Concept2 Forum

Chris and Duncan, I'm so grateful that you have shared your experiences with me. I'm so glad to not be alone... Update... since I'm still wearing the monitor the cardiologist (who is great) has been monitoring my strips every day. She isn't happy about the results of the Toprol (beta blocker) so I a...

Duncan, thanks for sharing your experience with me. Glad that the ablation worked for you!!! Although I know that this isn't a life threatening situation, it sure is a life disturbing one... Going to have to give these meds some more time, but I am interested in the ablation. The meds sure don't see...

Anybody here have any experience with this? AFter many tests (all very positive), the cardiologist put me on Toprol XL to try to regulate my heart. My heart rate and bp is already really low. I'm a 44 year old female who rows about an hour each day (for years). Problem is that I get into a fib and i...

I signed up for spark people. Question... this site tells me that I should consume between 1200-1500 calories/day to obtain the weight loss that I want to achieve. In the interest of full disclosure, I am only looking to lose between 15-20 lbs (very slowly) and am a very active 43 year old. I row/sp...

Hopefully he'll be a guide dog! He's a very good puppy--except when he's naughty! I must use a choker collar for training walks. He happened to need a lot of "corrections" yesterday. Ouch!

Schenley, Yes, lets stick together through this! Support is good! My non-exercise friends don't understand my obsession with this injury (or with exercise in general)... They just don't get why I miss my exercise? Duh! I wonder would ice help at this time? I had a difficult time last night (I'm trai...

Schenley, Be Careful!!!!! You are describing the symptoms I was experiencing for the few days before this injury really went south. (The whole thing started with a tightness that occured when doing yoga--half moon with hands to feet.) It really is mid back--like pducks--but at this point it is all o...

Yes!!! It actually hurts the whole way around to the front of the rib cage. Sometimes it will just hurt in the front or on the side. I have been trying to get braced against the wall for a sneeze--I figured that out right away! How long will this take to get better??? When can I row again?!?! I will...

The first doc that I saw prescribed celebrex for the inflamation and an easy to tolerate muscle relaxant, she also gave me something for the pain. I finished the medicine that she gave me and was still having little improvement. The second dr gave me a heavy duty muscle relaxer (I read the warning p...

Help!!! 3 weeks ago I hurt my upper/middle back--right side (between shoulder blade and spine). This was at the end of march madness (actually on my last day). I couldn't finish the row--each pull hurt and I quit at 50 minutes. That night I struggled to open a car door (I saw stars at that effort). ...

Hi all... Going to Cabo for one week. I really am going to try to be good with all that food/booze around. But, this is going to take a lot of will power!!! I'm making a pact with myself--try to eat slowly, eat one salad per day as a meal, no drinking before 6pm, and limit sweets (this is a vacation...

Hey, I just registered for the nonathlon!!! I still don't get how it measures people against each other--but it looks like another way to keep it fun and interesting. So, thanks for that suggestion! Paula--how great for you to be on that rower again! My neighbor had open heart surgery and they had h...

Hey everyone... Can I join this group??!! This is exactly what I'm looking for. I used to have all kinds of bad habits. Then came pregnancy and kids--boy does that change the way you look at your life and lifestyle. That was a whopping 16 years ago. I quit some bad habits, but didn't start exercisin...