The 29th of June 2015 started out like most others, an early morning shift at work, home for some lunch, followed by a 2.5 kilometre swim at the local pool, as part of my ironman training. It [...]
I was swimming laps at the local pool on Friday, 24 October 2014 when my heart suddenly stopped. There was no warning or pain, and I did not know a thing about it. Pool staff hauled me from the [...]
14-year old Ana Clarita from East Timor was not expected to live beyond the next few months without her life-saving mitral valve procedure at MonashHeart, Monash Health on 17th July, 2014. [...]
On the 6th of July 2012 I suffered a serious heart attack. The day started off just like any other, until all of a sudden I felt really unwell and could feel a little heart burn. I didn’t feel [...]
In March 2011, my soul mate Karl died suddenly and alone at work from a heart attack. He was only 43 years young. I wish to share our sad story to demonstrate the importance of being ‘heart [...]
At the age of 82, Ted could not even walk eight steps without extreme shortness of breath and having to stop to catch his breath. Over the past nine years his aortic stenosis (narrowing of the [...]