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stormdogI was going to post this on LJ last night as well as Facebook, but it was tricky to copy and paste text on my phone.
Lying down and preparing for sleep last night, I started looking at this heart monitor. It has a heart on the LCD that pulses, I assume, when my heart beats. I figured I'd count my pulse. I did it twice to make sure I hadn't gotten it wrong the first time: 41 and 42. I know my pulse is generally pretty low, and that number is at full rest, but that seems pretty low. (In the interest of full disclosure, I am not a doctor or healthcare professional....)
In response to comments, I also wrote:
Places like Web MD suggest as low as 60 is in the normal range, and that "elite athletes" may have lower pulses, down to forty. I bike a lot, sure, but I don't think I'm an "elite athlete." I guess I'll see what the doctors think when they look at the logs. Ok, I really ought to get to sleep now...
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Most of the reason I'm getting this monitoring done is that I do have some symptoms. Light-headedness plus weakness in the legs sometimes when I stand up quickly, am carrying heavy things in the archives, or once in a while, even when I am walking quickly. I've wondered if it's orthostatic hypotension due to a slow heartbeat.
It started a year ago with that particularly bad episode down in the archives when it took me ten to fifteen minutes to recover and I was having trouble forming words. Now that it's been a year, it's never come back that badly, but the light-headedness and things are pretty regular and frequent on a day-to-day basis. It's the new normal. I haven't been deeply worried since it doesn't seem to cause issues when biking or when I'm not moving around, but it would be helpful to know what's going on.
No medications, no caffeine, etc.
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Anyway, I did not sleep very well with the box attached to me, and I got to sleep late to begin with because of procrastination and odd dreams. 'Gonna be a long day.
Lying down and preparing for sleep last night, I started looking at this heart monitor. It has a heart on the LCD that pulses, I assume, when my heart beats. I figured I'd count my pulse. I did it twice to make sure I hadn't gotten it wrong the first time: 41 and 42. I know my pulse is generally pretty low, and that number is at full rest, but that seems pretty low. (In the interest of full disclosure, I am not a doctor or healthcare professional....)
In response to comments, I also wrote:
Places like Web MD suggest as low as 60 is in the normal range, and that "elite athletes" may have lower pulses, down to forty. I bike a lot, sure, but I don't think I'm an "elite athlete." I guess I'll see what the doctors think when they look at the logs. Ok, I really ought to get to sleep now...
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Most of the reason I'm getting this monitoring done is that I do have some symptoms. Light-headedness plus weakness in the legs sometimes when I stand up quickly, am carrying heavy things in the archives, or once in a while, even when I am walking quickly. I've wondered if it's orthostatic hypotension due to a slow heartbeat.
It started a year ago with that particularly bad episode down in the archives when it took me ten to fifteen minutes to recover and I was having trouble forming words. Now that it's been a year, it's never come back that badly, but the light-headedness and things are pretty regular and frequent on a day-to-day basis. It's the new normal. I haven't been deeply worried since it doesn't seem to cause issues when biking or when I'm not moving around, but it would be helpful to know what's going on.
No medications, no caffeine, etc.
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Anyway, I did not sleep very well with the box attached to me, and I got to sleep late to begin with because of procrastination and odd dreams. 'Gonna be a long day.
