Mitral heart valve replacement and asthma with Paul Shriever

Open heart surgery and asthma with Paul ShrieverIn this podcast we talk to Hidden Disability Sunflower team member - Paul Shriever. Paul chats about his own invisible disabilities - in his thirties with a young family Paul was admitted to A&E and told that he needed life saving open heart surgery- the treatment he received was a mitral heart valve replacement (titanium).The trauma of this experience and also being asthmatic from an early age has caused Paul a great deal of anxiety. Overti...

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The Sunflower Conversations are where we explore hidden disabilities through the prism of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower.In a world where it can be hard to feel like your story matters, we want to give you a space to share your experience. Whether you or someone you care about wears the Sunflower lanyard, we hope that by giving voice to these experiences, we can empower others and encourage more people to support people with invisible disabilities.