The HHT and Afib Athlete

  27 August 2025 So, the 10 days or so, after that upsetting Occupational Health meeting, have been a bit of a see-saw! On the plus side the doctor signed me off until September as instructed by OH and I continued to make improvement physically.   However, my mental side is very varied – some days I’m fine other days I just feel like crying.   I wonder if it is some sort of delayed reaction to everything, I have been through in the last six years: ·          16 bouts of Rapid Afib, all requiring hospitalisation – 11 of them finishing with a DCCV (electrical cardioversion to restore heart rhythm). One episode led to extremely low blood pressure which could have been fatal. ·          Four ablations to correct the above Afib (none worked) – each taking 4-6 months to get some of normal (i.e. sporty) life back. ·          Four lots of treatment on my...

  28 May 2025 I’m now 25 days post-SCAD and five days post last Atrial Fibrillation episode.   Boy, do I feel rough.   Six days ago, I was able to walk nearly a mile at close to my old speed, ok I was tired later and I had some SCAD chest pains but there seemed to be light at the end of the tunnel (It was a train coming!!!).   The Cardiac Nurse at Papworth seemed to think I would recover a lot better than I ever did after an ablation and my ‘performance’ that seemed to prove that.   After all, according to my meticulous research (and having far too much time on my hands) I had evidence that post-Ablations my average time to be able to walk a mile was 29 days (7 – 48 days) and this was only SIX days and I did it without innumerable stops and at a fair clip!  However, since the AF episode I managed to walk a very slow 0.30 miles with a rest day in between.   I’m tired all the time, I feel sick and light-headed much of the day.   This in turn is ...