{"id":12269,"date":"2017-09-16T13:23:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T12:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=12269"},"modified":"2017-09-16T13:23:19","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T12:23:19","slug":"one-year-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=12269","title":{"rendered":"One year ago today…"},"content":{"rendered":"

At exactly this time (13.07) I was in Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, A&E.<\/p>\n

I was being told that I’d had (and was still having) a heart attack.<\/p>\n

It was a Friday.<\/p>\n

I knew I didn’t feel very well when I woke up, but put the relatively mild symptoms down to a cold, or manflu.<\/p>\n

All my joints ached, I felt a bit vomitty, and\u00a0I was heavily sweating.<\/p>\n

Sam and I had had a row the night before, there was still an air of awkwardness in the house, so I went off to work.<\/p>\n

By 9.30am my symptoms were unchanged, but I felt so much worse.<\/p>\n

I did nothing about it because I had a big meeting at 10.30 with my team and my Director.<\/p>\n

Around 10.15 I experienced an extra symptom. I felt as if someone was pushing with all their weight against my chest.<\/p>\n

I figured out what was wrong.<\/p>\n

I texted Sam that I thought I was having a heart attack and went in to my meeting.<\/p>\n

The meeting ended at noon.<\/p>\n

Sam had called every phone I have, and emailed every account.<\/p>\n

I took my Director aside and said I was very unwell and going home.<\/p>\n

I drove home.<\/p>\n

Sam met me at the house, and drove me to hospital breaking every speed limit, and driving like she was auditioning for a part in The Sweeney.<\/p>\n

At QMC I was hustled through A&E and underwent tests which quickly confirmed my self-diagnosis.<\/p>\n

After a four day stay in hospital, an angiogram revealed I had a torn artery – the main artery that feeds blood in to my heart.<\/p>\n

This was repaired on the spot through the fitting of a stent, and I went home later that afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n

The moral of this story is fourfold:<\/p>\n

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  1. Don’t be stupid about your job. It’s only a job. Life goes on without it, and the job goes on without you<\/li>\n
  2. Look after those who love you, no matter how prickly or how big a pain in the arse they might sometimes be,\u00a0they might help save your life one day and be a tremendous comfort to you<\/li>\n
  3. Look after yourself. The buck stops with you<\/li>\n
  4. The NHS saved my life. Please buy a nurse, a doctor, a porter, a surgeon a drink from me<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We’re going out this evening to celebrate my Not Deadaversary.<\/p>\n

    Sam even had a card made up:<\/p>\n

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