Eleven
months ago former England junior squash champion had a pacemaker fitted
after his heart stopped for a few seconds during a health check up.
The patient
During
a routine health check at work in July last year the doctor noticed that I
had a slightly irregular heartbeat. When
I told her that I had been feeling giddy while playing squash or football
she told me to get it checked out by my GP.
At
the insistence of my girlfriend, Laura, I went to my GP who referred me to
a BUPA heart specialist at Redhill, Surrey. I claimed this on my health insurance through my work.
The
specialist did a 24-hour electrocardiogram (ECG) on me, and put me on a
drug, Atenolol, to slow down my heart rate.
My ECG
showed irregular rhythms and that part of my heart was too big. He told me that this could be because of an abnormality
