Richard Houghton
Richard Houghton is one of SCA UK's longest-standing contributors, writing since 2016. A cardiac arrest survivor and sailor, he has chronicled the full arc of long-term recovery across eight posts spanning seven years, covering mental health, ICD replacement, practical challenges of living with a device, and rebuilding life and identity.
Life after an SCA, reborn, new you
But what does all that actually mean? What happens to you when you have an SCA? As a result of the experience, one way or another, your life and the lives of those around you change, perhaps because of an alteration of your physical capabilities or… and perhaps more disturbingly, through a change in your ...
Banged in a Spanish Car Park!
I lay on my back looking up at the afternoon bright blue cloudless sky, part mulling the predicament we were in, and partly conscious of my 1 million decibel Taiko drum beating heart. This isn’t good I thought! Tiger Turds We are in a long-abandoned quarry which at one time may have been a picnic ...
Replacing my ICD
I looked on this site (SCA UK Facebook group) for any personal experiences of having an ICD change but couldn’t find any so I have written this post in the hope that it may calm your concerns if indeed you had any? Both myself and Michelle Edmonds have recently gone through the process of ICD ...