I
get up late and have breakfast with Helen.
Too late, I remember the blood tests, which will have to wait until
tomorrow. I go into London for a meeting
at 1200 with the President of KCLSU. On
the way to Kentish Town station I decide to walk quickly and see what happens.
After 2 minutes of my normal brisk walk the chest pain, dizziness and sweating
return. My lungs feel clear and I can
breathe quite deeply but I take two puffs of Salbutamol inhaler anyway. They make no difference. After a couple of minutes, I continue at a
slow strolling pace. So long as I go slowly,
it seems the problem does not recur.
After
the meeting I walk from the Aldwych to Holborn for my regular Tuesday afternoon
Russian lesson at the Russian Language Centre in Pushkin House, an independently run Russian cultural centre in London. This is the last of the
term and it passes without incident. When
I got home I decide that while the chest pain might be exercise-induced
something, it is not asthma. Fearing a
heart problem, I tell Helen that I want to go to A&E to have it checked
out. She won't let me go on my own, so
she drives, but does not wait with me.
We expect the usual hours of hanging around that is normally expected in
A&E.
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