Forum Home | Log in | Signup | My Page | Rules | FAQ | Boards | Members | Search
« 6TH POPE Home | Email msg. | Reply to msg. | Post new | Board info. Previous | Home | Next

Re: A re-iterated warning from my doctor

By: De_Composed in 6TH POPE | Recommend this post (0)
Sun, 30 Jun 24 4:17 PM | 26 view(s)
Boardmark this board | 6th Edition Pope Board 		Msg. 54671 of 58510
(This msg. is a reply to 54669 by micro)
Jump:
Jump to board:
Jump to msg. #

micro:

Re: “So this is a bit of an inconvenience but doc says not to do it. Grrrrrrrrrr.”When I was a teenager, I knew a heart patient in his 30s. He lived just two doors away, and I always saw him sitting on his driveway, next to the catamaran he loved more than anything but could no longer use.

After about a year of doing nothing when he probably felt like he wasn't that bad, he got fed up and went on a light backpacking trip. That was it for him. He never returned.

I suggest you do what the doctor says. He knows what he's talking about. Your need to go easy on your heart from now on.

BTW, after loading all those cinder blocks yesterday, my wife wrapped them with a tarp and then tied it down while I rested. At the end, she noted that we had no way to cut the huge spool of rope we'd brought, most of which hadn't been used. I asked the auction-folks if they had scissors or a knife I could borrow and they directed me to a toolbox on the ground. I bent over and sorted through it for a minute or so. When I stood up, I immediately felt like I might pass out. That went on for a minute or so, with the main symptom being that my eyesight got very dark - similar to when I'm having a migraine. Then it cleared up.

I attribute it to a combination of dehydration and the heart not being 100%. Things happen when you aren't in top shape and overexert yourself - even if you don't believe you're doing too much. So be careful. I guess that goes for us both, though my doc says my heart is in pretty good shape.

» You can also:
- - - - -
The above is a reply to the following message:
A re-iterated warning from my doctor
By: micro in 6TH POPE
Sun, 30 Jun 24 2:40 PM 		Msg. 54669 of 58510

I was at my primary doctor's office a couple days ago for a checkup and had a few questions.

Doc asked me a few questions after checking on the main reason I went which is a large swollen gland in my neck.

So he wanted to know my routines and physical activity.
I told him I had moved some concrete blocks from one spot to another and was carrying some bags of mulch and topsoil around to spread out per miz task master's orders.

Doc looked at me and warned me NOT to be picking up things that weigh 20 pounds or more for ANY reasons. If my better half is unhappy then have her call him.

My heart's left ventricle is not pumping what it should in volume and in fact is rather pretty low. That explains why I am normally tired to an extent or tire easily if doing anything with exertion.

Needless to say I was an idiot for lifting cinder blocks and large bags of mulch and top soil.

I am wondering how everyday things that one does around their home get done without being able to move things that need moving?

I am really starting to to dislike being a heart patient
with all the restrictions.
I want to live life normally and if I can lift or pick something up that needs moved just do it.

I am still in rather good shape and plenty strong.

So this is a bit of an inconvenience but doc says not to do it. Grrrrrrrrrr.

So now I need to figure out a workaround...


« 6TH POPE Home | Email msg. | Reply to msg. | Post new | Board info. Previous | Home | Next