Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Stent Repaired And Back To Ironman Training

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Stent Repaired And Back To Ironman Training

Stent Repaired Back on the bike, with more than traffic to deal with! Another Opportunity To Change The Way I Move, To cope with aging and Ironman with stent! Gave my first talk on that book a couple of days ago! Abdominal aortic aneurysm stent graft repair was a success! Found out today! Thanks UNC Endovascular! Following my left common iliac stent repair, at UNC CH, by a great endovascular team, I ... Read more

Athlete With Stent(s) Faces Another Interesting Ironman Training Challenge

Athlete With Stent(s) Faces Another Interesting Ironman Training Challenge

Ironman Training Challenge Good Idea Or Bad? Time grinds us down, relentlessly! Can he qualify for Kona to honor his friend, Frits, with an 's'? An abdominal aortic aneurysm messed up FitOldDog's race, in 2010. "Can I continue Ironman training?" he said to the first endovascular surgeon, after receiving his AAA stent graft! "I'd go easy, if it was me!" the surgeon replied. He did, and he ... Read more

Be Fit For Fast Vascular Surgery Recovery And Happiness!

Be Fit For Fast Vascular Surgery Recovery And Happiness!

Surgery Recovery And Happiness? Yep! It really does pay to stay fit, if you want to brave the stormy seas of surgery. Drugs that help, but beat you up. Little sleep as they stab holes in you every couple of hours. (Oh! Yes! And have great surgeons and nurses!) And this time? You'll have to lay there, on your back, without moving that left leg! They couldn't find a pulse in my left leg, even with ultrasound ... Read more

Ironman With Russian Doll Common Iliac Stent Grafts?

Ironman With Russian Doll Common Iliac Stent Grafts?

Three Left Common Iliac Stent Grafts Visited The Weight Room Today Then my vegetable garden! Three left common iliac stent grafts? Endovascular surgeons save me again! Let me explain. 2010 - Ironman race reveals my abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). I receive a Cook Zenith AAA Stent Graft. Ironman training continues, with self-directed modifications based on Biomechanics. The left iliac arm is very ... Read more

Aortic, Heart And Stent Surgery Survey, To Improve Patient Outcomes!

Aortic, Heart And Stent Surgery Survey, To Improve Patient Outcomes!

  Living With Vascular, Heart Or Aortic Disease? A confidential survey, to help patients improve the process! All data made available publicly AND confidentially, at this link!  Create your own user feedback survey   Designed based on my AAA stent graft experiences. Just read the survey questions, and you will:  Be better prepared for your surgery, the hospital stay,  interactions with ... Read more

Why Are You Reading This? Choose Your Topic!

Why Are You Reading This? Choose Your Topic!

Select Your FitOldDog Subject From The FitOldDog Links Below Whether it be vascular disease, plantar fasciitis, healthy aging, sports injury, or another FitOldDog Links topic. Kev aka FitOldDog PS I'm all into podcasting right now, but I'll be writing again, very soon. You can find the FitOldDog podcasts here: FitOldDog Links: Vascular/Aortic Disease Aortic aneurysm Aortic dissection Heart ... Read more

Motivational Speaker With Stent?

Motivational Speaker With Stent?

FitOldDog, A Motivational Speaker? It's story-telling, really, and I enjoy that! You can follow my podcasts via this link!   Patient to patient motivation is critical! We vascular disease patients meet on Facebook, largely by chance! Rarely does the medical profession bring us together! I do have one great medical cheerleader, Tara, my second aortic surgeon! We met the first time on Twitter, and ... Read more

Safe Exercise With A Stent Using FitOldDog’s Training Wheel

Safe Exercise With A Stent Using FitOldDog's Training Wheel

Are You Stuck In A Rut? Safe Exercise With A Stent? How? Get your wheels turning again with FitOldDog! Why a wheel? Because wheels work! Life goes in cycles. So does healthy exercise! Life has been using wheels effectively for over 2,500,000,000 years! The Stent Blog says, on exercise with a heart stent: "...really depends on you and what you did physically before your stent." I agree, but there's ... Read more

Disclaimer: As a veterinarian, I do not provide medical advice for human animals. If you undertake or modify an exercise program, consult your medical advisors before doing so. Undertaking activities pursued by the author does not mean that he endorses your undertaking such activities, which is clearly your decision and responsibility. Be careful and sensible, please.