Hi folks, welcome! I am fortunate, or maybe you would say unfortunate, to be monitoring a growing abdominal aortic aneurysm for the second time in my life. It will be fixed soon, I'm sure. How do I monitor my aneurysm, you may ask? By intermittent ultrasound checks, and daily by watching my abdominal pulse. I sure noticed increased strength of this pulse whilst swimming yesterday, so I abruptly stopped after only ... Read more
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Back In The Weight Room With A Health Challenge? Case In Point An Expanding Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Hi folks, welcome! It's good to be here. You can ask for advice, but you would still be well advised to think through your personal situation when it comes to exercise with a dangerous health challenge. As I entered the weight room this morning, which felt great, I started to calculate: what can I do to maintain my general level of fitness, prior to impending surgery, that would not put my abdominal aortic ... Read more
Of Coaches, Physicians, Older Triathletes, Feldenkrais And Aortic Aneurysms
Hi folks, welcome to my chatter! People who follow this blog regularly may have noticed my tendency to hesitate to take a physicians advice until their advice earns my trust. The same is true of triathlon coaches. My recommendation to all with respect to sports as you age is that you educate yourself, obtain all relevant inputs that you comprehend, and select your life's course accordingly. If complete trust ... Read more
FitOldDog Visits Cook Medical And Learns How His Zenith Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Stent Graft Was Made – Remarkable Engineering That Saved My Life
Hi folks! Great visit to Cook Medical. What a treat! I gave an invited talk to the Cook Medical Staff, in Bloomington, Indiana, about life with an aortic stent graft for a life-threatening abdominal aortic aneurysm. I was so pleased to have a chance to say how grateful I am to these wonderful people for a remarkable product, which allows me to continue my life and Ironman training pretty well the same as ... Read more
Informed Advice Needed On The Question Of Whether It Is Safe To Play Golf With An Ascending Aortic Aneurysm
Is it safe to play golf with an ascending aortic aneurysm? Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! I have been working to answer a 'simple' question, whether it is safe to play golf with a 4.2 cm. diameter ascending aortic aneurysm, and it's not so simple. Since writing this post, I published a detailed approach to determining benefit/risk, for such a question. You want more benefit than risk, that's for ... Read more
Invited Blog Post On Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Survival: Tom’s Story
The last week of June 2012, I had a terrible lower back problem. I went to the doc and they x-rayed my back. They didn’t find much problem with the back, but this AAA showed up and they sent me for a CT scan. Sure enough, they called and confirmed that I had a 7.0 cm aneurysm in my abdominal aorta. I had never heard of this, so I got online and read enough to scare me to death. I decided I better get a grip, and deal ... Read more
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Stent Graft-Induced Hypertension Appears to Self-Correct Eventually
Hi folks, You can generate some useful information (data) by monitoring your heart rate and body weight each day, or at least once per week. If you know your usual resting heart rate, any deviations can warn you of potential health issues. I find that my resting pulse will increase in frequency by as many as five to ten beats per minute if I am over training (back off) or going down with a cold or ... Read more
OK Cook Medical Wish Us Luck Rupert (My Zenith Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Stent Graft) And I In Our Second Ironman Race Together
Hi folks, Well, here we go, Rupert and I, thanks to Cook Medical and the skill of Joe Fulton and his team, to do the Lake Placid Ironman together for the second time. Gun goes off at 7:00 am tomorrow morning, July 22nd, 2012. I have a great support team, about to eat my early dinner, and then rest and sleep and prepare for a great day of safe exercise for better health two years after my abdominal ... Read more
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