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My reasons behind the challenge

The reason I want to take part in this challenge and encourage others to do so, is the history of heart disease in my family.

Jeanne - Grandmother.

My grandmother had a triple bypass surgery in her late 60’s. This was a success but the system waits until you’re dying on the table before doing any surgery’s that save lives. I believe prevention is what needs to come in to place and bypass surgeries should be available to those with chronic artery blockages, before it’s too late.

I have more knowledge and want to get the word out there how important it is to take care of our hearts.

Angela - Mother

My mother suffered chest pains and was sent away from A&E with a prescription of ‘acid reflux’ tablets. Her pain continued and she knew something wasn’t right. A friend of mine who’s mother had also had heart disease, told me to go back and say/do whatever you need to do to make them do an angiogram.

We got that angiogram done and it turns out that she had a heart attack or possibly a couple of heart attacks and needed stents put in. Not long after getting them put in she needed another stent, this time the stent had to be put inside one of the others as it was not giving enough flow.

Who knows what would have happened if we didn’t harass the hospital for the angiogram - as they weren’t going to originally. This was undiagnosed for 2 weeks and there is a lot of damage left behind because of this.

The artery on the other side of mums heart is more than 50% blocked so we never know what’s around the corner.

The cardiologists don’t follow up with regular check ups anymore, It’s as though my mums case has faded into air.

Hopefully with more research and funding, more accurate diagnosing will be available, more funding for cardiologists to follow up, funding for better medication. Post op medications are dangerous (do your research or keep an eye on my posts for more information) Hopefully it can fund scientists to grow real hearts for replacements.

Or even just to help educate us Kiwis on heart health and the irreversible damage that our lifestyle choices can make.

Remember heart disease can affect you at any age so let’s get going and raise those funds. You never know it could be you or someone you love that will benefit from this cause.

*RIP to my friend Levi’s father*

I will be requesting information of where our money is going, that i will provide shortly.

Thank you ❤️

Pressure...

Hi everyone :-)

Just wanted to make this post to let you all know that there is absolutely no pressure in your part of the 42km or my first goal of raising $250.

You do not need to go door knocking, fundraise or donate. (It does help but not required)

You don’t need to walk 42km either. If you only get 1km in - It’s still support and much appreciated. Every bit of effort makes a difference.

I would love if we could share this page on Facebook as it’s a great cause. I think we all know someone with heart disease, have lost someone with heart disease or even suffer from it ourselves.

It’s really important to do our part in supporting future research, faster diagnosis and post care.

Thank you for taking your time to click on to my page and if you’ve taken that next step in sharing my page or joining the team :-)

Once again, there is no pressure for anything, I’m happy with just a share on Facebook. Remember, every bit of effort counts. ❤️

Support my challenge to save Kiwi hearts

This May, I’m taking part in MyMarathon to raise funds for heart research that will help save lives.

Every 90 minutes, a person dies of heart disease. It's the single biggest killer in New Zealand, and I want to do something to support the thousands of Kiwis whose lives are impacted by this disease every single day.

Please make a donation to support my challenge and help save Kiwi hearts.

Together, we can win the race against heart disease.

Thank you!