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THE WAY TO MY HEART HOW YOU CAN HELP BACKGROUND Emmy Award winning Journalist turned P A D Activist Kym McNicholas started The Way To My Heart after covering a story about vascular disease treatments For more than five years she traveled around the world to nearly a dozen countries and more than two dozen states as a journalist She reported on the development process and global commercialization of devices to treat vascular disease During her journey Kym observed thousands of hours of procedures in which Vascular Specialists used every method to revascularize vessels She interviewed hundreds of doctors and patients and met with dozens of medical device makers as well as hospital and outpatient based centers to discuss patient options and experiences Kym discovered that many heart attacks strokes and amputations are preventable The right doctor right treatment and right support makes the difference The Way To My Heart was founded with this in mind Now it is the largest nonprofit organization devoted to high touch advocacy for patients with vascular disease Our scalable programs educate engage and empower patients to take their healthcare into their own hands to live a better quality of life A 501 c 3 Nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of lives for patients with vascular disease Join our exclusive network of limb savers to educate and support patients globally Receive customized patient educational materials including monthly newsletter Participate in weekly quarterly educational conferences webinars and Q A sessions Partner with us for the 24 7 Leg Saver Hotline to answer patient questions Donate to help support patients education and other programs Sponsor our virtual walks newsletters and educational events Share our free services with patients to ensure compliance with lifestyle modifications and receive regular updates Visit our store to shop for PAD Awareness clothing masks and more MISSION www TheWayToMyHeart org To educate engage and empower patients so they live a better quality of life One of our goals is to reduce the number of needless amputations and premature heart attacks The Way To My Heart is a federal tax exempt 501 c 3 EIN 84 3065768 TheWayToMyheart org Office 415 233 2730 Leg Saver Hotline 415 320 7138 kym thewaytomyheart org

PROGRAMS The Way To My Heart provides high touch realtime scalable advocacy and support for vascular patients around the world Our organization includes a balanced team of specialists from wound care nurses physical therapists and dietitians to mental health experts pharmacology and more Our programs and available resources lead to earlier diagnosis and treatments more productive interaction between patients and physicians and long term adherence to lifestyle modifications MILESTONES CONFERENCES EDUCATION Thank you Kym McNicholas for taking care of many PAD Patient support groups and connecting us Actual message from a physician to The Way To My Heart MORE THAN 500 LIMBS SAVED and counting In Clinic and Remote Chair Exercise Diet Anxiety Reduction Support Leg Saver Hotline with experts available for real time support including wound care by phone text online and in app We have the largest global community of P A D patients with more than 11 000 in the United States United Kingdom Australia Germany France Greece Philippines Canada and more Support finding advanced skilled vascular specialists globally for second opinion OMG this doctor is amazing He was able to completely unblock his right leg and said there should never be a reason for him to lose any part of the leg in the future I m only sad we didn t know this before I m angry at his surgeon back home Thank you for giving us hope and connecting us with Dr R You are both gems Thank God for each of you Care coordination ensuring patients have a comprehensive care team for all comorbidities and seamless communication across practices Appointment preparation with information organization and critical question formation Advocacy during appointments to ensure a productive satisfactory conversation Long term life long patient management with regular check ins appointment reminders Real time compliance support for lifestyle modifications walking diet smoking cessation Virtual educational events weekly monthly quarterly including new patient orientations on the first Saturday of every month Care Access Program CAP to remove financial barriers to timely care resources including transportation hotel healthy food fitness equipment co pay relief and more Peer to Peer and community support with the largest network of P AD patients in the world Actual message from a patient s wife to The Way To My Heart We have Connected no option patients with limb savers Helped patients with expenses to allow treatment transportation hotels copays Paid for pharmaceuticals medical exercise equipment and healthy food for patients Established the first ever National Red Sock Day for Peripheral Artery Disease Awareness Democratized access to walking support and accountability through the My Steps program Monthly Patient Orientation On the first Saturday of every month patients are invited to A LIVE webinar to better understand their diagnosis and ask questions LIVE Quarterly Conferences Making the Impossible Possible is the overriding theme of each conference Tracks include Clinical Pre recorded LIVE case studies or Make sure to feature your bestsellers Wellness Exercise diet or and stressKeep reduction signature products pieces it simple Disease and management to the point byTreatment listing theoptions name price Dance Class insurance navigation daily life hacks more and brief description Innovation Product demos Patient attendance varies from 400 1200 per virtual event Patients physicians and industry participate as attendees speakers and are invited to co interview Monthly Newsletters The Way To My Heart s Patient Editorial Board advises the content team on what to cover in each month s edition Unique content is created by our wellness team patients and other industry experts It typically includes patient stories diet and exercise tips smoking cessation device drug education and clinical studies