Philip's Posts

23rd April... it is a date I will never forget... It is the anniversary today of my diagnosis with heart disease... The visit to the doctor on this day last year discovered a heart murmur, a murmur that changed my life and really my view of life... The confirmation of a dodgy heart started with a blood test and an ECG, 8 weeks later a Cardiograph that resulted in immediate admission to Prince Philip Hospital. The outcome of these tests showed a critical heart valve and the only remedy was surgery... I spent the next 5 weeks in Ward 4 of PPH looked after by the brilliant team of medical and hotel services staff. I was then shipped off to Morriston Hospital where another brilliant team of medical and hotel services staff prepared me for the near 8 hour operation on 31 July... I woke in ICU and was transferred to the HDU afterwards and a week later I was sent home with a heart that was working a lot better. A year later I am close to recovery, still some pain and discomfort but if I had not gone to the doctor when I did, the outcome might have involved daisies...