Wheee, I'm a cyclist again! - Page 4 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

05-08-2004, 08:16 AM

Did you ever hear of Jim Fixx? He wrote the book on running in the late
70's that got everyone out jogging. He dropped dead while running a few
years back because of severely blocked arteries. My problem was also
blockage in three arteries. One 95% blocked, the other two over 75% blocked.
I'm 58 and have a family history of heart disease. I was lucky I got tested
when the problem first manifested itself.

05-08-2004, 08:59 AM

"Stephanie" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:YY5nc.51936$Ik.3767764@attbi_s53...
> It is indeed great to be back after triple bypass surgery in the end of
> February. I did a five miler Thursday and a ten miler on Friday South of
> Boston.
> Last year I was doing some sprint triathlons, this year I'm happy to do
ten
> miles.
>

OMG, triple bypass!

IT looks like we had our surgeries around the same time, and mine was also
pretty serious, since it was an emergency. However, I imagine with bypass
that it's important for you to get moving as soon as you can, for the
purpose of circulation. How long was it before you were able to get out and
on the bike?

It's enough for me to be on my bike at last and every time I've been going
on longer rides, but the weather hasn't been great so I haven't built up the
miles. Still, I am going to aim for a metric at the end of the month on the
long weekend! Before long you'll be back to normal. I know one guy who had
quadruple bypass and is doing triathlons again, although it took a while.
The only thing is he worries about crashing, because blood thinners make you
bleed like crazy!

05-08-2004, 08:59 AM

"Stephanie" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:YY5nc.51936$Ik.3767764@attbi_s53...
> It is indeed great to be back after triple bypass surgery in the end of
> February. I did a five miler Thursday and a ten miler on Friday South of
> Boston.
> Last year I was doing some sprint triathlons, this year I'm happy to do
ten
> miles.
>

OMG, triple bypass!

IT looks like we had our surgeries around the same time, and mine was also
pretty serious, since it was an emergency. However, I imagine with bypass
that it's important for you to get moving as soon as you can, for the
purpose of circulation. How long was it before you were able to get out and
on the bike?

It's enough for me to be on my bike at last and every time I've been going
on longer rides, but the weather hasn't been great so I haven't built up the
miles. Still, I am going to aim for a metric at the end of the month on the
long weekend! Before long you'll be back to normal. I know one guy who had
quadruple bypass and is doing triathlons again, although it took a while.
The only thing is he worries about crashing, because blood thinners make you
bleed like crazy!

05-08-2004, 08:59 AM

"Stephanie" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:YY5nc.51936$Ik.3767764@attbi_s53...
> It is indeed great to be back after triple bypass surgery in the end of
> February. I did a five miler Thursday and a ten miler on Friday South of
> Boston.
> Last year I was doing some sprint triathlons, this year I'm happy to do
ten
> miles.
>

OMG, triple bypass!

IT looks like we had our surgeries around the same time, and mine was also
pretty serious, since it was an emergency. However, I imagine with bypass
that it's important for you to get moving as soon as you can, for the
purpose of circulation. How long was it before you were able to get out and
on the bike?

It's enough for me to be on my bike at last and every time I've been going
on longer rides, but the weather hasn't been great so I haven't built up the
miles. Still, I am going to aim for a metric at the end of the month on the
long weekend! Before long you'll be back to normal. I know one guy who had
quadruple bypass and is doing triathlons again, although it took a while.
The only thing is he worries about crashing, because blood thinners make you
bleed like crazy!

05-08-2004, 08:59 AM

"Stephanie" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:YY5nc.51936$Ik.3767764@attbi_s53...
> It is indeed great to be back after triple bypass surgery in the end of
> February. I did a five miler Thursday and a ten miler on Friday South of
> Boston.
> Last year I was doing some sprint triathlons, this year I'm happy to do
ten
> miles.
>

OMG, triple bypass!

IT looks like we had our surgeries around the same time, and mine was also
pretty serious, since it was an emergency. However, I imagine with bypass
that it's important for you to get moving as soon as you can, for the
purpose of circulation. How long was it before you were able to get out and
on the bike?

It's enough for me to be on my bike at last and every time I've been going
on longer rides, but the weather hasn't been great so I haven't built up the
miles. Still, I am going to aim for a metric at the end of the month on the
long weekend! Before long you'll be back to normal. I know one guy who had
quadruple bypass and is doing triathlons again, although it took a while.
The only thing is he worries about crashing, because blood thinners make you
bleed like crazy!

05-08-2004, 08:59 AM

"Stephanie" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:YY5nc.51936$Ik.3767764@attbi_s53...
> It is indeed great to be back after triple bypass surgery in the end of
> February. I did a five miler Thursday and a ten miler on Friday South of
> Boston.
> Last year I was doing some sprint triathlons, this year I'm happy to do
ten
> miles.
>

OMG, triple bypass!

