5k Improvement

[Lisa]

Congrats, Tom! You are definitely an inspiration. Wow! Quite impressive considering it used to take me 45 minutes to run/walk a 5k. I never could just run the whole 3 miles. I feel so good after this surgery that I'm hoping that I will eventually have a success story like that to share with the group.

 

[tommy]

Lisa,

Sounds like you are doing great after a tough first couple of days. Keep it up. I recommend cardiac rehab. That's where I was drilled the fine art of gradual exercise increments. One day at a time. One step at a time. PS...it's been 3 1/2 years and I still have my pillow.

Marilyn,

Your office will be moving while you are out for surgery? Sounds like a cruel joke. I would rather help with moving than do OHS. My wife sometimes rearranges the furniture when I travel on business. Be sure to turn on the light when you enter the room!

 

[M&M]

Question for pre-surgery symptoms ??

Question for pre-surgery symptoms ??

HI Tom and Mark.. Yes, I think it stinks that I won't be here for the move - I'm sure it will be nice to get away from the everyday 'business' and have alittle FUN.. But you know what some people say to me: Well, isn't that nice you'll have the summer off !!!! and you won't have to pack the office !!! Can you believe it - Oh Yea, Right like I'm going to have a great summer having open heart surgery !! What a moron.. If some people had a brain they'd be dangerous.. you know..

Anyways, we do have a local library and after I'm allowed to drive - I'll go check it out and see if I can get onto internet. IF not my daughter will be at college and she has a laptop - maybe if she gets 'connected' I can use hers or the college's..

You know I'm having such a GREAT DAY today - I can breath and walk and breath and talk and I actually did a light 3 mile jog at lunch.. Now I haven't done a 3 mile walk/jog in probably 3-6 mos. last time I did a 1.5 mile walk/jog I paid dearly for it the next several days - as it wiped me right out..

I usually have ONE GOOD DAY a week and its like there's nothing wrong and I feel great and I think - well I don't know if I really need surgery. I feel so good. Although 9 out of 10 times the next day I'm feel awful. But there is one coincident I noticed - the days I feel bad and can't breath are the days I have lots of little pvc's and so.. Nothing big or long and it certainly isn't enough to register on my ICD - but its there and I just can't normally breath and my legs will kill me. Its like they get no oxygen..

Does this make any sense that you would have a good day (no symptoms) - and still need surgery ??? DO symptoms come and go.. from one day to the next ?

It doesn't make any sense. Most mornings my legs are killing me and to climb up the stairs at work is AWFUL - let alone trying to breath at the same time....

Thanks for any input you can share.. Is this 'normal' before surgery? Or maybe I don't need surgery and its all my electrical that needs to be fixed. Although my ventricle is enlarged - oh by the way - my EF went back up to 50% on my cath last week. It was a good day for me.. I got lucky.. I had hardly any arrhythmia at all.

Best Wishes
Runner
Marilyn and Dick