Originally Posted by
zacster
I've been off the bike for about a month and a half now on the advice of my cardiologist but got the green light yesterday to ride. Some of my numbers were through the roof, but a nuclear stress test showed absolutely nothing wrong!
Sounds like my story over a decade ago. Doc was trying to convince me I'd die if I didn't go on statins (overall cholesterol 235,) which I refused; so he sent me to a cardiologist. He hooked me up for sound and put me on a treadmill, then ran me up to 145 bpm. TBH I was starting to feel GREAT and asked if we could increase the grade and speed, to see what my MHR was. He just gave me a disgusted look and told the nurse to shut the treadmill down. I fired the doc shortly after that.