On February 16th I suffered a near fatal heart attack. I am only 57 I eat clean and exercise 5 times a week. Never in a million years did I expect something like this to happen. My symptoms were flu like and I ignored them for 7 days before I finally went to the ER. I had 2 100% blockages and 4 others at 90. The doctors credited my good physical condition and strong heart with my survival and I should fully recover. As a #beachbody coach I had taken all the pre cautions and even had a complete physical with full blood work up 2 years ago . My point is this: LISTEN to your body when it's trying to tell you something no matter how minor because you never know. So I'm going to share some things that you may not know. Tomorrow will be 6 weeks post op and I will be able to resume running. I am really excited but still have some obstacles to overcome. I have numbness in my right calf and the hamstring is extremely sensitive. This is the leg they harvested the vein from and I'm told will get better. I also have pain and weakness along with numbness in the last 2 fingers in my right arm. This is from nerve damage when my arm was strapped to the table. It may take 3-6 months for this to heal and I could be left with some residual numbness in the fingers. I have a bald spot on my lip where hair wont grow! Looks like a mustache is out of the question LoL. Don't know what caused that! I get a little winded when walking but I'm working on that should get better. I'm not complaining by any means just wanted to update ya'll on how I'm doing. I thank god every day for this second chance and want to let you know that exercise and diet are keys to a longer and healthier life.
Heart disease is a pretty serious illness and I never thought something like this would happen to me but my mother passed away many years ago from the same disease and it is hereditary. Make sure your getting the proper screening if you know this runs in your family it's so important to catch in the early stages and a simple statin every day is well worth it! Here I am below at 5 and 6 weeks post op getting my nutrition in and starting my distance training!
There is life after a major heart attack and you can get back to doing the things you enjoyed before so don't get discouraged. I have a plan and working with my cardiologist am training again! Watch your saturated fats and try to stick more towards complex carbs as opposed to the simple ones. Here is a short video 7 weeks post op working on cardio and monitoring heart rate!
I hope sharing this will encourage others not to give up because you can live a healthy and fulfilling life after a major illness! Please feel free to message me with any questions or if you'd like to start your fitness journey. I thank all my followers for taking time to read this and really appreciate if you could share with others!
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