I'd be extremely interested to read the experiences of swimmers who climbed back into swimming after undergoing cardiac surgery.
My mitral valve was successfully repaired in early July. I'm waiting for the scabs to heal before I can return to swimming. In the meantime, I've been speed walking every day and have started to ramp up weight lifting now that weight restrictions have been lifted (no pun intended). It would be interesting to hear the experiences of others who've been down this road (and the road beyond).
Also, is anyone aware of any good articles on this subject?
Thanks.
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No personal experience, but a swim colleague of mine had a valve op a few years back. He took a few weeks to get back into the full training sessions, but did a meet within maybe 3 weeks of return - not long at all, and our coach was panicking, but he went on to swim a season's best in his 100m fly.
We all then decided that we should get new heart valves as it might help our times. Even those of us 20-30 years his junior.
No personal experience, but a swim colleague of mine had a valve op a few years back. He took a few weeks to get back into the full training sessions, but did a meet within maybe 3 weeks of return - not long at all, and our coach was panicking, but he went on to swim a season's best in his 100m fly.
We all then decided that we should get new heart valves as it might help our times. Even those of us 20-30 years his junior.
