My cardiac journey began with an admission to hospital with a clot on the lung. Investigations showed that I also had two faulty heart valves (probably from birth but previously unnoticed), atrial fibrillation, damage to the heart muscle and low blood pressure. The combination made it difficult to balance the drugs needed for the various symptoms, but after eight months or so the doctors decided...

I’m Neil and I joined Will’s classes in March 2019 following my initial rehab course at Llandough Hospital. Without realising it, I suffered a mild heart attack completely unexpectedly while on my way to watch a football match in September 2018. Prior to the attack I had no indication I was suffering from “heart disease”. The following day I was admitted to Hospital and underwent an Angiogram....

Two years ago I was 50 years old. I was overweight, depressed and tired all the time.  Life didn’t feel very good even though I had a good job and good friends. I was on my way back from the shop and just about to jump into the car to drive to Cardiff when I experienced pain between my shoulder blades which quickly became much much worse.