I'm nearing the end of my gym rehab period. This week was the fifth of six.
It hasn't been too taxing for me. I have reasonable underlying fitness and am relatively young compared to some in the class.
The sessions focus on cardio exercise - bike, treadmill, cross trainer - with some standing exercises and resistance work with weights and bands.
Perhaps I pushed it a bit harder this week but it left me slightly sore in the chest, which has upped my anxiety again. I feel like I've over exerted something despite not working at anything near what I would once have considered full gas.
The physio is keen for me to exercise outside of the class, as am I, but this has left me concerned about where I am. I mentioned intermittent chest soreness to the cardiac nurse but she seemed unconcerned as I've had three stents and seemed to think this was normal.
I've got a meeting with the cardiologist in a couple of weeks after being referred by my doctor the last time I saw him over this. I had been thinking that I'd be wasting his time but now, hooray, I have a genuine issue.
I'm being facetious, but I do swing from being wildly optimistic about my physical capabilities, to being convinced I can do very little.
The truth, as ever, is probably in the middle somewhere, but I don't know how close I am to finding out where, or what it means for me.
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