Jamie's Story: From life-saving surgery to breaking 8 world records | EP 14

Can you imagine being two to three months from the end of your life yet five months later breaking eight Guinness World Records as part of an ultra-endurance Antarctic rowing team? It seems impossible, but this is Jamie Douglas Hamilton's remarkable true story. Jamie's adventure story began in 2014 when he was part of the first team to row the Indian Ocean from Australia to Africa. In 2020, he was then part of what became known as The Impossible Row, the first man-powered crossing of the Drake Passage. Towards the end of this row, Jamie's began feeling symptoms of what he assumed to be extreme fatigue. Back home in Scotland, he began training for the next ultra-endurance challenge, but found he was struggling to avoid passing out when cycling. He thought it must be the after-effects of Covid and went to his GP. She diagnosed him with severe aortic valve disease and referred him - to his shock - for emergency open heart surgery to save his life. Following the surgery, the medical team told him that he may have had only two to three months to live if they had not operated then. It's almost incredible, therefore, that just 5 months later he joined the world record breaking team that rowed the longest distance on the Southern Ocean from Elephant Ocean to South Georgia. In the midst of all of this, he also set up Europe's leading alkaline ionised water company ACTIPH. This is a podcast full of powerful stories and lessons to learn. __________ Ready to transform how your patients see healthcare? At Sagesse Healthcare Consulting, we put the patient’s story at the heart of everything we do. Find out more at ➡️ https://sagessehealthcare.com __________ Follow/Connect: LinkedIn:   / michaelhgeorge   Instagram:   / michaelsagessepodcasts   Facebook:   / michael.george.92798072   __________ LIKE. SHARE. SUBSCRIBE. Give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed watching 👍 #patient #stories #healthcare Thanks for watching the video Jamie's Story: From life-saving surgery to breaking 8 world records