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I've been walking on the treadmill about 35 to 40 minutes every day. I can't do aerobics because of the osteoarthritis in my lower back hips bone spurs and bulging discs.
I eat pretty healthy.
I would imagine there be some symptom if there was a blockage or narrowing yet the cardiologist I was seeing said not necessarily and again said I can get the test done or not it's up to me it's just from my peace of mind. Odd. That was my concern a piece of black breaking off
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Walking is fine! Anything that gets your heart rate up will work.
If it gets *really* narrow, that's when you can get shortness of breath and possibly a heart attack. Your heart isn't delivering enough blood (oxygen) to the muscles, so physical exertion gets difficult. My brother had a mild heart attack, and he had a 90% blockage or something like that. They gave him a stent, and now he goes to the gym 3x a week and does plenty of aerobic work.
I have a 40% narrowing in one artery, and I can go jogging for 45 minutes and I feel perfectly fine. I could easily go longer except my knee would act up. 🙂 My cardiologist told me "keep running."