I have always considered hospitals as my second home. Kind of like a holiday resort of sorts. People are always friendly to you, even more so if you are friendly back, you get free food delivered to your bed, have…
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Living with scars
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…
Posted in Social Life Tagged with: coming to terms, dealing with, growing up, heart disease, heart problem, life, Scars
The Coma
This is the story of my coma. The closest I had come to death in at least four years… if not longer. The whole ordeal is definitely up there with my worst experiences, although it is hard to compare apples…
Posted in Operations and Complications Tagged with: coma, drinking problems, esophagus, family, heart condition, heart problem, Mallory Weiss Riss, Mallory Weiss Syndrom, medically induced, rehab, rehabilitation, rupture, scary, throat, waking up
I’ll drink to that
Finally at university, I decided to take it slightly easier on the sports, despite providing me with so many fond memories and fun times in the past. I had to find other hobbies and ways to spend my time at…
Posted in Social Life Tagged with: coma, drinking problems, esophagus, heart condition, heart problem, Mallory Weiss Riss, Mallory Weiss Syndrom, medically induced, rupture, throat
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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