Man climbs after 100th Hike

[Trinalovescats]

Not sure if anyone heard about this,but I got excited when I heard this man.Had his 100th hike after having AVR in April.He was greeted at the bottom by his surgeon.

 

[almost_hectic]

Thats awesome

 

[pellicle]

Not sure if anyone heard about this,but I got excited when I heard this man.Had his 100th hike after having AVR in April.He was greeted at the bottom by his surgeon.

I suggest you read this post too:

http://www.valvereplacement.org/foru...582-mt-everest

A newcomer in another thread questioned whether having a mechanical valve and being on Warfarin would affect one's ability to go camping, mountain climbing, sailing etc.
Now, those of us that are on ACT know that we can do anything we want to do, as long as we are sensible (even if you are not on ACT you should be sensible when skydiving, mountain climbing etc and take the correct safety gear etc).
Someone else mentioned a story about a woman with a St Jude's valve who climbed Mt Everest - I remember reading about it at the time, and have gone back and found an article about it. Not sure if it has been posted here before, but anyway here it is.

http://www.sjm.com/assets/successsto...icle_0507.html


I decided to start a new thread here as I think Alerion's thread in the Pre-Surgery forum has done its dash. If newcomers are GENUINELY interested in finding out about ACT they'll come to this part of the forum and ask reasonable questions.


Bridgette

also at: this link

[FONT=&quot]When I was 23 I was diagnosed with aortic valve [/FONT]disease[FONT=&quot], which meant that one of the four valves controlling the flow of blood to my heart was failing to function properly. During the 1990s my condition began to worsen, and mountain climbing became more difficult. By the late 1990s even climbing stairs was exhausting. So in 1997, at age 46, I underwent heart valve replacement [/FONT]surgery[FONT=&quot] and received a mechanical heart valve. Five weeks later I was back climbing mountains with a new determination. In my previous attempts to reach the peak of Everest, it wasn't my mechanical heart valve that held me back: twice it was the altitude and illness, and twice the weather conditions forced me to give up on my quest for the peak. Each time, though, I was able to take something important with me from my trip.[/FONT]

Enjoy your life

 

[Agian]

When does 'no restrictions' mean no restrictions, post op? Flying in planes etc etc.

 

[pellicle]

When does 'no restrictions' mean no restrictions, post op? Flying in planes etc etc.

and what does it even mean?

"you can dive into molten lava and swim"??

After my sugeries and after the 3 month point the surgeons have more or less said the only restrictions I had were to not get into competitive sport.

By this they meant state and national titles of stuff (like Aikido)

 

[Mellyouttaphase]

I really enjoy stories of other valve replacement recipients getting out there and doing totally rad things because it reminds me that I can absolutely continue to live my life as I did before - to the fullest