It has been a great month at home and I am doing very well.
Yesterday I made one of my goals which was to walk to the bus stop at the end of our road and I made it got the bus and went for lunch with friends and the got the bus back and walked home.
The gym work is going well although yesterday after the walk I did not do as much as my heart rate went up quite high.
Before EECP I could not even attempted this and back when I could I would have suffered a lot of pain and discomfort the next day. I think the Microvascular Angina gave me a lot of delayed reaction angina and would like to know if anyone else has experienced this.
I had a few bad days last week but nothing like before and this week I have felt very well and have taken very little GTN spray. In fact this has been cut drastically and I am a lot more active.
My breathlessness has really improved as well.
The treatment has been nothing short of a miracle and the work I am doing seems to be keeping it going.
I also am starting a cardio rehab course on the 18th march because of my stent in October. This has had to be postponed twice. Once because when the nurse called to see me in November I was very breathless just walking to the door to let her in and then the next time I was in Bradford for EECP. I am looking forward to this and hear it is very good.
John
Saturday, 28 February 2009
Friday, 6 February 2009
Videos of Treatment
Here are 2 videos of the EECP treatment. They are also up on youtube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWKtqs2Lh60 and part 2 at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6HkUhffG0k This one is the preparation before the treatment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWKtqs2Lh60 and part 2 at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6HkUhffG0k This one is the preparation before the treatment.
Sunday, 1 February 2009
Back home
Arrived back home on Friday at 19:00 and I am so glad to be back. Everybody sees a big difference in me and although I do not weigh much less maybe a kilo or so they all notice my face a lot thinner. I must have been a bit puffed up with fluid I guess.
Dr Morley has told me that I need to keep up an exercise routine and yesterday Cathy and I went to look at some local gyms. Gyms seem to have a lot of stairs and I know they must have lifts but of course I was in gym mode and thought I could walk. I felt very tired when I got home and had some pain which was relieved with 2 double puffs of GTN. After 1/2 hour rest I was fine and went out to a charity film show feeling great. Anyway we found a great gym and I am starting on Tuesday with a personal trainer who is going to start me on gentle exercise and says I should come every day. He is going to look at all my meds and history and is going to work on my diet and therefore diabetes as well. I have to get a letter from my GP to say I can start. I am very exited about this as I know I need to keep on exercising and change my lifestyle to keep improving now I have been given this new lease of life.
I have to give my heart felt thanks to my good friend Mike Slavin whose Blog I should have mentioned a long time ago. You will find it at http://eecpeurope.blogspot.com/ This is a fantastic account of Mike's journey with EECP from July 2006 and it is how I learned all about the treatment. I contacted Mike when I was thinking of going to India for EECP and he has written a whole section of advice for anyone traveling for their treatment. Mike has left a great comment in the "last week of treatment" post.
The effects of the treatment goes on well after the sessions are finished and with proper exercise this should be extended.
John
Dr Morley has told me that I need to keep up an exercise routine and yesterday Cathy and I went to look at some local gyms. Gyms seem to have a lot of stairs and I know they must have lifts but of course I was in gym mode and thought I could walk. I felt very tired when I got home and had some pain which was relieved with 2 double puffs of GTN. After 1/2 hour rest I was fine and went out to a charity film show feeling great. Anyway we found a great gym and I am starting on Tuesday with a personal trainer who is going to start me on gentle exercise and says I should come every day. He is going to look at all my meds and history and is going to work on my diet and therefore diabetes as well. I have to get a letter from my GP to say I can start. I am very exited about this as I know I need to keep on exercising and change my lifestyle to keep improving now I have been given this new lease of life.
I have to give my heart felt thanks to my good friend Mike Slavin whose Blog I should have mentioned a long time ago. You will find it at http://eecpeurope.blogspot.com/ This is a fantastic account of Mike's journey with EECP from July 2006 and it is how I learned all about the treatment. I contacted Mike when I was thinking of going to India for EECP and he has written a whole section of advice for anyone traveling for their treatment. Mike has left a great comment in the "last week of treatment" post.
The effects of the treatment goes on well after the sessions are finished and with proper exercise this should be extended.
John
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