Stories from the heart: Phil's story
Stories from the heart: Phil's story
Phil was diagnosed with heart failure and had 3 stents inserted, along with a coronary artery bypass. Medical innovation has played a major role in Phil’s recovery.
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0 -> the evening before I presented to the
1.469 -> hospital was was the first indication
3.659 -> that there was a really that there was
8.309 -> something that I wrong wasn't the usual
10.71 -> from the chest clenching or heavy weight
14.13 -> it was more of a am a sharp stabbing
16.89 -> pain under my armpit was the pain that
19.23 -> was not normal for me very very severe
23.99 -> so it took themselves trade-offs in the
26.099 -> hospital normal tests were taken and
28.47 -> over the period of you know 24 to 48
31.74 -> hours it was diagnosed that I had had a
36.329 -> heart attack and then I remained in
39.45 -> hospital for some additional procedures
42.57 -> which included stenting a stamp is a
45.27 -> it's a metal mesh scaffold which is
48.539 -> placed into the narrowing of the artery
50.7 -> open up with a bullet or expanded with a
53.07 -> balloon and it at that then keeps the
55.469 -> artery open I had three stents inserted
58.71 -> so there were no issues for the better
62.37 -> part of 12 12 or 15 map and then what
66.45 -> occurred was I was starting to fall back
69.9 -> into that tied routine nausea some of
74.1 -> the common symptoms of the heart disease
79.07 -> appointment what occurred was I had an
82.14 -> attack I was put through the angiogram
84.42 -> on the Monday morning and was basically
86.369 -> told pretty much straight out of the
88.68 -> angiogram that I've needed to have about
92.189 -> us as far as a bypass operation a
94.5 -> cardiac surgeons what we call harvest
96.869 -> normal blood vessels from another part
99.45 -> of the body such as from the arm from
101.759 -> the league or from with from within
103.409 -> inside of the chest and those normal
105.45 -> arteries are then attached beyond the
108.21 -> narrow and that occurs
109.4 -> in the disease to archery and by doing
111.41 -> so the blood flow is that used to bypass
113.42 -> the narrowing that was causing the
115.28 -> intial coronary artery disease or the
116.87 -> blockages in the heart and that's why
118.43 -> it's called a coronary bypass it is a
120.32 -> major operation but involved and there
122.42 -> is quite a significant amount of
123.68 -> recovery that's involved part of it but
125.99 -> it's a very useful and and long-lasting
128.179 -> operation but without come the bypass
130.93 -> was as I'd expected the first few days
134.15 -> in the hospital were quite tough
135.97 -> interjected by periods of a limited
139.16 -> depression but certainly some
142.99 -> introverted feelings also with some
147.53 -> hallucinations on the back of I would
150.59 -> think the medications that you need to
153.59 -> be on and then followed by the serious
158.87 -> amount of pain when surface came out of
160.85 -> hospital it was quite scary to see that
163.31 -> he was so sick and the kids and I well
165.65 -> the kids especially didn't quite know
166.88 -> how to handle it since the boy past has
172.13 -> been a number of changes that that was
174.5 -> made I've gone back to a different role
177.35 -> which has significantly less stress
179.769 -> which had been a godsend it's allowed me
182.78 -> to focus on my health and my family
185.09 -> we've made changes in our eating habits
187.64 -> I found post-operative counseling really
190.97 -> really helpful that's actually helped me
192.85 -> in dealing with my own mortality
196.33 -> which was a struggle nice cars the
200.71 -> fleshy houses they're all great but you
204.01 -> know extending your life and being
205.72 -> healthy being around to see important
208.77 -> important moments and times in your
210.82 -> family's life is really what's important
213.25 -> o heart researchers of this is so
214.93 -> important to us because this has now
216.49 -> happened to us it's something that you
218.83 -> always never think is going to happen to
220.54 -> you but it has and it's kept my husband
224.53 -> alive I think medical innovation has
227.82 -> basically an over me to still be here I
230.23 -> think it's open his eyes that something
232.09 -> could have happened to him and so
234.76 -> therefore he is a lot more appreciative
237.25 -> of the time that he has with the family
240.01 -> I will it in exciting times when it
241.87 -> comes to cardiac research they have been
243.73 -> such great development that have
245.02 -> occurred in the last few decades you
246.82 -> don't know who this disease is going to
249.37 -> affect it could be your wife your
251.95 -> husband your son your grandson please
256.18 -> help as much as you can
262.74 -> [Music]
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvS1PkIKMSQ