my journey with a hole in my heart
I had an echo done in September, a bit earlier than usual, because I was having a lot of cardiac symptoms over the summer- chest pain, shortness of breath, exercise intolerance, and fatigue. Turns out my echo was perfectly fine, but my low iron was causing all the symptoms! I finally got an iron infusion …
I’m still doing well cardiac wise! My next echo isn’t scheduled until November 2023, so no concerns here.
I have two more successes to share! On May 20th I ran another half-marathon! (My goal is to run at least one every year.) This one I ran in honour of my late rabbit, Humphrietta, the sweetest rabbit that I adopted from the SPCA at age 9. She lived 10 years, and I made her …
Happy Heart Month everyone! In honour of this month, I did something very special- on February 1st I ran my very first half-marathon! I actually did it! ASD closure was June 2018, and I ran my first half-marathon February 2021 with ease. I took it slowly but managed to run the whole way, with the …
I had my annual echocardiogram at the beginning of the month, and on Thursday I had a follow-up (phone) appointment with my cardiologist. I’m happy to report that my echo looked great! No issues whatsoever. My cardiologist may order me a holter monitor test just to check on things, as I mentioned that my heart …
If you’re interested in watching a webinar about covid-19 and CHD, the Adult Congenital Heart Association has a video posted on Vimeo, “Two Weeks Later: Covid-19 Update for the CHD Patient,” that is available for viewing.
I got the Holter Monitor last week, as seen in the above image. I had it for the regular 24 hours, and I made sure to exercise, even though I had to force myself, so I could see how my heart responded to physical activity. I’ll be following up with the Internist, Dr. G., tomorrow, …
I’m back from the dead. Not really. I shouldn’t say that in the context of this blog! I just mean to say that I haven’t updated in quite some time. My health hasn’t been great lately, so I’ve been seeing specialist, after specialist to get to the bottom of things. Yesterday I saw an Internist. …
My heart race was a success! On May 5th, I participated in the Vancouver BMO Marathon, completing the 8km race in 47 minutes and 35 seconds. I came in 97th out of 1634 other women running the 8km. It was a huge event with 18,000 people registered from 65 countries! (I really wanted to run …
13km- My longest run since heart repair! My new heart is amazing!