Note – 2026-03-18 17:29
Well it's my 7th Heart Attack'Aversary. If you'd have told me, as I lay, wired up, in the ICU, that 7 years from now I would be still playing about in the snow of the high mountains, I'd have laughed....
Tag: health
Note – 2026-01-14 11:40
Annual service today of my Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD). Still amazes me how a consultant can bluetooth into this, tweak settings, give me info about it's performance. Only 4 small int...
Note – 2024-03-18 10:02
I'm feeling very blessed as it's my 5th Heart Attack Anniversary. How time flies. At one time I never would have thought I'd be back enjoying the hills and mountains that have been my life since the a...
Note – 2023-12-11 20:29
@TimKStanton 4 years ago I was laid in a hospital bed after a heart attack thinking I would never walk the hills again. Fortunately that was not the case. I am so lucky and thankful for every trip I m...
Note – 2023-12-11 18:15
Amazing what can be done these days. The doctor today connecting via Bluetooth to my pacemaker/defibrillator and making small adjustments, some of which I could instantly feel the change. Although I'm...
Note – 2023-07-08 09:54
My wife candidly snapped this a few days ago during a routine visit to the cardiologist. Clean bill of health! Find it amazing that he can Bluetooth into my ICD (Implantable Automatic Defibrillator),...
Note – 2023-06-21 20:20
My first overnight trip into the Sierra Nevada mountains since the Pacemaker implant starts tomorrow. Just one night camping by a remote lake. Haven't packed yet but target base weight is 5kg, water a...
To Blog or Not To Blog, that is the Question?
Some thoughts on why I write blogs and will continue to write blogs, even if nobody reads them!
Note – 2023-01-04 21:46
@sarahl I couldn't watch second half. Had heart attack 3 years ago and don't want another :sablobsmilehappy:
DAI Part 2 - They Can Rebuild Him
Just home after spending 5 days in the Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves in Granada having a couple of operations replacing my DAI, "Desfibrilador Automatico Implantable" or Pacemaker to be less exact.
Wasting Hospital Time
Yesterday I found myself at the centre of a dispute between the surgeon and my health insurance company. In the end nothing was done. A complete waste of time.
Bionic Man - They can rebuild him
Got out of hospital last night at long last. Was in there 4 nights in total. Every thing is good and I have a €20,000 device, half the size of a mobile phone stuck under my left collar bone. Good job I was insured.
Swapping Life Stories with Kenton Cool
It's not often we meet celebrities here in our hidden away part of southern Spain. This week we welcomed a well known figure of the mountaineering world, Kenton Cool with 15 Everest ascents under his belt and various other big climbs since 1993
The Class of 21. An Outdoor First Aid Course
An Outdoor First Aid Course giving us certification for another 3 years. A renewal of confidence by refreshing old skills and then learning new techniques, which we can apply in our daily lives to assist others in distress.