Doesn't look like the ICD surgery will happen today, I spend the day researching. Have spent the data allowance on my iPhone many times over now. Google is a double edged sword, though, and especially Americans seem to think this disease means you'll need a heart transplant and never exercise again. I have to routinely remind myself of Kinds advice; "there is nothing you have been doing that you can't keep doing, albeit a little differently". I am determined to get back to running, but both Important and Kind tells me that for the first 6 weeks all training is off. After that I can work out within a safe heart rate zone that we determine at my first check-up. I've got to change my way of thinking about it. The big enemy here is competitiveness. I can go out and run 10 K, but I can not set out to do it. I can run for an hour and do a new PB, but it has to be without trying. In essence: I can no longer push myself, and I have to avoid situations where I might try and go beyond my limits. Setting a fixed target is bad, as I'll strive to reach it. Races are completely banned, so the BUPA 10 K in May is definitely off. It's all quite emotional, but I can feel myself bouncing back already. I do that quite quickly, to the point where Rich's biggest worry is that I won't take it seriously enough.
He doesn't have to worry.
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