getting back to 100%

• by Tracey_E
• 2010-03-01 11:03:51
• Exercise & Sports
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I'm almost there! I've been back at the gym doing light workouts since two weeks post op, adding time and intensity each week. Big hurdle this morning- I did a full 25 minutes on the elliptical and for the first time in probably a year, I was able to do it the way I used to- alternate three minutes of medium effort with one minute all out. No ill effects, no maxing out the pm, I feel ready to take on the world, yay!!!!! Next week is 6 weeks so I can stop babying the new lead and add back the weights.

It's been a long road. I started getting tachy when I worked out almost exactly a year ago. We adjusted the pm settings and I added fish oil and magnesium which got me active again, but never able to push it and really go all out because I'd bump my upper limit, which was set as high as my model would go. The dr convinced me to try beta blockers last fall but the first one made me dizzy and off balance, so much so that I stumbled and broke my foot while doing the amazingly difficult feat of walking across my kitchen. While I was healing from that, we found a new beta blocker that works better for me, worked up to the full dose and was feeling good again just in time for the battery to go EOL. I'm still not happy about being on meds, but it works so I won't whine. Much :o)

Anyway, my long-winded point was don't give up. Sometimes finding the right combination doesn't happen overnight or easily, but don't lose faith that it can happen.