Was looking forward to the final run,BUT!

Wow, so glad you phoned the doctor and got seen and diagnosed.

Ascending Aortic Aneurism sounds terrifying so do look after yourself.

Really pleased for you that you have the green light to run (slowly), but make sure you have some sort of ID on you and your phone so you can get help if you need it. Were you given a limit about what your heart rate should be? Or is that unrelated?

Take care and enjoy whatever short gentle runs you are allowed to do.

Sounds like a frightening time you have been through. I'm glad they got to the bottom of things quickly. Take things steady and build your confidence up and I think you will get back to running in your own time. Things like this can shake us to our core. Maybe go back a few weeks to the walk/run sections to help give you some confidence. I am sure your docs will be looking after you so talk over all these concerns with them and let them help you boost your confidence.

Hey stevy, it must have been scary.. I am super glad to hear you are 'okay', but take it easy, will you? I am really happy you can continue your hobby of running, but what runningnearbeirut says seems very sound: having physical boundaries and an emergency medical ID plus means of communication. Take care, rest well, don't overdo it, and happy running!

Hi Stevy. I was wondering if all was ok as hasn't heard about your last run. Am so sorry to hear about the AAA but glad that you have a diagnosis & are being treated. You are a runner even if you haven't quite made that last C25K run - yet!

Take it easy & walk/run gently. Great advice to have an ICE number in your phone or on your person. Can you locate other runners nearby through this forum to run with you or ask a local running club if there is someone nearby who could do a gentle run with you for a while? If you're in Gloucestershire, I'll run with you.😊

Keep posting, we are still with you.

Oh man, sorry to read this. Hope it works out as best as possible for you.

I wondered where you had gone ! Gosh, what an terrifying ordeal for you Stevy!

So...a scary time but good positive news... and now a very slow and steady build up in confidence and running ? Sound familiar ?

Maybe listen to Realfoodieclub , especially re the walking, maybe even look at the Walking for Heath link forum.. ( many of us have used and still use it when we are on or just off the IC.... you will see loads of folk you know on there...

Listen to the advice the professional medics give you, ask questions, and make sure they know what you are wanting from this

Building back up is going to take time...running really helps us though... I think it was @realfoodie who said, she felt it had taught her so much about patience. me too...

Short jog, walking and making sure you have your phone and folk know where you are too

Please keep posting your progress Stevy we are right here with you and will help all we can

Gentle hug x

I have my last run this week and ill do it for you Stevy. All the best to you and by all means take it easy.

Thanks for the update, stevy, and wish you all the best for the tests etc. Good luck with your future gentle jogs and walks. So glad to hear you're in good runners' hands!

That's realy crap. I totally feel your pain. But don't despair. If the Drs have said you can run then you can run. They would not tell you that otherwise. I have had a succession of heart incidents in the last year. At soe point i am going to have t have open heart surgery and have a monitor strapped to me 24/7 at the moment. Around this time last year the Drs forbade me from doing any kind of exercise at all, which was a tremendous blow to me at the time. I have since been cleared to do 'moderate, reasonable' exercise, and am taking the opportunity to do so as much as I can and enjoying it more than ever, in large part because I know how it felt not being able to, and not knowing how long I may have the opportunity in the future.

These things come as quite a shock and it does take a bit of time to come to terms with. You may decide you are more comfortable toning things down a bit for peace of mind, and if you do there is nothing at all wrong with that. You are not obliged to, however. Within the bounds of what is medically permissible, you can carry on and do whatever you like.

Good luck with all your tests etc, just take it slow until then.

I can only offer my warmest thoughts. Take really good care of yourself.

Oh Stevy -- I'm so sorry you've been through such a scary time. There's so much good advice already given here that I won't add any more other than to say to remember to be really kind to yourself and take it gently. You're obviously wonderfully strong to have kept fit in spite of what sounds like a long-established condition. So I think you can view yourself as a battle-scarred veteran and feel justly proud. And it goes without saying that you're a runner, just on the injury couch. Sending all positive waves over to Suffolk!

Hear, hear to everything that's been said. Warm good wishes to you Steve. Makes me realise that running gives us a closer appreciation of our bodies.

Wow, what a scary thing to happen to you. Good luck with your recovery!

I'm so sorry to hear this Stevy, it must have been a terrible shock. I'm in a similar position, I went to my doc to get a certificate to say I was fit enough to run in a race, these are obligatory in France. He did a few checks on me, and now I'm booked to see the cardiologist. It's obviously not so urgent as your problem, and he has said that I can continue to run but only on the flat (try and find some of that round here!) So, I didn't do the race, and mostly I've been walking, at a good pace, and I've enjoyed it a lot. You get to see more than when you're running, or I do anyway, I'm always looking down in case I trip over, now I'm looking at the scenery. When I get the all clear (assuming I do) I shall almost certainly do C25K again, might that be an idea for you? Laura will look after you and you can build your confidence back up again.

Hope you get it sorted soon x

Thanks Curlygurly2,lhope l get sorted soon,its good idea for you to do walks; that's what l intend doing,after that short walk yesterday,it totally floored me.l am finding out my limitations at the moment. Wow! this is unreal for me! I hope you'll after yourself? Take it easy ,Stevy.