SCA Survivor Matthew Wood: Capturing Your Own Death on Camera, Meeting Those Who Saved You, and Much More

Matthew Wood had a cardiac arrest at home. Luckily, his partner heard something and immediately jumped into action.Show notes of this episode can be found here: https://heartwarriorproject.com/matthew-wood/____🧡Get Involved - Support The Heart Warrior Project🧡Note that The Heart Warrior Project is run by one guy, which is yes, me (Jellis Vaes). In between work, studies at university, and just life, I try to squeeze in some time almost every day to work on this project. This project takes a lot of work, as I genuinely want to deliver high-quality and helpful content for survivors here. And I do it with a lot of love every day. However, help is always appreciated. If you have found any insights, lessons, or support from this or any other episode, and you’d like to support the project, we have a couple of ways to do so.We offer some ⁠⁠awesome-looking merch⁠⁠, such as T-shirts, hoodies, and mugs, with different designs that I personally love wearing/using myself. If you aren’t interested in any merch but still want to support the project, we also ⁠⁠accept donations⁠⁠.You can find more information here:⁠⁠ https://heartwarriorproject.com/getinvolved/⁠⁠.____🕒Timestamps of this episode 🕒Intro 00:00 - 02:52Having a heart attack 02:52 - 09:42Having your own cardiac arrest on camera 09:42 - 14:20Why they think Matthew had a cardiac arrest 14:20 - 17:28How Matthew is feeling today 17:28 - 19:09Putting together the pieces of what happened 19:09 - 22:08Getting an ICD and living with it 22:08 - 25:27 Support the Heart Warrior Project 25:27 - 27:10How life has changed for Matthew 27:10 - 30:50Meeting the people who saved you 30:50 - 37:40What his cardiologist could have told him sooner/what Matthew wished he had discovered sooner 37:40 - 49:40Dealing with all that happened to us and for the ones who love us 48:30 - 53:00Jellis's experience of getting a shock for the first time 53:00 - 58:14The love-hate relationship with an ICD 58:14 - 1:00:13What helps Matthew in moments when he feels down 1:00:13 - 1:03:03Things that are difficult to communicate to the people around Matthew 1:03:03 - 1:06:22Suffering is far worse than death 1:06:22 - 1:07:00You never know what someone is going through 1:07:00 - 1:09:43Last tips and pieces of advice from Matthew to fellow SCA survivors 1:09:43 - 1:13:17Outro 1:13:17 - 1:13:53Support the Heart Warrior Project 1:13:53 - 1:14:52____#cardiacarrest #heartwarrior #survivor