Craig Cook’s V-Tach Blog

by Andy Shen

Defibrillator implanted.

Click on the link below for Craig’s latest entry.

1/15 Update

Craig has endured many hellish procedures, but has finally been cleared to start exercising again. Read about it here.

7/31 Update

Craig gets his ICD implant, an “Internal Cardioverter-Defibrillator”. As a bonus there’s a picture of younger Craig sporting what appears to be a mullet.


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

 

http://v-tach.blogspot.com/

43 Comments

Anonymous

Seems like the worst shit happens to the nicest guys. Hope your world gets a lot better soon, Craig.

mihael

sorry to hear this, but sounds like you caught it in time. Hope you have recovery like Lance did.

Dara

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

Lise

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

David Jordan

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!

Jon Hicks

very sorry to hear this but thankful that you were able to deal with this in a timely manner.

craig cook

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…

campocat

You are tougher than a two dollar steak.
You will be fine. Call me when you get back to town.

Darren

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!

Jon Hicks

very sorry to hear this but thankful that you were able to deal with this in a timely manner.

craig cook

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…

campocat

You are tougher than a two dollar steak.
You will be fine. Call me when you get back to town.

Darren

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!

David Jordan

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!

Lise

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

Anonymous

Seems like the worst shit happens to the nicest guys. Hope your world gets a lot better soon, Craig.

mihael

sorry to hear this, but sounds like you caught it in time. Hope you have recovery like Lance did.

Dara

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

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