Originally posted by richardfinegold
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Really sorry to read all about this - not been on this particular thread for weeks. However, very glad to see that things have improved, and hopefully you will get significantly better in a while - but do take it easy, certainly for a few weeks. Re the Proms - if you do get over here, and if you go to the Proms and have seats up in the Circle or even just the first few levels, do be warned that it's quite a hike up there. Don't be afraid to look for a lift - there are a few. Some venues in London don't have lifts (AFAIK), and some do have quite a vertical distance to go up if one doesn't avail oneself of lifts (elevators). ENO is quite a hike up to the upper levels, and once or twice I've tried to go up too fast, and found myself breathless near the top, and had to stop.
Some of the tube stations don't have lifts either, which can be a pain for anyone with a disability (e.g Kensington High Street), and don't even think of attempting the challenge of any of the really deep ones - which have stairs and lifts (e.g Hampstead http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampstead_tube_station "There is also a spiral emergency staircase of over 320 steps." They can represent a challenge for fitness freaks - exercise ... , otherwise use the lifts.).
As you've disclosed your age, I'll mention that I'm about a decade ahead of you. I don't make strenuous efforts to keep fit, and so far a few people and friends who seemed to have been really fit have gone to glory ahead of me, some of them a few decades ago.
Take the advice of others, and listen to music, though perhaps not Walton's 1st, Stravinsky Rite, Shostakovich 5th (last movement) etc. Get well!
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