Journeys

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Giff

Heart attack

With heart disease claiming his four siblings as well as his mum, Giff was grateful for the odds of ...

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Jean

Arrhythmia

Within half-an-hour of being fitted with a pacemaker, Jean felt like a transformed bionic woman. ...

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Stewart

Atrial fibrillation

Recently retired cardiologist Stewart has lived with atrial fibrillation for 20 years, and hopes ...

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Don

Heart attack

On the 27th of January Don woke in the night with chest pains. A doctor’s appointment the next ...

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Thelma

Atrial fibrillation, Heart attack

After two very different heart attacks, Thelma discovered a third heart problem that was causing ...

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Dennis

Heart attack

Dennis was not as shaken up by his heart attack as his ward mates, but for a long time afterwards he...

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Jenny

Heart attack

After making her case in a council meeting, as she’d done for many years, Jenny suffered her first...

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Diane

Cardiac arrest, Heart attack

At 49, Diane was not only shocked to have a heart attack – she also struggled with the time it ...

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Rich

Congenital heart disease, Heart valve problems

Going from the height of fitness to needing an aortic valve replacement was a big adjustment for ...

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Dorothy

Atrial fibrillation

Dorothy knew how to cope with the anxiety and panic attacks that she’d lived with most of her ...

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Paul

Carer’s story, Congenital heart disease, Heart attack

First there was an undiagnosed heart attack. Then, a trail of treatments with either limited or ...

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Robyn

Cardiomyopathy, Heart failure

Robyn woke up one morning and had no idea she was in Dunedin Hospital nor any recollection of how ...

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