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To illustrate the brilliance, and the sheer professional confidence, of my electrophysiologist and Surgeon Tim Betts at the JR in Oxford, there i am about to clamber onto the table in theatre for a 4+ hour procedure, there must be 16 people in theatre, anaesthetists, scrub nurses, surgeons...

We’ll done. Yes, they do seem blasé, but every day they know that they have your very existence in their hands, and for that they become exceptionally skilled, focused, controlled and dedicated, which enables them to feel supercool. You’ll be fine. These people are staggeringly brilliant. I used...

You are quite right LM. Atrial fibrillation is a very precise term, it can cause the heart to fibrillate (attempt to pump) at 400+ times per minute, and the ventricles, atria and electrical stimulus just become completely confused. At the end of the day, the heart is a muscle which relies on an...

I wish you all the best. Tim Betts at Oxford was my surgeon and he is in the truest sense an absolute world leader. The toughest part is signing the consent form, which says there is a 4% chance you won’t get off the table (if the ablater erroneously hits the atrial node, it’s instant lights...

It’s a sober reminder that elite level sport at the highest level places colossal demands on the human body, which it often struggles to find the physical resources to respond. Us fat bastards up in the stands cannot hear the chest pumping, with colossal demands on the lungs to keep going. 100...

I feel for this chap, I really do, and I hope and wish he would just lay down his tools, and enjoy a settled life, albeit without professional sport. I suffered atrial fibrillation over 11 years. I had 9 cardioversions, effectively on the table where they apply massive electrical stimulus in an...