Happyflowerlady
Vagabond Flowerchild
- Location
- Northern Alabama
It was wonderful, and now that I am back home, my body is feeling it, too.
Many of you that have known me here for a while will remember that for the last few years i have barely been able to get around, let alone exercise.
I have had a-fib and CHF for a number of years, and each year, the heart just wore out more, until it was functioning at 23%EF last summer.
Because the meds weren't helping anymore, my doctor decided it was time for a heart precedure called a cardioversion.
Basically, they scraped the inside and outside of my heart, and put it back into rhythm again.
I feel much better now and have been getting more exercise this year. I have been taking the Lugol's iodine for the hypothyroidism, but then I read that it is also very beneficial for both the a-fib and the CHF.
I am doing so much better now that I have even been working outside in the yard and garden this spring, until the weather got too hot to be outsiide much.
The last time they checked, my heart is now working at around 40%EF, so much, much better !
My Medicare Advantage plan now includes a fitness program called Silver and Fit; so both Bobby and I went down and signed up at the fitness center, and today was our first day.
I will be doing mostly swimming and water aerobics, at least for a while, until I build up more muscle and endurance.
She also started me on a cardio machine that is like walking or maybe cycling, except it is recumbant, so you do not have all of the stress on the knees like you do when you are walking, and it works out both the arms and the legs.
We are planning on going several times a week, and my husband is happily enjoying his workout on the weight training machines while I am swimming.
After the swimming, I relaxed in the hot tub and put my legs and feet up by the jets and got a wonderful massage.
I am now drinking my green smoothie protein shake, and then going to recuperate for a bit.
Many of you that have known me here for a while will remember that for the last few years i have barely been able to get around, let alone exercise.
I have had a-fib and CHF for a number of years, and each year, the heart just wore out more, until it was functioning at 23%EF last summer.
Because the meds weren't helping anymore, my doctor decided it was time for a heart precedure called a cardioversion.
Basically, they scraped the inside and outside of my heart, and put it back into rhythm again.
I feel much better now and have been getting more exercise this year. I have been taking the Lugol's iodine for the hypothyroidism, but then I read that it is also very beneficial for both the a-fib and the CHF.
I am doing so much better now that I have even been working outside in the yard and garden this spring, until the weather got too hot to be outsiide much.
The last time they checked, my heart is now working at around 40%EF, so much, much better !
My Medicare Advantage plan now includes a fitness program called Silver and Fit; so both Bobby and I went down and signed up at the fitness center, and today was our first day.
I will be doing mostly swimming and water aerobics, at least for a while, until I build up more muscle and endurance.
She also started me on a cardio machine that is like walking or maybe cycling, except it is recumbant, so you do not have all of the stress on the knees like you do when you are walking, and it works out both the arms and the legs.
We are planning on going several times a week, and my husband is happily enjoying his workout on the weight training machines while I am swimming.
After the swimming, I relaxed in the hot tub and put my legs and feet up by the jets and got a wonderful massage.
I am now drinking my green smoothie protein shake, and then going to recuperate for a bit.
