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Joseph Tanner talks about having an ICD implanted

Watch myheart member, Joseph Tanner, talk about his experience of having an ICD implanted. Hi, my name is Joseph tanner. I was diagnosed with Brugada syndrome in 2008 and I was told that I was going to have an ICD implanted. And at first thought I was really scared. I didn’t know what was going to happen. And on the

Joseph Tanner talks about doing the Brighton Marathon

myheart member, Joseph Tanner, talks about his experience of taking part in the Brighton Marathon, 2015 below. This story begins on Sunday 16 March 2008; I entered the Hastings Half Marathon. The week before the half marathon I had a cold, and at the time I didn’t think much of it. On race-day I felt all right, although I texted

Zenia Selby- earlier diagnosed with WPW

I was out on a 5k run when suddenly my heart started beating several times faster than it should have been. I stopped, sat down, breathed deeply, but nothing would stop it. I was in the middle of a wood when it happened, exactly halfway through the run and so about 2.5k away from home. After about 10 minutes of resting,

Paula Beck’s Presentation on ‘Cardiac Rehabilitation into Exercise’

Chertsey House, St Peter’s Hospital, 11th Apr, 2015 Summary- Paula Beck, CRY’s myheart member, gave a presentation on Cardiac Rehab into Exercise at St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, on Saturday, 11th Apr, 2015. ICDC Surrey held their annual Education Day for Surrey patients with Internal Cardiac Defibrillators* (ICD) implants at St Peter’s Hospital and CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) myheart

Chris Currie on BBC Radio 4 programme

myheart member, Chris Currie, sales and his friend, Clare recently took part in BBC Radio 4’s The Listening Project. They talked about how Chris’ acquired brain injury as a result of cardiac arrest has affected their friendship.  This is part of a longer hour long conversation that will form part of the British Library Archive. Please listen to the 4 minute show here.

Interview with Miccoli

Miccoli is a three-member Alternative-Indie band from Birmingham, UK of twin brothers, Alessandro and Adriano and sister Francesca. Whilst their popularity is soaring musically, they are becoming powerful youth icons too. Alessandro was born with the heart condition Wollf-Parkinson White (WPW). He remained unaware until a frightening episode when he collapsed back stage after a gig in Birmingham in 2009. He

myheart debate – exercising with an ICD

Watch myheart members, Paula Beck and Joseph Tanner debate with CRY’s myheart cardiologist, Dr Michael Papadakis on exercising with an ICD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71PiMMjOEng   Dr Papadakis: Good Morning ladies and Gentlemen, my name is Michael Papadakis. I’m one of the cardiologists at St George’s University of London who works very closely with a charitable organisation: Cardiac Risk in the Young. Cardiac Risk

Miccoli Tour – Intu Chapelfield, Norwich 8th-9th November 2014

Miccoli’s tenth weekend of their tour was in Norwich’s Intu Chapelfield shopping centre and was a very busy one for the band. The family trio had a really positive response from the Norwich shoppers and meant they had the opportunity to promote CRY and the band to a lot of people throughout the weekend. Francesca, Adriano and Alessandro really enjoyed