by Sallie Crawley | Mar 19, 2021 | Podcast, Stories & Inspiration, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
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...
by Sallie Crawley | Mar 3, 2021 | Podcast, Stories & Inspiration, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
Claire was nominated in 2020 for the BHF Heart Hero Awards. She has contributed in amazing ways to raise awareness of heart failure and has had many TV interviews, been in national papers and BHF publications. Claire tells us about her life growing up with type 1...
by Sallie Crawley | Jun 18, 2017 | Healthy Heart Living & Risk Reduction, Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
A silent killer, an invisible disease! High blood pressure is silent as there are no obvious symptoms and often you aren’t aware that you have it as there are no particular symptoms. It isn’t until damage starts to happen that it is noticed, although luckily nowadays...
