The Lantern Trust, Nelson
A small team supporting diabetes and living with cancer. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.
Weekdays and Saturday mornings
After a heart attack, surgery or a diagnosis that changed your rhythm. Talk with people in New Zealand who know what it is like, find help near you, and join the worldwide circle too. Free, always.
Next gathering in the New Zealand circle: Weekly check-in ยท
A small team supporting diabetes and living with cancer. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.
Weekdays and Saturday mornings
โReading this late at night? I've been there. I've been there. For me it was not that long ago, about a year. Back then it was heart failure and the fluid tablets. Some weeks I don't think about it at all. It doesn't stay this heavy. xโ
โTo anyone just starting with heart stuff: it's scary and your brain will tell you every twinge is the end. It's not. Go to the rehab class even if you feel silly. Check your pulse less. I know, easier said than done. And let people help you. I'm still learning that one. You'll have good days again, I promise. They just come slower than you'd like.โ
โA note for the next person. In 2022 I was exactly where you are. The worst part was checking my pulse all the time. Last month I had people round for dinner. Praying for you.โ
โI was sure I'd never feel normal again. I was wrong. Someone told me to do one smlal thing a day. Some days it's just a shower. Keep going, even slowly.โ