At 10.55 am on the 7 October, I went to my local GP’s surgery for blood tests. Mentioning I felt twinges in my chest and a slight pain in my left arm, about 6 members of staff descended into the room in quick succession. Nurses, students, an assistant and a doctor. Blood pressure normal-ish, pulse normal, but the doctor was adamant that I get checked out, in case it was a heart attack. There were too many red flags in his opinion. I told the doctor I didn’t want to spend hours in the MRI waiting room, with a suspected heart attack and he replied, “I’ll give you a letter, when you show it to th…