Having 24 hour ECG

I will do a video on this, probably tomorrow, but for now I wanted to get something out there. This morning I was fitted with a 24 hour ECG. I use the word fitted but that is generous really. Basically 3 pads were stuck to my chest and a little device to record the activity was attached to them and now I have to keep it on me for the next 24 hours.

 

So why am I having this? 

Well back in February I was scheduled in for some minor surgery, nothing related to running or carnivore and just one of those things. You’ll be seen in the morning they told me…. well come 3:30 I was finally seen having not eaten since 3pm the day before (due to running at 7 with my club and IF) and not having drunk since 6am (as instructed).

They wheeled me into the room to perform the general and put the cannula in (though the first one didn't take), no meds yet and I started to feel light headed and dizzy. As a runner my resting pulse is pretty low, around 50-55ish, but it started to drop, 45, 40, 35, 30… and then for 5 seconds it was so low the machine read it as 0 and I blacked out, had a seizure and ripped the cannula out.

I came to with a jolt, sitting upright and with no clue what had happened. My temperature then plummeted and I felt freezing. They covered me with some magical warm blankets and something like a leaf blower that pumped hot air over me, that felt lovely. I regained my bearings and felt fine but they decided the op needed to be scrapped and now I need to be referred to cardiology. On the plus side I was in the right place for this to happen! I ended up on Oxygen and requiring 2 doses of atropine to get me back to a good place.

Could just be low electrolytes and dehydration so when the op gets rescheduled maybe I will be first on the list? I have had a standard ECG and an Echo but belt and braces they wanted this as well.

So what am I doing and why running?

Annoyingly as I am still getting over the infection I am not able to do as much activity as I would like. I ran home from the hospital and did some strength training and will run back to the hospital with it attached tomorrow. Other than that I will do some walking, Why the running? Well it might not be linked but I have history for getting low blood pressure after races that are half marathon distance or longer. In 2017 I once spent 2 hours in the medical tent, nothing wrong but my blood pressure was low.

What now?

Now I wait and see if they see anything in the results. I also have a blood test to check my kidney function tomorrow and a catch up with the surgeon next week. Despite all this I try and continue with mental and physical training and try to think of myself as one of the healthiest people I know. When it comes to lifestyle and the choices we can make to be healthy that is true, just need to catch a break with everything else.