Glad you're still with us! We really must get the NHS the support it deserves soon!

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Thank you. The NHS is amazing. What a fab team I experienced!

I had a stent fitted 26 yrs ago, so I know exactly what youve been through. Oh and that was after 3 heart attacks. I'm 71 now, and all is good, so thanks to the NHS. Stay well Matt, and life will be so much better from now on. (P.S. My name is John)

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words of encouragement John! So pleased to hear you are still healthy after the procedure. Thanks for commenting

I can empathise. I had ‘the cough’ and feeling increasingly tired through December. Initially diagnosed as a Gord (heartburn) cough, but the medication made no difference. Eventually referred for X-rays and ECG; very fortunately I got a cancellation. When they hooked me up for ECG, they said “you’re going nowhere, we’re admitting you!” Proved to be atrial fibrillation and a high heart rate. Six nights in hospital and a concoction of medication later, they let me out, and fingers crossed, am on the road to recovery, feeling generally better. Sounds like a similar journey to you, though no surgery for me. Keep spreading the health gospel, sounds like we were both lucky; take care!

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

I’m glad you are here to tell the tale! Wishing you a speedy recovery

Glad your ok and on the road to recovery.Thank you for your posting of this video there a lot of important messages here.

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Thank you. This weekend I’ve met lots of people in the ‘Stent Club’! All passionate about getting symptoms looked at! It’s so important we do

So refreshing to come across an intelligently informative vlog - with sense of humour too! Best wishes Matt for a full & speedy recovery- good advice for us all.

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

That’s really kind of you to say, thank you very much.

Brilliant to highlight this. Both of you have lifted the podcast to a new level. NHS NHS NHS. Election coming. Use it, we must pay the tax or lose it.

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

The NHS is an amazing service. It treated me incredibly well

Thanks very much for sharing your personal experience - some of the things you shared could really help save someone’s life - Really pleased you managed to get the help you needed. As always some great insight and advice - hope to say hello at Harrogate, all the very best, David & Rachel 👍❤️

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Thank you both. It’s so important to take note of the bodies warning shots whatever stage of life we are all at! See you this weekend! I will be sat in a comfy chair taking it easy, apparently!

Very sobering episode of the podcast. Glad you managed to get an emergency procedure Matt and wish you the best for the future. The problem where I live is you're lucky if the surgery answer the phone.

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Yes we used to experience the same at a previous address. I used to joke if I was given a sawn off shotgun I wouldn’t go to the post office I’d go to the surgery for an appointment! Joke!

When we first bumped into you at the NEC you did look a bit tired and uncomfortable when you were walking through the Halls before opening. Glad you have got it seen to and sorted. Blimey. Bit of a scare, stay well.

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

It was great to see you at the show. Thanks for the kind words

Glad it's sorted I had he same last year 1 stent fitted it is scary 😢 but it's our second chance of a few more years to enjoy life a few tears shared after the event some life style changes and yes I done the same with openly spoken to friends and family about looking after themselves 😊 so matt start those changes year on feel healthier than ever your avid listener p.s thanks for the shout out with my mate peter from cardiff at the motor show he's now on the look out for a van 😂😂

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comments and great to hear you feel good year on! 👍🏻 Great news that Peter has been converted too! I knew it!! 😂

First, if you're looking for a Motorhome Dave, I'm not that man! More seriously, it's so good to hear that you got checked out before it was too late. Many many people walk around with problems which they underplay, thinking it's just one of those things, something minor, or a sign of age, but it might not be. I was about your age when I went to the doctor with a few minor ailments, and if it wasn't for having several at once I wouldn't have bothered. My GP didn't think any of them were anything but minor, till he tested my blood pressure. I realised it wasn't good when he stopped talking for 15 seconds and tested it again. What triggered that test was me telling him "I can sometimes feel my heart beating when I lie down". Turned out that I had very high blood pressure, and had had it long enough to damage my kidneys and heart which, had I not seen the doc, would have eventually ruptured. That was 12 years ago and I'm here because of that GP visit for "minor" issues.

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Thank goodness you went! Any idea what caused your high blood pressure and is it under control now?

I had a stent fitted 10 years ago, and i have been very well and healthy since . You are right, get checked!!!!! I had none of the classic signs so don't rely on that.

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Glad you are still doing well!

I had stents 11 years ago but had another heart attack in November 23 had a quadruple bypass on 6th December ….. ready to go back to work in April 👍r NHS are amazing

Blimey Matt, that's quiet the ordeal you have been through, so glad you are on the right side of getting treated and recovering well. Take care.

