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I'd second Gently's suggestion to contact your physician ( ?cardiologist) about your low heart rate, especially if it's continuing and you're feeling bad as a result of this heart rate. A heart rate monitor ( either a Holter or one of the longer monitoring monitors) should give you, and your doctor a good picture of what is happening with your heart.
Your heart rate may well be a lower rate ( normal for you) as a result of your athletic activity, but how low is normal for you? If you're symptomatic with those lower heart rates it seems to me that could be a problem that needs to be checked out.

And congratulations on your achieving the NED status with your cancer. Best wishes that it will stay that way for a long, long time!

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@marybird Thank you for that suggestion of asking my GP for a proper medical heart rate monitor to wear for a while. Now that you mention it I recall a friend some time ago needing to wear one after taking her smartwatch data into her GP.

Thank you too for the support! I’ve been so lucky. Cancer changes so much, but I’ve been lucky to not just be alive but get off relatively unscathed physically. I’m aware that delayed side effects can pop up at any time. Trying hard not to be over reactive to changes but also not let something go that I shouldn’t. Thank you.