School principal shares the warning sign he was about to suffer a heart attack at the age of 56
Ralph Magee never expected that occasional pains in his chest while exercising could be a sign of a heart attack - but that was exactly what had happened to him.
“I went along to the check and was told pretty much what I expected! The NICHS Health Promotion Officer confirmed my high cholesterol levels and advised me to take the next twelve weeks to look after my diet and exercise, then to go to my GP and get my cholesterol checked again. If it went down, it would show I was in control of it, and if not, then I would need statins again.”
It was in hospital that Ralph got a shock when he found out he needed to have a stent fitted, and that he had actually already suffered a heart attack. Following his heart attack, Ralph got involved in supporting Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke through fundraising after seeing an advert for the charity’s Red Dress Fun Run.
“We jogged, walked and danced dressed in red. We also held a school assembly where I explained to the children a bit about what had happened to me. All of it helped raise funds for the charity.”
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