BACK IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING | mahler's Blog

I have been absent from EP for a lot of December, this is what happened to me.

On 1st December I had an operation to remove a cancerous breast lump, biopsies on the lymph nodes showed that the cancer had not spread and that it was all removed.  I was discharged from hospital a few days later.

Then on 11th December I had chest pains that would not go away, got really frightened so dialled 999 for an ambulance, which took me to hospital.  I was admitted and had every test under the sun.  The last one was last Friday at a very famous private hospital in London, for a nuclear scan.  The results showed I have a blocked artery and there was a scar on the bottom of my heart.

My consultant said that the scar indicated that I had had in the past a heart attack, probably in my sleep so I did not know about it!   It was decided that the breathlessness and any chest pains could be treated with medication.

So they let me out of hospital yesterday evening.  Whilst in there I even managed to contract that awful diarrhoea and sickness bug on the ward, and was put into isolation!

Anyway, although feeling a bit fragile I am now home and am going to my family tomorrow for Christmas.  All of this has happened in under a month and has left me in quite a whirl!  I had one big disappointment because on the 22nd I was due to go to Austria for the Christmas week, so had to cancel that holiday.  Never mind, there is always next year.

So that is the saga of why I have been missing from EP for quite a while and have not been answering messages.  I wish you all a Happy Christmas and a great New Year.

Ruth xxxx