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Alex
Hi,
I am 37 and I had Aortic Valve Repair 8 months ago. I posted this as a reply in the cardiac rehab forum but I'd like to know if there are any competitive tennis players that can share any experience. I was a very competitive player prior to surgery. I can bike decently and running is OK too ( not like before surgery though) but tennis is very exhausting and that is driving me crazy. Even though I am on carvedilol ( now they have increased the dose to 18.75 mg twice a day) my heart rate still goes up too much while playing tennis and I can hit more than a few shots before my heart gets to over 160 and I start not feeling well, getting PVCs, tachycardias and I even got an episode of A-fib. This doesnt happen biking or running. I love tennis and I just can't play. The weird thing is also that at five months after surgery I seemed to handle tennis better, I didnt get so tired, I dont know if my heart is getting worse or this medicine has stopped working, or I need a different med or maybe I dont need it or what...
If anyone is a tennis player or has any similar experiences with other sports please share... it is much harder for me to live without my passion, I should be happy for being alive, maybe I am spoiled but I need to play again !
Thanks in advanced for any info you can share...
I am 37 and I had Aortic Valve Repair 8 months ago. I posted this as a reply in the cardiac rehab forum but I'd like to know if there are any competitive tennis players that can share any experience. I was a very competitive player prior to surgery. I can bike decently and running is OK too ( not like before surgery though) but tennis is very exhausting and that is driving me crazy. Even though I am on carvedilol ( now they have increased the dose to 18.75 mg twice a day) my heart rate still goes up too much while playing tennis and I can hit more than a few shots before my heart gets to over 160 and I start not feeling well, getting PVCs, tachycardias and I even got an episode of A-fib. This doesnt happen biking or running. I love tennis and I just can't play. The weird thing is also that at five months after surgery I seemed to handle tennis better, I didnt get so tired, I dont know if my heart is getting worse or this medicine has stopped working, or I need a different med or maybe I dont need it or what...
If anyone is a tennis player or has any similar experiences with other sports please share... it is much harder for me to live without my passion, I should be happy for being alive, maybe I am spoiled but I need to play again !
Thanks in advanced for any info you can share...