Posted by THOMAS C. GLASS on May 08, 2001 at 19:06:37:
In Reply to: Better and better... posted by Anders Kingstedt on May 08, 2001 at 19:05:17:
HI ANDERS, CONGRATULATION ON YOUR SUCCESS. I FORGET HOW OLD YOU ARE, BUT ME AT 60 AND OVER 6 MONTHS POST MAZE CAN STILL NOT JOG VERY WELL. I WALKED 2.5 MILES TODAY AT A 13.5 MIN PACE WHICH IS FAST WALKING AND MY RATE AT .5 MILE WAS 100BPM AND HIGHEST WAS 115 BPM. IF I JOG AT START MY RATE GOES UP SO SLOW THAT I JUST HAVE TO STOP. IF I WALK 2 MILES AND GET RATE TO 110-115 I THEN FEEL BETTER RUNNING.AT 4 MONTHS POST OP. I COULD GET MY RATE TO 140 BPM. I MUST BE REGRESSING. WHAT KIND OF TEST CAN YOU TAKE TO CHECK THE FLEXIBILITY OF HEART. I DOUBT MY DOCTOR KNOWS OF ONE. THANKS FOR YOUR EXPERTISE. TOM