Case 1 - John Dennant
June 25, 1997
Flat on my back on a hospital trolley – I had collapsed at work after climbing stairs whilst carrying my lunchbox…yes, that was how weak I had become. It was the lowest point of a continual decline. I have never felt so ill before or since.
Every week there would be something else I couldn’t do. The library was out – I couldn’t carry my books; climbing stairs was a major operation with three stops; playing with the grandchildren was out – just too tired.
On my first visit to Rehab., I found it difficult to believe that everyone exercising were either heart attack or cardiac surgery victims. All ages…both sexes…bounding round the track like spring chickens…what an inspiration to someone like myself fresh from surgery.
With the expert guidance of the staff I too completed my recovery and finished the nine week course. I continue to go to Aftercare once a week and have a daily half-hour walk also. The debt I, and literally thousands of others, owe to Heart Care is immeasurable. After all that we’ve been through, we can lead normal lives feeling fitter than ever. Indeed, 12 months on form my collapse at work, I was cycling the Tissington Trail in Derbyshire, with my children and grandchildren.
We pay a token sum for our Aftercare visits and the rehabilitation is completely
free…long live Heart Care!