Video- New Zealand athlete

[Kaz747]

Interesting video about a New Zealand Olympian who had AF who was ‘fixed’ with an ablation.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=E8WUy...(Not working as expected?)

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Thanks for sharing Kaz, very moving but stimulating video.......

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Tip top post Kaz,

[Marytew]

Really good post, thank you.

[chrisfellrunner]

Thanks for that Kaz, I'm a fell runner who has just had my first ablation so it's re-assuring to hear of other sports people who have had successful treatments. I guess I'll find out in the coming months if mine has been successful or not as I start to do exercise (moderate not Olympian style!) again.

[Kaz747 in reply to chrisfellrunner]

I’d like to think that my arrhythmias are because I was an elite athlete ..... but nah, I don’t think being Champion Girl in Year 7 at the school sports carnival is in the same league as the Olympics 🥇🏆🥇 😂😂😂

[chrisfellrunner in reply to Kaz747]

Me too Kaz, they only things I ever won were the School X/C one year and as an adult the egg-throwing !

[flecathletics in reply to chrisfellrunner]

I too am/was a fellrunner. I have had two ablations for atrial flutter in June 2018 and March 2019 - I've been back to steady running quite quickly after each procedure but have found it very hard to run up gradients, I've been sticking to parkruns which give me a good measure of where I'm up to - I'm now down to the 22 minute mark for 5K. I ran my first (steady) fell race for nearly two years last month on Dartmoor and am summoning up the nerve to do more hills.

[Kaz747 in reply to flecathletics]

I find walking up hills hard enough nowadays, let alone running up them. My heart is finally behaving better than it has in a couple of years so I’m sticking to fast(ish) walking rather running. I don’t want another year from hell 😜

[chrisfellrunner in reply to flecathletics]

Good to meet kindred spirits you two. I live in the Lake District so not doing hills is pretty difficult! Both my cases of persistent AF + Flutter have been triggered in races (a fell race and a Park Run) so I'm happy to get back to a point where I run again for lifestyle benefits and socially rather than racing if necessary. I'm 54yrs old and 22mins is about where I used to be too on the Park Runs (there a bit flat for me but were good training!).There's no doubt that hills place an extra strain on the heart, I wear a HRM all the time now and even walking it's quite revealing how quickly the bpm goes up with the slightest gradient.

[Kaz747 in reply to chrisfellrunner]

I love the Lake District. I live in Western Australia and it’s pretty flat where we live so not too many hills. I’m 55 so we are a similar vintage.

[KMRobbo]

BRILLIANT! Kept on rowing then !

[Slim2018]

What a lovely video...especially as that’s the hospital my youngest daughter was in for nine weeks at the end of her period as a medical student before coming back to qualify and now be a doctor at Papworth. There is another Spire or BUPA video featuring an English gold medal rower similarly “blessed” with AFib. My consultant recommended the “Haywire Hear” very interesting about elite athletes and AFib...I am sure he wasn’t confusing me with an elite athlete, though in the dark with your eyes closed.....