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Thank you

Bless you Matt take it easy and recover well

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Thank you

Glad to see you’re on the mend,just got out of hospital my self with heart issues. Think it’s pay back for to much good living for people north of fifty (that would be me).

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Good living in moderation seems to be acceptable! Enjoy every day

My dad went to doctors with chest pain to e fobbed of with indigestion, In fact he had had a heart attack, Glad you got it sorted out Mat x

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Indigestion?! Wow! The importance of a second opinion! The morning of my op a consultant suggested I only needed to drink more water!

The number of times a new GP to a practice is the one to pick up on this type of situation is shocking. I used to work in one. Friends since we moved have variously benefitted from a lovely new Dr we are lucky to have at our practice. I do worry about that word practice 😂. So glad you got the right treatment at the right time. A new subscriber having seen your video from the show, we went for our first time in February

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your kind words. Love your comment about ‘practice!’ Of my Dr was practicing on me he did well! Hope to see you at a future show

Glad to see you have come through this Matt. Had a heart attack myself last year, I can empathise with you, it’s the last thing you think of. So glad I listened to my Wife to talk to the Dr. The biggest hurdle for me was coming to terms with my own mortality.

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

It’s a levelling experience isn’t it! Thank goodness your wife persisted!

So glad you’re on the mend! 🙌

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Good message. Never ignore the signs. 💪

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Always!

So glad you received the treatment you needed in time. Enjoy the holiday with your family . Take care

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Thank you

So pleased this happened for you. I found I had a heart condition [heart failure] HCM, when I was having my leg amputated. So, it's odd how these things happen, an amputation saved/prolonged my life as this has yours. Lucky old geezers, aren't we! :) Good for you Matt and great message too.

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Gosh I got off lightly compared to your story! Lucky indeed!

Please stary well, love the program and presentations. great job...

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Thank you. Not giving up yet!

So glad to hear you are on the mend mate, look after yourself and see you soon. Rob

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Rob 🧡👍🏻

Great podcast lots of information.

@MotorhomeMatt

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for listening!

Not just men. Women are under diagnosed with heart disease. I too had the long cough, and a much longer story to get to a diagnosis of heart failure. Almost a year, including private medicine, to this week for diagnostic scans results. Initially I had a echocardiogram, which diagnosed the heart failure with a prognosis of less than 12 months to live, with a 12 month wait to see a cardiologist, and 8 months to get the scans needed to determine what was causing the failure. Hence going private to get this reduced to 3 months. (Sadly I no longer have a motorhome budget. )

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Oh wow I’m sorry to hear that but so pleased you are getting treatment. Yes of course, women too. As a man though I find we don’t always make it as easy to talk about these issues.

@lat1419

5 ай бұрын

@@MotorhomeMatt I totally understand how it's a problem with men's reluctance to discuss their health, having been married for 35 years! I helped set up a Shed in our community to try and address issues around men's health and loneliness. It has provided a much needed men's space, mainly for tea and biscuits, and company. Coming from a family where both grandfathers, grandmother, father and 3 uncles and 4 cousins all died of heart attacks it's a subject we have to get into the open. Your "silent" heart attack is typical, sadly, of the type of event where we feel we shouldn't "bother" the NHS. So glad you are sorted out and able to get back into the vlogs.

❤❤❤ Look after yourself buddy, sure sign to take a step back and rest a while 🙏 Hope you back to 100% soon and enjoy life to it's full . . . Sam in Cannock Staffs . . .

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Sam

Welcome to the Stent Club. You were very lucky. I had to have a heart attack to find out. Kind regards, Stuart

@junehall2177

5 ай бұрын

Yes me too !

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

I am grateful I didn’t have a heart attack! But apparently one was imminent. I am very fortunate

@junehall2177

5 ай бұрын

@@MotorhomeMatt Scary stuff isn't it ? !! Take care.

Hi Matt, I am the same age as you and relatively fit, I had a very similar experience at the end of February, last year. Scary for myself and my family. I can whole heartedly (boom boom) agree, get it checked out if you have similar symptoms.

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Great Basil Brush comment! So a year on how are you?

@sonicdaemon

5 ай бұрын

I am fine now, thanks to my local hospital. Mine started with a little ‘indigestion’ that didn’t go in over 24 hrs. Called 111 and within 30 mins an ambulance was outside. My only other symptom was high blood pressure. Before I knew it, I was having an angiogram and a stent fitted. Medication has just been reduced down, so there is light at the end of the tunnel.

