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Cardiac Chat with Tony Richens-Smith, having a heart attack during Covid-19 lockdown
Click play to hear the full interview ⬇ Tony tells us about the day when his heart attack started and how he thought he had COVID. In January 2020 Tony decided to change his life and pursue his passion working as a dog behaviourist. It was probably not the...
Cardiac Chat with Ashley Reaver, Registered Dietician – Lowering your cholesterol one meal at a time
Click play to hear the full interview ⬇ Live a long, healthy life without feeling powerless by lowering your cholesterol one meal at a time. Ashley specialises in helping people with high cholesterol live a long, healthy life without feeling powerless to control their...
Cardiac Chat with Angela Hartley, Cardiac Nurse & Exercise Coach – Rehabilitation exercise on your terms
Click play to hear the full interview ⬇ Angela is an exercise coach and a cardiac nurse. In the last seven years, she’s been specialising in cardiac rehabilitation exercise. She has quite a unique combination of skills. We chat about how in the UK cardiac rehab is...
Cardiac Chat with Brian Simpson, the heart attack thriver, how having a heart attack changed his life for the better
How having a heart attack changed his life for the better. Brian suffered a massive heart attack at the age of 48. Prior to that he was exceptionally healthy and lived a very active life. His heart attack occurred during an Ice Hockey match and he spent 20-25 minutes...
Interview with Sara Bushnell – Having a heart attack at work far from home and an important discovery
She had been experiencing regular headaches and stress, at one point thought her blood pressure machine must have been broken. Who'd have thought about a heart attack. Constant headaches and stress Sara was fit, healthy and ate a good diet. She had been experiencing...
Cardiac Chat with Steve Wrigley – Having a cardiac arrest at 30,000 feet and recovering from a heart attack in Singapore
Steve Wrigley was flying home when he had a cardiac arrest on a plane. Prior to this Steve was was fit and healthy, he loved adventure holidays that revolved around cycling. He went with friends he’d met on previous adventures on a trip to Bali. Steve shares his story...
Cardiac Chat with Ray Bishop – Misdiagnosed more than once, having a forgiving heart and becoming the music man
Ray Bishop was born with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. This did not affect his quality of life until after he had developed coronary heart disease. This was after many misdiagnoses. He was lucky that as by this time, cardiac ablation could be carried out on him for...
Cardiac Chat with Tena Kennedy, life with heart disease and other chronic illnesses
Just before her 50th birthday Tena was admitted to hospital with unstable angina, and this was just the beginning of her story. Tena lives with many cardiac and respiratory chronic illnesses and she shares with us her journey, and her coping mechanisms that helped her...
Cardiac Chat with Eliza Bell, heart transplant patient
In February 2019, Eliza had a successful heart transplant recipient at Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire, UK. It was a life-saving event that focussed her on fundraising and being a patient advocate. Eliza explains that she was born with congenital heart disease but...
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