worktheday
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Hello all,
Hope this finds you all in great health! I'm going to keep this as abbreviated and to the point as possible.
I was in the hospital for an overnight stay a few weeks ago. I had AVR replacement (St. Judes mechanical) in '07. I wont get into all the details of why I was in the hospital recently because it will just drag out this story with a lot of non important information (It truly is non related). They did an echo of my heart and valve seeing as I hadn't had one in nearly a year. In addition they did a cath and went up and looked at everything with the scope. Afterwards got a big all clear from the doctor, valve looks great and "crisp". No blockages at all in my arteries, etc. Go live your life and do all the excercising you want.
Well leading to my question. Of course these things happen on holiday weekends when doctors offices are closed, etc. Side Note - In the last 7 weeks I've lost about 30 pounds (needed) and have about 15-20 more to go. Strictly through diet and progressive excercise. By progressive excercise what I mean is....and I'll be very specific here....7 weeks in now with my dieting. I gave myself the 1st 3 to just eat completely healthy. That alone shed 15 pounds. Week 4 worked out once...workout is 3 sets of push ups, 3 sets of situps 3 sets of curls. Week 5 work out twice. Week 6 3x...begining to incorporate more resisatnce training with different muscle groups. Now in week 7, alternating days with muscle groups with every third day off. This has been working well for me. Again all of this is mostly resistance and light weights, so dont feel im "overdoing it".
I have an Omron blood pressure machine that I use regularly to check my BP. My BP has been great. Not the issue. Issue is tonight while working out for the first time, and not sure why, I decided to take my BP immediately after one of my sets. Upon doing so BP slightly elevated as expected, but I noticed and indication on the machine I hadnt seen before. Looked it up and it was a sign the machine picked up an irregular heart beat. So I did as the instructions indicated, waited 3-4 mins and took it again. No indication this time. Went back to working out, another set, another immediate BP check and again the irregular indication. Waited the 3-4 minutes took again, gone. This happened 4 times.
I'm wondering, is this normal? Does your heart go out of normal...rythym I guess is how you'd put it, during resisatnce excercise? Even just briefly? Is this completely common for some people and it means nothing, and abnormal for others and should be looked into further? Any follow up info would be greatly appreciated seeing as will have to wait until Tuesday to reach out to the doctor.
P.S. - I had absolutely no symptoms at all if that matters. Just the reading on the Omron (I do feel pretty comfortable with this machines readings and indications. Only a few months old and really accurate - have brought it to the doctors with me)
Thanks in advance!
Jay
Hope this finds you all in great health! I'm going to keep this as abbreviated and to the point as possible.
I was in the hospital for an overnight stay a few weeks ago. I had AVR replacement (St. Judes mechanical) in '07. I wont get into all the details of why I was in the hospital recently because it will just drag out this story with a lot of non important information (It truly is non related). They did an echo of my heart and valve seeing as I hadn't had one in nearly a year. In addition they did a cath and went up and looked at everything with the scope. Afterwards got a big all clear from the doctor, valve looks great and "crisp". No blockages at all in my arteries, etc. Go live your life and do all the excercising you want.
Well leading to my question. Of course these things happen on holiday weekends when doctors offices are closed, etc. Side Note - In the last 7 weeks I've lost about 30 pounds (needed) and have about 15-20 more to go. Strictly through diet and progressive excercise. By progressive excercise what I mean is....and I'll be very specific here....7 weeks in now with my dieting. I gave myself the 1st 3 to just eat completely healthy. That alone shed 15 pounds. Week 4 worked out once...workout is 3 sets of push ups, 3 sets of situps 3 sets of curls. Week 5 work out twice. Week 6 3x...begining to incorporate more resisatnce training with different muscle groups. Now in week 7, alternating days with muscle groups with every third day off. This has been working well for me. Again all of this is mostly resistance and light weights, so dont feel im "overdoing it".
I have an Omron blood pressure machine that I use regularly to check my BP. My BP has been great. Not the issue. Issue is tonight while working out for the first time, and not sure why, I decided to take my BP immediately after one of my sets. Upon doing so BP slightly elevated as expected, but I noticed and indication on the machine I hadnt seen before. Looked it up and it was a sign the machine picked up an irregular heart beat. So I did as the instructions indicated, waited 3-4 mins and took it again. No indication this time. Went back to working out, another set, another immediate BP check and again the irregular indication. Waited the 3-4 minutes took again, gone. This happened 4 times.
I'm wondering, is this normal? Does your heart go out of normal...rythym I guess is how you'd put it, during resisatnce excercise? Even just briefly? Is this completely common for some people and it means nothing, and abnormal for others and should be looked into further? Any follow up info would be greatly appreciated seeing as will have to wait until Tuesday to reach out to the doctor.
P.S. - I had absolutely no symptoms at all if that matters. Just the reading on the Omron (I do feel pretty comfortable with this machines readings and indications. Only a few months old and really accurate - have brought it to the doctors with me)
Thanks in advance!
Jay