Stress and worry seem to be the order of the day. It's been a long week. And I'm tired. My sleep has been off -- worry and stress will do that. I wake up in the middle of the night and when I look at my FitBit I am noticing that my heart rate is dropping below 50 BPM and it makes me worried even more. Even though I'm antsy I can hardly wait until Thursday when I see the cardiologist.
And now many days have gone by .......
I forgot I had started this thread, and now it's been 11 days since I met with the cardiologist. Everything is mostly OK; I am doing a stress test and ECG just to have a baseline to compare against in the future. Yes, there could be issues down the road because of my weight. I've been using The Beast more often, getting my heart rate up so that I'm prepared for the treadmill stress test. I've been being adventuresome and choosing some of the other buttons on the console. Today, it was "Fat Burn". For two minutes I warmed up, then it changed the inline to "10" , dropping down as each minute passed. I feel good afterward!
Now I'm relaxing, and trying to do some deep breathing exercises to reduce some stress. My co-worker has taken a leave of absence so I'm working six hour days for six days a week. Being at work each day, even for a shortened day, keeps me caught up on the majority of things. It's a love/hate relationship I have with the crazy hours. But I'm still taking my Wednesday off, knowing that I'll have to do a lot of catch up on Thursday because the guy who helps out isn't really up on the latest procedures.
After all this, I'm really grateful for good doctors, good health, and ... summer heat is almost gone!
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