It seems like such an unlikely thing in hindsight, but as a young child I was especially self-conscious about having a scar on my chest and the story behind it. It really got to me at times and it was…
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Living with scars
Posted in Social Life Tagged with: coming to terms, dealing with, growing up, heart disease, heart problem, life, Scars
Sports with a Heart Problem
One of the very first life lessons I remember learning about myself was that, broadly speaking, I AM NOT ALLOWED TO DO SPORT. Something I still struggle to accept to this day. But I’ll start from the beginning… Like most…
Posted in Social Life Tagged with: dreams, friends, fun, going against doctors orders, heart disease, living with a heart problem, social life, sport intergration, sport with a heart problem
Aortic Valve Replacement
My most recent heart operation was to replace my aortic valve with a St Jude Medical 21mm bileaflet artificial valve. This procedure was a long-time coming and finally had to be done when I was 16. On 14.06.2007 I underwent…
Posted in Operations and Complications Tagged with: artificial valve, heart condition, heart disease, heart operation, heart problem, invasive, mechanical valve, st jude medical
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