i wish you a full recovery Moley--time to take life easy.
yes--our NHS really is still the jewell in the crown of the UK
i had a heart attack in 1996..and was in intensive care for a week. after a few years of palpitations, chest pains, GTN sprays...i was found to have very high cholestrol --hyperlipidaemia. various statins were tried--finally got the "wonder drug"--crestor. my cholestrol has been below 4 ever since.
later i had a scan for possible gall stones--i was clear--but the "bonus" was an aeortic aneaurism was discovered--in my lower abdomen. it was considered low risk and scanned regularly for years. then in 2016 it had reached a critical size so i underwent a stent operation in may 2016.
so far --so good. i'm 70 now and feel good.
all the above treatment, operation, regular ongoing meds cost me--nothing.