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

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...
Rebuilt Engine: John Fraser’s Journey – CABG and a Collapsed Lung

Rebuilt Engine: John Fraser’s Journey – CABG and a Collapsed Lung

Welcome back to the My Heart & Mind podcast! In this week’s episode, we have the incredibly inspiring John Fraser, who candidly shares his journey through a triple coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. John’s story is a testament to resilience, the power of...
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

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...
Fatigue management tips when you have a heart health diagnosis

Fatigue management tips when you have a heart health diagnosis

A few weeks ago I talked about my experience of fatigue, fatigue management and what fatigue can feel like. I discussed the difference between tiredness and fatigue along with reasons why after a heart attack, heart surgery or living with heart disease we might have...
Fatigue, the What, the Why and the How-To Work It Out

Fatigue, the What, the Why and the How-To Work It Out

I recently asked in my Facebook community how have people been feeling since their heart attack, cardiac event or open-heart surgery. At the top of the poll was fatigue closely followed up by sleep issues, anxiety and lack of motivation. I thought these would be great...