Posts marking cardiac arrest anniversaries ā re-birthdays, yearly reflections and the emotional significance of survival milestones, from one year to a decade and beyond.
Iāve seen many posts in our Facebook group from survivors questioning recovery time. So, as a survivor almost 5 years post-arrest I thought I would share some of my own experiences and thoughts around this. As per many others, on discharge from the hospital, I wasnāt given any information about my āconditionā (I was diagnosed … Read more
Seven years after his cardiac arrest, SCA UK newcomer Tony has updated his story that he wrote back in 2015… Prelude About 2 years after it happened I decided to write about my experience, from collapsing at the leisure centre to getting back to some sort of normality again. I found it really cathartic, writing … Read more
Okay, so my heart stopped beating for several minutes last January. But Iām still here. And this week has been a bit special. Eight months to the day since I was admitted to SouthendResus, just a few minutes before my heart temporarily retired. Six months to the day since I had my CRT-D implant at … Read more