Elayne's Blog ~ RUNNING TO RECOVERY: I'm Free!!

Friday, July 31, 2009

I'm Free!!

After 3 long weeks of being hooked up to the heart monitor I am finally done! I woke up this morning to a text message on the monitor saying "your session is complete, please return immediately". Gladly :)

After having to pay such close attention, I definitely saw some things that line up with medications ( heart racing right before it is time to take my beta blocker, etc.) However, there were a couple of things I still don't understand and hope this monitoring will either explain or (hopefully) rule out any issues with my heart. I will post when I have the results.

Otherwise, feeling pretty well overall. Training is going well but my body is definitely starting to feel the higher mileage. We drop to 8 miles this weekend and then back to 11 next weekend.

More later...

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: Hey Elayne:

Did not know you were still having problems.

I have alot of the same thing with my heart - Some nights it feels like a baloon exploded....

But it always happens after I have had a beer or two..... FYI - for thought.

Hope all works out well.

I have been really worried about ED - any news.

I do not know how to repspond to his blog - because it ask for type of response???; July 31, 2009 at 6:55 AM
Anonymous said...: Yay! I'm glad to read that you are free of the monitor and you are feeling GOOD!

Have a great weekend!
Angie; July 31, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Elayne said...: "Anonymous #1" Not sure who this is? Guessing Robin :)
Ed's blog should be just like mine when you leave a comment. Not sure how it is different.
Nothing new on Ed, other than what he has posted. I think Chris plans to call him tomorrow.; July 31, 2009 at 5:45 PM
o2bhiking said...: That must feel great. Keep taking care of yourself. Art; August 2, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Hua said...: Hi Elayne,

Hope you get some useful info from the heart monitor. I'm Hua, the director of Wellsphere's HealthBlogger Network, a network of over 2,000 of the best health writers on the web (including doctors, nurses, healthy living professionals, and expert patients). I think your blog would be a great addition to the Network, and I'd like to invite you to learn more about it and apply to join at Wellsphere.com/health-blogger. Once approved by our Chief Medical Officer, your posts will be republished on Wellsphere where they will be available to over 5 million monthly visitors who come to the site looking for health information and support. There’s no cost and no extra work for you! The HealthBlogger page (http://www.wellsphere.com/health-blogger) provides details about participation, but if you have any questions please feel free to email me at hua@wellsphere.com.

Best,
Hua; August 3, 2009 at 10:47 AM

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