No more Sani2C for me

[Gate closer]

Please excuse this whine but I need to get this off my chest. I will not be riding my third Sani2C this year due to medical issues and I would like everyone to learn from this as well.

 

On Sunday my partner for the Sani who is the character that got me into cycling in the first place where cycling at Modders as part of our training for the Sani. This is not our first ride in preparation as I have suffered enough on day two before. After the ride as one does we went to the restaurant for coffe and something to eat. While having a bite I asked the question which side does a heart attack start on as I felt uncomfortable but laughed it off as indigestion.

 

Fast forward 45 minutes while busy unloading my car I felt dizzy and thinking that this is a bit unusual called the significant other to come and help. Problem with calling her was I could hardly talk and was slurring words like a drunkard. Rushed to Union Hospital where the doctor on duty knew what he was talking about and convinced me that an MRI was required and had bloods drawn to check for a heart attack.

 

Prognosis was a "mini stroke" caused by a plaque that came loose of the walls of a vein near the heart that had narrowed by 60 %. Please excuse the lack of medical terms. I have had an angiogram conducted and stent put in. Very fortunate that there was no lasting damage to the brain(what little I've got).

 

I believed I had got myself into decent shape over the last almost four years I have been cycling and did not expect this blindside. The lesson for me is, do not take your health for granted and if in doubt get it checked regardless of how small, I doubt I would have survived if this had it happened deep in the Umkomaas where I am normally bleeding through my eyes.

[cat-i]

Oh no!!!!

 

Hope you feel better soon ... and   for being alive still ...

[Sepia]

My turn can't be far off? (touching wood)

Glad you are able to write this and give a heads up.

Always good to be reminded how lucky we are and not to take things for granted.

All the strength to you!

[popcorn_skollie]

You're right. It can happen to the best of us...

Speedy recovery boet.

[Eddy Gordo]

Eish, i can relay, heal up soon!

[DIPSLICK]

If I may ask, your age??

Heal up

[SwissVan]

There will be another Sani2C next year, thumbs up for realizing something was going wrong and getting help.

 

Same sort of thing has happened to 2 of my friends in the last couple of months.

 

One survived , he was 49yrs old very fit....felt funny pains and things and went to the local hospital where he had a heart attack and had to be resuscitated. 

 

The other 56yrs not so fit, smoker etc... sadly did not survive, also felt weird dizzy etc and put it down to flu or something, went to lie down and never woke.

[lechatnoir]

Wishing you a speedy recovery. scary stuff. glad you caught it and were able to get care and attention.

[DIPSLICK]

I'm no dr but going on mates and friends of mates

normally 34-45 range people are normally caught with strokes and heart attacks because we still think we bullet proof and they haven't picked up on the little signs and they go unnoticed and undiagnosed

Once it's picked up and people go on chronic medication or lifestyle changes things change

But just like that life happens

[SwissVan]

I'm no dr but going on mates and friends of mates

normally 34-45 range people are normally caught with strokes and heart attacks because we still think we bullet proof and they haven't picked up on the little signs and they go unnoticed and undiagnosed

Once it's picked up and people go on chronic medication or lifestyle changes things change

But just like that life happens

 

Yeah life...

Late teens and early 20's  = going to engagements

Late 20's - 30's                  = weddings and baby showers

Mid 30's - early 40's          = Living the good times

Mid 40's ->                        = Funerals start

 

Luckily we don't live in the middle ages....

[V12man]

Moral of the story - go for regular exercise stress tests conducted by a good cardiologist - from age 30 at least every 5 years and from 50 every 2 years - more often if you are in a high risk group or have documented concerns.

 

Just like prostate issues - early diagnosis is the best predictor of a good outcome.

[DIPSLICK]

Moral of the story - go for regular exercise stress tests conducted by a good cardiologist - from age 30 at least every 5 years and from 50 every 2 years - more often if you are in a high risk group or have documented concerns.

Just like prostate issues - early diagnosis is the best predictor of a good outcome.

Again straight to the anal examination,,,,,you and fondness recommending the dreaded finger examination,

 

HUBBER : I got a head ache V12: prostate examination

HUBBER : I get numb hands. V12: prostrate examination

HUBBER : I got sun burnt. V12: prostate examination

 

JUST SAYING

[Skubarra]

Gate Closer - Thanks for sharing. Had a similar(but not as serious) experience 2 years ago and yes, the value of having the ability to experience races and having good health is something you only appreciate when you lie in a hospital bed having lost it.

 

I do hope that you will recover in time and as others said, next year there is another Sani2C!

[Edition 507]

Health is your biggest asset. The older you get the more you need to protect it, enjoy it, cherish it (and have a prostate examination even three months!).

[hayleyearth]

Again straight to the anal examination,,,,,you and fondness recommending the dreaded finger examination,

 

HUBBER : I got a head ache V12: prostate examination

HUBBER : I get numb hands. V12: prostrate examination

HUBBER : I got sun burnt. V12: prostate examination

 

JUST SAYING

 

Thank goodness he has never told me that....  

[hayleyearth]

It sucks that it happened but like you mentioned how it all happened is lucky and it could have been in the middle of no where... some advice maybe, thinking from another side is that I know you went through it, but also did your other half.

 

After my mom went through something similar with my dad a couple of years back, I notice for A LONG time after that how that incident affected her too (jumping every time with anxiousness when my dad called her). Maybe talk about it to her.

 

Good luck with the process.