kodi
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I don't post to the forums very often but check in every day mostly for the active lifestyles. I still am amazed at the amount of information that is available here and the things I've learned and passed on to others. This whole ordeal of being a heart patient is a never ending learning experience.
I'm now 10 1/2 months post surgery and doing well. Had an appointment with my cardiologist last week and asked him to do a echocardiogram since I was planning on running St. George Marathon on Oct 6. He thought it would be a great idea but was sure everything was okay anyway. He also suggested a treadmill stress test which I agreed to.
First he is really pleased with my recovery and can never get over my low resting heart rate of 38-40.
I had the stress test yesterday and lasted 13 minutes, which is quite a bit above normal. We were able to take it to level 6 or maybe 7. I maxed out my HR at 154. At the start my HR was 41 and BP was 122/80 and at the end (after two minutes) BP was 155/90. My HR dropped from 154 to 88 within two minutes. Needless to say, he was more than pleased and his technician had never seen anyone my age (69) come even close to that.
Today I had the echo. The technician wasn't able to give me any hard numbers because the doc needs to read the results but he did tell me that everything was about the same as the last one (6 months ago). I did ask what my ejection factor was and the best he would tell me was around 60, which is very normal.
So there you have it. I'm okay to run St. George without any known problems, which really puts my mind at ease. Now if I could get some good training miles in, I'd be really happy.
I'm now 10 1/2 months post surgery and doing well. Had an appointment with my cardiologist last week and asked him to do a echocardiogram since I was planning on running St. George Marathon on Oct 6. He thought it would be a great idea but was sure everything was okay anyway. He also suggested a treadmill stress test which I agreed to.
First he is really pleased with my recovery and can never get over my low resting heart rate of 38-40.
I had the stress test yesterday and lasted 13 minutes, which is quite a bit above normal. We were able to take it to level 6 or maybe 7. I maxed out my HR at 154. At the start my HR was 41 and BP was 122/80 and at the end (after two minutes) BP was 155/90. My HR dropped from 154 to 88 within two minutes. Needless to say, he was more than pleased and his technician had never seen anyone my age (69) come even close to that.
Today I had the echo. The technician wasn't able to give me any hard numbers because the doc needs to read the results but he did tell me that everything was about the same as the last one (6 months ago). I did ask what my ejection factor was and the best he would tell me was around 60, which is very normal.
So there you have it. I'm okay to run St. George without any known problems, which really puts my mind at ease. Now if I could get some good training miles in, I'd be really happy.
