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Here’s a note from Craig Cook, who left New York last year to attend the Princeton School of Architecture. Craig visited a cardiologist after a particularly listless race followed by days of mysterious arrhythmia, and discovered that he has Ventricular Tachycardia, a potentially fatal heart anomaly.Â
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
best wishes
Seems like the worst shit happens to the nicest guys. Hope your world gets a lot better soon, Craig.
sorry to hear this, but sounds like you caught it in time. Hope you have recovery like Lance did.
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
Hope you get well soon Craig.
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
good luck with this Craig. Sending well wishes your way.
looks like a pop tart or french toast tatoo!
Hang in there Craig!
Hopefully you get better soon man, all the best wishes.
hope you can recover well
i hope you get better soon craig
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!
very sorry to hear this but thankful that you were able to deal with this in a timely manner.
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…
You are tougher than a two dollar steak.
You will be fine. Call me when you get back to town.
At least it’s been officially proven, that yes, you do have a heart…
and you recover soon.
keep your chin up dude.
I Wish you All the best & i know you’ll be fine in no time…yea keep that Chin up higher
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!
get well
WTFC?
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!
keep your chin up dude.
I Wish you All the best & i know you’ll be fine in no time…yea keep that Chin up higher
and you recover soon.
You are tougher than a two dollar steak.
You will be fine. Call me when you get back to town.
At least it’s been officially proven, that yes, you do have a heart…
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.
i hope you get better soon craig
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!
hope you can recover well
Hopefully you get better soon man, all the best wishes.
good luck with this Craig. Sending well wishes your way.
looks like a pop tart or french toast tatoo!
Hang in there Craig!
Hope you get well soon Craig.
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
Seems like the worst shit happens to the nicest guys. Hope your world gets a lot better soon, Craig.
sorry to hear this, but sounds like you caught it in time. Hope you have recovery like Lance did.
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
best wishes