Well the good news is I had Cardiac surgery last Friday.
The bad news is I can't shoot my rifle for 3 weeks and deer season will be done by then.
I've been slowing down a bit lately. I figured it was age and the extra pounds I've collected over the years.
I was planning to get a workout plan going, but I seemed to get winded easily, so I went for a physical before getting too excited. Doc sent me for a cardio stress test. 6 minutes into the test they stopped it.
I as scheduled for more testing. One of them was a 24 hour monitor that I used at home. I took it back on Wednesday morning, anfd Thursday I got a call from my family doc. "Go to Red Deer emergency now. You are getting a pacemaker."
Next day, they installed the pacer. 1 hour under a local and I was done.
I came home last night. I had to stick around for more tests, otherwise I could have come home within a day or two of surgery.
I feel great, like I've dropped 20 years. The pacer has my heart firing in rythm. Timing really is everything.
The only restrictions on me are for 30 days. no heavy lifting and no rifle or shotgunning.
Oh well, coyotes/wolves will be fair game in a month.
If any of you guys or gals have concerns about your health, don't wait, get it checked out. We may not have the perfect health system, but it is much better than others have.