As many of you might know, I had a defibrillator installed after my cardiac arrest some 8 and a half years ago. Well, I've known for six months that the battery was due to run out and had to be replaced. That's why I'm typing this message from a bed at the Lake Macquarie Private Hospital about 400 km from Armidale and located just south of Newcastle - the Australian one of course. Earlier today, at lunchtime, I was wheeled into the operating theatre for James Leitch, my specialist, to perform the short operation. Everything went successfully and pathology tests conducted this morning showed good results. In fact my blood pressure was more like someone 40-50 years younger than me. Perhaps that explains why I still climb stairs two at a time, ride my bike up to c. 110 km (69 miles) a week, and still can run some distance, though I missed out on selection for Australia's Olympic team going to Rio.
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