Journeys

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Leonie

Heart attack

Despite a family history of silent heart attacks, Leonie put her seemingly mild symptoms down to ...

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Elaine

Angina, Heart attack

Elaine was the first in her family to have heart problems. Now she wants others to know heart ...

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Maureen

Cardiac arrest, Heart attack

Through a lucky series of coincidences, Maureen’s 16-year-old granddaughter Sara-Anne was on hand ...

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Mary

Heart attack

It was three days of feeling rough and sick with slight indigestion before Mary went to the ...

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Sharon

Heart attack

Sharon had a heart attack in a foreign country, but that wasn’t the hardest bit to get to grips ...

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Clive

Heart attack

When Clive was admitted to Waikato Hospital with stomach pains, his initial concerns were that ...

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Phil

Angina, Cardiac arrest

When Phil visited his GP after a nasty cold left him with residual chest pains, he never imagined ...

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Jenny

Heart attack

Dame Jenny Shipley was living a life of public service when she experienced her heart attack, which ...

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Chess

Heart attack

When first diagnosed with heart disease, Chess struggled with denial. She has been through stages of...

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Sang-won

Angina

Sang-won tells his story in Korean. At first acute back pain sent him to a chiropractor, but when ...

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John

Angina, Heart attack

“Being admitted to hospital and having a heart attack – it knocked my confidence very badly. But...

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Murray

Atrial fibrillation, Carer’s story

When diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, Murray wasn’t sure that medication and dietary changes ...

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