From Crisis to Recovery

Your Heart Surgery Recovery Companion

Real experience, plain English guidance — supporting you through every stage of your cardiac recovery journey.

Two Pillars

Two Ways to Support Your Recovery

Beating the Odds book cover

The Book

Beating the Odds

A firsthand account of open-heart surgery recovery — the emotional rollercoaster, the setbacks, and the moments of hope. Written in plain English for patients and their loved ones.

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A steady approach today may help — light activity, rest where needed...

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The App

My Heart Recovery Coach

Daily check-ins, personalised guidance, and progress tracking — all designed around the lived experience of cardiac recovery. Join the waitlist to be first to know when it launches.

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Recovery often moves in waves, not in a straight line.

— Beating the Odds
Andy Wheeler, author of Beating the Odds

About the Author

Andy Wheeler

Andy is a heart surgery survivor who turned his own recovery journey into a mission to help others. After experiencing the emotional and physical challenges of cardiac recovery first-hand, he wrote Beating the Odds and is building the My Heart Recovery Coach app — resources he wished had existed during his own recovery.

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The Community

You don't have to recover alone

Andy hosts a welcoming community on Skool for people navigating heart surgery recovery — a place to ask questions, share setbacks and wins, and hear from others who genuinely understand.

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Whether you're freshly out of surgery or months into recovery, help is here.

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