facts.
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She Tells Other Women To Listen To Their Bodies
Nine years ago, Glenda Baul was forced to face the music. Like her father and brother, she had heart problems. Though, rather than sit around and do nothing about it, Baul decided to beat the odds.
The 67-year-old actually credits her diagnosis for changing her life tremendously. Now the Virginia native feels it’s her duty to share her knowledge and wisdom with other women, especially Black women.
Her greatest contribution has been her holding a Go Red Day at First Shiloh Baptist Church in her hometown of Mechanicsville, VA. The Sunday event was a day to help those manage their heart disease. Furthermore, nurses were on site to take everyone’s blood pressure.
“It’s very important for us as women, but as African American women, heart disease is very dominant. And we tend to multitask 24/7, we have to do this, that and everything. And the first thing I say to others is breathe, take a break,” Baul says. Initially, she ignored all her early symptoms, but in the end, she sought out help.
Baul shares with women that it’s never a good idea to wait and hope our problems will disappear on their own. “We need to listen to our bodies,” the Virginia native says. Baul couldn’t be any more right. When it comes to managing our health, we should always make sure to get our routine checkups. Never ignore tale-tale signs, no matter how small they may be. It may just save our lives.