How heart failure brought me back to life | L.T. Kirk | TEDxAntioch
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มิ.ย. 2024
- Our lives can be derailed in an instant by circumstances beyond our control. However, whether or not one has a heartbeat, life truly does go on, with or without them. Learning to accept a new reality and finding new paths to fulfilling our dreams after a life setback or deadly diagnosis can be a difficult journey, but the rewards can be better than anything we have ever dreamed before. In this talk, L.T. shares his journey and how his dreams, when revisioned, became larger and greater than he thought they ever could be.
L.T. Kirk is a performer trained in classical voice, opera, and theater. He is also a long term survivor of Cardiomyopathy, a form of heart failure. Living with a life threatening chronic illness has taken L.T. on a physical and emotional journey of self discovery and re-discovery of life. While his health greatly limits what he can do on stage, he has discovered new outlets for his passion behind the scenes. He co-founded KB Productions, a theater company, and serves on the board of HustedDance, a summer intensive program for college aged students of modern dance. L.T. has received award recognition for directing and producing, and his company was nominated by the Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce for their Leadership in the Arts award for 2015. He lives in Nashville, TN with his husband and their seven rescue dogs.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
so true on the walk across the room with your heart beating out of your chest so tired you cant explain - yes you come out different when you "survive" heart failure
I've been diagnosed since feb. On meds now. This is inspiring. I'm 43 and have always been good health. Never smoked or drank. Struggling a bit with depression of all this.
Excercise
I'm 32 diagnosed in February too, but went whole plant based vegetarian from March, exercised too and it helped me lots. Then I finally prayed so hard for a miracle with friends and family & we fasted too. Had a desire to go for more tests after the prayer 4 days ago. I was told my heart has somehow healed. In less than a week, 90% of my symptoms have disappeared. This is my testimony & I have medical reports to prove it. You have to fight it, don't accept defeat & I pray for you.
Kim Wynard what a testimony GLORY TO GOD
@@kimwynard9128 amazing testimony...The Lord God is alive and well!!! What a healer!
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Thank you for your words and strength!!
Thank you dear inspiring man
Follow your doctor's recommendations, medications, diet and exercise. Put your faith in Christ and you will recover. I did.
Hi Sr, can you tell me exactly what you did? Medication,exercise, etc. I a would really appreciate if you can answer, God bless you
So did i
@@childofgoddonovan735 wat was you diagnoses at wat was your EF???
@@hotlatino7220 honesty it was down to ten percent both left and right
@@childofgoddonovan735 I'm sry. I don't know why I dont get notified sometimes. But thank you for answering. Your saying your healed? Being that low with your ejection fraction is true heart failure. Are you healed or just got it under control? And if it gone? What did you do? And what was your diet on a daily? Thank you.
I have chf .to all take your medicine loose weight and eat healthy the Hart get stronger again slowly but take care of yourself
Thank you for sharing!
Encouraging and challenging. Well done!
+SilverStarSeven Thank you so much!
So young to have to go thru such medical issues. So sorry for your challenges
Great video thank you
Thank you for putting this out there. It was good information I can pass on to my father, recently diagnosed Hear Failure, it irritated me that the term is so terminal, I will be sending him this video, the part that he struggles most with right now is the crash days. An active 80 year old, he has been given no goals, what he should be doing to improve his heart health, this is my role now to educate and give him access to information he may not have found. Excellent job, Thankyou
Check out Dr. Sinatra Reverse Heart Failure this book will change his life . I have CHF and I have been able to change my condition
It’s curable I couldn’t walk I had the worst heart ever now I am going to run a marathon
@Clayton DaGreatOne Coq10, magnesium, l carnitine, and d ribose. Is that what you took to change your condition?
@ChildofGod Donovan how are you doing nowadays? What did you take to reverse your heart failure?
My husband is the TedX speaker and I can tell you after 15 yrs he still has crash days. We learn that this happens for a number of reasons and deal with each one as it happens. It's part of our lives and it goes on. Always try to look at the good out there. I'm glad your father is still here.
Singing his own praises...really.
My name is Jamison and when he talked bout his laps I almost broke down cuz I have CHF (congested heart failure) also I am 22 and I remember being in the hospital for about month n doing that exact thing feeling so excited when I could do just 1 lap n 1 lap turned to 2, 2 into 3 n so on n so on. This was a breaking point for me knowing I could get better. Thank you for sharing I really needed this
CHF at 22? What's the underlying cause?
Drugs sadly
My uncle is living healthy with CHF with almost 16 yrs now..
I have CHF....had a heart condition since 1984 and now I’m 48. I have found u can reverse heart failure. Check out Dr. Sinatra on Reversing Heart Failure.
@@tradersfundmarketing how do you reverse it?
