Subject: RE: Anyone else out there training with heart disease? golfer69 - 2009-07-01 6:55 PM
Got diagnosed last Oct and recieved 4 stents in two months. Now on my way to my first tri in Sept. Training hard and just wondering if I'm alone in this fight...I'll never stop !!!
You're not alone! Unfortunately, I hit the genetic bad luck lottery twice; chronic atherosclerosis (dad died from it at age 70 ) leading to a stent in 2006 and a weak aortic root that had to be replaced in 2008.
Since then, I have done 6 triathlons, including a HIM in April, and have taken up weightlifting and can do 225# bench press with my wired-shut sternum.
You and I are the fortunate ones. There are way too many Billy Mays and Tim Russert who die of coronary artery disease. Edited by greyg8r 2009-07-01 7:17 PM
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