Had my six month check-up with my cardiologist, and other than some well-earned comments in regards my having over-indulged in sweets and carbs over the holidays, things are going very well. So well, in fact, that 4.5 years after being hit by lightning, I now only have to see him once a year unless there are problems.
This is a huge milestone in my recovery, and the admonishments were far outweighed by the good comments on my blood work, the workouts I’m doing, and how I plan to proceed with the workouts. His only recommendation was not to do farmer’s carries as they could be very problematic for my shoulders and back. Otherwise, he was quite pleased with things.
It is interesting that about two years ago, when I first switched to him (and am so thankful I did so), the concern was that I would have to have more heart surgery. After my baptism, however, the scans showed that all the damage from the lightning had healed. Doesn’t mean other things can’t happen or I can’t mess up; but, to me it says a lot that things went from bad to fantastic after that significant event.
More to come.
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> His only recommendation was not to do farmer’s carries as they could be very problematic for my shoulders and back.
Since you have a surgeon who’s spent time inside your shoulders, I’d go ask him. It’s hard enough for doctors to keep up IN their speciality, much less across other specialities, and often times this sort of advice is very dependent on individual factors and goals.
I may do that, but he made a good case including some symptoms of issues I’d experienced. Seems he was speaking from painful personal experience on top of that. 🙂 Had to give him credit, he admitted cardiologists had not appreciated the need for strength training in recovery as soon as they should, and he had gotten into it himself as part of trying to change that.