A couple of years ago I did an EKG as part of a routine physical -- cholesterol tests kept coming back a little high and heart disease runs in my family. routine test, results came back I was fine. did the gym 2-3 days a week, walked a lot, no big deal, just eat less fatty foods.
then got COVID bad over the holidays. knocked me on my ass for about 2 weeks. blew through several boxes of tissues, got everyone else sick, etc.
did a physical again, cholesterol high again. told them I had the 'Rona bad over Xmas and they had me do another EKG. definite irregularity. ended up at the cardiologist, did a stress test, sleep study, reparatory test, etc.
verdict is that something damaged my lungs and/or heart and impeded my ability to absorb oxygen, and the best guess was COVID. I've made a pretty concerted effort to walk more and get back to the gym, but I gas out pretty hard and simply can't do long runs like before (though I'll concede it's getting better).
A couple of years ago I did an EKG as part of a routine physical -- cholesterol tests kept coming back a little high and heart disease runs in my family. routine test, results came back I was fine. did the gym 2-3 days a week, walked a lot, no big deal, just eat less fatty foods.
then got COVID bad over the holidays. knocked me on my ass for about 2 weeks. blew through several boxes of tissues, got everyone else sick, etc.
did a physical again, cholesterol high again. told them I had the 'Rona bad over Xmas and they had me do another EKG. definite irregularity. ended up at the cardiologist, did a stress test, sleep study, reparatory test, etc.
verdict is that something damaged my lungs and/or heart and impeded my ability to absorb oxygen, and the best guess was COVID. I've made a pretty concerted effort to walk more and get back to the gym, but I gas out pretty hard and simply can't do long runs like before (though I'll concede it's getting better).