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Moving On

After the shock of the actual heart attack and the initial recovery you may wonder 'what happens now'?

Now is the time to start rebuilding your life – to start enjoying everyday activities once more and get back to your day to day routines.

Hopefully you are starting to make positive changes to your lifestyle which will reduce the risk of another heart attack and / or further heart disease. Yet it is likely you may still have questions about what you can do and the impact that having a heart attack may have on your day to day life.

This section gives you information about certain key areas of your life. This will hopefully give you the confidence you need to enter this next stage of recovery.

• Your family and friends
• Work
• Your sex life
• Keeping active
• Driving
• Flying

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