Heartfelt

Last night I noticed my jaw was tight, and I felt a bit of discomfort in my chest (on the right side). Then I felt warm, and my heart rate seemed high. Uh oh.

More unfortunately, I was sitting in the middle of a row with at least ten people on either side of me, and it was highly inconvenient to try to leave the full concert hall while one of the world's great orchestras was playing. I wouldn't want to make a fuss, especially if it was a false alarm.

I remembered I had taken some energy drink a couple hours prior, and it was left over in the bottle without having been refrigerated for a few days. I thought that might be the problem, and I wondered if I would feel progressively worse.

Fortunately, the feeling did not get worse; it passed in about fifteen minutes.
I felt I had dodged a bullet - a heart attack. Not my time yet, apparently.

Life is good.