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
Is It Safe? Training With An Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Or Other Serious Health Challenge, Revisited.
Pain Can Be A Wonderful Gift Or It Can Tear You Apart
"What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so." Mark Twain. Hi folks, welcome to another day on planet Earth. A while ago I wrote a blog post entitled, "How do we become aware of that which we are unaware?" As I am setting out to write a book on my journey into increasing emotional and physical awareness, I was reminded of this post. I concluded that the ... 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
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
Fear Of The Foley And Selecting Wisely From Amongst Critical Health Options – FitOldDog Seeks Advice From Those Who’ve Been There
Hi folks, welcome to my thoughts (maybe some feelings, but I'm English and can't admit to that!). I had an interesting visit to the endovascular surgeon today, as a result of which I clearly have to decide between three major approaches to surgical correction for my growing abdominal aortic aneurysm and stent graft displacement, the best of which sounded like an open repair. Thought I'd run my benefit/risk ... Read more
Training Hiatus Due To Health Issue? Don’t Give Up, Think Of Something – Effortless Swimming, Another FitOldDog Video.
Hi folks, welcome! I find that I quite enjoy making videos, so here is one for today's blog post. It was fun! My exercise advice for the day is in the title. Enjoy! Life is brief! Life is brief, don't waste it. -k @FitOldDog ... Read more
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