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Campbell's Story Cont...I was admitted, given 300mg of aspirin an ECG and 2 Heparin jabs. The next morning 12 hours later my tropan test revealed a very mild MI. 0.38 was my score on the “Richter scale” I was put on the usual drugs Aspirin 75mg, Atenolol 25mg 2 times a day, Clopidogrel 75mg, 40mg Simvastatin and off my own bat I started garlic caps and omega 3’s 1000mg. I was then discharged in the evening of day 5 following a successful 12-minute ECG treadmill test, which showed no signs of any damage to my heart. 4 weeks later, following a check-up and echo cardio at the Southern and General I started cardio rehab back in my adopted home of Dumfries. The region has a fantastic re hab class run by Sister Karen McMeeken, Jenny Mark Cardiac Re Hab Sister, Linda Lockhart (The Boss) Cardiology Nurse Manager and Physiotherapist Mairi Smail (The Shimmy). They recently applied for and received lottery funding, which has helped them create a fabulous new facility for the staff and the patients. I was invited back as a guest for the opening never thinking I would be back, sooner than I thought, and as a bloody patient again. The difference in the two facilities is like night and day, I could write a full chapter on this alone and some day I might well do so. Suffice to say it was great grant from Camelot and the money was well spent by the team there. As well as supervised exercise twice weekly we are also taken though discussions and presentations every Monday on our illness, diet, stress management, medication and even given the odd quiz to make sure we pay attention. They also run or oversee the “Hale and Hearty” clubs in the region, for patients who want to carry on in supervised groups after the 12-week re hab period is up. “Hale” means Whole by the way!! These groups are full of super people and they are all now fitter than they were when they had their own particular events ranging from MI’s to Stents, Bypasses and we also now have one transplant patient. In November 2004 almost 8 months after my MI, exercising now 4-5 times a week, never put a cigarette in my mouth again and taking all my medications, I started to feel “not quite right”. My BP was spiking, not bad and not often but it was rising along with a throbbing but not painful sensation in my throat. This went from maybe once a week to twice a week through till January when I called 999 because I really thought I was having a 2nd MI. I had to call 999 again in March, by this time I was so worried and no fun to be around. On both occasions I was given an ECG and on both occasions I was told by the A and E doctor that there was nothing wrong with my heart and that the chances of it being heart related was minimal, oh how wrong he was? Or was he? I was then referred to ENT by my GP and also treated for possible high levels of acid in my stomache. This came as no surprise as I have had tummy problems before. Campbell's Story Page [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] You are here: Home >> Your Stories >> Campbell's Story |
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