I am hoping to revive this thread - out of the several other choices - because there were several very helpful suggestions throughout.
I was recently diagnosed with acute pericarditis (10/19) - I am 38 y.o. BW showed big inflammatory changes, chest x-ray was negative, EKG was indicative of pericarditis, ECHO basically normal. Have been on high does NSAIDS and colchicine since.
So first - I DO have an appointment with a cardiologist who deals with athletes in 1 month. This is still quite the long time away in my mind.
What I am wondering from any cardio/pulm/etc people is about progression and long term prognosis. I know I will get more info at the cardiologist, but curious from a group of like minded people. I was pretty restful for the first 11 days after diagnosis (thankfully was on a short vacation from work). Would get tired and out of breath easily. I do have a farm and would lightly walk around and do animal checks and feed (taking about 3x longer intentionally). I would also take very slow walks with my dogs. Days 12-14 I walked 'faster' about 2 - 2.3 miles in ~45 min (which to me didn't seem 'aggressive'). By days 13 and 14, increased pain was starting again. Day 15 had follow up and was told again to 'just take it easy'. But I have never been told what 'taking it easy' is defined by. So for the last 9ish days back to slow walks, light feeding, deliberate movements. I am definitely better, intermittently still have 'pressure' and what I describe as constriction - not so much like something is on my chest, but like something is deep in my chest.
So here goes:
Are there parameters - HR, Oxygen Saturation, BP, respiration that I can use to determine if I am overdoing, BEFORE I have increased pain?
Is there a typical progression of activity that I should expect?
What is the long term prognosis for return to higher level activity (Duathlon Worlds...Tri Nationals...70.3 or 140.6....ultra - were all on the radar)?
Thanks in advance for any info.
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