Resilience in Rural Healthcare | Rachel Aiken | TEDxETSU

May 9th was the day my life began. As I lay on the operating table, groggy listening to London Bridge by Fergie while silently searing at my ablated heart muscle. I found myself unable to take my eyes off the monitor displaying the electrical contractions under the guidance of my physiologist's hand.And in that moment, I not only witnessed the taming of the spasms that had haunted me for the previous six years, but also the realization that my life would be mine again. As someone with an invisible illness, ...