That's it then.

[Shut Up Legs]

Best wishes from me too, @Dangermouse , I hope you get the problems sorted out and you're back on the bike eventually. The DVT / pulmonary embolism didn't stop @ColinJ , just slowed him down a bit, from what I've heard.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Bad news, DM. Unfortunately, when the medics get hold of a health scare, they put the precautionary principle first and in doing so put all the worry on the patient. Which, if the worst-case diagnosis is correct, is probably the worst thing that the sufferer can have inflicted on them at such a time. Expect loads of tests and if the results are inconclusive, we'll expect you to be back on the bike - or bikes.

 

[fossyant]

Best wishes. I am sure they will get you sorted and you will be back on the bike with Doctors orders soon enough.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

a few months ago I started to feel a little ill,

Have you been getting too close to the truth about MH370?

GC

 

[Mrs M]

Best wishes for a good recovery and hope you're back on the bike soon

 

[ColinJ]

Good luck DM - I reckon they will sort you out, and I am sure that exercise will be part of your recovery!

Best wishes from me too, @Dangermouse , I hope you get the problems sorted out and you're back on the bike eventually. The DVT / pulmonary embolism didn't stop @ColinJ , just slowed him down a bit, from what I've heard.

Strictly speaking it stopped me for 8 months, but I think fear was part of that and I could probably have got back on my bike a couple of months sooner.

I found regular brisk walking was a great way of getting some moderate exercise before I felt able to cycle again. I'm sure that the doctors will tell DM to exercise, but to be sensible and listen to his body when it feels like it needs rest.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Adding my best wishes to the ones above @Dangermouse.
Start polishing those drive trains now, ready for when the Doc tells you to keep your weight in check by gently exercising

 

[Dangermouse]

Well I have had nearly a week of going to the hospital for different tests, tomorrow I dont have to go...it gets sore after a few times draining blood out of the same vein, I am sure the nurse is into bdsm or something, anyway the wait for the actual results start now, but on a brighter note, today I have felt really good, no chest pain or tightness, the shortness of breath was still there but not as bad as it has been, I may even get the frame out at the weekend that I bought off our mate biggs and make a start on it.

 

[slowmotion]

All the best DM. I had a faintly similar scare two years ago. After a couple of months off the bike, I was enjoying it more than ever before.

 

[Colin_P]

You mention tightness and pain, that is probably plumbing then.

The rapid response cardio labs, I've spent a lot of time on the cardio ward so kind of know what goes on, is an angiogram and possibly a stent or two. If it is then you are likely to be in hospital for two to three days overall, the procedure takes two or three hours and is non invasive with only a catheter in the groin or wrist.

In the last 15 months I have spent about four weeks on various cardio wards and have watched countless people come and go for the same. Recovery is very quick and in most instances you will be home the next day! I don't know what the aftercare is but you will probably be joining the club and popping some pills.

I could be wrong of course and you may have something completely different wrong or nothing wrong at all but my hunch, from what you have said is that it will be an angio and a stent(s).

I've had similar in a procedure called an ablation where they insert the catheter the same way, in the groin in my case. Where the ablation differs is that they map the misfiring electrics and burn little bits of your heart away. Unfortunately they could not induce the mis-fire so could not map it and therefore could not ablate. A stent by comparison is a much more bread and butter affair.

Don't be worried, I know that is impossible, but please don't.

 

[Poacher]

Fingers crossed here too. I doubt that you'll be advised to keep off the bike, just to stay off the Lincolnshire mountains for a while! GWS

 

[Dangermouse]

You mention tightness and pain, that is probably plumbing then.

The rapid response cardio labs, I've spent a lot of time on the cardio ward so kind of know what goes on, is an angiogram and possibly a stent or two. If it is then you are likely to be in hospital for two to three days overall, the procedure takes two or three hours and is non invasive with only a catheter in the groin or wrist.

In the last 15 months I have spent about four weeks on various cardio wards and have watched countless people come and go for the same. Recovery is very quick and in most instances you will be home the next day! I don't know what the aftercare is but you will probably be joining the club and popping some pills.

I could be wrong of course and you may have something completely different wrong or nothing wrong at all but my hunch, from what you have said is that it will be an angio and a stent(s).

I've had similar in a procedure called an ablation where they insert the catheter the same way, in the groin in my case. Where the ablation differs is that they map the misfiring electrics and burn little bits of your heart away. Unfortunately they could not induce the mis-fire so could not map it and therefore could not ablate. A stent by comparison is a much more bread and butter affair.

Don't be worried, I know that is impossible, but please don't.

I was rather hoping it could be sorted with a couple of pills and a nice glass of red each day lol

 

[Colin_P]

I was rather hoping it could be sorted with a couple of pills and a nice glass of red each day lol

I know the feeling. The surgical side is easy to deal with. I've got £15k's worth of defibrillator sitting in my chest do its thing and I'm quite happy it is.

What isn't easy is dealing with the realisation that you are not immortal (any more). I don't know when this naturally happens but I was rudely awakened to it at the age of 34 but then forgot about it for eight years where I was immortal again. Last year though another rude awakening at the age of 42, a really rude one and several more thereafter. I know for sure now that I am a morsel, a mince morsel

 

[Archie_tect]

Best of luck DM... sounds like your doctor is a good one. Cousin is going through the same process.... have they given you the big blue and white heart book to read?

 

[ColinJ]

What isn't easy is dealing with the realisation that you are not immortal (any more). I don't know when this naturally happens but I was rudely awakened to it at the age of 34 but then forgot about it for eight years where I was immortal again. Last year though another rude awakening at the age of 42, a really rude one and several more thereafter. I know for sure now that I am a morsel, a mince morsel

I felt the loss of my (imaginary) immortality very strongly. Over a 2 week period, I went from feeling strong and healthy to being near-lethally weak and sick. My body is healing, but my mind is taking a lot longer. Over 2 years later and I still worry about my health several times a day.

Still, getting out on the bike with the doctor's agreement has to be good, eh? My consultant certainly encouraged me, once the initial danger had receded.