Hi there,
I agree. I was told the same thing and being an athlete most of my life I find it to hold true. If you don’t exercise and become out of shape you have to work back up to the level of exercise. You can’t just decide one day that you want to run 5 miles after being sedate for a year or two and Graves degrading your muscles too.
I too have the occasional heart palpitations with chest pain but I have noticed that since I have begun to exercise they are fewer and farther apart. My guess is, if I keep going until my body is back where it was, my heart will be also and the palpitations will cease. I can actually feel my body getting stronger and it feels great.
I’m sure you’ll be fine if you just gradually work yourself back up to being fit and your doctor is monitoring you.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
Pam