It's Not Cancer!

[li10up]

Re the HR. Dunno. Mine's been known to get up that high but only briefly and very rarely. Have you been exercising? If not, maybe your body is just trying to get back into things. 180 for me is normal, that'd be the highest point of most workouts.

May I ask how old you are? Using the "formula" my max HR should be around 175. I know that is just an estimate.

Normally I wouldn't be concerned but since I'm still have chest pains I've been keeping a closer eye on my heart rate. I've continued to ride my bike through all of this so I don't think it's a matter of getting back into things. It's just that I wasn't working hard at all and the times when I do feel like I'm working hard my heart rate is in the upper 170s, NOT 193. Given the amount of work I was doing at the time this just seems way too high to me.

I did see 187 two or three times way back when when I felt like I was about to die...so why would it be 193 when I wasn't even working hard?

[Dianyla]

Whew!!

[RoadRaven]

Great news... "nodule" has come to be a scarey word because of its scarey connotations.

So wonderful its not cancerous

[Possegal]

keeping in mind that i work in the medical field and may be overly cautious compared to others, but i think, espeically with your heart, that when something seems out of the ordinary for you, then it is something worth checking out. now it could be here that this isn't far from normal for you but you are paying much closer attention due to the lung nodule than you would have been before. that would be totally normal. but if you think this seems unusual, then it doesn't hurt to get it checked out.

[teigyr]

I'm 45. The 180 isn't a prolonged thing - my average (depending on what I'm doing) can range from 130ish up to 156. The 180 will just be that 30 second final sprint or whatever.

I'm new to the whole HR thing and since you have had problems, you have every right to worry. As I recall, the cardio people haven't found anything?

[Aquila]

Great news on the pathology report! Thanks for sharing with us

[snowtulip]

Yipee, great news!

[KnottedYet]

I might have missed the latest cardiology tests results - did they find what was up with the anterior cardiac ischemia from your stress test?

Maybe the heart rate is related to the chest pain, lung goober, lower energy output, etc.?

[li10up]

I might have missed the latest cardiology tests results - did they find what was up with the anterior cardiac ischemia from your stress test?

Maybe the heart rate is related to the chest pain, lung goober, lower energy output, etc.?

As I recall, the cardio people haven't found anything?

After the heart CT scan they decided they were wrong about the anterior cardiac ischemia. Nobody has addressed the chest pains ever since the nodule was found. Since I've been given the all-clear on that maybe they'll look into the chest pain again. I'm still scheduled for a lung function test at the end of the month. All the docs have told me they don't think I have a heart problem but they can't say what is causing the chest pain and they don't seem very concerned about it since the CT scan didn't show anything. The pulmonologist doesn't think the "goober" (I love that word) is causing the chest pain. So, at this point I don't think there is any other plan of action. Guess I'm on the wait and see plan.

Thanks everyone for your well wishes and celebrating the good news with me. Maybe something good came out of this...it's making me think a little more about what I'm eating and how well (or poorly) I'm taking care of myself. I'm also trying to not sweat the small stuff.

[Wahine]

Phew!!! That's good news.