LVAD Talk featuring The LVAD Nation
LVAD Talk featuring The LVAD Nation is a podcast hosted by Shawn Connors, where we feature conversations with LVAD Patients, heart transplant recipients, and caregivers, we discuss life before, during and after the LVAD.
Episodes
Let's have a conversation with Akeisha King
Welcome to season 2!
This episode we keep it all the way real with Ms Akeisha King!
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lvadtalk/messageLet's have a conversation with Marlon Smith; LVAD's, tattoos, and a clock!
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lvadtalk/messageLet's have a conversation with Frankie DeFore and what it is like to live with having his LVAD explanted!
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lvadtalk/messageOn this episode we discuss what its like to get the false call!!!!
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lvadtalk/messageLet's have a conversation with the Valant James "Slim" Overton LVAD recipient and transplant survivor!
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lvadtalk/messageLet have a talk with the incredible John Stratton of Medimaterials!
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lvadtalk/messageLets have a conversation for the remarkable Amy Bacon!!
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--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lvadtalk/messageOn this episode of LVAD Talk with Doug, Cami Behl, and family
We discussed...
Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!!
How they found out Doug had heart failure
Heart failure at age 6
From one pediatric cardiac patient to another (Doug and I)
How does this affect you as a parent
Heart failure with Big Doug and Lil Doug
Dealing with heart failure with multiple people in the household
Thank God for the friends and caregivers
Fighting for ex...
On this episode of LVAD Talk with Kayla Lewis
We discussed...
How she discovered she had heart failure
Heart failure and college life
When you code and lose a few days
When you have to get a LVAD and don't know what it is
Not understanding the symptoms of heart failure
How long after getting the LVAD how long before you started feeling like you
The recovery process
Working after the LVAD
Going back to college after the LVAD
Batteri...
On this episode of LVAD Talk with Dèjá Samuels and Georgiana Rankin
This is a special episode Dèjá is non verbal because of a stroke and her mother Georgiana Rankin is telling her story for her.
We discussed...
Being non verbal but yet on a podcast!
How her journey began
When Dèjá’s heart stopped for 45 minutes
Having a determined and praying mother
When the first heart isn’t the one
Dealing with a stroke at such a young ...
On this episode of LVAD Talk with Darian Blue
We discussed...
How many people do “it” without a heartbeat
How he discovered he had heart failure
When you are the picture of health and have an EF of 6
Complications of surgery
What it was like to “work”
What is your LVAD purpose
God works in mysterious ways
Being your own best advocate
RN’s are life!
We are more than a LVAD
Music life and the LVAD
And much more!
Let's have a conversa...
On this episode of LVAD Talk with Jasmine Morrison
We discussed...
Being from the south and knowing how to cook!
Finding out she had postpartum myopathy
How her LVAD made her strength in God stronger
Concerns of a single mother and getting a LVAD
What her recovery was like
Needing a strong support system to be successful with recovery
Her kids being her ultimate motivation
Are you going for transplant or are you happy with your LVA...
On this episode of LVAD Talk with Sonya Jackson
We discussed...
VA to CA in hopes of having a better chance at getting a heart
Being a breast cancer survivor
Getting the cancer call at work
The heart failure diagnosis
Her internal motivation - Life is not a game
The strange sounds our hearts make now
The importance of mental health and LVAD’s
LVAD, six flags and roller coasters
Heart condition and marching band
Step out of your com...
On this episode of LVAD Talk with Javed Awan
We discussed...
How he discovered he had heart failure
Golf and a heart attack
Going from stint to ICD
Blacked out and shocked behind the wheel
Finally getting the LVAD
Our DMV connection
Dead man walking
Living that shock life!
Ablation then the shocks stop
Thankful for the LVAD
What was his biggest lifestyle adjustment after the LVAD
Train life with the LVAD got to love the DMV
Thank G...
On this episode of LVAD Talk with Olivia Rose
We discussed...
Getting vaccinated and traveling!
Getting in the pool for the first time since transplant
What it was like dealing with strokes
The recovery from all strokes are not the same
Learning how to speak and write again, and still learning 2 years later
When God speaks you have to listen
Lvad recovery is worse than transplant recovery
What is worse the physical recovery or ment...
On this episode of LVAD Talk with Tom Shad
In this episode we discuss...
Sharing the same surgery date
How he found out he was in heart failure
“No weightlifting or rough sex”
Defibrillator and The Blue Man Group
Weight and heart transplant
Catching corona in the hospital
The touring musician lifestyle and heart health
Puking in from of Spike Lee’s house i
Dealing with covid and living in New York City
The vaccine and the sym...
On this episode of LVAD Talk with Dr. Brittany Clayborne (drbrittanyspeaks)
In this episode we discuss...
How she realized she had heart failure
Going from heart failure, to LVAD, to transplant, to stage 4 cancer
October to August waiting for a transplant
Getting her masters degree in ICU
Making the decision to get the LVAD
Giving up on the LVAD and God comes through right on time!
Getting her transplant
Dealing with lymphoma after...
On this episode of LVAD Talk with Nicole Clement
In this episode we discuss...
How she realized she had heart failure
Getting introduced to the LVAD
What is the name of your LVAD
Bridge to transplant and having to lose weight
The newbie perspective
What it is like 3 months out of surgery and what is her biggest adjustment
And much more!
Let's have a conversation with Nicole Clement
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters...On this episode of LVAD Talk with Armin Muzafirović
In this episode we discuss...
LVAD from a young guys perspective
Dealing with muscular dystrophy
Finding heart failure at the top of a mountain
Being rebellious and adventurous
Missing out on a school semester but finishing strong
From Icd’s to LVAD
Getting the call
His transplant story!
On the road to be a medical doctor
And much more!
Let's have a conversation with Armin Muzafi...
On this episode of LVAD Talk with Hannah Sharma
In this episode we discuss...
Health care in the UK
How she realized she had heart failure
The wait for transplant
Living months in the hospital
What her recovery was like
Her new lease on life with her new heart
Why you should have milk in your next cup of tea!
Let's have a conversation with Hannah Sharma!
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