Recovery from surgery is going so much better than I ever would have expected. I’ve been walking each morning for about 45 minutes. I may be walking at a little slower pace than before surgery….but not much slower. I’m sure I’ll be back to my normal pace soon. As I’ve been on my walks, I have not had any shortness of breath or pain of any kind. It’s been amazing. I’m not yet ready to go back to weight training, which is part of my normal routine. I’m going to need many more weeks before that happens.
Something I feel I must mention as the question has been asked of me so many times. People who know me well were aware that prior to surgery I would do 30 to 60 minutes of cardio at least 6 times a week and weight training 4 times a week. (Sneakers don’t take up much weight in my luggage so there is never an excuse not to have them with me when I am on the road!) Anyway, the questions relate to my heart problem and exercise. I need you to know that the first time I saw the cardiologist he said, “You need to know you did nothing wrong. Not too much or too little exercise, nothing about what you did or did not eat, nothing to do with weight caused this.” The problem is congenital. Apparently, it was there for a long time. I had decided to have a family doctor check-up and they found the murmur which lead to surgery. I think I am very lucky that I went to see the family doctor when I did. Intuition???
Here are some photos I took this week during my walks. I’m not sure if we’re having an exceptional spring or if coming out of heart surgery and having some down time is making me see things I might have otherwise overlooked.
Until next week……