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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Dear readers, It is already that time of the year. We are in the middle of Christmas days and only a week before 2020 begins. For me, December is always the hardest month of the year. Short days, the cold and the holidays make me often worry about the past year and think about what the coming year will be like. For several years we have been saying "Towards a better year, with more happiness and health" at home. This has not yet been successful. In fact, last year is the toughest year so far for me. Major changes in my home situation and on personal ...
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Fundraising for the heart foundation
Hi dear reader, It has been a while since I wrote my last life blog. In the previous blog I told about my second operation and my stay at the rehabilitation clinic. During this stay I regretted very fast. This ensured that we decided to stop the rehabilitation and go home. In my last weeks in the clinic I have had a lot of frustration about the fact that I am not getting better. The "we can do nothing" statement by a very good doctor is the worst thing there is. Too little is known about certain heart defects. The risks of ...
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Rehabilitation, heart surgery number 2 and ME?
Hi dear reader, In the previous blog I told you about the path I took until I got my diagnosis and about the subsequent heart surgery. I will continue where I left off. The period after my first heart surgery was difficult. On the one hand came the realization that I had to be grateful that I came out of the operation well. On the other hand, the tellor position that they failured to make me better was huge. At that time I was very uncertain about my future and did not know what to focus on. That ultimately became the rehabilitation. After a...
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The way to my diagnosis, followed by a first heart surgery
Hi dear reader, Welcome to the first blog about myself. I wasn't sure if I would want to and could write about myself. However, I have received many questions about it and from my work for heart foundations I am used to sharing personal things. So let's make a try .. What are these blogs about then? This will mainly be about my illness. I get a lot of questions about how I study, work, travel and exercise with my illness. I will tell you more about this in the coming blogs. Sick or insulting? Where to start now?…