Could it be ???

I have been on here plenty complaining that my heart rate doesn’t get high enough to deliver and meet my body’s demand in the gym.

Sunday will be two months since implant. 

Rate was maxing out around 130. I was interrogated - to check in my arterial status I had an echocardiogram and nuke stress test - even had my corartid scanned .  All were great . 

My PM is set 60-170.

tonight I tracked my rate for 3 hours while I played racquetball. 

Looks like my range was 115 -160!

could this mean I just wasn’t conditioned or recovered enough and now I’m settling in?

was the EP right to not adjust me ? 

Felt great tonight and competed like my old self 


2 Comments

It takes a while

by Theknotguy - 2019-12-21 07:40:01

It takes a while

It takes a while for the body to settle in.   You'll probably see changes during the first year of having the pacemaker.  What is true this week may not be true next week, and what is true next week may not be true the week after that. 

Now is a good time to check and make sure you don't have any underlying problems like sleep apnea or if you are diabetic or pre-diabetic.  That may just be a couple of questions asked of your doctor but it's something to check out.  

As I remember, my EP didn't make any changes until six to nine months out and then they were minor changes.  I got along fine for the next five years but then I had a lot of trauma before getting my pacemaker (broken ribs, collapsed lung) and it took a long time for my body to heal.  At six years out there was another life style change and an increase in exercise.  At that time the pacemaker settings weren't right and my pacemaker couldn't keep up so they needed to make changes in the pacemaker settings.  Point being that you may need to make changes from here on out.  

Fortunately medical science as far as pacemakers go is changing every day and finally after your battery runs out on the current pacemaker, the new pacemaker will have all sorts of bells and whistles and you may not have to keep track of things as closely.  My pacemaker was state of the art six years ago and now its obsolete.  Ah well. 

Sounds like you're adjusting well.  Remember, any exercise is better than none at all.  Oh, and remember too, not everyone with a pacemaker is healthy enough to play racquetball.  
 

Yes

by Pacer2019 - 2019-12-21 12:21:09

all good points... the best one directs my attention to how fortunate I am - I take that for granted way too much and forget it too often 

You know you're wired when...

Your device acts like a police scanner.

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