It was a mini-stroke. I was 37, and Mila was at home with my wife. What stayed with me afterward was not the scare itself. It was whether I had done enough while I still had time.

I had annual labs, an Apple Watch, a GP I trusted. Blood pressure ran high when my wife was pregnant; my blood test still said normal. What I did not have was anyone connecting what to watch at my age, whether markers were moving, or what to ask before a small drift became urgent.

In hospital I saw how clinicians read results against the risks that applied to me, alongside my meds and my history, not in isolation. That rigour is what you want in a crisis. I wanted it while I still felt fine, without waiting for the next appointment.