Tom Cahill

[tomcahill3]

Under the collarbone for me, don't even notice it, apart from going through airport scanners!

That's where mine was for the first 15 years after my cardiac arrest. Then I got a phone call asking me if I wanted to have an MRI in the pursuit of a definitive diagnosis. I agreed, and they recommended having a subcutaneous ICD which is the type most young people and footballers with heart conditions have, and I did finally receive a diagnosis. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, for anyone interested. The first symptom most people see is sudden death. I was extremely lucky 🥲.

 

[oil-man]

Yep, it sounds like we both dodged a bullet mate.

A year (and a few exciting incidents) after my cardiac arrest, I got diagnosed with wolf parkinson white syndrome - basically and extra pathway from the top chamber to the bottom chamber.

The out of hospital survival rate of a CA is ~8%, and mine was a 2am and at home!

After that (2022) PNE's mediocre form, which had irked me since the 70s, suddenly didn't seem so bad!