Cardiac Rehab Talk - May, 2012.

In 2008, a year after my heart attack and bypass surgery, I was invited by our local cardiac rehab unit to share my recovery experience with others doing the rehab program. After my first presentation, I was asked to come back and give my talk on a regular basis and have been doing so ever since - at my time of posting this, it is December, 2014.

In my talks, I cover issues I had to deal with including depression, anxiety and changing my lifestyle. In this video presentation which is a recording of one my talks coupled with photos taken over the years since my heart attack you will get an idea of some of the material I cover in each talk including:

• assessing my lifestyle and making changes
• dealing with stress, exercise and poor diet
• coping with depression and anxiety
• the role of cardiac rehab in my recovery process - turning 'negatives' into 'positives'
• finding a new hobby - in my case getting involved in helping my wife look after injured wildlife and adopting birds
• rediscovering an old hobby, that of photography (some photos included in this video)
• volunteering - becoming involved in spreading the awareness of CVD, Heart Attack and Diabetes in the community including creating bumper stickers and T shirts to help spread the message.

Talk given in May, 2012

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It should be noted that topics can vary from talk to talk depending on circumstances and the time available to me and with this in mind I am listing links to two other talks to provide a better overview of the topics I cover.

Cardiac Rehab Talk, Oct. 2010 - Recovering from a Heart Attack and Dealing with Depression:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZNX5oCdhO0&index=6&list=PLEBBB26999588AD14

Cardiac Rehab Talk, Sep. 2011 - Recovering from a Heart Attack and Dealing with Depression:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdEHO6VqyHg&index=7&list=PLEBBB26999588AD14

These are some items I have created to promote the awareness of CVD, Heart Attack and Diabetes in the community:

More of these items can be found at www.heartattackstore.com.

Cheers.

Dani