Some good advice here:
1/ Telephone appointment with the doctor if he won't go in.
2/ Buy a pulse oximeter to check his blood oxygen levels. Something you could do before and after exercise, or indeed any time. Loads on Amazon.
3/ Check hiatus hernia or other possible causes.
Do you get emotionally attached to the plants in your garden ?
Only 50% of middle age adult manage more than 1 brisk 10 min walk a month.


