All good news!

I wouldn't have noticed except that I needed the bike on my dumb trainer as part of recovering from my torn hamstring last year. My road shoes were still buried in our storage locker but Al swapped in my SPD pedals. There was a bit of effort and a big pedal wrench required, even though these pedals are usually removed with a hex wrench.

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Word of the Day: Yaaaaaaay!

Thanks, Jen. Updates soon to come, once I get this coffee meetup with Mr. Lellman behind me.

Hope you can at least get a phone consult with your cardiologist.

Also hope that the new med does the trick!

Ouch, indeed!

I can see they carefully chose the gown colors and pattern to complement the faux wood paneling behind you.

Also .. glad you went in to get this checked out!

We're selfishly hoping that you can go. Otherwise what will I read in the morning?
(JK-hope all is well!)

Eight years! I’ll bet at this point you never get them off again. They’re probably permanently fused to the cranks.

My pedals go on and off with a hex wrench. I have a method that uses my body weight and has the benefit of making it easy to remember which way to loosen the pedals. The only bike that's given me a lot of trouble is my road bike, likely because the pedals hadn't been removed in probably 8 years.

Thanks, Tricia. I’m aware of ablation surgery and had considered it years ago, but decided against it as long as medications were effective. I’m really averse to avoidable medical procedures because things can go wrong, even if rarely. I’m pretty sure I’ll be open to it this time though once I’m working with a cardiologist.

Just some encouragement on the SVT front. I had suffered from it for many years then about 10 years ago (probably about your age) I had a very long scary episode. We were cycling at the time but when we returned home I had an ablation It was like magic and I have never again had any episodes of it again and no medication. The actual procedure was just done as a day stay
Good luck. It isn’t a pleasant feeling when it happens

Thanks for the encouragement and support, Eva. This morning (the day after ER) I’m feeling upbeat and optimistic, but we’ll see how it goes.

You’re not fooling anyone, Kathleen. That pun was well intended, I’m sure. You’re right though aging is no joke, but batter faced with some humor. Thanks for the encouragement and support.