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Thu, 07/10/2008 - 3:31am by Aaron
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7/3 Update
Craig has some updates to his blog: sneaking in some rides, getting sick, and finally getting his operation.
Craig
Cook left New York last year to attend the Princeton School of
Architecture. Craig visited a cardiologist after a particularly
listless race followed by a few days of mysterious arrhythmia. He
discovered that he had Ventricular Tachycardia, a potentially fatal
heart anomaly. Here's the note we got from Craig:
As
you may or may not have heard I've been in and out of the hospital with
some crazy cardiac shit. After this last visit I decided to start a
blog. I've run into a number of cyclists with mysterious arrythmias,
local and abroad, and figured I'd add to the collective info pool with
my own story. Please post as you see fit. I am planning to eventually
write the story in feature form at some point.
Best,
craig
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Hope you're doing well, Craig. Do you remember Jim Mohan from back in the day? ChemBank? He struggled with what sounds like something very similar, for years. One day his cardiologist mentioned a new, non-invasive procedure (this was in '98 or so) that used catheters to get to the, ehem, heart of the problem. He hasn't had an episode since and at 40 years-old has been tearing up NRC and US Crit Series races. You can find him on Facebook if you want to hear more. Be well!
I Wish you All the best & i know you'll be fine in no time...yea keep that Chin up higher
keep your chin up dude.
and you recover soon.
At least it's been officially proven, that yes, you do have a heart...
You are tougher than a two dollar steak.
You will be fine. Call me when you get back to town.
Thanks, everyone, for reading, and for your good wishes (I particularly like the Gitmo comment, that's going in the book...) I'l try to update with new developments...
very sorry to hear this but thankful that you were able to deal with this in a timely manner.
Hope you are feeling better! And for sharing, as it is a wake up call for us all to get checked out. Hope you are out of the woods, so to speak, and can lead normal healthy activity soon...
;)
Maybe an article of Bicycling or other velo-rag...???
chapeau et courage mon frere!
i hope you get better soon craig
hope you can recover well
Hopefully you get better soon man, all the best wishes.
looks like a pop tart or french toast tatoo!
Hang in there Craig!
good luck with this Craig. Sending well wishes your way.
I was just diagnosed with the type of tachycardia that Julich had and will soon experience the joys of radio-frequency ablation myself. I really hope they can fix you up soon and for good. Best, Lise
Hope you get well soon Craig.
We are so sorry this is happening to you. Please let us know if there is anything we can do. Much Love, Dara, David, Jonah and Ariella
sorry to hear this, but sounds like you caught it in time. Hope you have recovery like Lance did.
Seems like the worst shit happens to the nicest guys. Hope your world gets a lot better soon, Craig.
best wishes
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