no one understands me how i feel not even my DR

pacemaker since 07 im 37 years old , this past years i have gain weight and i notice that when i exercise light walks 30 minutes ..or so..i have a bad recovery time i feel like passing out i have to lay down on bed for at least 10 minutes until my heart slows down then i get back to normal.  also im getting check for dizziness mostly balance issue..im still going to my first dr visits for that issue ,,one neurologyst gave me plavix..then he retired and i have a new DR he tells me not to take it .. im still having issues when i go to vaction to places in the mountains altitude ..makes me sick ..literatilly i cant do any exercise or have my self make my heart fast at those places cause my heart starts racing and i feel lack of oxygen ..any help please

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Your problems with altitude aren't unusual. I have them too.

by Gotrhythm - 2018-02-21 14:28:37

People with heart and or lung issues often don't feel well higher altitudes, because the higher the altitude, the harder your heart and lungs must work to get the oxygen your body needs.

You have a heart condtion. It's my guess that nothing is going wrong at high altitudes that wasn't already wrong at lower elevations. It's just that your heart struggles to handle the extra work so you notice your symptoms more.

Do you have to vacation in the mountains? The seashore might be a better choice.

Reading through your past posts I see that you're still relatively young, so this might be hard to hear, but there comes a time when we must accept that the underlying heart problems that neccessitated a pacemaker are not going to go away. And so, if we are going to have a good quality of life, it's up to us to learn to cope with life as it is now.

As Robin frequently reminds us,even when medecine can't help,  there is much we can do to improve our lives. Everything about diet and exercise that we can do to improve overall health will help our heart, but even more it will help us live the best we can with the heart condition we have.

We can also learn to control our thoughts and emotions, and choose those that make us happiest. The heart beats most smoothly, the blood pressure is most stable when we are calm and at peace.

 

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by islandgirl - 2018-02-21 16:57:51

Insist on a holter monitor for at least a week.  PMs don't show everything.  

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You have an excuse for being a couch potato.

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