At 52 I had an eye test and the optician told me to go to my doctor,, long story short I had two stents fitted as a result of an very good optician. 10 years on I am still on 9 tablets a day.

@junehall2177

5 ай бұрын

Me too at 50.

@david_akerman

5 ай бұрын

My optician told me a story about a patient who turned up very late for an appointment, and was about to leave and come back a couple of weeks later before the optician asked him why he was there. "I can only see the bottom half of people". Apparently he thought that this was minor! He was very quickly referred to the local hospital and then on to a specialist unit. He had brain cancer. That optician saved his life.

@MotorhomeMatt

4 ай бұрын

Glad you are still here 10 years on tho sorry to hear still on the meds

Glad you are telling people to get checked out, 2 stents 😟, Do you know The Slaws ? He is known as the stent collector 😅,great couple that I follow! , stay safe and healthy 😊

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

I don’t know them but I’d prefer to collect stamps!

Advise caution with statin intake. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

@petertitterton6836

5 ай бұрын

Statins also help protect the stent as well as lower cholesterol. They smooth coat the stent to aid blood flow. Info from my rehabilitation course after having a stent fitted 5 years ago.

@junehall2177

5 ай бұрын

@@petertitterton6836 Yes, I had the same advice when I had two stents fitted 6 years ago but for some (including myself) the side effects were intolerable.

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

What were your side effects?

@junehall2177

5 ай бұрын

@@MotorhomeMatt The most awful debilitating muscle pain, mostly in my arms. Couldn't work, couldn't even lift a new born grandson. Against Dr advice I stopped taking them, cholesterol levels remain okay. Hoping you can take them okay.

Please be an advocate on Heart Health. Your public image can reach so many people who like both you and I, held off to get checked out. I at the last minute, only because a friend insisted, phoned an ambulance to take me to hospital. I felt absolutely awful and was very tired (lack of oxygen to the brain), I had no sooner hung the phone up and had my first heart attack. I was home alone. A stent and a triple bypass later I am fine again. More exercise, change of diet, and an adjustment in the work/life balance. If you think you are having issues with medications, check to see if you can have an alternative drug. A side affect of the blood pressure medication, Ramipril is an annoying cough (not good during COVID times). I had to ask the Doctor for an alternative and was then prescribed Candesarten which is working very well.

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

That’s really helpful thank you. Glad you are here still to tell the tale!

Sounds ghastly but so pleased you are ok 😮

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Thanks very much. Getting there slowly

Matt the pallets are worth money, these guy's who take them sell them on and do very well out of it 💷

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Good to know. They were welcome to them. I’m happy they can help us by taking them away. A great little eco system there!

We just wanted to drop you a quick note to say how relieved we are that you're still among the living! I was starting to worry when I didn't hear back from you. A heat operation is as good an excuse as any! Just kidding !!! Take care of yourself, and let's catch up soon.

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

I’ll drop you all an email this week. I’m sorry for the delay! Thanks again for the great interview

Parking motorhomes in SW Hampshire. One place currently free overlooking Isle of Wight and fantastic views, there are motorhomes parking all summer, and dumping toilet etc on a field along the gravel layby. County council hopefully will start charges and stop overnight camping, as the minority are spoiling it for a majority. I am a local and it is impossible to even park up there. I am hoping to purchase a motorhome. sometime this year. Would I like waste in my backyard, so Why should I do it to someone else. Another place, there are £1.5 million homes and motorhomes are parking overnight for free. Council looking at banning overnight camping again. Yes it would be nice to see a few coastal car parks allowing motorhomes parking, that currently have loos, but sadly in the summer, there are traveller groups parking up then leaving the car parks like or worse than a local tip. Yes, I have been a subscriber for quite a while now. Hope you can get fitter and stay fit and healthy

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for your kind words

And not a word on prevention i.e diet I'm guessing? Get yourself on the Keto life-style. We wouldn't need to rely on the NHS in the first place if we took more responsibility. Prevention is the only cure.

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Not so according to my surgeon. This was what is known as a ‘Familial’ condition. However, mindfulness to dust and exercise are no bad thing!

A Lucky appointment Matt, time for a lifestyle change to improve your long term health?

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

To some degree definitely although the surgeon suggested nothing to excess but live your life! Seems good advice to me.

Good job! Good luck with the rest ☺️

@MotorhomeMatt

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!! 😁