In this episode I am in conversation with 2x SCAD Thriver Rowena Breese from the UK who shares her powerful and emotional story

About this episode

Rowena Breese shares her powerful and emotional story of experiencing a heart attack at 38 years old.

Send us Fan Mail Rowena's SCAD story begins on On Boxing Day of 2018! and for those who don't know when Boxing Day is it is the day after Christmas in Canada and the U.K. Rowena was 38 yrs young and was taken to hospital in Leeds where she was admitted for a suspected heart attack. Her symptoms were severe chest pain and once in hospital she was told her troponin levels were extremely high which led doctors to the diagnosis of a heart attack!! Despite doing cardiac rehab, an...

People in this episode

Host: Brian Simpson

Guest: Rowena Breese

Topics covered

• heart attack
• personal story
• cardiac rehab
• health
• emotional journey

Keywords

• SCAD
• heart attack
• Rowena Breese
• cardiac rehab
• health story

Mentioned in this episode

Places: UK, Leeds

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