Jesus healed keneth Hagin from heart failure as,a,child. First thing is repent and work towards developing your faith from Mk 11;23-24
Just for the record my husband does have CHF however, diet, exercise, etc ... will not bring back the 53% of his heart muscle & tissue that died. Viral Cardiomyopathy
I am happy that so many CFH patients are on the right track for healthy living.
Trying to find out if he is still alive and all I get is star trek...
I have heart failure! This helps thank you!
@Bonnie Robinson what regimen do you take for your heart failure?
I had the worst heart condition ten percent both hearts left and right I was sick and dying a couple months ago Swollen full of water gasping at every breath . Today By the Grace God with no transplant I am Healed Start with an exercise bike And prayer eat healthy lots of yard work and you too shall be healed oh yeah and I did take hawathorn berry and cq10 vitamins too
That's great! Can this work for coronary artery disease?
John Kimball do a liver cleanse with the Epsom salts n stuff I got out a whole big cup full of stones our liver is the root too all disease 👌
John Kimball if you need the recipe for I got mines online or I can send it to you
@@childofgoddonovan735 are you saying you had 10% ejection fraction and healed yourself with diet excercise and l oki ts of yardwork? How bout meds? And if meds. Which meds?
@@johnkimball5872 of course do a gallbladder liver cleanse with the apple juice and Epsom salts first
I found out I have heart failure ! I don't wanna die ! Help me before it's too late . I always help ppl . However I'm asking for me now!
try to stay active .. and try avoid the foods outside .. just go take a deep breath and begin to think .whats better for u .. i was diagnosed heart faillure last february 2018 ..couldnt even sleep , walking, and nearly died... which my left ventricular was dilated . .heart enlanrgement and mitral valve regurt. my cardiologist ..told me that i have to undergo for open heart surgery .. but ididnt want that happend. so i change my diet .i used barley juice 12000g a day .. now i dont have chestpain i cant even hear my heart sounds just like before. .. my only problem now is .shorthness of breath when im walking to fast .. so i started to excersize my self last 2weeks ago .. and thanks God . little a little i see the improvement . of my stamina .. JUST PRAY THATS THE BEST WE DO ..
@@hangoveroverhang2286 stay well.i too am a heart failure patient but will not give up.
Look up Dr. esselstyn on TH-cam, stay encouraged,
hang over over hang what have you been doing to get better ?
I have read a story about a chef that had cardiac arrest in front of National Jewish Health hospital. They resuscitated him more than one time and he was told he had congestive heart failure. His cardiologist at National Jewish Health gave him some heart failure drugs and strongly recommended a strictly plant based, no added oil, diet. He followed that recommendation and no longer has heart failure. I know sometimes the disease has gone too far, but I have also read about people who were told they were too far gone and this plan worked. Worth a try, what is it going to hurt?
Follow Raw diet .. Every thing can be healed.. Fasting is the ultimate medicine... God is within us.. Feed gim what he created for humans not Animals.. Krishna is great!!!
I'm Eric a 43 yr old male. I'm having trouble breathing. I get pain in my upper abdomen just walking to the mail box. My feet and ankles are swolen. I don't have a doctor or insurance and I'm getting scared. I don't know if the er will help me?
Watch dr stephen sinatra's videos on heart failure. I started taking his awesome foursome and in
6 Mos my ejection fraction rose from 47 to 65 %.
The main reason for chf is several low nutrients it needed. CoQ10 in Ubiquinol form will easily reverse from Congestive Heart Failure to Normal Heart again. Also, magnesium, D-Ribose and Carnitine are needed. You need those nutrients to charge the heart to get it back to normal. And yes, a healthy is important, but not always. And there are no medications that would improve the heart, just treat the symptoms.
Yes I used coq10 it might have some to do with helping me heal I can pee again Hallelujah
@@childofgoddonovan735 you couldn't pee? It got that bad?
Please answer. Can you take these vitamins herbs with medicines so nervous about this need advice
@@beverlyhoward3512 thanks u gave hope
Don't say that please it will easily reverse heart failure
My husband has got a laps pliz I need your support in prayers 🙏
I will pray for him and you
I have watched many of these so called experts and find absolutely not one scientific usable suggestion.
TAKE VITAMIN JC = JESUS CHRIST 👍👍
JESUS CHRIST THE MOST HIGH GOD must be soul soluble
Use the wisdom God gives us to do what's best for us. Absolutely pray for healing but learn all you can and do what's appropriate.
I wonder if this guy this has purple stains around his legs from poor circulation.
purple stains like what??
@@mohdarif8948 the blood moves poorly in the furthest extremities from the heart. Pools up and creates a purple stain.
Stomach looks distended. That could be a bad sign.
Minding sharing what you think? I noticed it too.
Misana can be a sign of liver damage but probably a result of all of his medical issues
Thanks.