{"id":797055,"date":"2026-10-09T13:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T13:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/797055\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T13:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T13:50:16","slug":"my-heart-attack-changed-my-life-now-i-want-to-help-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/797055\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;My heart attack changed my life &#8211; now I want to help others&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sharon Lamb, who had undergone open heart surgery one year ago, was one of the people at the session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I was doing a rehab class provided by the NHS in Worcester, but that came to an end after eight weeks, and I was struggling to find something that was suitable and local,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This is brilliant because I feel like I can go at my own pace, it&#8217;s not got the feel of a big exercise class.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">David Spoors, who also lives in Droitwich, had a heart attack and a stroke in 2015. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I was doing a bike ride and thought I was suffering from &#8216;man flu&#8217; &#8211; next thing you know I was lying on a village green wondering why I&#8217;d come off my bike,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;That was on the weekend &#8211; I said to my son &#8216;there&#8217;s no point going to hospital, I&#8217;ll just go to the doctors on Monday&#8217;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;So when I was told that I&#8217;d had a heart attack it was a real shock, I wasn&#8217;t really prepared for it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;But I won&#8217;t let it define me &#8211; I&#8217;ve been skiing around the world, I&#8217;ve cycled from Land&#8217;s End to John O&#8217;Groats, and the fact these classes are now available on my doorstep is fantastic.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sharon Lamb, who had undergone open heart surgery one year ago, was one of the people at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-797055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}