Respitory Therapist said: SLOW DOWN!

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I called the Respitory Therapist I saw to ask her some questions and she told me flat out! SLOW DOWN!!! She told me some interesting things but one of which was that if I didn't slow down I will have a heart attack and end up on a slab. She said is you walk 9 feet slowly and your heart rate is in the high 120's then what ever is causing it you have to really not do anything! She called me a go getter and a super woman and said that i am having a very hard time understanding my limitations but if I don't the PF won';t get me before my heart goes into defribulaion and I drop dead and end up on a slab. Oddly she said I shouldn't use two muscle groups at the same time=for example don't carry something and walk or walk and swing my arms.... How could I have gotten into such bad shape???? When I got home from the store today I took my 02 and my pulse and sitting down and resting for 15 minutes my 02 was 89 (and it's actually 5 points lower. That is what my blood oxygen is)and my heartwas at 98. I sure don't understand why this is happening and what is doing this too me but it is scary. Joyce R AZ birds