10k two years on

[Heartbear]

Two years on from my major HA in July 2020 (the 12th, I remember it well), 10th July this year I romped over the finish line of the Asics London 10k. My first organised race since my HA. This shows that if we follow the advice of the cardiac team, do the rehab, continue it under our own management, and take the meds on time every time (I've never missed one in two years, thanks to my German husband where being late is not tolerated...), we can, and do, recover from these life changing events. ~Graham

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Hello

What a positive post

Really encouraging for others and well done must have been a great feeling getting over that finishing line x

[Heartbear in reply to Hidden]

Thanks Bekind28 😀 I hope you are recovering from your bypass, and are keeping a positive outlook.

For me, the 10k 'validated' my recovery, if you follow. It's no marathon man stuff now, it's the taking part and "doing it" that matters. Advice is to keep my HR sub-150 bpm when exercising, which I monitor through my FitBit. I'm slower as a result of the 150 threshold, but that doesn't matter to me now as I'm lucky to be alive and be able to do what works for me with exercise. I sent this pic to the cardiac rehab team at Barts as a bit of a 'thank you'. They replied that it made their day. I was so pleased, because they were brilliant at helping me recover from this thing. I was going running the morning of 12 July 2020 when this thing came from nowhere!

As it was, I took my own medical team with me for that run in July - the person on my left (right on the pic) is my good friend Tony who is a retired gynecology consultant from Whipps Cross hospital. Whilst his specialism is dealing with female problems he has a great understanding of everything else about us, so who better to run alongside me on the anniversary of my coronary in the event I flopped over? 😀

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Hello

This is fantastic and hopefully will encourage others to and give them hope

Love how you have your own Medical Team with you wish I had

You have done so well and may it long continue x

[uzininemm]

A massive well done, and you are right to be extremely proud.

As bekind28 says it gives encouragement and hope to all.

[Heartbear in reply to uzininemm]

Hi Uzininemm, reading your profile you are similar to me. I was 51 at the time of my HA (LAD 100% blocked, came from no where). I was going running that morning with the group I'm in, who have been incredibly supportive to get me back to it. Like you, a never smoker, Barts Heart Centre went through everything - fam history, stats - BP, cholesterol all normal, diet (they gave me a bit of a lecture about cheese, but that was the only thing), exercise - I was pretty fit at the time, and have got back to that now, then said that occasionally they have a case they can't explain and think mine is one of them.

My attitude to all of this is to be positive, and talk about my HA with friends and colleagues. The more awareness people have about chest pain, and what to do, the better.

It was a great feeling crossing that finish line at my own pace (new, slower HR to be sub 150 bpm). It was on Whitehall, Downing St was to the right of the picture, I don't think Boris was cheering us given his resignation a few days earlier 🙂

Cheers

Graham

[Zbignieva]

That is fabulous! I am just at start of my rehab, I am looking forward to running again as well