So sorry to hear of your collapse JB, I bet Marge was so worried about you, and it’s good that we can discuss our problems on the forum because we can all learn something from each others experiences. I’m also glad that your surgery could help you to get the expert attention to diagnose your problem, it’s nice to know that we are still taken seriously by our local GP’s.
I’ve got some good news, and some bad’ish news…:-D:-(
The good news is that my surgery left a message on my answer machine to give them a call back. So after trying at various times yesterday and hearing the busy signal, I gave them a call on our way home from Whitby and was surprised to hear the receptionists voice at the other end of the phoneline…:surprised: She asked my name, and before I could tell her my date of birth, she burst into a rendition of ‘Happy Birthday to you’…I was gobsmacked, the receptionists at my surgery are always so surly and serious, so it was quite a surprise…It turns out that it was just a call to make an appointment for my annual checkup…
Now the bad news:-
I received another phone call as I drove home, it was from the cardiologist I had been visiting at the private clinic in Leeds. He had just seen the results of the 24 hour monitor I wore on Tuesday and was shocked by what he saw…:shock: He asked me to stop running immediately and he had booked a special appointment for me next Wednesday, and in the meantime he was faxing an emergency prescription to my local GP that I must take as soon as possible…Mrs Fox and my daughter are very worried, It’s not looking good folks…
Impressed with the receptionist, but what a sad bit of news for you regarding running, as I think that has been your life. The other instructions: quick appointment, emergency prescription, are indeed worrying.
I hope that whatever the root problem is, they’ve caught it in time and things turn out well for you and your family.
I wish you all the best, OGF, and hope that things are sorted out. Hopefully, it isn’t as bad as you’re expecting.
No Ted, its for a beta blocker surprisingly…:surprised:
Bisoprolol…
Because of my low blood pressure and slow heartbeat I can’t understand why he should put me on medication that lowers both…
After my second heart attack I was put on them then, and they made me so poorly I had to be taken off them…I told him about that but he insisted I took them until my visit next week…
Oh Foxy, I’m really sorry. I won’t say don’t worry because it’s human nature to worry when our health starts to fail us. You must be so upset at being asked to give up one of your favourite things to do and I’m right upset for you as I’m sure everyone here is.
Take heed from the specialist but then I know you will, you are a man with his head screwed on. I do hope the news isn’t quite as bad as you think.
Look after yourself mate and take it easy, we need you here for a good long while yet.
You might not be able to run but there is nothing stopping you posing in those sexy shorts for us now and then
big hugs for our Foxy, I’m gonna keep you in my prayers too!
Thats what I’m on, bisoprolol, they really help me but he had to up my dose 3 times before they did. It’s all about finding the right meds for each individual I suppose. I get your anxiety at remembering how they made you poorly last time. Hopefully they won’t have the same effect this time.
Thanks ever so much for your kind words Lion Queen, and thanks for the prayers, I think I am going to need all the help I can get…
I always knew that I couldn’t go on running for ever, and I have been lucky to have been able to carry on after two heart attacks, but to be honest, I’ve known there was something wrong for the last eighteen months but always thought It was just temporary.
The doctor explained that my heart was beating out of control during a run and it would sooner or later cramp up altogether so it is important not to over exert it until he can find out why. So it’s the injured bench for now until we can see what can be done…Thanks again for your concern LQ…:hug:
Thanks Ted, that’s the way I think the doctor described it. It was beating out of control and going too fast for a short time while I was running. I’ve got all the family on my case now, and I think they would tie my legs together if they could…:shock:
Foxy here is my advice… Stay positive & do as you are told!
I am sure they will suggest light exercise but try not to make your targets too high & ask what they suggest.
We are all getting older. but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy life, it just means we have to learn how to do things a bit slower.
I sympathise with you , it’s so hard to have our exercise lifestyle taken away, I was told that I can’t exercise like I used to, which hit me hard, I still exercise but nothing in comparison to how I used to, exercise is a big part of our life, I bet you’re scratching at the walls…my advice, listen to the professionals if you want to live a good many more years…all the best O G F.
Thanks Pauline and Twink, the doctor never said anything about hugging, so here’s one each for both of you for caring about me…:hug::hug: (extra hugs can be supplied should they be required…)
There might be a light at the end of the tunnel, he did say I must stop running until I visit him on Wednesday, so I might be able to take on some light stuff for the time being. I’m getting my road bike down out of the loft and hopefully, I might be able to do some short rides (nothing until after Wednesday though. Honest!) He’s put me on these beta blockers that I wasn’t able to take in 2014 after my second heart attack, and so far (touch wood) the side effects haven’t been too serious so I’ll continue with them for now.
Bob, I have just caught up on this thread and am so sorry read about your health and you having to stop your running.
My advice to you is to put your doctor’s advice first and your running second …… make that 3rd after your family
Mr Mags takes Bisoporol and like a few others here, suffers with AF. It took him a while to adjust to this medication.
We have to expect these hiccups in life as we grow older and adjust our lives as best we can. Wishing you all the best, thinking of you. x
Back to enjoying my holiday in Devon now, sporting a bruised and battered face from a fall a couple of days ago. :-D. What a picture!
BTW Bob, whatever happens you will still be the OFF’s Mr Universe!
Thanks Mags, that Mr Universe thing made me laugh…:-D:-D:-D…:hug: So sorry to hear about your fall and hope it hasn’t spoilt your holiday…
Yes, one a day 2.5 mg of Bisoporol (the little heart shaped tablets) So far so good Mags, with just a little chest ache that soon wears off a couple of hours after taking it. Back to see the doc on Wednesday, so absolutely no running until then at least…
Enjoy the rest of your holiday Mags, Devon is such a beautiful place…xx
Sound advice OGF.
I agree. I think you should take it easy until you know for sure what you may and may not do. It’s not going to be for long and it’s always best to be on the safe side.
As for what you said earlier, I’m afraid that I don’t see myself as being a ‘backbone of the forum’, though I’m sure you are.
I might agree to being the ‘backside’ of the forum, though!
I woke up this morning (no not that sort of ‘Woke’…) and I felt crap!.. My head was pounding and I couldn’t get back to sleep for ‘shushing’ Tinnitus…Even my stomach felt upset and it later developed into diarrhoea, and my shoulders and arms felt like they did when I had my heart attack…
So at 6:30 this morning I walked round my 5 mile running course and kicked the beta blockers into the long grass. Not physically of course, but that’s it! No more beta blockers! I refuse to join the zombie nation living on meds…
The walk has restored me to my old self, apart from the diarrhoea…:shock:
Without putting too fine a point on it: I think you and I are the backbone of the forum…
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