According to my cardiologist I am strange! From an ejection fraction of 23% on an echocardiogram to one of 47% on a MRI in 2 months is unsual. I also did not have the right symptons.
Also my cholesterol has shot up so I am now on statins.
He will see me in a year unless I need to see him earler. I can go back to my love iof cold water swimming .
What a stressful 3 months.
HAs nayone else had such a change ?
Hi Swimmerb, great news you have gone from 23% EF to 47%. My EF is 25% and a pacemaker implant didn't quite go to plan when the third lead pierced my heart and emergency OHS was performed to repair the hole. I won't try again for a pacemaker as I was a bit traumatised. I'm on great medication and keep active hoping to improve my EF, but my consultant appointment is not until August 2025 so I won't know until then if my EF has increased . Keep well and the care.
Hi there, that is fabulous news. Did you do any particular exercise or lifestyle change in the 3 months ?? Mu husband had a cardiac arrest 2 years ago. We were told when he left hospital his ef was 45 to 50 so back to normal. We recently went private to get some tests as he has had no follow up on the nhs since and they have now said he has an ef of 35 which has totally freaked us out. He has no symptoms at all and is physically fit !
Any advice you have on what you did to improve it would be much appreciated. He is doing cardio exercise 4 times a week to push his heart as advised by the specialist and usually does over 10000 steps a day just at work as he has a physical job.
He is much more fit than me!
All I did as in my view a healthy diet was to increase the amount of oily fish. I think stress plays a big part so I have tried very hard not to get stressed and not to worry about things that do not really matter.
If I get tired when I am busy , I am 71 and work from home part time I now stop and do not try to" push through" the tiredness . I will sit and read and try not to feel guilty I am not doing anything!I Very alien for me.
Thanks for you reply - he is only 58 and still has his own business, so is very active, but also stressed, so need to work on that ! He is looking to retire next year hopefully when he is 60, so that should help.
Keep doing what is obviously working for you !!
I work for our son's company which was ours so I can appreciate the stress level of running your own business. I am sure managing stress helped me.
Swimmerb great news! EF estimates tend to differ between MRI and ultrasound. As long as you’re feeling fit and well I wouldn’t worry too much about the number. My husband’s has been 35% on MRI, 14% on ultrasound and most recently estimated between 25-30% 😂 and of course he felt his worst when it was 14% but right now he feels good and we don’t even know the real number as the imaging team couldn’t decide and disagreed with the calculation computed by the ultrasound.
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