Wear it, Beat it!

 

 

Earlier this month was the British Heart Foundation’s annual ‘Wear It. Beat It.’ day, which has moved this year to June from February. The day encourages people to wear red to help raise awareness and money in order to hopefully beat heart conditions and illnesses throughout the UK.

I wanted to write a post on this as even though it was a few weeks ago, I really feel that is something so important to get the money for more research and make people themselves aware that there are so many types of heart conditions and some that aren’t as obvious straight away.

Many people may already know but this is also something that affects me personally, as I had a heart condition called ‘Supraventricular Tachycardia’ it took many years, doctors and hospital appointments for me to finally be diagnosed which was ultimately achieved with the work of British Heart Foundation staff working within the hospital.

One of the things that was most stressful about my personal experience was the fact that I had a rare case of having all symptoms rather than just the typical few and I had them for different times and extremes too. This made it harder to be diagnosed as things weren’t adding up as easy and couldn’t always be monitored.

My personal experience is still on going with regular hospital checks; and this is why I still more than ever feel so passionate about raising awareness for the British Heart Foundation and the incredible work they do. I often think this is the case because you can’t always see a heart condition then people find it hard to understand that there is something not quite right.

What’s great about Wear It. Beat It. is that something as small as wearing something red for one day can actually have a big impact by informing others who see you as to why you’re wearing red and raising money to help fund future research by something so easy.

The charity was founded in 1961 and has been providing lifesaving research and help since then. I have seen the amazing work that can be carried out so the more funding the even better it will be for everyone who is faced with a heart problem.

 

 

Link to their website where you can find out more information: https://www.bhf.org.uk/

Photo Credits: https://wearitbeatit.bhf.org.uk/ (sourced through their website)