I thought that I’d put the final touches to my March/April heart attack saga. As you will recall I had an Acute Vein Thrombosis (DVT) in my left leg, (Too much time spent at the computer, I suspect!) leading quickly to a heart attack. At the hospital Emergency Department, I was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation […]

As many of you will know, I have been taking selenium as an essential element of my natural health regimen for quite some time and more particularly, since experiencing heart problems in late March, when I increased the dosage substantially, with no obvious ill affects.
Although pronounced as being quite serious at the time […]

Well Guys, It does seem as if my recent heart episode has left me with a bit of a problem. My Exercise Stress Test on Thursday produced an unwelcome result. Although I was treading better than I expected the exercise was stopped when I developed chest pain. The preliminary diagnosis is for “Ischemia”, in other […]

Well Guys, It seems that my luck has really held. My recent thrombosis and subsequent heart scare appears not to have caused much damage. I will not know for sure until I visit my own doctor on Thursday as my hospital discharge summary really doesn’t say much. I presume a formal report will go […]

Hi Guys
What a very strange life we lead - full of the unexpected - full of coincidences.
My wife, having read the draft of my last two posts declared I was being too general in my references to the medical profession and sounding more than just a little unfair.
Well, we discussed it some more and I […]