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I have same atory

by ChrisD - 2017-04-24 11:13:22

Hi Randy.

i was 53 and was also picture of health and was getting exhausted during workouts. Long story short - I had a type 1 and then type 2 2:1 Mobitz block and then Sick Sinus Syndrome.  Pacemaker in 3 years ago to the day tomorrow!  It took a few trips to get it adjusted correctly but I run every other day for 3 miles at 9:00 minute pace.  A bit slower than I used to but hell, faster than most of our contemporaries.  

You will be back in action sooner than you think. As I like to tell my wife..."At least it wasn't anything serious...it wasn't my ....".  Use your imagination, this is a family site!  

Keep the faith!!!!

chris

I have a theory

by ChrisD - 2017-04-24 19:31:04

I think so many athletic folks have pacemakers because they notice something is wrong when working out.  Many times the first time sedentary folks have a clue is when they are dead.

not an athelete

by BOBJ - 2017-04-25 12:44:07

I am not an athelete, but considered my self very healthy. At 53 I walk during the day about 5 - 6 miles every day. The only thing wrong was a geneteic defect and I had been on toprol for about 8 or 9 years.

Started getting tired. Up at 5:30 home at 6:30 and chores after getting home.

I was used to going and doing and I could do a lot. Full time job, ran business on side, and had massive amount of hobbies.

How you doing now Randy?

by Alyson - 2018-03-12 21:33:14

I have so much in common with your story.  50 years old, no tablets and worked out 6 days a week. Started having chest pressure just after Christmas, slight pneumonia, given antibiotics and recommended to do a stress test because by father had a couple of heart attacks in his 50s.

I wasn't worried about the test, there was nothing wrong with me!  I did 15 minutes on the treadmill and it was a couple of minutes after I stopped and they asked me to hold my breath and that's the last thing I remember until I awoke to a room full of people and the doctor said, we lost you for a few minutes but we got you back!!  Resulting in me having an ICD fitted the next day as a 'precaution'!

I too am struggling with the whole tablets and having this thing inside me which is stopping me doing what I want at the moment.  I can't imagine at this stage getting back to where I was.  I know it's only 8 weeks since my first surgery and 4 since my second after pulling the lead out but I feel so sore and uncomfortable at the moment and even walking is painful, so there's no chance of me running or kickboxing again in the near future.  I worked so hard over the last 4 years to lose weight and get fit and was in the best shape of my life, or so I though.  Wondering why I bothered.