Folks I’m sorry I haven’t posted in a while. Not that I need to explain, but I value the community here and wanted to offer up what’s been happening with me.
For several months now I have bee battling a severely low resting heart rate (low 30s to mid 40s) and there is some light at the end of the tunnel, so says my cardiologist; we are exploring options. The good news is I have been an athlete msot of my life. Ran a few marathons, for twenty years I ran close to 30 miles a week. So, my nornal resting heart rate at age 55–gods aging does sucketh–is usually in the mid-60s to low 70s. As we all know you only get so many heartbeats in life. So, the fewer the better. That’s the good news.
But, a resting heart rate in the low 30s can cause fainting spells when one makes to fast a move. As an heretofore active person–I mean I walk at almost twice the speed of everyone else, naturally, I have to be careful.
As you all know I dislocated my shoulder a few weeks ago. The reason behind the fall was I was acting like a teenager boucing down the stairs. Fortunately I began to faint when I only had four or five steps left to go, so instead of falling down the whole rack and breaking my neck, well, we all know what happened. Tangentially, when those guys in the movies who dislocate a shoulder then smash it back into place against a wall and then go on back to their kicking ass spree is pure horseshit.
Anyway, the upshot is this: when my heart rate is very low I am very tired and inactive. Today it’s in the 60s. But y’all will just have to bear with me for the time being. I have no way of knowing when this will go away.
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Feral Finster
No need to apologize to me.
Get well. We’ll still be here.
NR
Sorry to hear that Ian. Take care of yourself, that’s the most important thing. I hope things improve for you soon.
Sean Paul Kelley
@NR: Ian’s not the one who is ill. I should have posted my name more prominently at the start of the post. Just adding this comment for clarity’s sake.
Sean Paul Kelley
@Feral: thank you for the kind words. They are appreciated.
different clue
Well . . . health first. Then blogging when conditions safely permit.
Joan
Feel better Sean. I’m crossing my fingers and keeping a thought out for you. Hope some of the options prove useful.