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Russ Fairchild got a guestbook from Svetlomir Ivanov

2 years ago (April 28, 2024)

Hey, Russ did you take now anticoagulants or baby aspirin?

Russ Fairchild got a guestbook from Svetlomir Ivanov

2 years ago (January 1, 2024)

Russ, how are you doing? What is your BP and heart rate now?

Russ Fairchild got a guestbook from Svetlomir Ivanov

2 years ago (October 11, 2023)

Hey Russ, my surgery for mitral valve repair because of mitral regurgitaion was on 14 September 2023. Let us change info about recovery: how long do you walk deily, how many km, climbing stairs, etc.

Russ Fairchild

HI Svetlomir. I was a very active person before the surgery. I had been weightlifting and walking about 10k steps a day. Had also lost 52 pounds since last October. After the surgery I did not do anything for a week. As i had been diagnosed with AFIB I got... Read more.

Svetlomir Ivanov

Hi, Russ. I am 50 y.o., vert active, used to weightlift for long time, sinse I was 15 y.o. but last years, because of MR, with less weights. I am 4 weeks after surgery, and last days I used to walk 7 km. daily, but start to feel I overdid... Read more.

Svetlomir Ivanov

P.S. Excuse my English,but it is NOT my native language.😊

Russ Fairchild

I detect a high level of concern in your post. So clearly I would think you should consult with your Cardiologist. My first visit to mine was 1.5 weeks after my surgery and the next one will be 5.5 weeks after surgery. With that said, I have not tried to... Read more.

Svetlomir Ivanov

Yes, you are rigth, may be I overdid it with exercises. About the Afib, it is appear in August, before that I have no symtoms. After that I immediately went in hospital, they tell me not to postpone surgery, and syrgery was done on 14 Sept. 2023. Before surgery was... Read more.

Russ Fairchild

HI Svetlomir, we may have different presentations, so not sure my experience is applicable. It sounds like your AFIB was picked up first and then you had surgery. Was it MVR? Perhaps the MVR had caused the AFIB. I picked up my AFIB after surgery but it went away 2... Read more.

Svetlomir Ivanov

Hi Russ! Of course, there is a diffrence, but as far as I can see, basic line was pretty much the same - active person, used to sport (of course, you did not jog, but it is not so big difference, because you are sportting). MVR = mitral valve regurgitation,... Read more.

Russ Fairchild

Hi Svetlomir, it sounds like you are now out of AFIB then. That is good. I certainly had a little celebration when they told me mine went away. In the past I did tri-athlons but during the pandemic I bloated to 105 kg and now back down to 82 kg.... Read more.

Svetlomir Ivanov

Russ, I mean what you are had said. Weigthlifting is a liitle bit addiction: you feel relaxed, and that`s why you are hurry to start it again. But all this natural endorphins you can get with other activities. Otherwise you may (increase the risk to) elongate and strech newly repaired... Read more.

Svetlomir Ivanov

Hey Russ, how are you doing?

Russ Fairchild

Hi Svetlomir. I am doing great. Going back to weight lifting on November 6th with permission from my Cardiologist. I purchased the KardiaMobile 6L and do a test every day. So far Normal Sinus. How about you?

Svetlomir Ivanov

I am better, but some dizziness still linger, and the stamina is not the same as before surgery....5 -6 km. daily walk, but after that feel tired..Already climb even 6 floors ,but carefully. 30-40 min. walks are OK, but 1 hour make me tired and need a nap. BP is... Read more.

Russ Fairchild

Hi Sventlomir, my guess is that you will come along fine in time. We all react differently. Your pulse is lower than mine. My resting has risen as I have been out of the gym for a while. Not sure what incisions you had. Mine were under the right breast... Read more.

Svetlomir Ivanov

Hi Russ, My surgery was on 14 Sept. 2023. My incision are the same like yours, but on the level of the nipple, oblique. But I hit some plateau: I walk 3,5 miles daily for1 hour and 15 min., ana no increase in the speed. Still napping in the afternoon,... Read more.

Russ Fairchild

My BP fluctuates between 130/70 and 120/80. I am on Losartan to control. When working out my Resting Pulse was 58. It is now 72. But going back into the gym today, but of course taking it slowly at first.

Svetlomir Ivanov

BP is OK, what is the aimed BP for you? Pulse also is OK. My BP is 120/80 and I stop diuretic by my own decision, because I can not see reason to lower more BP. Did you continuie to walk and how much?

Russ Fairchild

Hmm, stopped your diuretic on your own decision? Seems risky. Don't you think that is what has gotten you to 120/80? Aren't you worried it may now go back up?

Svetlomir Ivanov

No, because my BP was there and without diuretics. Now is the same 120/80, even less, that`s why I can not see any sense to keep taking diuretics, I took for a month and half after surgery. How about the stamina. Today I did cleaning with vacuum cleaner for 10... Read more.