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Mike Allen It's your birthday

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So since my TAVI heart surgery, forgive me if I have previously mentioned any of this. Immediately after the new valve being fitted I suffered a heart attack and stroke. Then a couple of days later I had four stents inserted into the coronary arteries. All this done whilst being conscious. Then home. Couple of weeks later a phone call from St. Thomas's. Advice, go straight to A&E I had lots of fluid around the heart. Treatment was good, food disgusting, I lost two stone in ten days. Home again with a list of tablets to take. Suddenly I experienced painful paralysis kind of symptoms to my arms and legs, I couldn't walk for several days. Amanda, my daughter checked the drugs for side effects. Atorvastatin was the cause. I had been prescribed 80mg a day, one pharmacist said I should have been started on a very low dose, the other pharmacist said it shouldn't be given to over 70's. I no longer take this drug however I have been in pain due to osteo-arthritis in my knees. Another problem since the Tavi...I can't get warm, so the garden has been out of bounds. Never mind. I'm alright.;)
 
Oh mike, what a palava! Thank goodness you have your daughter. I know just how hellish it is in the hospitals having had some of the same! I soon refused statins too - they are lethal. I will write again in the morning by private (direct) message. Jackie
 
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