Heart attack prompts singer's push to educate women

On stage singing soulful songs is what makes Diane Carter Woods' heart beat stronger.

She's rubbed shoulders with some of music's top stars.

"Well I've been singing since I was 9, so I've been singing for quite a long time," Woods said.

Her singing career almost ended 11 years ago when she suddenly didn't have the breath to even whistle.

"As a singer, I'm not used to getting winded like that, so I thought, 'Something's not quite right,'" Woods said.

"It could be more that they just become really fatigued or they actually feel nauseous or might vomit or get really sweaty," Daubert said. "Some may have a pain or a discomfort in their chest, but it might not be that severe, but it radiates down their left arm or up to their neck."

Woods needed double bypass heart surgery. Afterward, she thought her heart worries were over, but then two years ago she learned she needed a heart transplant.

"They called me at 3 o'clock in the morning on May 25th and said, 'Diane, we have a heart,'" Woods said.

"Women try to do things for everybody else and things we should be looking at as far as ourself, we kind of neglect a little bit," Woods said.

She said will never again take her health for granted.

"Just overall happy to know that I have a second chance in life," Woods said. "I have a 21-year-old heart. I'm going to turn cougar-ish in here."