I'm Not Dead Yet!

Hopefully, most of you who heard I had shuffled off my mortal coil on New Years Eve now know that I am back and healthy again, but for those of you that are still celebrating, here is a swift summary.

Firstly, I did not have a heart attack. Shortly after Christmas I started bleeding from the stomach. This was caused by aspirin tablets . I had been feeling pretty rotten since late October and I seem to have developed anaemia.

By the 31^st I had lost about 1/3^rd of my blood. At around 11pm I went to prepare the fireworks for midnight, but collapsed before getting out of the house.

Nicky called an ambulance and I was being treated for suspected heart attack at Leighton in no time at all. The thing I needed most, and duly received was 3 pints of blood to top the system up. After that the improvement was very rapid, helped by the wonderful staff on Ward 1.

On the Monday I saw a Dr Mann, who figured out what happened in double quick time, changed my medication, and said I should go home in a couple of days

And that was that. I have been slowly returning to full health since.

The best news is that my resolutions - lose weight and drink less beer – are almost on track. I’m a stone and a half down and going easy on the beer.

In the meantime thanks for all the cards and enquiries.

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