IT looks like we had our surgeries around the same time, and mine was also
pretty serious, since it was an emergency. However, I imagine with bypass
that it's important for you to get moving as soon as you can, for the
purpose of circulation. How long was it before you were able to get out and
on the bike?

It's enough for me to be on my bike at last and every time I've been going
on longer rides, but the weather hasn't been great so I haven't built up the
miles. Still, I am going to aim for a metric at the end of the month on the
long weekend! Before long you'll be back to normal. I know one guy who had
quadruple bypass and is doing triathlons again, although it took a while.
The only thing is he worries about crashing, because blood thinners make you
bleed like crazy!

05-08-2004, 09:04 AM

"Chris" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:Hm6nc.108871$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com...
> I'm curious- I know heart disease isn't always for the unhealthy but I
> wonder if you know what caused yours? If you were doing sprint marathons
I
> would assume you were in great shape right?
>
> Thanks

Sometimes it's congenital and fitness has nothing to do with it, except that
it may slow down the disese. I'm assuming chris isn't that old, so it sounds
like something that runs in the family. My father was never overweight, he
exercised, and hadn't smoked in 35 years, but he had bypass in his 60s. And
his sister, mother and aunt all had the same thing.They were all thin, and
non smokers, although my great aunt had been a smoker long ago. ANd all had
bypass! Needless to say, it concerns me that someday I'll have the same
thing so I check the cholesterol. But the way I understand it, if someone in
your family had bypass in their 60s, it's not as much of an inherited risk-
but let's say my father was 45,then that would increase my risk. OF course,
diet back then was different and people ate more fat, but some congenital
heart conditions aren't only about fitness or smoking.

05-08-2004, 09:04 AM

"Chris" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:Hm6nc.108871$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com...
> I'm curious- I know heart disease isn't always for the unhealthy but I
> wonder if you know what caused yours? If you were doing sprint marathons
I
> would assume you were in great shape right?
>
> Thanks

Sometimes it's congenital and fitness has nothing to do with it, except that
it may slow down the disese. I'm assuming chris isn't that old, so it sounds
like something that runs in the family. My father was never overweight, he
exercised, and hadn't smoked in 35 years, but he had bypass in his 60s. And
his sister, mother and aunt all had the same thing.They were all thin, and
non smokers, although my great aunt had been a smoker long ago. ANd all had
bypass! Needless to say, it concerns me that someday I'll have the same
thing so I check the cholesterol. But the way I understand it, if someone in
your family had bypass in their 60s, it's not as much of an inherited risk-
but let's say my father was 45,then that would increase my risk. OF course,
diet back then was different and people ate more fat, but some congenital
heart conditions aren't only about fitness or smoking.

05-08-2004, 09:04 AM

"Chris" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:Hm6nc.108871$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com...
> I'm curious- I know heart disease isn't always for the unhealthy but I
> wonder if you know what caused yours? If you were doing sprint marathons
I
> would assume you were in great shape right?
>
> Thanks

Sometimes it's congenital and fitness has nothing to do with it, except that
it may slow down the disese. I'm assuming chris isn't that old, so it sounds
like something that runs in the family. My father was never overweight, he
exercised, and hadn't smoked in 35 years, but he had bypass in his 60s. And
his sister, mother and aunt all had the same thing.They were all thin, and
non smokers, although my great aunt had been a smoker long ago. ANd all had
bypass! Needless to say, it concerns me that someday I'll have the same
thing so I check the cholesterol. But the way I understand it, if someone in
your family had bypass in their 60s, it's not as much of an inherited risk-
but let's say my father was 45,then that would increase my risk. OF course,
diet back then was different and people ate more fat, but some congenital
heart conditions aren't only about fitness or smoking.

05-08-2004, 09:04 AM

"Chris" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:Hm6nc.108871$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com...
> I'm curious- I know heart disease isn't always for the unhealthy but I
> wonder if you know what caused yours? If you were doing sprint marathons
I
> would assume you were in great shape right?
>
> Thanks

Sometimes it's congenital and fitness has nothing to do with it, except that
it may slow down the disese. I'm assuming chris isn't that old, so it sounds
like something that runs in the family. My father was never overweight, he
exercised, and hadn't smoked in 35 years, but he had bypass in his 60s. And
his sister, mother and aunt all had the same thing.They were all thin, and
non smokers, although my great aunt had been a smoker long ago. ANd all had
bypass! Needless to say, it concerns me that someday I'll have the same
thing so I check the cholesterol. But the way I understand it, if someone in
your family had bypass in their 60s, it's not as much of an inherited risk-
but let's say my father was 45,then that would increase my risk. OF course,
diet back then was different and people ate more fat, but some congenital
heart conditions aren't only about fitness or smoking.