Btech Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 Glad to hear your ok Mstar - Keep at it and pm if needed - loosing weight isnt an ez thing. Quote
done Posted January 28, 2009 Author Posted January 28, 2009 M Star- Glad to hear you made it to the doc and that it was nothing serious. Good luck with the diet, you will certainly feel better when you get your weight down to where you want it to be. A lot can be said about how much better you feel when you do a little exercise every couple of days too! X2 When I was 39 had something similar plus shortness of breath. Had a few doctors look and found nothing. They were saying acid reflux. Found one doctor to listen to me and he found a 95%+ blockage of the right coranary artery. Glad your docs found it and was nothing serious. a couple of handfuls of peanuts and some gatoraide get me through the day usually. Yeah I like my doc for the same reason insurance hates him. Rather than just dismiss something he will do a full test battery to be safe and be sure there is no serious problem causing it. Now that I have Wii Fit, it will help out more or kill me. I cannot believe a video game actually can kick your backside like that. Quote
Popperhead66 Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 On the plus side, my wife, who usually says these message boards are a horrible and useless waste of time (means a lot coming from a facebook addict LOL), now is sort of liking this board. Now she'll like us more... There was a singer named Greg Page from a band called the Wiggles who had the same symptoms as you. He has dizzy spells all the time and actually had to quit the band because of it. You could be suffering from: Dysautonomia Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Often more simply referred to as postural tachycardia syndrome, or POTS, this disorder is characterized by the body's inability to make the necessary adjustments to counteract gravity when standing up. The defining symptom of POTS is an excessive heart rate increment upon standing. However, as you will discover, there are a multitude of other symptoms that often accompany this syndrome. As such, POTS can be a difficult disorder to detect and understand. http://www.dinet.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysautonomia Hope this helps and doesn't scare the hell out of you now! Quote
done Posted January 29, 2009 Author Posted January 29, 2009 Thanks for the info, Scary looking thing...I have been testing myself though since then. To begin with, my house happens to be at the top of a hill with a driveway at about the same incline (actualy steeper) than the boat ramp. I can run up and down that thing without issue. I run up stairs at work without issue. Personally, I am siding with my doctor. I was having a couple of GREAT days on the lake. I did not eat, or drink (that would mean putting my pole down), I mainly fish sitting down in the boat, so I do not stand frequently, it was 40 degrees out and my legs and feet were cold. After all that, I siddenly got out of the boat and ran up a steep hill. While in my teens and 20's that did not hurt me, I have about +30 lbs on me since then, I have been a slug since double hernia surgery 7 months ago. When I ran up the hill like that, probably holding my breath, my heart rate shot up, so did my BP, it pushed cold blood out of my feet and legs up into my body and I ended up with my dizzy spell. I did the same thing the next time with 4 hours out and it was about half as bad that time. The good thing though, is right now, from the tests my doc ran, I have a pretty good idea that my cardio is good, from monitoring my BP I know it is safe. He also got me focused on my diet which is long overdue. That has me off the couch, and working my backside off on cardio, and strength training to the extent I was before my hernia surgery. So in the scheme of things, I think the dizzy spells were a good thing. Quote
done Posted March 20, 2009 Author Posted March 20, 2009 FYI guys, 3 months now I finally had my last follow up for this episode. As a result, I am now 31 lbs lighter, dropped cholesterol 55 points, dropped Triglycerides 140 points, I do not ever get heartburn anymore, and more importantly, I am getting a more speed and stability out of my jon boat. All it took was a maintainable diet, and 3-4 days a week playing with the Wii Fit. Just want to throw this out there, if anyone reallyt is looking to drop that weight or get into shape, you really just need to do it. I wish I would have got off my tail and done it earlier, I have 4 kids so it is tough finding the time for the exercise but it pays off and makes the fishing a bit easier. Quote
fathom Posted March 20, 2009 Posted March 20, 2009 good deal, mstarr. glad to hear things worked out well. Quote
fish-fighting-illini Posted March 21, 2009 Posted March 21, 2009 A big BassResource.com 20k member clap is in order. Very nice job! Congrats! FFI - AKA Matt Crum Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.