Deb G
Silver Member
I had to have my monthly check up yesterday, and I made it through the snow (!) to see the practice nurse. She asked what I was there for and had heard of LL so was very 'pro'. She took my BP, then took my pulse.....then took my pulse again.
Nurse: Hmmm....I'm worried about your pulse.
Me: Is it high? I've just run up the stairs when you called me?
Nurse: No. Its low.
Me: Oh? Is that bad?
Nurse: Not BAD, but unusual for you. In September the computer says it was 82bpm. Now its 56bpm.
Me: Oh. What's causing that then? (getting increasingly worried now).
Nurse: Well, we only expect to see a pulse that low in very fit people. Do you exercise?
Me: I do endurance riding, have to train a lot for that. I also run and walk in the mountains and over the fells.
Nurse: Oh thank god....that'll be it then! (Types into the computer, on my record "Sportswoman"!!!!!!!!).
As I was leaving....
Nurse: Don't you have to have a lot of weight to lose to do LL?
Me: Yes - at least 3 stone.
Nurse: How come you're allowed to do it then?
Me: I'm in my last few pounds now - I've lost nearly 5 stone altogether.
Nurse: FALLS OFF CHAIR!!!!
It was FABULOUS!!!!!!
Nurse: Hmmm....I'm worried about your pulse.
Me: Is it high? I've just run up the stairs when you called me?
Nurse: No. Its low.
Me: Oh? Is that bad?
Nurse: Not BAD, but unusual for you. In September the computer says it was 82bpm. Now its 56bpm.
Me: Oh. What's causing that then? (getting increasingly worried now).
Nurse: Well, we only expect to see a pulse that low in very fit people. Do you exercise?
Me: I do endurance riding, have to train a lot for that. I also run and walk in the mountains and over the fells.
Nurse: Oh thank god....that'll be it then! (Types into the computer, on my record "Sportswoman"!!!!!!!!).
As I was leaving....
Nurse: Don't you have to have a lot of weight to lose to do LL?
Me: Yes - at least 3 stone.
Nurse: How come you're allowed to do it then?
Me: I'm in my last few pounds now - I've lost nearly 5 stone altogether.
Nurse: FALLS OFF CHAIR!!!!
It was FABULOUS!!!!!!