Parkrun: New Personal Best

Today I achieved a new personal best time of 23:03 on the Hillsborough 5k Parkrun. I came 50th (45th male) out of a field of…

Leg damage

On this morning Parkrun my leg muscle ached as I walked down to Hillsborough park. I should have known…it was a sign! I got round…

Cholesterol update

Just latest health update I posted a detailed piece a few years ago on Cholesterol and was happy to report my level had dropped from…

Swine Flu Jab

Sign I’m officially vulnerable as I get a letter to join the frail and elderly queue up outside the Worksop Town Hall on a Freezing…

Cardiac Rehab Exercise

The final stages of my rehab program have come in to play. I’m now attending a Cardiac Rehab Exercise class at the hospital. It’s a…

What are the odds?

As many who read my occasional diary know, after my heart attack it was discovered that I had a totally blocked artery, and the remedy…

Stents inserted

I had stents fitted to widen artery in heartI had to carry this card around for 90 days so physicians could see I’d had an…

Angioplasty

Had Angioplasty – commonly known as stents fitted in the heart Three inserted into the central artery to clear the blockage

Stents – good or bad?

I finally got to know an outcome of my next stage of recovery…and made a mistake of doing a bit of research on the web.…

I never thought I’d consider my diet!

Following a heart attack you start looking at your life in new light. In my case excessive weight, lack of fitness or smoking could not…