Coming Home: What the Early Months After a Heart Attack Really Feel Like

Coming Home: What the Early Months After a Heart Attack Really Feel Like

by | Jul 28, 2025 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Everyday Life, Work & Travel, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast, Relationships, Family, Carers & Intimacy, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis

Something that I get asked quite often is “What happens and how will I feel in the first few weeks and months after leaving the hospital following heart surgery or a heart attack?” A question that most people will have running through their minds at some point after a...
Survival & Resilience: Life Before & After Jon Died following a Cardiac Arrest

Survival & Resilience: Life Before & After Jon Died following a Cardiac Arrest

by | Dec 7, 2024 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast, Stories & Inspiration, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery

A Journey of Survival and Resilience with Jon Johnston In life, unexpected events can profoundly change our perspective and alter the course of our existence. One such event is experiencing a heart attack, a harrowing experience that shakes individuals to their core....
Books that can Help You Get Over the Impact of a Heart Attack, Surgery, or Cardiac Arrest

Books that can Help You Get Over the Impact of a Heart Attack, Surgery, or Cardiac Arrest

by | Oct 6, 2022 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Stories & Inspiration, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis

Is it just me? – Getting over the impact of a heart attack After any traumatic event in our lives, there is a period of reflection. We question the why’s and what we could have done to prevent the event from happening. Getting over the impact of a heart attack...
Interview with Sara Bushnell – Having a heart attack at work far from home and an important discovery

Interview with Sara Bushnell – Having a heart attack at work far from home and an important discovery

by | Apr 20, 2021 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Podcast, Relationships, Family, Carers & Intimacy, Stories & Inspiration, Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis

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...