This is probably good news although I didn't think so at first. No atrial fibrillation, which was my fear. I guess I was hoping for some excuse, and certainly they didn't find much with the 72 hour monitor. In the interest of full disclosure here's the report. There were a few interesting comments, the most notable being that I am suddenly 63 years old instead of 59. I also found it interesting that my heart rate goes as low as 38 BPM, presumably when I'm sleeping, and that on at least one occasion it paused for 2.8 seconds!
Other than that there were a few vague references in the comments section to arrhythmia and unspecified pauses, which he didn't seem to find very worrisome. He admitted however that he was not an expert, and that he would feel better if I at least seen a cardiologist. That's the next step, and who knows how freakin long that may take!
Meanwhile I need to continue to work on my attitude. Quite frankly today's sense of disappointment proved that I haven't made much progress. I need to adjust my life so that my training is not so important. I just don't want to! I'm afraid to!
Mean while I worked out hard again today and am feeling it right now. I was planning on swimming after the doctors appt. only to remember when I got to a pool full of screaming kids that today is a PD day. Damn! I just couldn't cope! I went home and rode my bike.
And now I gotta go because I got 4 birthdays to celebrate...60 through 63!
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Love the quote, and I, for one, am glad of it!
ReplyDeleteLive in the moment! Its really all any of us have and it is the most valuable thing in all our lives! Get yourself a C Pap! It filters your air all night long and once you get used to it will give you much much better sleep!
ReplyDeleteA better rest at night will give you lots more energy all day, Peter!! A lot of people who have insurance coverage have their C Pap replaced every 5 years so there are lots of used ones around! Some with very little use because people have trouble getting used to them! They are easily disinfected with a spray or two of alcohol! I just got a new (covered) mask and set of nose pillows the other day and the old ones are still perfectly good! New ones are ridiculously expensive at $250.00
ReplyDeleteAnother issue is they are presumably set to a certain pressure by the Dr.. I think this is B.S. because I find that removing or adding a filter or two helps to fine tune both my machines! I have a spare that I keep at the cottage so I don't have to drag one around with me! They are basically just a glorified air pump that should only cost $50.00 rather than $600.00++!
If you ask around the people you know or advertise on kijiji I bet you would find one thats been hardly used for very cheap! It took me months before I was really comfortable with mine but now I never lay down, even for naps without it! I wear ear plugs as well so the only thing that wakes me is having a wiz!