I have been putting off for quite a while an appointment with my doctor as to why my health hasn't improved past a certain point, with taking up Karate. I suppose I always knew that smoking for over 30 years would have taken it's toll, but had hoped that giving up and starting to exercise as a result of finding out about my heart condition would have had better results.
So today I had my Spirometry test to see what was going on with my lungs as I run out of breath too often, and the results weren't inspiring. I definitely have some form of lung problem, and its not Asthma. Everything else in the UK is classed as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) for short. I lost my father to a coronary thrombosis ( related to my family's hereditary propensity to heart problems) and lost my mum to emphysema, the worse development of COPD. Now I have early stages of both problems 😔😔
So I am not in the best of places at the moment. I will be damned if it makes me give up doing Karate though, it's a big link with my son and at the least has prevented any deterioration in either condition. So I need to carry on learning how to fight, both for my family, my health, and to learn self defence as its a cruel world out there (thank you you extremist and ineffective politicians 😔😔).
Thank you to my son, my family and my Karate family for the wonderful support 😊
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