Hello, I was wondering if anyone has/had experienced and elevated heart rate after surgery. I'm 15 days post op and my HR before surgery was ~65 bpm. It's currently sitting at 80-90 with spikes up to 114-120 after even just a little energy expenditure. I'm drinking about 70 oz water/day. I contacted my surgeon's office and they said to schedule an appointment with my regular doc which I did. I have an appointment tomorrow morning. Just looking to see if anyone else on here experienced this and if so, did it go away on it's own, or did it need treatment?

I had the opposite experience. My resting rate was 74, and that day after surgery it was 53. Now 19 months later my average is around 64, vacation time rate is 52 again. That’s beats per minute per Fitbit. I do wish you the best in figuring it out. When I have a virus, my rate increases dramatically. It’s my first clue that flu or Covid has come back (despite shots). I hope this passes quickly for you!

Yes, my resting heart rate went up at least 10 bpm the week or so after surgery and my Garmin watch showed I was highly stressed. But with the exception of a bad 24 hour stretch I had a good recovery and wasn't really in pain. Just my body doing its thing I guess. It's lower now at 5 weeks post-op than it was before surgery.

12 hours ago, SemperVeritas said:

Yes, my resting heart rate went up at least 10 bpm the week or so after surgery and my Garmin watch showed I was highly stressed. But with the exception of a bad 24 hour stretch I had a good recovery and wasn't really in pain. Just my body doing its thing I guess. It's lower now at 5 weeks post-op than it was before surgery.

Same here- My Garmin watch keeps giving me highly stressed alerts as well. They mostly happen when I'm out and about at stores, parking lots, etc. I'm sure it's normal and will ease, but I am glad I have an appointment with the doc this a.m.

I also had the opposite effect - with my resting heart rate moving from the 70s to the 50s

Just got back from the Doc. He said I'm anemic. I am currently taking 2 chewable Flinstone vitamins (as my surgeon recommended). They each have 18mg of Iron. I guess not enough. He asked that I check with the surgeon's office to see if I can take more. He did do an EKG that was normal and said that as long as my resting heart rate is under 100, it's considered normal and since it's on the "high end" of normal it make sense that it would spike higher with physical activity. I feel SO much better since seeing him. I haven't been anemic in the 3 years since I had a period and going through menopause! Thanks for your input, guys. I'm hoping once I'm fully healed and eating more normally and taking all the vitamins/supplements I'm supposed to that my heart rate and anemia will go back to their normal levels.

Update- I spoke to the PA at my surgeon's office. They recommended I start 325mg Ferrous Sulfate with a 500mg Vitamin C tab to increase the absorption for the anemia. We'll see......