Why I thought I'd had two heart attacks, aged 43

A tale of kindness, unconditional love and jumping to conclusions

I spent 15 hours worrying my heart would be as inanimate as this one. Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash.

At 7pm yesterday evening, I felt a tight band of crushing heaviness around my lower chest and upper abdomen. It came on suddenly and was so intensely painful I felt like puking up my guts, like that time I read the Tory Manifesto.

I hoped a hot water…