#fabrice muamba

[footieridiculosity]

In light of my desperation to avoid the NFL news last night all over Twitter and then my reaction when forced to learn about it anyway today for work, I think I can say I have slight cardiac arrest during sporting events PTSD from Christian Eriksen in the Euros, and then Grant Wahl passing away during Argentina-Holland. Today has been rough, though my experience is obviously not slightly close to the worst those closer to Damar Hamlin have it. People shouldn’t abruptly almost die on live television. It’s obscenely wrong on every level.

[broom-closet-witch]

My motivation for running the London Marathon

*Please see my fundraising link here.  I would be grateful if you could give what you can.  Thank you.*

As is the case for the majority of people taking part, I was offered a charity place for the marathon; it is my privilege to be running to raise money for the British Heart Foundation.  BHF do so much fantastic work and research to help those in need.  They teach CPR; they have campaigned to increase the availability of defibrilators to the public; they conduct reearch into heart and circulatory diseases; and so much more.

Anyone who watched the Euros in 2021 will remember the awful sight of Christian Eriksen collapsing on the pitch in the match against Finland.  He went into cardiac arrest and fortunately was able to make a full recovery, in no small part thanks to the work of the medical team.  A lot of you may also remember Fabrice Muamba suffering a similar event in 2012, when his heart stopped for 78 minutes before he was in a fit state to be rushed to the London Chest Hospital.  Anyone who saw these situations can be in no doubt as to the positive impact that having defibrilators available can have.

One of the areas they have conducted research into is vascular dementia, a disease which has impacted my family and can often be caused by a stroke leading to a clot and then leading on to the development of vascular dementia.  If I can play even the smallest part in ensuring that no other families have to be affected by this horrendous disease (hereafter referred to as 'the embuggerance' thanks to Terry Pratchett) then I want to do so.

These are just two of the areas where BHF do vital work; they do so much more than I can fit into this post.

I have put my fundraising link at the top of the post and also here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/grace-burns6?utm_source=copyLink&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=grace-burns6&utm_campaign=pfp-share&utm_term=e31512beb0084860906d1f725b924002

 Please donate and help ensure that BHF can continue their vital work.

[calicoaidan]

Damar Hamlin

TW: Discussing heart attacks and medical emergencies Being a UK based follower of the NFL who works in a typical 9-5 job, primetime NFL games typically mean me waking up and viewing the highlights first thing to see what's happened overnight.

Typically it presents an interesting start to a Friday, Monday or Tuesday morning with me being able to view a game and get a glimpse of the talking points, even if it was a mismatch of little consequence.

This morning that changed and I've felt that same sickening sensation as many folks in America went to bed with last night following the collapse of Damar Hamlin.

I've experienced similar things with Football, the collapse of Christian Eriksen during Euro 2021 instantly looked very bad and seeing someone receiving lifesaving CPR treatment on the field who'd been playing high level sport seemingly fine 5 minutes earlier isn't something you shake off - I left the house and went for a walk just to get away from what I saw that day.

There's an added element to last night which I find further troubling. The collapse of Eriksen – and Fabrice Muamba a few years earlier – came down to an undiagnosed heart defect in live play, not caused by a particular instance, not caused by physical contact, no third party involved - just a sudden awful occurence.

I haven't viewed the incident but as it's described what happened came as a result of Damar Hamlin making a routine tackle on Tee Higgins, a bit of physical contact as is usual in the NFL but nothing untoward. For Hamlin the hope is he recovers as fully and promptly as possible (at time of writing he's still listed as being in Critical condition).

For the other players present – especially Higgins – I hope they're okay, goodness knows some of them will have had sleepless nights last night. Even in full knowledge that it was a normal form of contact, that's going to sit on them for a long time, throughout careers and lives. I woke up and was thoroughly sickened, these people had to witness Hamlin be revived from metres away, I can't imagine that horror.

I'm not a praying soul, but I'm dearly hoping for better news from Cincinnati as soon as possible. I also couldn't give a shite about sporting impact of this game, void it and just deal with the consequences of that, it's miniscule in the scheme of things.

My thoughts are with Damar Hamlin, his family, friends, colleagues and anyone else fearing for him at this moment.

