The HHT and Afib Athlete

Cryoablation two months on This might be helpful for someone recovering from this same operation especially if they were previously pretty fit and sporty and looking to get back into that healthy way of life. I found it really difficult to find out much information for the younger (comparatively!), fitter person – everything seemed to veer between basically giving up everything or people who were back running after three weeks (scary!). So following on from my last report after one month, the second month started very well. I was able to add more weight training (toning stuff, nothing heavy); more pilates as well as keeping up my yoga and physio exercises for my back. BUT I was still really struggling with the walking. I eventually managed to walk 2.2 miles with a few stops, but it was hard. Breathing was fine, but my legs were just heavy as if I was wearing ankle weights. I contacted the wonderful arrythmia nurses at Royal Papworth and they said that all was fine, just to give i...

 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 ...