The journey through 2019 really began in early 2018 when I found that if I walked any distance I was experiencing shortness of breath. Never really took much notice as when I rested the symptoms subsided…In January 2019 I had to attend a meeting in UNISON HQ, as usual travelled by train to London and then the Tube to Euston Square, arrived there without much trouble but from there to the offices I had a worrying experience on 3 occasions within 750 metres, shortness of breath, dizziness and a heavy chest feeling made me worry but recovered when I arrived at the offices. The return journey to Euston Square replicated the symptoms… I began to worry but having researched the symptoms hoped it would be Angina which was manageable. Further episodes up until April, not really causing too much distress but enough to cause concern. The week before Easter was the turning point, a meeting in North Wales on Monday morning required me to drive up on Sunday, arrived late afternoon and went out to dinner with colleagues, restaurant not too far away from the hotel but the return walk from the restaurant proved to be the turning point as I was required to stop and rest 5 times within a mile and need to rest for 30 minutes when I got to my room…A week later I was being told I had a heart murmur, required blood tests and an ECG… these tests led to a Cardiograph and the journey had begun…

During my stay in Prince Philip Hospital apart from the great NHS staff looking after me I also had the services of The British Heart Foundation. They are a charity organisation in the United Kingdom. It funds research to beat heartbreak from heart and circulatory diseases and their risk factors…

Cardiac Health Knowledge Tree…

More information is available from the following organisations… click the pics