My WPW story by Kathleen Dymond
My journey starts in my early teens when I became aware of my heart pounding in my chest, my heart racing, my throat constricting like hands that had wrapped themselves like a tight vine around my neck. I would feel faint like I would collapse and unable to catch my breath. It felt like I […]
myheart enewsletter Aug-Oct 2022
Dear myheart members Please find in this newsletter information on: CRY Raising Awareness Week 2022 Submitting stories for the myheart hard copy newsletter Heart of West London Partnership Read the full enews here. Subscribe to myheart enews here to receive latest myheart and CRY updates .
Online myheart meeting with Dr Sabiha Gati-Saturday, 1st October, 2022
A myheart members’ video meeting was held on Saturday, 1st October, 2022. Meetings are free to attend and give members an opportunity to meet and discuss their experiences in an informal but supportive environment. Those young people that attend these meetings usually find them very helpful. It does not matter how long ago you were diagnosed […]
myheart enewsletter Jun-Jul 2022
Dear myheart members Please find in this newsletter information on: CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk 2022 and new Raising Awareness page Conversation between cardiac arrest survivors and myheart members, Meg Fozzard and Tim Butt myheart annual newsletter Private myheart Facebook group Read the full enews here. Subscribe to myheart enews here to receive latest myheart and CRY updates .
myheart hard copy newsletter-2021
Members who subscribed to the myheart hard copy newsletter should have now received it. Read the online version here. Subscribe to myheart mailings here.
The shock of cardiac arrest when you’re young and fit
When your heart suddenly stops pumping blood around your body, the consequences can be life-changing, if not fatal. It’s somehow especially shocking when the cardiac arrest happens to someone who is young and fit – like the Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen. Here myheart member, Meg Fozzard, draws on her own experiences, and those of a […]
myheart enewsletter Apr-May 2022
Dear myheart members Please find in this newsletter information on: CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk 2022-Registration Open Interview with CRY Research Fellow, Dr Raghav Bhatia CRY International Medical Conference Subscribing to myheart’s postal mailing Read the full enews here. Subscribe to myheart enews here to receive latest myheart and CRY updates .
I was told, “I might not make to 35!” by Tom Roberts
After years of struggling with heart grumbles, pains and palpitations, i was repeatedly told (by different doctors) that it would just be stress, anxiety and depression. Different medications did nothing to stop the aforementioned issues I experienced. The symptoms also got so much worse after my Mum passed away in 2018 but this was again […]
COVID-19 and the CRY Experience
An interview with CRY Research Fellow Dr Raghav Bhatia CRY Research Fellow Dr Raghav Bhatia’s primary research interests include evaluating the role and efficacy of cardiovascular screening in individuals aged 14-35, which incorporates the challenges and opportunities catalysed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier on in the pandemic, Dr Bhatia led on consensus recommendations, aimed at […]
CRY International Medical Conference 2021
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the CRY Conference was moved online again for 2021. On October 14 and 15, the conference was hosted in partnership by CRY and the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC). We were thrilled to welcome leading experts in cardiology from around the globe for presentations, discussion of case-based scenarios, […]