[atscorpsblog]

Christian Eriksen's former cardiologist says he had no history of heart concerns | Football News - Times of India

Christian Eriksen’s former cardiologist says he had no history of heart concerns | Football News – Times of India

Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen, who was hospitalised after collapsing during his side’s Euro 2021 opener against Finland on Saturday, had no prior heart issues during his time with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, his former cardiologist said. Eriksen, 29, collapsed in the 42nd minute of the match while running near the left touchline after a Denmark throw-in and was given life-saving…

[footballerimaginess]

I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since Fabrice Muamba suffered a cardiac arrest at the spurs stadium

[blacksoul333]

I have some things to say about BBC - this is not specific to them (also want to shit on the Danish broadcasting), but because of where I am, I'm slandering them (bbc) about Christian Erikson's collapse footage. I mean what the actual fuck??

for all of you who don't watch football: today, about an hour ago now, a Denmark footballer collapsed on the pitch. noone knew why and still a reason has not been made public - others may have heard of Fabrice Muamba's collapse during a game back in March 2012

due to broadcasting not being cut, he was filmed as his teammates stood in a circle around the player who looked like he was receiving CPR

now, anyone with decent morals would absolutely have stopped broadcasting

and I know it's the Danish broadcasting channel who were filming

but

THE BBC SHOULDA STOPPED FUCKING BROADCASTING IT

instead, we got to see shots of fans in the stands crying, his wife in hysterics - I mean, whoever filmed his wife should be sacked

all around a torturous thing to watch

BBC continued broadcasting. why?

I don't know. but if I took a wild guess, it's for the veiws.

I'm just really pissed off, much like many others

I would like to add now that he has been reported breathing and responsive in hospital

the referee's speedy call of the medics and Kjaer's quick response to turn him on his side proves the two as the heroes of the incident along with, of course, the medics.

RIGHT SECOND ROUND OF RANT

THEY ARE FUCKING CONTINUING THE GAME IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES

IF VEIWERS ARE THIS SHAKEN HOW DO YOU THINK THE PLAYERS FEEL??

this is GENUINE DISRESPECT AND I'M VERY FUCKING MAD ABOUT IT

the point of this whole post was to describe exactly how fucked up media is, especially when serious things like, y'know, people almost die on telly - it's very fucked up and I fucking hate it.

EDIT:

okay, I just saw a post saying maybe the players want to play, perhaps for coping and doing what he loved - football. and that's valid, if it helps its extremely good because I can't imagine how awful it would be to be in their place

[theroleofimagination]

Viv will be playing in the NHS Charities Together Cup at (around) 2:40 (vs Fabrice Muamba)

Ah thanks, I didn't know the timings for them - it was quite by chance that I saw that Leah was live first!

All matches can be watched here:

https://youtu.be/mqQIV9lyCQQ

[rathertoofondofbooks]

June has flown by and I can’t believe it’s already July! The highlight of June for me was going to see Kraftwerk with my husband and it was absolutely brilliant. I still can’t believe that we managed to get tickets to see them!

I’m still going through my medication changes so I’m very up and down depending on where I am in the reduction plan. I was offered a new kind of treatment to potentially help with pain management and the person who is doing the treatment has ended up working with me on my PTSD. It’s been amazing for me to finally be shedding those symptoms, and once we’ve worked through those I’ll be starting on the pain protocol to see if it can help me cope better with my pain levels. It’s very draining, mentally and physically, but it’s worth it to be finally dealing with some very traumatic memories.

I also wanted to say here that I am so grateful to all of you who keep reading and sharing my posts, to those of you who comment and check in to see how I am. I honestly can’t tell you how much it means to me. I feel terrible that I’m not managing much time online at the moment and aren’t keeping up with all of your blogs just now. I promise that when I feel stronger I will be back commenting and catching up. In the meantime though – thank you so much.

  Here are the 15 books I read this month:

  Be Awesome by Hadley Freeman

Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

The Lie of the Land by Amanda Craig

  Fabrice Muamba: I’m Still Standing by Fabrice Muamba

One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

A Year Lost and Found by Michael Mayne

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The Things We Thought We Knew by Mahsuda Snaith

Exquisite by Sarah Stovell

The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

  Labor Day by Joyce Maynard

The Law of Similars by Chris Bohjalian

Based on a True Story by Delphine de Vigan

  Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

Guilty Innocence by Maggie James

The Hidden Legacy by G. J. Minett

June Blog Posts & Reviews:

I wrote my regular blog posts this month – my Weekly Wrap-Ups, WWW Wednesday posts and my Stacking the Shelves posts so I’m pleased that I didn’t miss any of those.  I didn’t manage to write as many reviews as I’d hoped but I did get five reviews posted which is better than nothing. I also had two fab guest posts from authors Kate Vane and Emily Benet.

