well i went to the doctor today. He said everything is fine and that its ok for my blood pressure to be low sometimes. He said today nothing was abnormal and everything is fine. So i hit the gym today. I notice i lost some strength but nothing i can get back up. Thanks for the concern guys. reps.
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I just saw this -- I was diagnosed in 2004 with having an aneurysm of my ascending aorta -- I was completely freaked out for about three weeks, till a thoracic surgeon looked at it, said the tissue was neither stretched nor uneven, and asked if I'd done a lot of weightlifting when I was younger. "Yeah", I replied, not sure where he was going.
"Did you do heavy singles? Deadlifts? Squats?"
"Yeah"
"You don't have an aneurysm," he said, "what you have is an athletic adaptive development -- your aorta grew to match the stress you were putting on it at a time when you hit a growth spurt. As long as it stays stable, you have no problems."
My aorta is about 4.3 cm -- most people's is around 2.5 cm. It's been stable for 5 years now, with no change. Check with a specialist used to sports medicine on almost anything related to your cardiovascular system. Your average general practitioner doesn't know squat (or deads, or benches <grin>).
My own doctor told me I was working way too hard in the gym for someone age 54, coming out of back surgery -- then I lost 43 pounds in six months and brought my own BP down to 109/58, without meds. He shut up.
Good luck, bro!
