I’m posting this in the hope that it may help someone else.
Just over three weeks ago I was walking up a flight of steps at when I got a pain in my chest and couldn’t breathe and one of my trainers had to help me up the rest of the steps and carry my bags for me.
When I got home I went to my docs and they carried out the usual: blood tests, chest x-ray, ecg, more blood tests, and a second appointment was made for me to come back for more tests.
Being the stubborn person I am I still insisted on walking Frankie (my dog) every day, but at the time I couldn’t walk fifty yards without being out of breath and the interesting thing was that this happened all of a sudden without warning.On my second appointment at the doctors I was asked questions about whether I had worked with Asbestos, whether I was or had ever been a smoker, etc., but not one question about diet, and the net result was I have been referred to a specialist emergency chest pain clinic for tests.
The thing about it all wasn’t that I was scared, I was just shocked at how quickly I could go from what could be referred to as relatively fit, i.e, being able to walk around as normal and do everyday stuff, to finding myself, almost without warning, short of breath from doing almost nothing. It makes you feel quite vulnerable.
Also, watch these films: Forks Over Knives‘, ‘The Game Changers‘ and ‘What The Health‘.
And if you are interested in the feedback I have had since posting this on Facebook, then feel free to check out the comments on my Facebook Profile here – https://www.facebook.com/mark.nfps.
I just hope me going public on this helps someone else.
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