So a few weeks ago I went to the doctor because my right knee and left ankle were both sore and had been for long enough I wanted to see if I should stop C25K training. I also asked about the possibility of finding out if allergies or asthma was what keeps me from running for more than a minute at a time even though I have been doing C25K for months.
While there she informed me that my resting heart rate was abnormally low. I did an EKG and it was at 44. I also was diagnosed with Hypertension and placed on a low dosage of meds for that. After doing a blood panel everything else looked good so at the follow up she rechecked my pulse, still low. So she referred me to a cardiologist for a stress test.
I leave for the Cardiologist in about 40 mins and I am starting to freak out. I read an article for class recently about anorexia that said that anorexics often have low heart rates and if they are in the 40s they are usually admitted to the hospital because they fear the rate will drop lower in their sleep and they will have a heart attack. Now, I have NEVER been anorexic. But I am still worried what is going to happen. My husband has been freaking out so I have kept calm until now to try to keep him calmer.
But now the appointment is almost here and all I can think of is what might happen and what other things might be caused by the slow pulse. Always being cold? Feeling drained? My inability to breathe while running? Idk
Hopefully they will tell me I am just abnormal lol I have a feeling I have had a low pulse rate for years, I had dental work done under IV sedation in 2008/2009 and at a few appointments they had to have a nurse monitor my heart rate because the alarm would go off every time I started to go under. So if I have had it for this long without it effecting me horribly it stand to reason it shouldn't be dangerous now right? Or that I have just been lucky up til now
IDK but I'm gonna stop my babbling now. I'll let y'all know what happens