ryan31337
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Hi all,
Back in the summer I had a couple of CPETs, separated by a few weeks. On both occasions I had early AT and significantly low VO2Max. My VO2max was under 50% of predicted. More details in this thread: http://forums.phoenixrising.me/index.php?threads/vo2max-exercise-test.18431/
From what I understand this isn't necessarily indicative of ME/CFS, in which day 1 test is usually normal(ish) and only a repeat test on day 2 is impacted?
I was lucky to have a senior physiologist run one of the tests and his summary, in brief, was that there was cardiovascular limitation with functional impairment due to metabolic disease. We talked a little after the test and he was keen to know if I had had muscle biopsies taken or any similar investigations (I had not).
So my question would be: would you think it valuable to send myself off to metabolic disease/myopathy consultant, if I can find one in the UK?
Thanks,
Ryan
Back in the summer I had a couple of CPETs, separated by a few weeks. On both occasions I had early AT and significantly low VO2Max. My VO2max was under 50% of predicted. More details in this thread: http://forums.phoenixrising.me/index.php?threads/vo2max-exercise-test.18431/
From what I understand this isn't necessarily indicative of ME/CFS, in which day 1 test is usually normal(ish) and only a repeat test on day 2 is impacted?
I was lucky to have a senior physiologist run one of the tests and his summary, in brief, was that there was cardiovascular limitation with functional impairment due to metabolic disease. We talked a little after the test and he was keen to know if I had had muscle biopsies taken or any similar investigations (I had not).
So my question would be: would you think it valuable to send myself off to metabolic disease/myopathy consultant, if I can find one in the UK?
Thanks,
Ryan