Hi folks, another lovely day! Life, in addition to being wet and dynamic, is dangerous. Just the way it is, but should we court danger for no good reason? What is a good reason? Such thoughts cause my brain to return to the story of the terrible doom. Here it is in brief, as I best remember it: "A young king was born in a country far away, and as he grew to maturity he started to fear death. He decided ... Read more
Weight Lifting, Weight Training, Aortic Disease, And Quality Versus Quantity
Hi folks, welcome to my meandering thoughts! If you have an aortic aneurysm, with or without a stent or graft, I recommend that you consider weight training rather than weight lifting. This means confining your workouts to as little as a 5-pound weight, but with some imagination you can give yourself a serious, risk-free workout. The real trick to a happy life as an athlete is to let go of your ego, focus ... Read more
Is It Safe? Training With An Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Or Other Serious Health Challenge, Revisited.
Hi folks, welcome! From time to time I'm asked directly for advice on exercise with an aortic aneurysm, and here is such an example, provided as a excerpt from a comment stream on the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Awareness Facebook page. Ranjit: “There's this gentleman I played golf with once. He was my age 64yrs and very well built. I was not aware that he had been treated with endovascular surgery/stent for an ... Read more
FitOldDog Visits The Cleveland Clinic, And Enjoyed The City Too! Which Cleveland Do You Believe?
Hi folks, welcome! When my sister in Spain, Marian, learned that I had been invited to the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, to have a life-saving repair to my abdominal aortic aneurysm stent graft, she kindly forwarded a link to the first video below concerning the city of Cleveland. Now, I'm a glass half-full person, and I just didn't believe it, so I made my own Cleveland Video. There's good and not so good in every ... Read more
Practice Makes Perfect When It Comes To Living With An Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm – Watch That Abdominal Pulse
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
As FitOldDog (aka FatOldDog) Faces His Second Aortic Surgery He Reflects Briefly On The Nature Of His Disease, And Raynaud’s Syndrome Too!
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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
Learning To Smile Under The Sword Of Damocles, Or How To Inspire Oneself
Chez Ollie "To watch the ego mind is to escape the ego mind - true happiness if you can master it - I have a way to go, but progress is being made." FitOldDog, today. Hi folks, welcome! My challenge today is to be content with the moment, whilst I attempt to write to inspire others and learn to inspire myself. I await an unknown surgery date. There is once again a finite risk of rupture of my abdominal aortic ... Read more
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