I recently had a bit of a shocker.
It was a usual friday afternoon, I had to sort out most of business issues before calling it the week, and looking forward to spending some time with the family.
The usual strain of work related issues got dealt with, and arrived home jubilant. Having felt victorious in the day to day battle with stress and work monkeys alike.
Wifey, daughter as usual, springboarded my spirits and we had our dinner as a family.
Then, it happened.
For a moment, it started out as a small tug in the chest. Nothing to it, I thought. Stretched out a bit, did some sit ups, and its gone. And then it got rather annoying. I thought its one of those usual bouts of bronchitis asma that I used to have when I was young....so I decided to get an early rest. Wifey was rather alarmed and pressed me to go to the nearest clinic. Knowting that arguing with wifey might actually caused more health damage, I give up and went to the clinic, with her in tow(had to ditch m baby girl...it was, after all, late at night and we don't want her to worry...but what the heck...she's barely past one year old!)
Shortly after, the doctor attended to me and explained that he can't do much help except refer me to a nearby hospital. I looked at wifey, and I can see that worried expression on her face. But I also saw her trying to be calm about it. So I decided to keep calm also, not to add to the already anxious demeanor.
The next day, we went to the nearby(well, not really nearby...quiet a drive if you ask me) medical centre. Checked into the emergency area(it was the weekend, you see...as no one was working) and the attending M.O( that's Medical Officer for those of you who don't know...;P)
gave me a thorough inspection(okay, not THAT thorough) and gave a sombre look and asked me this:
"Do you know any cardiologist in our medical centre?" she asked.
Somehow, for some reason....I was calm receiving this news.
It was like.....expected.
But I'm not going to let the good doctor waiting, so I referred to her my only known consultant cardiologist....who also happens to be my uncle(oh no!)....
Let off later that day, I went home knowing that I'm no longer as healthy as I was, realised that I'm no longer the healthy fella that I used to be. And how the newly known condition may affect the already established rock solid lifestyle...
The next morning, went and consulted my uncle Cardio(let's call him that for now) and he conducted some tests and had me admitted immediately. Before you know it...the next day I was on the operating theatre with an injection to numb any pain and he began sticking into me some wires and a balloon plus something called angioplasty to keep my clogged vein open.
Within an hour, and voila! Its done. Not to be too simple about it, my uncle Cardio did nagged me throughout the procedure, though....what with me not having any history of smoking(except being around others who did)....
Its now 2009.
Since that procedure, I've dieted, exercised, and particularly survived the nagging from family about eating right and having a healthy lifestyle(subject to interpretation)...and recently been given a stern lecture from wifey, uncle Cardio, Dad, and in laws too....So one of my new year's resolution would be to keep going healthier(naturally, of course) and not just feeling healthy, have a consistent low blood sugar reading and look good too(lol!).
Here's to a better year ahead....cheers!
Let off later that day, I went home knowing that I'm no longer as healthy as I was, realised that I'm no longer the healthy fella that I used to be. And how the newly known condition may affect the already established rock solid lifestyle...
The next morning, went and consulted my uncle Cardio(let's call him that for now) and he conducted some tests and had me admitted immediately. Before you know it...the next day I was on the operating theatre with an injection to numb any pain and he began sticking into me some wires and a balloon plus something called angioplasty to keep my clogged vein open.
Within an hour, and voila! Its done. Not to be too simple about it, my uncle Cardio did nagged me throughout the procedure, though....what with me not having any history of smoking(except being around others who did)....
Its now 2009.
Since that procedure, I've dieted, exercised, and particularly survived the nagging from family about eating right and having a healthy lifestyle(subject to interpretation)...and recently been given a stern lecture from wifey, uncle Cardio, Dad, and in laws too....So one of my new year's resolution would be to keep going healthier(naturally, of course) and not just feeling healthy, have a consistent low blood sugar reading and look good too(lol!).
Here's to a better year ahead....cheers!
