Medical Status of Boardmembers

[Tubberman]

Keep up the recovery and the spirits BH, sounds like you're doing great.
For what it's worth, my father-in-law had a quadruple bypass about 10 years ago and he's flying fit - still going all over the country and further afield to football matches, and a couple of foreign holidays a year.
Still working full time (although probably retiring this year).

[J70]

I admire your perseverance, stamina and determination BH. It can't be easy, on either yourself or your family, dealing with a major op like that after what you've been through. As others have said, people live long and full lives after major heart ailments.

It was a relatively minor fix for me, but like you I had an asymptomatic heart "event" about 15 years ago (family has history). Only discovered after the fact during a routine work physical when the EKG came up abnormal. Luckily the damage was minor and in a small area, and no blockages in the "widow maker" or other major cardiac artery. It was a shock as I was young for something like that, but you just have to deal with it, adjust and adapt. Aside from medication, check ups, trying (often in vain) to watch the diet and making sure to stay active, not much has changed.

[AustinPowers]

Has anyone had this stomach flu/bug that's  been going around?

I'm assuming it's  what I have.

No vomiting, just coming out  frequently  the other  end . Stomach cramps, and plenty of gurgling going on. Burps smell like rotten eggs still

I  haven't had a stomach bug  since I was a youngster , so I'm sort of new to this type of thing .

Christ almighty,  for 2 days now it's  been rough . Just taking the flat coke and  dry toast mainly although I don't  feel like eating at all most of the time

Anyone any experience of this?

[ONeill]

No, i think it's just you. Have never heard of that.

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Co worker of wife reporting similar Austin

Don't know about you but good red out will do this one no harm

[DrinkingHarp]

Has anyone had this stomach flu/bug that's  been going around?

I'm assuming it's  what I have.

No vomiting, just coming out  frequently  the other  end . Stomach cramps, and plenty of gurgling going on. Burps smell like rotten eggs still

I  haven't had a stomach bug  since I was a youngster , so I'm sort of new to this type of thing .

Christ almighty,  for 2 days now it's  been rough . Just taking the flat coke and  dry toast mainly although I don't  feel like eating at all most of the time

Anyone any experience of this?

Sounds like Norovirus, had it about a month ago and it lasted about 8 days.
Make sure you drink plenty of clear fluids, electrolytes will help.


Now I am just getting over the Flu, this has lasted about two weeks.

[AustinPowers]

Has anyone had this stomach flu/bug that's  been going around?

I'm assuming it's  what I have.

No vomiting, just coming out  frequently  the other  end . Stomach cramps, and plenty of gurgling going on. Burps smell like rotten eggs still

I  haven't had a stomach bug  since I was a youngster , so I'm sort of new to this type of thing .

Christ almighty,  for 2 days now it's  been rough . Just taking the flat coke and  dry toast mainly although I don't  feel like eating at all most of the time

Anyone any experience of this?

Sounds like Norovirus, had it about a month ago and it lasted about 8 days.
Make sure you drink plenty of clear fluids, electrolytes will help.

Hmmm,  could be. A number of people I've heard have had similar since  early/mid January. I'd say it's  probably contagious but not everyone in all  the houses ended up with it

Day 4 now.

 Had a rough night . Don't feel just as bad now , so hopefully that's the  worst of  it over. Friggin he'll,  but it's  been knackering

[Last Man]

This is a thought provoking listen for those with even a passing interest in health.

https://napc.co.uk/metabolic-health-podcast/

[Ball Hopper]

Well folks, I'm two full weeks into cardio rehab and things are going reasonably well.  Starting at Level Zero, they were able to pinpoint a few things that resulted in tablet changes, so I'm just past being "baselined" for exercise at this stage.

I spend 20 minutes on each of two machines for a 40-minute workout.  I'm hooked up to EKG monitor via battery pack to the nurses station, add in pre- and post- blood pressure reads, glucose monitoring and there doesn't seem to be any chance of me doing too much and causing damage.

Work my way up the intensity levels, now that I am doing the full 20 mins at the lowest level, is the path forward.  Each workout doesn't leave me worn out, just get to the appropriate heart rate and hold it there - I certainly feel like I could do more, but that might have very adverse outcomes. 

By the way, we use MET (Metabolic EquivalenT) Levels of common recreational activities to monitor progress.  The attached pdf file explains it reasonably well.  Target for a beneficial exercise regime is at least 500 MET minutes per week, so walking 3 miles in an hour gets 3.3 MET times 60 minutes = 198 MET mins, so doing that 3 times a week would be comfortably above the 500 target.  Obviously, the closer to 1000 MET mins, the more effective the exercise regimen. There is no exercise equivalent for being a junior B corner back, as punishment dished out is not exercise it seems.

It's interesting reading...although it doesn't take age into account.

https://media.hypersites.com/clients/1235/filemanager/MHC/METs.pdf

Colon issues have improved as well...maybe everything got reset with the heart surgery, but I'm almost predictable again (in a range of 3 bathroom visits between 7 and 10 pm every day.  Full nights of sleep is priceless.

All in all, I'm very pleased with where I am and look forward to another two months of cardio rehab.  It also seems that walking up hills at a good pace to make you huff and puff a good bit is probably one of the better things you can do for your heart that is achievable by those of us past our playing days.

I'll update again nearer the end of the rehab schedule, which is early May.

 

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Good man Ballhopper

[Rossfan]

Best of of luck  with it all.

[Jeepers Creepers]

Good man BH !!