Slick
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That's the rub, very few ever know.A few years back I had an ECG to check the heart electrics as part of my healthy 40's checkup. All came back good on that front, no idea about how the heart plumbing is holding up.
That's the rub, very few ever know.A few years back I had an ECG to check the heart electrics as part of my healthy 40's checkup. All came back good on that front, no idea about how the heart plumbing is holding up.
Jeez what a difference a week makes, I came down with food poisoning last Saturday and my resting HR now after my stomach getting back to normalish is 67bpmI think my sleeping HR is a min of 35 and my awake resting HR is 35-45bpm.
I’d also understood the best measure of fitness was one’s recovery rate. However I thought 20 per minute was considered good and anyone with a recovery rate of 12 or less has a problem.
That's the rub, very few ever know.
I didn't know that it was worse for women but I do know it's a huge issue. We've all got long stories to tell and there's plenty waiting to shoot them down, so all I'll say is, I'm glad you were fortunate to get another chance, not everyone is.It’s a huge problem. I had a heart attack aged 61 in October 2015. Long story, I thought I’d simply bonked on a ride, but decided, as things didn’t feel “quite right,” that as a man in his 60s perhaps I should pop down to A&E. Being a cyclist possibly saved me from at the least a very serious heart attack.
The rehab nurses made it clear that while most men know to look out for testicular lumps or peeing difficulty most are unaware of the warning signs from the heart. Apparently it’s even worse in women.
Wow, sounds like you were very fortunate. I know cycling is meant to be great for heart health but not when your actually having an attack.@Slick I’m no expert but apparently women are more likely to be unaware of a heart attack than men. The symptoms can manifest themselves other than in the chest.
My symptoms were a complete loss of energy, couldn’t ride faster than 8mph, and “discomfort,” that’s all, behind my ribs on my back. I rode 10 miles to a railway station passing an A&E on the way!!!!!!
My best friend went home after work one day and thought he was having an asthma attack, he just couldn't catch his breath and felt dizzy but none of the chest pains or pain in your arm or anything. Ambulance was called, he fell into a coma and was hospitalized, and diagnosed as having a massive heart attack. He passed three days later at age 45. Ironically four days prior to his attack he had been to his cardiologist who had told him all was looking good, he had stopped smoking and lost a bit of weight and was 'doing great'.@Slick I’m no expert but apparently women are more likely to be unaware of a heart attack than men. The symptoms can manifest themselves other than in the chest.
My symptoms were a complete loss of energy, couldn’t ride faster than 8mph, and “discomfort,” that’s all, behind my ribs on my back. I rode 10 miles to a railway station passing an A&E on the way!!!!!!
My best friend went home after work one day and thought he was having an asthma attack, he just couldn't catch his breath and felt dizzy but none of the chest pains or pain in your arm or anything. Ambulance was called, he fell into a coma and was hospitalized, and diagnosed as having a massive heart attack. He passed three days later at age 45. Ironically four days prior to his attack he had been to his cardiologist who had told him all was looking good, he had stopped smoking and lost a bit of weight and was 'doing great'.
I'm really sorry to hear that, it's a terrible disease that affects so many.