Originally Posted by Fredster

I'm 65 yr old male, mostly a read only forum member. Last month (July 5th) while out for a bike ride I had a serious heart attack. I got to the hospital fairly quickly and received a stent is what was described as 99% blocked right artery. Another artery the was 70% blocked was stented about 3 weeks later. I was put on a suite of drugs to lower BP, reduce lipids, thin the blood etc.

Before the attack I had been very active with regular jogging, cycling (in warmer months), walking and resistance work. I pretty much have done nothing physical since the event except some light walking. I just had an echo stress test and it had to be stopped at 6 minutes because my BP was high and EKG showed abnormalities. Not sure what the echo looked like - probably not good. Non stress echo they have said looked normal.

In general I feel pretty good but I really miss the active lifestyle. Is the anyone who has had similar experience? I'm supposed to go for cardiac rehab soon. Given my performance (or lack thereof) on the stress test I can't imagine there's too much I can do. Does one's performance get any better after rehab?