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Liefcat wrote:Thx, Jill and Jon
It certainly wasn't Erik but at least, thankfully, our wishes were still appropriate for the occasion.Liefcat wrote: And thx for the good luck wishes And I guess I was lucky - but not in the sense that I think any of us would have expected.
My cat is OK, too, the neighbours gave food to it 
That was pretty shocking to read, Eric. I am very glad you were close to a good hospital!Liefcat wrote:...I guess I was lucky - but not in the sense that I think any of us would have expected. I felt fine before warm-up - but then suddenly during warm up I felt very dizzy and fainted. I woke up a couple of minutes later, by then the surrounding people had already performed CPM and called an ambulance. It took me to the most modern heart department in Denmark, that is Skejby Hospital, which was only 3 miles away from the venue. A lot of tests didn´t give any conclusive answers, however, but we are relying upon an MR scan of my heart, which unfortunately will only take place in 1 week´s time...So until then I will have to keep a very low profile
It wold be worrying if they found something wrong, but perhaps more worrying if they couldn't find anything and you would always be wondering if you were going to have another fainting spell.
But I must admit I´m now hoping that they will find some explanation (I have noticed and they have registered some arrhytmias), so that there may be a treatment or at least some guidelines Did the MR scan Thursday, and am doing Holter Monitoring next weeked... I´m "afraid" I won´t get any answers before the 31st... And too bad with your current/recent infection, but (once again) interesting that the HRV seems to be picking it up Get well soon Good luck with the ctc 
Well done on the ctc, no doubt you can go faster when you are fully recovered =D> And certainly, the 10k shows you have the basic fitness and also your usual motivation and will to train 
That really is an achievement after what you've been through and a very sensible workout also. How did it feel? I find low intensity workouts are almost meditative (and really ought to do more for this reason alone). You must have some good reassurance from your doctors.
That sounds terrible - but very lucky that no teeth got broken from that hit Hopefully there were only superficial bruises And how determined of you to carry on with the remaining two reps 
Then it´s good to learn that it actually gets better with some "gentle" erging... Gr8 job getting through that 10k - and although you probably can remember a time when it didn´t feel as tough, it seems very clear that you are taking some important steps =D> =D> Despite your job being very demanding at times You say you are not feeling that great about low rate work - but you certainly know how to do it and on that 30 minutes you proved just that. And must feel wonderful to do the 10k not only faster but also feeling better than the recent "struggle" =D> =D> You are definitely going in the right direction and HRV must also give in to that And training after a stressful day at work can be a double egded sword - but you seem to have found the way to get around that, too Thought I might never get sub 20 again... 
! Perhaps the other subjectively entered data, ie stress, sleep, diet is taken into account in their recommendation. Positive thing is that your HR didn´t explode after a certain point, but only increased slightly in your case. Sometimes hard to judge which factors to help decide how and when to train, but my guess is that you were genuinely tired when you got home late. And maybe you are a bit like me and don´t perform and train too well too early on the day... Anyways, I think it´s important to sometimes train even if you don´t feel up for it - otherwise there´s the risk that it never feels all right and you never get to train... Always interesting trying to find guidelines - and I´m sure you are on the right path... I don´t think I had any major infection, was feeling pretty good for this time of year. Just didn´t feel like the training the last 2 or 3 days before the comp. And for the last couple of days almost didn´t. My "post" CRP was at 4.0 so no major indication there neither. I have been a bit anxious that an infection from teeth and gums might damage my heart valves, but all of them looked fine on Echo (apparently I was almost too big for the Doc to reach for my heart - so was asked to lie on my back where I could watch the screen perfectly ). I think you are right about stress. I think the night shifts are actually harder on me than I would like to admit... Luckily one might say I´m stopping Feb 6, that is, if I even get back "in time"... I´m also very suspicious about taking Ibuprophen, I think I took one 400mg the night before... Definitely will never take that "stuff" again. Some studies seem to suggest a correlation, read for instance: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/ ... hythm.html ) 
Glad to see the fighting spirit is undaunted, but remember- please take care of yourselves guys!!!
And 20 minutes of training should be enough to keep your endurance up =D> And very well executed ctc, nice improvement, knew you could do it Fortunately for me you didn´t beat me this time around, but those days are surely gone - anyways, exciting with the 10x90"+30" - might look like a session that should appeal to both of us... Erik - nothing more positive than still being alive. Thank goodness!Liefcat wrote:Very nice to see you back here with us again, Jane - I only wish there would have been a more positive occasion
Well, no. I guess not. That's definitely some life-changing information there. Very hard to process and adapt.Liefcat wrote:I guess I haven´t digested the new information entirely just yet, so still a process to adapt to the new situation...
... is disheartening, butLiefcat wrote:No curative treatment...
... sounds hopeful.Liefcat wrote:...at least until such steady-state has accured...
Yes, very double-edged, I just need to accept and understand how to deal with this new knowledge And pills have already lowered my blood pressure, so that should be a good thing for my heart 