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

Aortic Dissection: No Exercise Is NOT Safe Exercise!

Aortic Dissection: No Exercise Is NOT Safe Exercise!

No Exercise Causes Your Body To Decay Aortic Aneurysm Or Aortic Dissection Clearly, Exercise Is Critical For Injury Recovery But How? "...that's great but I'm 13 months post dissection and banned from all exercise until my bp comes down which itself has caused more problems." Facebook response to post on my survey on "Living With Aortic Disease." NOTE: Exercise was critical for my recovery from a ... Read more

Aortic Disease From The Patient’s Perspective: Research Survey

Aortic Disease From The Patient's Perspective: Research Survey

Aortic Disease Comes With Challenges I work to optimize the outcome, from the patient's perspective! As a researcher, I like to do research, to solve people's problems. Aortic disease provides some interesting responsibilities for the patient. Your doctors and surgeons, unless they live with you, can't guide your every step. The more you are involved in preparing, undergoing, recovering from, and then ... Read more

Exercise With Heart Stent: Left To Figure It Out On My Own!

Exercise With Heart Stent: Left To Figure It Out On My Own!

Athletes Have To Figure It Out! Vascular Disease Happens! Heart Disease Is A Form Of Vascular Disease! A heart stent is like an aortic stent, only different, mechanically! "I had a heart attack, got a stent and continue to exercise. no one expected it, including my doctor. I don’t want to take drugs unnecessarily. I find I am left to figure it out on my own. so business as usual plus 8 pills a day. Your blog ... Read more

Thoracic Aortic Dissection Awareness – Living With Aortic Disease Can Be Tough!

Thoracic Aortic Dissection Awareness - Living With Aortic Disease Can Be Tough!

If you survive an aortic dissection, or another, less stressful form of aortic disease, such as in my case, an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), you'll need support from people who understand. Here are some people who understand - The Aortic Warriors Organization. I can often forget that I have an aortic aneurysm, due to the life-saving, and constant activity of Rupert, my magical Cook Zenith Abdominal Aortic ... Read more

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Half Ironman Race, Graft Versus Stent, At Eagleman 2015

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Half Ironman Race, Graft Versus Stent, At Eagleman 2015

PLEASE NOTE: If you have aortic disease, don't undertake any kind of sport or exercise before you have carried out your own benefit/risk assessment, with the guidance of your medical advisors. In the fall of 2010, I started this blog, in the hopes of finding another Ironman-distance triathlete with an abdominal aortic aneurysm stent graft. I am yet to find such an athlete, but the first person to respond to my ... Read more

When You Need A Plumber From The Perspective Of The Aortic Disease Patient

When You Need A Plumber From The Perspective Of The Aortic Disease Patient

What's that noise (symptom)? A change in life as we know it? Time to call the plumber? Thoughts of an aortic disease patient. We had a water leak a few days ago, due to the coldest weather ever, combined with leaving a window open just above the pipe in our cellar. I came in early, just by chance, and Deb had left the house about 10 minutes earlier. The timing was critical, as it is with aortic disease, my ... Read more

Aortic Disease? Think Before You Kill Yourself, Live A Long Happy Life Instead

Aortic Disease? Think Before You Kill Yourself, Live A Long Happy Life Instead

I love to read, think, exercise, and camp. In short, I want to continue to live a long happy life. But I have aortic disease, meaning that my mainline blood supply is fragile. My aorta is, in fact, held together by a sophisticated tube, made of metal and plastic, an abdominal aortic aneurysm stent graft (aka Rupert) (watch the linked video, it's Cook Medical magic). Displace it and death is probable, and I'm ... 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.