Andysu
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few years ago had i had mini heart attack , no smoking or drinking , diet can slowly be cause and caught up ,
i had stent fitted 2015 and was feeling well okay , a thank you to the NHS paramedics , medical doctors at royal bournemouth hospital
i didn't expect to find myself back 9 years later , seems like a few seconds , at same cardiac ward with fast heart rate with medication has slowed one of lower heart chambers down but i feel sluggish when walking , half my body strength gone from 100% to 50% some days maybe at 70% but nowhere near to +90% all that within month between late dec 2023 to jan 2024 when paramedics checked myself with 12 trace , the readings was not within normal , they said , we can't leave you hear , got come down to the hospital , where i was for just 8 days
hectic i was in two days before being moved from ground floor to first floor cardiac ward and my cats was worrying me as not had proper meal only auto biscuit feeder and water fountain
nurse was kind enough to order me taxi courtesy of hospital , for each day coming back feed my cats and then go back , walking up stairs not easy , way more than winded i was , and by time i got back to taxi i felt so far from fatigued
waiting in the room or walking wandering around the ward waiting for , like any patient for updates ?
often i take walk around the hospital corridors on first and ground floor one on west wing was 1/4 mile long and i do that twice and the east wing that was shorter ground and first to burn off body fat as i knew weight and something else was a curse to the condition , i did okay walking a bit slow but since been at home now for few weeks my walking has become a bit more slower and leg mussels ache and have to take short pauses between walking , sure like to get better as like go out with my cats on the bike around spring , if i think my heart rate or graph signal looks okay on my own personal EGG and that doctors say its okay
walking the hospital corridors
meantime , taking medication and relaxing with some occasional indoors exercise bike to burn off calories
while in A&E doses of medication increase / tummy issues over the years that eluded me , till nurse told me sounds like what i had , hernia , still not had check on that as often when that started in lower tummy spreads upwards then i have no pressure to stand and i have often had blackouts at least over 10 or more maybe less 100 and even feel totally unconscious incapacitated first was around i think 2017 few years after i had stent fitted , and when it happens i'm totally out for 3 to 4 seconds , even the hissy tinnitus inner ear noise fades away ,eyesight fades to blackness that is scary
weight was 14.5 stone around dec and now since medication and walking or exercise bike weight is down to 12.8 stone in that short time i not been that weight for a while , goal is get weight below 12 stone, 168 ilbs , blotted tummy has faded , i can lean over tie my show laces now
i spoke to lot of in patients on the ward , even chatted to few met in the corridors as there's not much else do , than try to recover
some have situation bit worse than myself and i wish them good recovery and health , some i chatted with more often as oddly had similar common interests , i even cuddled one who was upset , and a stranger cuddle can give some peace
waiting for updates and additional medical tests , more 12 trace and x ray and ultra scan of heart ,
coughing showed with x ray lungs had filled with fluid due to lower heart chamber too fast , that has since cleared and i only got 3 hrs sleep each night out of 5 weeks , i couldn't lay down , diagonally or horizontally without feeling sense of suffocation and sitting upright or rolling around the bed or floor ,
left leg swollen puffy and i didn't even notice it till medical doctor asked if see my leg , that has since cured
i missed my cats and two of them was fighting Bear being alpha male and Magic the senior that likes to relax , often come back to feed them and kitchen was turned upside down , even managed to open cupboard and eat 3 days of cat food , empty packets all over the floor
Magic was so confused and meowed a lot he seemed to miss me the most , Bear was clam
even while in A&E as that is first level before moved to ward next to A&E and then another ward on ground floor before being moved to cardiac ward 1st floor
between going home feed my cats i brought my own personal ECG with me so i can monitor pulse rate , and graph signature is not a steady like triangle up and down per , second per second , its bit erratic with odd frequency pluses in between as our bodies generate electrical signals , resistance so on
lots of drink orange or apple juice , sugars i need not reminding , tap water well okay but prefer destill water purified with 003 TDS reading
well i just have to relax , don't often go in the THX cinema most days not up to it and stay in bed , waiting patiently for next updates for recent ultra scan to see what the story is ? i doubt i be fit for spring on the bike with one my cats , pity really , no actually if not fit it be unwise to put strain , but heart is a mussel and needs exercise to get stronger ,
indoors bike only managed 34mins 31mins with 100 to 110.1 calories , speed 16mph , usually i could do 30mph with over 1 hour , if i can only manage 34 mins or less i won't get far before aborting and turning back , only have few hills and to get down to the beach long 7 miles , i'll play it by ear and see how it is around spring
thanks and stay healthy
