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461 days ago

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Had a wonderful day yesterday at the Hike and Bike event to help raise money for St.Mary's Cardiac Care. It was a day of celebrating heart health in all stages ...Read more

Had a wonderful day yesterday at the Hike and Bike event to help raise money for St.Mary's Cardiac Care. It was a day of celebrating heart health in all stages with family, friends and fellow Heart Warriors.

Grace Mason Way to go!

Valerie Allen Wonderful!

Deena Z Giving back..... nice!

Sue Maize That’s amazing Darrell! Great photo too! 🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Darrell Malone

472 days ago

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Graduation Day today from Cardiac Rehab. 12 weeks went by fast. What a great program with great caring people. The foundation is poured now I have to build ...Read more

Graduation Day today from Cardiac Rehab. 12 weeks went by fast. What a great program with great caring people. The foundation is poured now I have to build on this. Almost 5 months post surgery now. Thank you St.Mary's Cardiac Rehab Team. Thank You HVS community. 🫀

Sue Maize Fantastic Darrell—congratulations! Five months already, wow! You look great—continued strength an ... Read more

Sue Maize Fantastic Darrell—congratulations! Five months already, wow! You look great—continued strength and healing heart brother! ❤️‍🩹🙏🏻🙌🏻

Valerie Allen Congratulations!

Rose Madura Congratulations! Great picture. 👍👏

Grace Mason Awesome!!

Pam Dahl Way to go!

Daneen Douglas Woo hoo!! 🙌🏽

Darrell Malone

542 days ago

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My mom in law got me this t-shirt. Wore proudly to cardiac rehab. 😀

Valerie Allen Great shirt!

Daneen Douglas Love this shirt!

Adam Pick Love this! Welcome to cardiac rehab! And, you have a great mother-in-law!

Susan Lynn Wear it proudly!!

Rose Madura Love it. You earned it! ❤️‍🩹

Maggie Ma

Kathy Pate Love this shirt!!!

Darrell Malone

557 days ago

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Week 8 + 1 Day Post op. LONG POST SORRY
So today was the beginning of my cardiac rehabilitation. The dreaded stress test. It went pretty good although with ...Read more

Week 8 + 1 Day Post op. LONG POST SORRY
So today was the beginning of my cardiac rehabilitation. The dreaded stress test. It went pretty good although with my hip issue once I have to start trotting I tap out. Every 3 minutes they increase incline and speed so 10 minutes I was finished.

The cardiologist mentioned that my heart muscle has weakened a little in comparison to my echo at discharge to my recent one a couple of weeks ago. So I'm going to have appointment with my regular cardiologist and see what he says. Not sure if anyone has experienced this?

Overall I feel amazing. Been working around the yard trimming trees ect. Walking.
Today I was cleared to ride my bike but ONLY on flat city paths NO mountain biking! Yet. So naturally I came home ate lunch and went for a ride. Felt good! Dog was not into having a selfie

Daneen Douglas Darrell, do they normally do a stress test at the beginning of cardiac rehab? I haven’t been sched ... Read more

Daneen Douglas Darrell, do they normally do a stress test at the beginning of cardiac rehab? I haven’t been scheduled for an echo since before surgery?? I’ve only had an EKG. is that normal practice?

Sorry about your hip issue. If I walk awhile mine aches and is annoying. Glad you can finally ride your bike. That must be nice for you! Sounds like overall things went well.

Hope you get some answers regarding your heart muscle weakness. Please keep us posted.

J Alexander Lassally It is rare to do a stress test at rehab - that is a theoretically academic approach to it. My program ... Read more

J Alexander Lassally It is rare to do a stress test at rehab - that is a theoretically academic approach to it. My program just threw me on a treadmill for 40 minutes ! ( I manage my own rehab now with a trainer and it is nice).
The weakened heart muscle thing is hard to determine. Mainly Ejection Fraction is a popular metric post surgery, and it almost always increases in time. Good luck

Paul Lebel lol it's even harder to get BOTH dogs to look.

I started rehab late. Hated it, down in a smal ... Read more

Paul Lebel lol it's even harder to get BOTH dogs to look.

I started rehab late. Hated it, down in a small windowless basement with a bunch of old unfit folks. I finally told the guy that it was taking up my time on the bike trails and pool lanes. He let me off the hook ;-)

Darrell Malone @Daneen maybe the stress test is something my centre does but I've seen some others here have done st ... Read more

Darrell Malone @Daneen maybe the stress test is something my centre does but I've seen some others here have done stress test before. I think it helps set up my exercise program with a baseline 🤷‍♂️

As for the echos I'm not sure. Possibly due to my Ross Procedure the echos are standard practice for my surgeon.

Wish I had better answers for you. Will update as I navigate through this chapter. Be well

Yumiko Ishida Glad you are now allowed to ride your bike, Darrell! I assume all the muscles, including the heart, w ... Read more

Yumiko Ishida Glad you are now allowed to ride your bike, Darrell! I assume all the muscles, including the heart, will be weaker after a long period of relative inactivity post surgery. Hopefully it’s just a matter of having to strengthen it back up, and that of course takes time.

Daneen, I have done cardiac rehab at two separate places and neither of them did a stress test, but I’ve seen a few people on this site mention it, so I think it really depends on the facility. I believe a follow up echo is standard. Mine was at 3 months, and I was told it is going to be my new baseline.

Valerie Allen I didn’t do a stress test either. Great progress Darrell!

Sue Maize You’re doing amazing Darrell—don’t let a few adjustment hiccups discourage you! I’m just gett ... Read more

Sue Maize You’re doing amazing Darrell—don’t let a few adjustment hiccups discourage you! I’m just getting to this now, totally missed it as I was still out when you posted. How’s the rehab going at this point? I just booked my first appointment—at Southlake in Newmarket you have 3 appointments before the actual rehab begins: intro, stress test and track trial. Maybe stress test is an OHIP regulation?

Darrell Malone

613 days ago

Hello HVS. Doing pretty good. Sure takes a lot out of you. I've have been up for walks. I did have some nausea but I think I'm on the right track.

Susan Dunne Heart valve warrior. Glad to see you are doing well. I had my surgery FEb. 19 and I am doing great ... Read more

Susan Dunne Heart valve warrior. Glad to see you are doing well. I had my surgery FEb. 19 and I am doing great ...so will you be. Take things as they come. Don't try to rush them. Time has really improved things with me and it will help you heal too. You made it. Keep us posted on your recovery. 👍🙋