Today I'm sitting down with public speaker Jesper Outzen whom by the age of 41 was hit by a large blood clot in his heart. At the time of having the blood clot Jesper was "healthy", and even the day before he had the blood clot there was nothing that told him that he would in the next 24 hours have a blood cloth. 

As he in a calm manner tells his story, I match it with my knowledge being the global health graduate (nerd) that I am. Did you know that the leading cause of death globally is cardiovascular diseases? Jesper knows that, but does everyone else? And what are the risk factors? What can we do to prevent coronary heart disease, which is focused specifically on the heart?

I ask him; how and what it felt like when he had the blood clot? What did he do when he felt the symptoms? What did the doctors say? Is he impacted mentally and physically by it today? And lastly, would he have done anything different the day today, when looking back at his 41 years before getting the blood clot?

Jesper and I share experiences and likeminded thoughts as we discuss the term "chronic" and talks about how it feels being "labelled with something chronic", because "who wants to be something chronic"?. 

Tune in on this episode to learn about Jesper's educative and meaningful story, and how he from that day in 2017 chose to live and work with the mission of reducing heart patients globally. 

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