I had orientation for the cardiac rehab program at 2:00 pm today. The program is basically 24 one-hour sessions. You would show up to the “gym” and work out for an hour, split between aerobic and strength exercises. The gym is open every day except for Thursday and is pretty small. There are a few exercise bikes and a handful of treadmills.
If I go four days a week, then I could be done in six weeks. Since they open at 7:30 am, I was thinking of going in at 7:30 am MWF then going into work afterwards. On Tuesday, I can just go in after dialysis. One issue that came up is that they measure your blood sugar and blood pressure before and after exercising. Of course they measure my blood pressure and it’s 214/120. The nurse freaks out and won’t let me do any exercises. I sat around trying to relax until the blood pressure drops to 180/100. I’m trying to explain to her that I didn’t take my meds because dialysis will probably flush them out of my system. Anyway, I think I will need to be strategic in when I take my meds so the blood pressure is not too high during cardiac rehab, and not too low that I pass out.
I also have surgery scheduled in two weeks that may delay the workouts but I still don’t know what kind of arm limitations there will be after the fistula operation.
Life with chronic diseases 