LVAD Talk featuring The LVAD Nation

On this episode of LVAD Talk with Dantrell Brown a.k.a LVAD Dad

In this episode we discuss...

How he got the name LVAD Dad

How he realized he had heart failure

Getting introduced to the LVAD

Becoming “Iron Man”

“God giving his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers”

How his family influenced his LVAD decision

How is LVAD made is new marriage stronger

Let's have a conversation with Dantrell Brown a.k.a LVAD Dad

On this episode of LVAD Talk we talk with Aiste Staraite

OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL EPISODE! Aiste is living in Lithuania.

On this episode we discuss...

How she found out she had heart failure

What her recovery was like

Problems dealing with antibiotics

Having a stroke during surgery

Living on your own with LVAD

Walking is key to recovery

Covid and recovery in Lithuania

When doctors miss the symptoms

Empathy is important

On this episode of LVAD Talk we talk with Alexis PeeWee Smith

On this episode we discuss...

How she found out she had heart failure

Dealing with lymphoma and heart failure

Going to hospice and walking out!

Finally getting her LVAD and her recovery

When you need a caregiver but you are the caregiver

ICD shocks

Dating with a LVAD is easier for men?

On this episode of LVAD Talk we talk with John Sanson

On this episode we discuss...

How he found out he had heart failure

Being a gladiator before being diagnosed

LVAD surgery and gastric sleeve at the same time

What his recovery was like from both surgeries

He got the call...Twice!

Getting a hep C heart

And we talk about cameras!

On this episode of LVAD Talk we talk with Farrah Wilson

On this episode we discuss...

How she found out he had heart failure

Finding out she had heart failure in Japan

What Japanese hospitals are like

Coming back to america and getting her LVAD

Selling her house in the country because she couldn't swim in the pool

Grand kids, and kids being motivation

The battery bag search

Weight loss surgery and the search for a heart

On this episode of LVAD Talk we talk with Kevin Alexander Taveras

We discuss...

How he found out he had heart failure

Men, why  do we think we are invincible?

Lasik is the devil!

Single dad’s and LVADs

Sneezing after surgery

Defibrillators, shocks and PVP (video games)

Mini strokes  and emergency rooms

Getting the Gastric Sleeve

Nissans and Twitch streaming!

On this episode of  LVAD Talk we talk with Sonia Leon

We discuss...

How she discovered she had heart failure

Waking up with her LVAD

Making lifestyle adjustments after implant

G.I. bleeds and having her LVAD decommissioned

Life after LVAD

On this episode of  LVAD Talk  we talk to Dr Wayne Old, cardiologist, and Hannah Cassa LVAD, coordinator.

We discuss...

How they became heart health care providers

Viruses, pregnancy and heart failure

A day in the life of an LVAD coordinator

What are DCD Transplants

TIps for caregivers

And they answer Questions from the LVAD Nation!

On this episode of LVAD Talk with Charles Schulz

We discuss...

How he found out he had heart failure

Who hit me a.k.a ICD shocks

Waking up with an LVAD

Rehab after the LVAD

Coming home to Covid lockdown

Shout out to the caregivers

Future plans and goals

DCD heart transplant

On this episode of LVAD Talk with Fatima Mathews

We discuss...

How she found out she had heart failure

postpartum cardiomyopathy

Dying and coming back to life....with an LVAD

Dealing with life after death

Having great care givers, her parents

Being a mean patient

The sounds of our LVAD

Dating with a LVAD

LVAD tinder