Posted by THOMAS C. GLASS on April 30, 2001 at 20:25:13:
In Reply to: Exercise Post Maze posted by Ed Wehan on April 30, 2001 at 20:24:25:
HI ED. I ASKED DR. COX WHO OPERATED ON ME ABOUT EXERCISE AND HE SAID NOT TO GET HEART RATE HIGHER THAN 120 BPM FOR 1ST THREE MONTHS. I HAD HEART RATE MONITOR AND WAS GETTING RATE TO 135 BEFORE I ASKED HIM. THIS WAS ABOUT 6 WEEKS POST OP. I'M AT 18 WEEKS POST OP AND HAVE TROUBLE GETTING PAST 3/4 MILE WHEN JOGGING BUT IF I GET THAT FAR IT IS EASIER TO GET TO 2 OR 3 MILES. I AM 60 YRS AND SLOW THOUGH ABOUT 13.5 MIN MILES. BEFORE OPERATION I COULD RUN 12 MIN MILES IN SINUS. IM NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE THOUGH BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS A SPRINTER MUSCLE TYPE AND DO BETTER RUNNING FAST INTERVALS AT 215 POUNDS.AFTER 1.5 MILES JOGGING MY RATE GETS TO 141 BPM.
THOMAS C. GLASS