Life with LQTS and LVNC by Abi Edwards
October 2018, aged 14 and asymptomatic- I was taken to a CRY screening as a precautionary check by my mum at St. George’s Hospital. Little
October 2018, aged 14 and asymptomatic- I was taken to a CRY screening as a precautionary check by my mum at St. George’s Hospital. Little
After serving nine years in the military as a Royal Marines Commando, I needed a new challenge and started striving towards a career as a
For the first time in 12 years, I experienced my first incident of an inappropriate shock. Not just one, but five, one after the other.
I was in my final year of uni studying Sport and Exercise Science and we were in the lab doing ECGs on one another. When
From being little I always remember I found running and PE hard. I was good at rounders because I could hit the ball and then
In April of this year, I was diagnosed with Long QT Syndrome (LQTS). In the midst of a pandemic, this was the most unwelcome conclusion
I had no idea at the end of the summer holidays in 2011 that the following months would be a defining period of my life.
Hello. My name is Phoebe and I’m 22 years old. When I was three years old, I was admitted to Great Ormond Street Hospital to
Being in lockdown, being in isolation it’s made me re-experience a life I had before and compare the feelings I have now, to that I
Monday 16th March I celebrated my 12th re-birthday, re-birthday is a term that all cardiac arrest survivors use to celebrate surviving a cardiac arrest. I
Last year, on the 28th of August, it was a normal day for me and I was skating down the road like I do everyday
Today (03/02/2020) marks 25 years since my heart went crazy and hit 268 beats per minute while I was brushing my hair and getting ready