Here are the reviews I shared in June:

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I Know My Name by C.J. Cooke

The Lie of the Land by Amanda Craig

The Things We Thought We Knew by Mahsuda Snaith

Exquisite by Sarah Stovell

One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

  Here are my blog posts from June:

Kate Vane wrote a guest post for my blog all about choosing the title of her novel The Former Chief Executive

Emily Benet wrote about her perfect hen night in celebration of her brand new novel The Hen Party

The state of my TBR:

As any of you who read my weekly wrap-ups will already know, my plan to reduce my TBR this year has gone completely awry! Books are my pick-me-up so when I’m having a tough time I end up looking at books online and often end up buying one or two. My TBR is now very out of control, not helped by the fact that I didn’t read as much this month as I normally do!

I began this year with a TBR (this is books that I own) of 1885 books and it now stands at 1981 owned but unread books! My aim now is to just really try not to let it get over 2000. I need to get back to at least not buying anymore books than I can read in a month so that my TBR doesn’t get any bigger. My willpower is weak at the moment though.

So far this year I’ve read 129 books, and my target for the year is 200 so I’m definitely on track to achieve that. My Goodreads Mount TBR Challenge to make 100 of those books ones I owned before 31 Dec 2016 is on track. Of the books I’ve read so far this year 52 count for this challenge, which I’m very pleased about.

  At the beginning of this year I started tracking my reading and book buying on a spreadsheet for the first time and I’m finding it fascinating to see the patterns in my reading. This is something I’ll definitely be continuing with. I decided to show my stats every three months so it’s that time again!

  As I said above I’ve read 129 books this year so far, which amounts to 43,464 pages! I’m really interested in keeping an eye on my total page count as well as books read as it means I’m reading for enjoyment, regardless of how long a book is, rather than focusing on shorter books to get my books read numbers up.  Most of my books fall into the 300-399 pages bar but you can see I have read a couple of much longer books as well as a few shorter books.  The average length of book comes in at 339 pages, which I’m pleased with.

  I’ve used Goodreads to track my reading for many years now and I enjoy the stats that I get from there but it doesn’t give a great deal of info. One thing I’m really enjoying about having my own spreadsheet to track other data, and it’s fascinating me to see the breakdown of author genders. This year I’m not consciously picking authors by gender so this is purely how my reading naturally has been. It’s interesting to see that in the first six months of this year 70% of my reading has been books written by female authors.

  I read quite a lot of non-fiction last year and wanted to keep that up this year. It was my aim to try and make sure that at least a third of my reading was non-fiction or memoir. Of the 129 books I’ve read so far 35 are non-fiction, so this isn’t quite on target but I have had a month where I’ve needed escapism and fiction so it’s not surprising. I feel sure that my non-fiction mojo will come back and I’ll end up being back on target.  I am reading a wide variety of genres in general though, so I’m pleased overall. The genres I read most of are general fiction, thriller and non-fiction.

  I’m also tracking how I acquire my books, which is also interesting to me. I’m happy to say that I buy the majority of my books, or have received them as gifts. I do get quite a lot of books from NetGalley and from publishers, which I am so grateful for but I think it’s good to see that I’m buying more books than I get sent as I do want to always support authors by buying their books, as well as reviewing them.

    How was your June? I hope you all had a good month and that you read good books. Did you read many books? What was your favourite book of the month? Please tell me in the comments, I’d love to know. Also, if you have a blog please feel free to leave a link to your month’s wrap-up post and I’ll be sure to read and comment back. 🙂

June Wrap-Up post! June has flown by and I can't believe it's already July! The highlight of June for me was going to see Kraftwerk with my husband and it was absolutely brilliant.

[davidsteedman]

Football and Unity - The Lane the Finale

#TheLanetheFinale. We said goodbye to our stadium yesterday. I heard a wonderful cheer.

A 5 Line Farewell Spurs said goodbye to White Hart Lane stadium yesterday, our home since 1899. I’m a little sad ticket prices kept me from seeing the old place one last time, I have so many good memories singing with over 30,000 people. It’s singing at football matches that yesterday I really saw the best side of football fans; football gets stick (quite rightly, some chants are really not okay)…

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[zambianobserver]

"I died for 78 minutes but medics saved me… now we must save them”

“I died for 78 minutes but medics saved me… now we must save them” Fabrice Muamba, a football star, who has offered advice to Enock Mwepu after the Brighton star’s retirement at age 24. Fabrice Muamba, who suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch in 2012, has reached out to Enock Mwepu after the Brighon midfielder was diagnosed with a heart condition. Former Premier League midfielder Fabrice…

[desportsch]

7 of The Best Under-Shirt Celebration Messages By Football Players

7 of The Best Under-Shirt Celebration Messages By Football Players

There are genuine words, such as those directed in support of Fabrice Muamba, and deeply emotional ones, such as Billy Sharp’s “That’s for you Son” speech three days after his son went missing. But the ones below are crazy, silly, heartwarming, arrogant, or inexplicable. 7. Andrea Iniesta Iniesta used the World Cup as a platform to get his message across and it was a powerful one. Andres Iniesta…

[footballerimaginess]

As if it’s been 9 years since Fabrice Muamba had a heart attack at WHL. 

