After her stroke in the US in January 2013, she was flown by medical helicopter to a Boston hospital. 'I was in ICU and surrounded by doctors and machines, it was so scary. I couldn't do anything, I couldn't sit up, go to the toilet or move my head,' she said.
'I'm here for those patients now, to support them. No patient should be told they can't do something, as mindset is so important to recovery,' she said.
The Irish Heart Foundation's advocacy campaign manager, Pauline O'Shea, who was diagnosed with heart failure in 2012, said many patients feel 'unheard, invisible, and disempowered' within the health system.
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