could it happen to us?

[col]

After years of dodging him, I fell into the clutches of my GP for an entirely unrelated tendon problem a fortnight ago. On Thursday, I'm off to have my ticker monitored by a datalogger fixed to my belt. They take readings for a couple of days while I go about my life. Ten days later, I'm booked in for an ultrasound transthoracic echocardiogram. I'm riding the bike to both appointments.

"I'm going out and may not be back for some time".

BTW, don't come asking for my bike...

Palpitations?

 

[slowmotion]

Palpitations?

I feel absolutely fine. My GP did his stethoscope stuff and booked me in for a referral. My RHR is 60bpm. Blood pressure's a bit high but just about within the limit for my age. I was an enthusiastic smoker for way too long and you can't walk away from that without some damage. I'm strangely calm about the whole business. My biggest fear was falling into the clutches of the Health Service actually. Anyway, I'm not going to turn this into an on-going saga. Other people's health is so utterly boring.