[mismail99-blog]

Journalism Portfolio

In my journalism portfolio I chose to submit The Hillingdon Literary Festival article writing because it was an interesting event, a lot of authors came to the festival and it seemed like a great event. Also I submitted the album review of “Scorpion” by Drake because the album was and still is a top hit today and Drake is my favourite artist. Finally I submitted the book review of “I’m Still Standing” by Fabrice Muamba because it’s an interesting autobiography about how he collapsed and his early life in Congo and the book has inspired a lot of young people to strive forward.

[rathertoofondofbooks]

  This week has been a quiet-ish week but a tiring one. I’ve been feeling really unsettled after hearing about the death of my great-aunty last week, and when I feel like this it’s always so much harder to read. It’s frustrating that at the times I most need escape I struggle to read but it’s just the way it is with me.

I had a really difficult but ultimately very positive appointment this week to do with my PTSD. I’ve long considered myself better but there are still triggers that I have to be mindful of and by chance I’m having a treatment that is making a real difference. I don’t want to talk in any detail but it is an amazing experience when the wonderful memories that have been blocked by the trauma suddenly come flooding back. It made for a very emotional day but a really good step forward.

This week I’ve finished reading three books:

Fabrice Muamba: I’m Still Standing by Fabrice Muamba

I’ve had this book on my TBR for a long time so this week when I picked it out of my TBR jar I decided to read it. It was a really moving and inspiring read. Fabrice Muamba has had such an interesting life and it was really enjoyable to read about his childhood. It’s incredible to read about his more recent years and to know just how amazing it is that he survived his cardiac arrest.

The Lie of the Land by Amanda Craig

This is such a brilliant novel. I honestly loved it from the first chapter all the way through and I highly recommend it. I’ve already reviewed it on my blog so you can read that here if you’d like to know more.

Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

I finished reading this last weekend and really enjoyed it. I think I preferred The Girl on the Train but I would definitely still recommend this one.

  This week I’ve blogged five times:

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Sunday: Weekly Wrap-Up Post

Wednesday: WWW Wednesday post

Thursday: Author Kate Vane guest posted about the title of her new novel, The Former Chief Executive

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Friday: Review of The Lie of the Land by Amanda Craig

Saturday: Stacking the Shelves post

  This is what I’m currently reading:

Baby Lost by Hannah Robert

This is such a sad and moving memoir but it’s a book I definitely recommend. It’s about a woman who was in a car accident when 8 months pregnant and her baby died, she then had to deal with the horrendous legal fact that her baby wasn’t considered a person because she wasn’t born at the time of the accident. I haven’t read much of this book this week as I haven’t felt up to reading an emotional book. I will be getting back to is as soon as I can though.

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

I also haven’t read any more of this book this week as I just haven’t been in the mood to read it. I was very much enthralled in it so will be getting back to it once my reading mojo returns.

The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

This is another book that’s been left to one side this week but again I will get back to it soon.

One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus

I’ve read a bit more of this book over the last few days as it’s been easier for me to concentrate on this and has been a good distraction.

Based on a True Story by Delphine de Vigan

This book has fallen by the wayside a bit too this week but it’s entirely down to my mood and nothing to do with the book. I’ll be picking this up once I feel brighter but I want to leave it until then as I don’t want my current slump to affect my opinion of this brilliant book.

  Update on my TBR:

TBR at the start of January 2017: 1885 (see my State of the TBR post)

TBR in last week’s Wrap-Up: 1948

Additions:

Books bought/received for review/gifts: 13

Subtractions:

Books read this week: 3

TBR Books culled this week: 0

Total:

TBR now stands at: 1958

    I’m linking this post up to Kimberly at Caffeinated Book Reviewer’s Sunday Blog Share.  It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.

  How has your week been? What have you been reading? Please share in the comments below. If you write a wrap-up on your blog please feel free to share the link. 🙂

Weekly Wrap-Up! (11 Jun) This week has been a quiet-ish week but a tiring one. I've been feeling really unsettled after hearing about the death of my great-aunty last week, and when I feel like this it's always so much harder to read.