low heart rate

[Lise]

I don't know my resting HR because I can never remember to lie in bed and take it. My sitting around HR is about 80. By gum, tomorrow's the morning! I'm sleeping with a watch with a second hand next to me!

I agree that 32 sounds morgue-ishly low. OK, I just like the word "morgue-ish" . But it does sound like they'd be holding a mirror over your mouth to see if you were breathing.

Hospital staff always enjoy something odd yet not awful, like a low HR.

I agree about taking your time to heal--do you have an abdominal incision? If so, remember they did a lot of cutting, and a lot of muscle healing needs to occur. Good news is that athletes often heal very well, because their muscles are so well nourished and well oxygenated.

Best wishes, Lise

[doc]

Here's wishing you a quick recovery.

My hospital claim to fame is low BP. My BP dropped to 80/20 (I swear) when I was giving birth (vaginally - not in the operating room for a c section) to my second child. The anesthesiologist kept coming in asking "do you feel OK? Do you feel dizzy?" I felt fine. After 20 minutes of this he came back and said "I'm sorry I can't stand it. I'm going to give you medicine to raise your blood pressure even though you feel fine"
My normal BP is 90/50. But that's thanks to my mother who is the same.

[fixedgeargirl]

Hi Luvn'! I'm in Austin, too! And the low heartrate/bp club (HR 44, BP 104/60). Mine caused some alarm the time I had heat exhaustion and the EMT looked concerned as she read the dial. I explained that it was always low .

I've had a c-section, and I imagine the surgery is *somewhat* similar. Listen to your body as you return to activity and don't cause yourself a setback. I was riding my fixed gear on the road after 5 weeks. I wore an elastic support band over the bikini incision for support, but I also had some seriously loose abdominal muscles after gaining 48 lbs. , nearly all of it belly.

ETA: I just looked at your marker on frappr. Is it actually on your address (mine is about 2 miles from mine)? I ride by there often (I live in the Zilker neighborhood)! So cool!

[CR400]

Don't worry all I'm a freak in the hr department too. I rest at between 55-60, walk around at 80-90, with a max of 210, and can hold hr over 200 for 5 to 10min. without to much problem. Heck, my LT is somewhere around 194.

Thanks, Running Mommy, that makes me feel better about myself too, a strong German woman trying to beat the 110lbs wonder up a hill, I loose everytime. But how about a sprint tiny?

[CorsairMac]

DOn't know what my "resting" heart rate is but it's usually down around the 50s when I got to give blood and I always have to tell them I work out. Waaaaay back when when I had a HRM, my resting was something like 36? 38?. So I'm guessing it probably still is.

[alpinerabbit]

I had 55 that night I woke up with the extrasystoles, and then 61 when the doctor took the electrocardiogram (which showed nothing, as expected)

[Melody]

I'm way over on the other spectrum... at least without my meds.

When I'm not on my (heart) medication, my resting will be between 110 and 140. On meds, I'll fluctuate anywhere between 60 and 90. The same goes for my blood pressure. As my doctor says it, I have "malignant hypertension". It's one of the reasons I bike now, to try to keep that under control.

So, on medication, my blood pressure is typically 90-140/60-110. When I'm not, I'm playing russian roulette with my life. When I had a stroke when I was 27, my BP was recorded to be 253/163.

Oh, and it's _very very_ hard for me to get my pulse rate over 135... Probably due to the meds.

Mel who's still amazed she's even still on this planet.