6 Month Post-Surgery

[morellib]

Today I celebrated my 6 month post-surgery anniversary with a 63 mile bike ride at 13.4 mph.! No, I’m not breaking any speed records but back in December I wouldn’t have guessed my Inspiris Resilia would have had me back this active this quickly. Since I was released to ride on February 28, I’ve logged over 1,080 miles on my bike and I feel like I’m almost back to pre-surgery fitness. My cardiologist and I decided to keep me on metoprolol since it was doing a good job on my blood pressure in addition to being a prophylaxis for what for now is a resolved afib issue. Interestingly, my body and heart have adapted well to the lower heart rate and I don’t feel it’s negatively impacting my cycling performance (such as it is!). My average and maximum HR on rides skews about 20 bpm lower than pre-surgery rides but the efforts feel the same at the same wattage and speed as they did before. Anyway, I hope the tale of a 71 year old with a good post-surgery outcome can give some encouragement to some of our younger active members concerned about what they’ll be facing post-surgery…..Bill

 

[jeffp]

Wow! Very excellent and good to hear.
I chuckled when I read you did 1,080 miles since February. I don’t think I’ve driven 1,080 miles since February. Not heart related, just work from home.
You’re an inspiration to not only our younger members, but us old guys too.

 

[Seaton]

Fantastic to hear, Bill! Very inspiring.
Long may it continue.

 

[mecretired]

Awesome! I thought I was doing good when I did a 13 mile ride 5 months after surgery.

 

[d333gs]

That is super , I had a similar experience after my AVR . I broke my old time records by the 6th month.
But other parts of the body couldn't keep up with the heart, knees imparticular lol, now they are my focus. I was done in Feb 4 22