health-and-fitness
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United in loss
My Dom, Funiculosus, is my best friend. He has his own partner to whom he is…
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Fear?
⚠️ Content warning: heart attack, possible cardiac symptoms, A&E, anxiety, fear of dying. Here I am…
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The body’s warning
Work is stressful. Immovable deadlines. Difficult staff issues. Mandatory strategy days out. The household stresses are…
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The body remembers
I wonder? I’ve been feeling very anxious this last week and I’ve had a migraine. My…
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One year
Two things happened a year ago this month. One of them a year ago today. A…
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A Little More Like Me
Two little updates. The drains are being fixed on the house insurance. They have already made…
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Final cardiac rehab
Life kept interrupting my cardiac rehab with a stomach upset, then a dodgy back, so I’d…
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Three Chocolate Biscuits Later
I’d been feeling quite drained, possibly due to the antibiotics causing poor sleep and headaches, possibly…
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Antibiotics and Anxiety
Since Christmas my tummy has been feeling a bit unstable, so about a fortnight ago I…
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Body noise
Having had a heart attack I find that I’m much more sensitive (or paranoid) about anything…
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Watch at the Gym
Today was my first trip to the gym in a few weeks, and the first with…
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Being Heard, Long Runs or Long Years
This time the nurse who was also a fitness specialist was there. During the pre-exercise assessment,…
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Monitoring, Not Maximising
After my call with the cardiac nurse and her deep concern about the levels of exercise…
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When a Nurse Calls You Back
Today I had a telephone call with a nurse from the cardiac department for a six-month…
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Slowing Down Is Harder Than Speeding Up
The second cardio rehab followed the same format as the first. There were no newbies, so…