Recent content by Lsimon

I've had a bunch of heart rate monitors. Haven't used them for years and then started again after my surgery. I was looking for something without a chest strap when I first got home and ordered one but it didn't work well so I returned it. For the chest strap items go cheap. The expensive...

I wasn't going to bring underwear or athletic pants. Glad I brought both. If it had been warmer weather I would have brought athletic shorts. I wear these around the house for lounging and at night as PJ's. In the hospital I wore the athletic pants when walking and when out of bed and in a...

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I think the guidelines depend a lot on other factors as well. I have a family history of aortic dissections and a casual conversation with a relative's surgeon last summer indicated that with that history I should have my aorta replaced if it was over 4.5. It was 4.7 at the time. I also think...