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The Lost Hours: Why Your Intensive Care Unit Story Matters After Heart Surgery
“I don’t remember much of my time in intensive care.” Is something I hear often from people recovering from heart surgery, a cardiac arrest, or another major cardiac event.
Cardiac Chat with Immy Reid – A Powerful Conversation about Heart Failure, Trauma and Hope
Immy has faced a long and complicated health journey, including heart failure, cancer treatment, lung issues, kidney problems, and a very frightening period where her family was told she was on end-of-life care. She also experienced three cardiac arrests and has had to rebuild not only physically, but mentally and emotionally too.
One of the Most Powerful Tools for Healing After a Heart Attack or Heart Surgery
Good quality sleep is not a luxury. It is a biological necessity. It is one of the most important things your body and mind need in order to heal, recover, and function well.
Yet sleep is something many people struggle with after a cardiac event.
Cardiac Chat with Andrew Pike – Pumphead & Open Heart Surgery, the Recovery No One Talks About
Andrew’s surgery was physically successful, but once he returned home, he began to experience confusion, disorientation, difficulty connecting with others, and a frightening sense that something was very wrong. Despite being told that his heart was doing well, he was not okay.
“Is it normal to be feeling like this” when you’ve had a heart attack or heart surgery?
Perhaps you’ve had a heart attack, heart surgery, a cardiac arrest, or received a cardiac diagnosis, and since then you’ve been feeling anxious, frightened, overwhelmed, angry, tearful, or simply not like yourself.
Relaxamation – I Am Allowed to Cry for Emotional Healing After a Cardiac Event
Crying unexpectedly since your heart attack, heart surgery, cardiac arrest or cardiac diagnosis is okay and can help you find emotional healing after a cardiac event.
The Rhythm of Recovery: Understanding “Pumphead” and the Heart-Brain Connection after Heart Surgery
Maybe you’re struggling to find the right words in conversation. Maybe you feel a strange sense of detachment from your loved ones, or an anxiety that doesn’t seem to have a source. In the medical community, this is often called Post-Perfusion Syndrome (PPS), AKA, “Pumphead.”
Reiki: A Gentle Journey to Heal the Heart after a Cardiac Event
Reiki helps you relax. And when your body relaxes, magic happens. Your blood pressure can lower. Your muscles can let go of tension. Your mind can shift from a state of worry to one of calm. All of this supports your heart health.
Loss of Taste after a Heart Attack or Cardiac Surgery
Do your favourite foods taste off or worse, downright awful, you’re not alone. Food that once brought comfort or joy now seems bland, bitter, metallic, or just … wrong.
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