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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Stent Grafts 
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Current Postings on This Page (14): • Hi folks,what would you advise Larry to do about training with his life-threatening cardiovascular challenges? He still wants to complete an Ironman. For my advice to Larry, see my blog post on the subject: http://goo.gl/04fFg All input to Larry would really be appreciated by myself and Larry (I am sure!).-k aka @FitOldDog • Hi folks,Well life continues, thanks to my Cook Zenith AAA-stent graft, with my aneurysm going from it's original 6.9 cm, to 5.0 cm last year, to 3.8 last week, and NO ENDOLEAKS. I am now busy training for the Lake Placid Ironman, which I completed last year very carefully, but this year I hope for a sub-13 hr, but you get what you get in IM races. Don't be a prisoner of your aorta (or heart, or whatever), Kind Regards, Kevin -- aka @FitOldDog on Twitter • Hey (Burt), (what a lovely fall day in North Carolina, that my stent permits me to enjoy!), I come here to talk to myself, and I love it. I think that Burt looks in to see that I am ok, from time to time, which always feels good when I think about it. Saw his Tweet today, which reminded me to come to this nice calm place. I feel as though I have a small home at Angioplasty.Org. Even though it is not a busy place this site has potential value as it is not Facebook Format, which left-brained people (like myself) find somewhat discombobulating. I recently posted an article on my blog, of interest to Angioplasty.Org as it relates to risk-benefit considerations. Here is the link: http://goo.gl/pboU8-k @FitOldDog • Hi folks,Haven't been back here to talk to myself for a while, but as I am writing my training manual for people with health challenges, including aging, I remember my neglect. Nothing much to add that isn't on my blog, to which I post something every day at 6:00 am. I have a target date for my manual of September 24th. I must add that I did complete the Lake Placid Ironman race in July, and I think that I was the first person in the world to complete an Ironman with and AAA-stent graft http://goo.gl/Htz8s (though I don't think anyone noticed, which is good because it makes me feel normal again). Thanks again to Bert for keeping this going. I'll make a note here when I finally redesign my new website (http://olddogsintraining.com) and the product is available. Have my old coach back, and I hope to do a sub-13 hour IM next year in Lake Placid, and my training is just about to ramp up. Never give up. You can also follow me on Twitter @FitOldDog. Bye, and have a fun life - it's all too brief. Kevin • Hi folks. Firstly, thanks Burt for exposing
my blog some more. Much appreciated. Secondly, I want to tell you about
an interesting new book, by Benjamin Carey, on his experiences with a
thoracic
aortic aneurysm. His journey is told in detail in a most interesting way.
I have written a brief review on my latest blog post (at http://athletewithstent.com/2011/04/12/great-first-book-great-first-marathon-great-first-open-heart-surgery-book-review-barefoot-in-november/)
and his book can be found on his blog (at http://www.heartosaurus.com/p/barefoot-in-november.html).
Definitely
worth reading, and he seems like quite a guy.Cheers, Kevin • Good for you Kevin and we always look forward
to your posts. I actually just mentioned you in a
blog post about the Medtronic
Global Heroes Marathon. Unfortunately, AAA stent graft patients are not yet
eligible -- but I guess they don;t know about you yet!! • Hi! Folks,Well! I am still blogging, and I finally
found one other endurance athlete with an abdominal aortic aneurysm, Pauline,
a runner in Canada. It has
been great to have someone to talk to about my hopes and fears. Take a look at
Pauline has to say in the comment section of my blog:http://athletewithstent.comTalking
(well e-talking) actually helps a lot.It turns out that there is a Facebook AAA
Forum that Pauline co-runs, at:http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2283898552.
I
am finally back in serious Ironman training with a new coach, having traversed
a 'stent-induced' state of severe hypertension. Pauline calls these things 'perturbations!'
I like that! Enjoy each day! Cheers, Kevin • Hi! Folks, Well! Firstly, thank you Burt for
your encouragement. If you have a stent of any kind, encouragement is
what you
need. Following my aortic surgery I had to navigate a sequence of psychological
challenges, none of which were mentioned when I was discharged from the
hospital, even though I had a great team who clearly saved me from an
untimely death. This is not a criticism, but a statement of fact. My recovery
journey
went from (a) euphoria (I'm alive and I have this great stent to help
me live longer and I am high on Versed!), through (b) post-surgical depression
(which felt physiological, and for which I was well prepared having read
'It's Not About The Bike' by Lance Armstrong, but it was still horrible
and I felt as though I might never do an Ironman race again, or live
long
enough to see my great grandchildren grow up [my oldest grandchild is
15 so it won't be long!]), into (c) a fairly extended state of fear (thoughts
of metal fatigue due to high cadence bike work, clots putting me in a
wheel
chair, or renal failure), into (d) my current early acceptance and contentment.
We have two choices, enjoy the journey or waste this wonderful life.
Love, Kevin Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, January 6, 2011 • Hi! Folks,It turns out that writing my AAA-stent
blog (http://athletewithstent.com)
has been extremely therapeutic for me over the last few months. What is more,
I have learned a great deal about negotiating cyberspace and the problems of
dealing with spam and hackers. Interesting stuff. I was wondering if anyone was
familiar with the site http://www.cardiacathletes.org/, as it appears to contain
some really interesting articles. I plan to keep blogging, and maybe, one day
I'll find some more people with and AAA-stent who wish to train. Please let me
know if you meet one!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Old Dog • Hi! Folks, my blog is now at http://athletewithstent.com,
because I just could not get the GoDaddy redirect function to work. Sorry
about
any inconvenience. Cheers, Kevin • Hi! Folks,Still haven't found one athlete with
an AAA-stent, other than myself. I bet there is one. Let's see how
my stent handles the Kiawah marathon
in a few weeks? Cheers,Kevin • Hi Kevin -- Congratulations on your blog!! We
thought you might be interested in this video clip that accompanied
a news release from
2008. The news release was about Medtronic gaining FDA approval for
a AAA stent graft. But the video clip is from a documentary we made a
few years earlier, called "Vascular
Pioneers: Evolution of a Specialty" --
the clip tells the story of the first AAA stent graft
-- invented by Argentinian surgeon Juan Parodi who was helped by fellow
Argentinian Julio Palmaz, the man who co-invented the first coronary
stent. Here's the link: http://www.ptca.org/news/2008/0416_MEDTRONIC.html • Hi! Folks. Being a 67-year-old athlete with
a brand new abdominal aortic stent, and wishing to keep up my Ironman
training and, having found
little in the way of useful information on the web on how to train safely
with such a stent, I decided to create a blog for athletes with stents
(being unaware of your site!). My blog is at http://blog.athletewithstent.com.
There are some issues that are "stent location specific", whilst
others are not, and the contrasts are interesting. I was hoping to use
your Forum to find others with AAA stents, and I would also like to suggest
that the AAA stent and coronary stent communities might have useful things
to say to each other. Thus the request to create the AAA stent group within
your coronary forum. Cheers. |
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