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… through and after a few weeks, they could at last take me home. Years later, I had a conversation with our family … my heart had stopped and the doctors had to work to save me. So, I had ‘gone to Jesus’. But thankfully, I had come … half marathons) and I blog about it at myheartscontentblog.com. I also love cycling, hiking, camping, skiing and being …
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… really grotty – it was so bad I called the doctor who told me to stay in bed. The next day I woke up and I could feel my … a few weeks, because they didn’t really know how to treat me. Eventually I was transferred to Bristol Royal Infirmary … where I had an angiogram. It was there that a doctor told me: ‘The only thing we can do for you is a heart transplant. …
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… that the girl who had the same operation just before me didn’t come through. So I knew it was major surgery, and … I was thriving. The atrial septal defect had prevented me growing, so after the operation I was happy that I shot up … – who are aged between 13 and 17 – are taller than me! I am glad to say that I have had a very full life. I …
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… sedation” the head of the psychology service explains to me. “We help patients make sense of them. During sedation the … three major heart operations, and is only too happy for me to sit in and write about his session, he says, because … effect on this patient. “People say they feel sorry for me but I don’t want that.” He once enjoyed a far more …
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… to have a job that I love! When people come to see me, it’s not just us sitting in a room talking about feelings … there’s the practical aspects like finding time to visit loved ones in hospital, negotiating that time off work, … difficult to let go of them. Patients often say to me: ‘I don’t know how these lungs work!’ Over time, they …
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… and Harefield Hospital for the past two years. This allows me to chair meetings where like-minded people can discuss … including software and computer programs, which enabled me to excel at my role rather than struggle. I have a shunt … I had just started at Harefield Hospital. This caused me to be redeployed within the Trust, which I still feel was …
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… very high heart rate, and the music has definitely calmed me and helped me. Being in a room on my own in the last two days has been … way his music brings so much relief to the patient. “For me to come to the hospital where people are going through … very high heart rate, and the music has definitely calmed me and helped me. Being in a room on my own in the last two …
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… a brother, but a best friend. He had suffered more than me throughout our lives yet even so, it was a massive shock that he lost his life at such a young age. It made me realise how fragile life can be and that going forward I … on the transplant list – before it was too late to help me. As time went on and I became older my lung function …
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… really are game changing,” one of the consultants tells me. “Those taking them are far more well, and far more … getting to live her life thanks to the new drug. They visit her on the ward round. “In 2019-2020 I wasn’t working … really are game changing,” one of the consultants tells me. “Those taking them are far more well, and far more …
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… If you’d asked me about what job I would have in 2018 when I first started … when I left school. My mum thought that nursing might suit me so I thought I’d try it. And I’m so glad I did – I quickly … surgery ward. I found this area of nursing really suited me, and was very rewarding. It was a great mixture of …
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