No workout today. Woke up really late and am quite busy most of the day, since we'll be gone for 2 days for business with lots of driving involved.
The bad news is that I've got an appointment with a cardiologist. That scared the crap out of me. But perhaps it's just a formality. Thing is: my new specialist heard what he calls a 'souffle' and what you guys call a murmur?
I got so scared because I'd been experiencing chest pain lately and hadn't given it any thought. Would it be related?
Then all of a sudden I realized that with the NROL I'm increasing the intensity of my chest workouts because of going to absolute failure with the pushups! Phew... what a load got lifted (nearly literally) from my chest. At least, I'm nearly certain it's just plain old DOMS.
The actual referral though was bradycardia (slow HR). If it's just the bradycardia, I'm not concerned. Have had this all my life, and only once went to my own physician to get it checked upon since HR dropped to 29 (normally it drops to around 32 when I'm fit & cycling lots).
So, understandably, I'm still frightened enough to lay off the cardio until I've seen the cardiologist. I'm also a bit bummed by how much cardio completely drains my energy again. After I dropped all of the cardio back in Feb, I've been feeling great. Now I'm easing into the Metabolic Overdrive I'm feeling the post-WO exhaustion /lethargy come back.
Will let you know what is happening next week.
BTW, I'm seeing that specialist because friends insisted I'd be checked on my thyroid function. He looked at a great # of other stuff too and then physically examined me. Upon which he referred me to get an ECG made.
As of tomorrow I'll be starting on 12.5 mcg Cytomel (T3) since my T3 was a tad low. I'm not sure whether I'll need to eat at maintenance for that treatment or can eat below maintenance?
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