I went to the medical center today for some tests on Mashtots Street and took a friend in case I needed translation. After explaining what had happened on the flight to Moscow, he took my blood pressure, which was 110/70 and he asks me if that�s normal. I don�t know you tell me! I told him that my oxygen intake which I had done in Italy was 98 and he told me that was very good. Next the lungs, healthy, ok. We then decided to do an ECG, and it read between 55 and 63. Now I thought that was pretty normal but he tells me it�s on the low side, did I play sports he asks? Well in my younger years I did. I thought 55 reading was pretty athletic, so is it normal? The Doctor is convinced I�m into sports otherwise it wouldn�t be that low, I�d better start exercising I think to myself.

The next question is do I eat enough? You have no idea mate how much I eat, I tell him instead that yes I do. He�s not convinced. Why is that doctor? Your appearance he says. Thanks I�ll take it as a compliment. He recommends that I see the neurologist. Ok, so after seeing him, everything is normal and I�m fit as a fiddle. The Doctor comes back and tells me that I need to eat Armenian fruits and veggies. What�s in season? Beetroot, carrots and apples. How original, apples!

Since they couldn�t find anything wrong with me, we put it down to exhaustion, lack of sleep and hunger. The evening of my flight, I didn�t sleep, I didn�t have dinner or breakfast an dI had been working very long hours. Let�s hope he�s right, in the meantime I will do my own research or better still consult my trusted friend Kohar, my AVC mate! I think I should still get an EEG done, if it�s available in Armenia.