Seven minutes of my life are missing. All is black.All is silent. There is no consciousness, no awareness, no realisation of unconsciousness. It is silent, amorphous, a world without verbs or adjectives.None are possible.They don’t exist.Neither do I. “Hello ! Can you hear me David ?”I do not respond.“Can you hear me David ? Do … Read more
Two months ago today I had my SCA. Twenty-five minutes of CPR until the air ambulance got to the farm. My wife did the CPR for 15 minutes, the first responder took over, and they shared the last ten minutes between them. Eventually, I was defibrillated and flown away. ICD fitted ten days later. Fourteen … Read more
Guest post by Councillor Ryk Downes Friday January 22nd 2016 started out as any other day. It was day 114 of my ‘run every day’ streak running challenge where I had committed to running a minimum of 10K a day, every day. My body had adapted well and had got used to my daily 50-60-minute … Read more