Susan1 talks about waiting 'a year minus 3 weeks' for her transplant.
Transcript
So that began the whole process of being transferred to you know the transplant team. And I had to be admitted periodically throughout that – I waited a year minus three weeks I think. And yeah. So I had to be admitted a couple times and diuresed again [made to excrete excess water]. And so this whole time you know, I’m trying to manage my diet and stay positive. And you know, living with this congestive heart failure. And I would swim every day. I wouldn’t be swimming hard, but I would go to a pool that I had a membership for. And I would swim lengths. And you know I would do what I could do. I usually had to stop at every end of the pool, do a Valsalva maneuver [to slow her heart rate]. But then carry on, and I made this my mental therapy as well as my physical therapy. And I think it, you know, it helped keep me mentally straight in the head. Thinking positive. You know, about transplant. Because I think a big part of it is your mental outlook right? You’ve really got to stay focused and be prepared for it.
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