The HHT and Afib Athlete

 One Month on...     Obviously, me being me, I had a PLAN:   Once the first two weeks were over I was going to spend a month walking; then progress to cycling and rowing for a month and then finally to running.   Sorted.   Then three months of running would see me back to peak fitness (for me) and normal life could resume.   Easy! And to my great surprise I felt great for the first week. Sure, the hip/groin area where the catheter went in was sore and I walked with a limp but I was able to potter around a lot although a walk of a few minutes didn’t feel good on the wound.   I did some gardening (repotting, nothing strenuous) and after a week I managed one mile of walking, though I was quite tired and slow, as mentioned in my previous post at two weeks post-ablation. So I had expected this recovery to take a while and was pleasantly surprised by how well I felt for the first two weeks of moping about the house. Then I had a couple of days of fe...

Getting over the first Ablation   2 week report Ok, so I was a bit hyper at first as I was so relieved it was all over and I felt so well! I pottered around in the garden a bit and all was going swimmingly... After a week I walked a mile and felt terrible; Next day I felt so weary and faint I came back after 1 min of walking!; Day 9 walked 0.5 mile and felt faint and weak; Day 12 walk 0.6 mile, jelly legs, went slowly; Day 13 walk 0.6 mile, jelly legs; Day 14 - a PB (Personal Best!) Walked 0.75 mile and quicker, legs only protested after half mile and I didn't feel faint. Away from the walking I've been able to do pretty much anything around the house/garden though no lifting or digging! I mean stuff like spending an hour or so cooking, started yoga on day 12; began stretching and mobility work (bad back always, it hates sitting too much) after 6 days but very gently; light housework (ie no vacuuming); ironing; I was finding I got faint if I stood too ...

Ablation 1 My previous post rather glossed over the whole ablation sage and so I thought I would revisit it. I only got 48-hour notice of the ablation.   I was scared, but at the same time, very glad and relieved to be seen during the Covid-19 pandemic. In fact, it transpired that I was one of the first ablation patients to be seen since all non-emergency procedures had been stopped due to Covid.   I arrived hours too early and had a nice chat to the Day Ward receptionists before being taken to my skinny day bed in a ward with a total of two other people, although it looked as though it usually would hold about six in ‘normal’ times.   We also had staggered arrival times although nobody wore masks. There followed the usual rigmarole of height, weight, blood pressure and insertion of the cannula (three attempts! Ended up in the back of my hand!) I was told I would be going down at about 10 am and was surprised that the Deputy EP didn’t come to see me until 9:50...