Heart attack and Pericarditis Posted: 01-07-08 16:45pm
Hello Everyone,
I'm new to this forum and I hope I'm
writing this question in the the correct
place. I am a 47 year old single man in
good shape. I've had one surgery back in
86 to remove my gall bladder. I recently
had pains underneath both my ribs. I went
to the doctor, he did an EKG and I was
told I had a heart attack. I run 3 miles a
night, and 6 miles on the weekend, working
out almost every night. I am in a
stressful job with the same company 25
years (hard to believe). They rushed me to
the emergency room and did an Angiogram
and EchoCardiogram and I was in the
hospital for 3 days. It was determined I
had Pericarditis. I've been doing much
research online in determining how I got
this (a month prior I had my annual
physical and the EKG was normal) and how
long it takes to go away, will it come
back, do I now have what's considered a
'heart disease' and how will this affect
my workouts. I've been on disability from
work for 2 weeks and I'm going back
Thursday. Any feedback anyone can give me
is appreciated, or any resources I can
research online would be appreciated as
well. Both my Cardialogits and PCP doctors
agreed that I will be fine in two weeks
and can resume my normal workout but I'm
scared. The initial doctor who sent me to
the ER disagrees and stated I should be
out of work for 6 weeks and be given a
stress test.
Thanks in advance for reading this and I
apprecate your responses and feedback.
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yogahoneybunny
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Posted: 01-29-08 16:11pm
Are you interested in trying other, less
stressful forms of exercise?