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
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Great to see the progress - I know from personal experience that exercise and weight control are the keys. I was also very tired after my EECP treatments and this lasted for months but you have to persist - after all you're trying to persuade the body to do things it hasn't done for a long time past.
ReplyDeleteSo keep up the regular exercise, my own choice is walking, and in time things should get easier, your stamina will build up and you can attempt something more ambitious. Today, 14 months after my EECP treatment, I walked 7 1/2km at an average pace of 118 steps a minute - and no angina!
Mike Slavin
Thanks for this post. It proves very informative for me. EECP therapy does is it helps to increase blood supply throughout the body, with benefits that tend to remain for years together.
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