A Happy Ending. Heartfelt thanks Please read.

[widowmaker]

Re:

I didn't even know this had happened to you :shock:

Glad you are ok !!!!

 

[The History Man]

All under control. Thanks though.

Anybody help out with the AF issue?

I ride with a monitor/strap now with prescribed limit of 140ish bpm. Not sure if this would be a good indicator/monitor for AF given the nature of it.

 

[widowmaker]

Re:

I do a couple of BHF rides a year, so a good cause.

Doing the Oxford to Cambridge in September if I can source some new knees

 

[mattr]

If you have a look on singletrackworld for a user called "ton", you should be able to find some significant threads he's started about his ongoing/long term af issues.

Think it's fixed now.

 

[Oldaircool]

Thanks

 

[twain]

scary to think this is a [likely] result of your actions as a young'un. these things arent ever in the forefront of a teenagers mind....
glad to see you're rehabilitating and that the bike is still playing its part

makes you think how finely tuned an instrument the body is and that abusing it just throws in a whole lottery of potential catastrophies that lurk for years, then all of a sudden...

 

[TGR]

A year!

Unbelievable how quickly time passes. Good to see you are still kicking about with many more years left in you.

Richard

 

[M-Power]

Hi all, sorry I've come late to this. Incredible stories, mostly with happy endings. Heartwarming. If I may now be a little selfish.........think I've got Atrial Fibrilation. Been complaining of an irregular heartbeat for years, Docs never caught it and they said if I have a problem then I wouldn't be able to cycle as much as I could. Anyway, after a couple of long haul trips with work, I was exhausted and had a major 'episode'........long story short I had a high speed trip to my bathroom floor and my first ever ride in an ambulance. The docs have now recorded this AF. It comes and goes and TBH I feel fine now, my question is, is there anyone on here that has AF? How does it affect your riding?

A friend of mine had a similar experience to you a few months back. Had a pacemaker fitted in his leg and was banned from driving for 6 mths. He rides his new bike everywhere now and is as happy as ever. It's obviously a pita having his wife drive him about the rest of the time. I suffer from occasional AF myself. Had it really bad when I started using Regaine :shock: Stopped and now use natural products, obviously not as effective but no point having more hair in a cemetary.

 

[Oldaircool]

Thanks

 

[The History Man]

Another year has passed. Still here. Riding, being careful, always using a monitor, gaining weight, not eating as healthily as i should.

But still here. let this be a lesson/warning/reminder to you all.

Thanks THM