Hey - Just wanted to share something I did last night. For the first time in many months, I walked on my electric treadmill for 25 minutes!! This was HUGE for me - I used to do it almost every day and could walk/jog a 12 minute mile. Then when my dys. symptoms kicked in I would get so dizzy and lightheaded and get so tachy that it wasn't safe and I just couldn't do it. I've been feeling a bit better the last week and decided to give it a try. I did it! Granted, in 25 minutes I only went .60 of a mile because I was walking so slow but I didn't get woozy or feel like I was going to faint. I did start having palpitations so I stopped but hey, I have to start somewhere. Anyway, it made me happy! I'm going to keep going at it...

congrats!!!

Careful not to overdo yourself. My son has to walk everyday, and Mayo told him to start in small increments (sp)like at 5 minutes, and add 2 minutes to it every week, till he's up to 30 minutes a day. Right now, he's up to 20 minutes or so.

Thanks for sharing your accomplishment!

CONGRATS!!! That is so great - I am happy for you and so glad that you shared this with us! Hopefully you will be able to continue to do this and get stronger...let us know how it's going.

that is fantastic! keep it up

Yay!!! I am so happy for you!!

It is a milestone to be able to do it. Hopefully, you won't have a blacklash, but every single step counts!!

Pace yourself, but hope you will be able to have more days like this one.

Judi

Thanks for your encouraging replies. It was definitely a big deal for me.

I have been doing better these last few weeks. All I am taking now is a calcium channel blocker. I feel so much more clear-headed than I did before when I was taking the beta blocker, the anti-arrythmic and the florinef. The calcium channel blocker is doing an okay job but I still get some pretty high heartrates. My Dr. suggested adding a small dose of beta blocker to the mix but I am leery because there are times my pulse and BP drop, especially at night. The beta blocker will just make that worse, then it's back on the florinef to help with that. My dilemna now is if I should just learn to deal with some level of tachy issues yet stay clear headed and less dizzy from med side effects or be more medicated and potentially have less heart issues. I had to go off the meds before because I developed such a toxicity to some of them. Not sure what to do yet......it's always a tough choice.