Season 5. Episode 7. Heart Transplant Recipient Jay Waddell's journey through health struggles and coming out on the other side

Go ahead and text me! Jay Waddell is a retired executive, college professor, and life coach. who has fought several health battles in his life, the last one was heart failure and he had to get a heart transplant! He explains his approach and how he wasn't so willing to go through the ordeal at first. Eventually, he did decide to go through with it and now has a new heart. He is writing a book about what he learned and is determined to help others and give them hope when facing big health issues.Before his heart troubles, Jay had already suffered severe hearing loss and a major stroke. The journey back was grueling, but he prevailed.Jay was raised on a big dairy farm in Wisconsin and would never suggest that he is brave, but he is.  He teaches us about persistence and getting on with things. And he gives us all hope.The books that he mentioned as being helpful were "Bittersweet" by Susan Cain,  "A Stroke of Luck," by Kirk Douglass, and "Stroke Rebel," by Linda Radestad.You can reach Jay at: [email protected] tips for assessing a stroke victim are-- FAST:F- Face: Can the person smile? Stroke victims usually cannot.A- Arms -- Ask them if they can life one or both arms. They usually cannot.S- Speech -- Ask them questions -- their speech will be slurred and slow if they have had a strokeT- Time -- You have 2 hours to get them to the hospital to get meds to reverse the stroke.THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!Check out my Facebook group -- The Storied Human.The Storied Human is on YouTube now-- check it out:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHYKJ0fBDIF7hzWCu7b396GMJU-2qb7hHave a story? DM me on instagram:  lthompson_574Drop me an email: [email protected] all my links on  Linktree:https://linktr.ee/StoriedHuman/Also see all episodes on my new website: https://www.podpage.com/the-storied-human-what-is-your-story/episodes/Keep in touch!Original music  "Saturday Sway" by Brendan Talian (for  all interviews before 2025)