Do you want to see behind the scenes and what was left on the cutting room floor? Check out this unedited version of the Living Transplant podcast, season 4 episode 1: The Queen of my Heart Function.

Host Candice Coghlan is joined by Charles Cook, an incredibly brave and vibrant person who is a heart and kidney transplant recipient. After far too many close cases with death, Charles has implemented the life motto of ‘keep bangin’. Charles and Candice are later joined by the one of a kind cardiologist, Dr. Heather Ross who is highly decorated with awards like Canadian Geographic’s top 100 Explorers and the Order of Canada. She talks about football, her childhood, Testing Your Limits and why the patient journey to her, is more than just treating the disease.

With special guest Millie, the Myers parrot.

To read more about Charles’ journey, visit: https://www.keepbangin.com/

To read more about Dr. Heather Ross & Testing Your Limits, visit: https://uhnfdn.ca/tyl/

To learn more about the ACB Organ Health YouTube channel visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFFz8hoKUxTYltN1aX8nghA

The views and opinions expressed in this interview do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Toronto General Hospital or the University Health Network.

00:00 Charles & Dr Ross Final YouTube
00:33 Welcome Charles Cook
04:13 Charles' Stroke
12:41 Moving to Ontario
19:55 Meeting Dr. Heather Ross
26:15 100 Days Before the Transplant
33:01 Keep Bangin'
36:46 Caregivers
43:04 The Heart Transplant &Dialysis
51:54 Welcome Dr. Heather Ross
55:25 How did you become a cardiologist?
58:58 Test Your Limits
01:06:41 Quality of Life for a Patient
01:10:22 Mentorship
01:15:43 Advice for those looking for mentors
01:20:00 Dr. Ross' Research & Interests
01:32:52 Football Talk
01:33:52 Damar Hamlin
01:37:51 Dr. Ross' Awards
01:40:14 Advice from Dr. Ross
01:41:37 What's Next for Dr. Ross
01:42:38 Which position would you play on a football team?
01:45:57 Charles' 2nd LVAD
01:50:33 "THE CALL"
01:54:10 Post Transplant & Mental Health
01:57:14 Guilt to Gratitude
02:00:46 Paying it Forward
02:04:07 Advice from Charles