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Post by A Source (aka Angry Badger) on Feb 24, 2024 13:29:50 GMT
Unrelated conditions. His incident at the play off was atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart beat. Well over a million people in the UK have it and it's no indication of an impending cardiac arrest. Incident at Bournemouth was a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) so the heart just stops. Not a heart attack - which can lead to CA - which the press keep misreporting. Atrial Fibrillation is associated with a sudden cardiac arrest though. I think they are connected. That would have been covered by tests, standard procedure not something you'd need to go private for. I joined a running group for people that had heart conditions. Met up once a year for a run and some consultants joined in. Scared the crap out of the St John's volunteers but we'd all been given the all clear. Only SCA survivors had ICDs. Various meds for everything else |
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Feb 24, 2024 14:10:06 GMT
What I don't get is why did Lockyer have a recording device put in May but not a device that would kick in when his heart stopped? My gut feeling is he has gone through private health care and they didn't provide this in May to save money. I could be completely wrong though. I would love to hear from a medical profession their thoughts on this on here? BBC report says: He has since had a device fitted, described as an in-built defibrillator, which would automatically shock his heart if required and joked he "almost felt invincible". Cannot see him playing again, not with a defibrillator fitted, that would be foolhardy IMO |
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Feb 24, 2024 14:16:39 GMT
He is spot on, you do not remember anything of the incident. Mine was a little different in that I had a heart attack and did not lose consciousness but I had no memory of it and only found out, some 8 years later when in hospital for something else and was asked when I had my attack. I only remember thinking I had chronic heartburn on that day. I hope he now picks a nice role and retires in relative safety. He had nothing to prove and is well loved |
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Post by A Source (aka Angry Badger) on Feb 24, 2024 14:16:46 GMT
BBC report says: He has since had a device fitted, described as an in-built defibrillator, which would automatically shock his heart if required and joked he "almost felt invincible". Cannot see him playing again, not with a defibrillator fitted, that would be foolhardy IMO Eriksen has one. Really depends on the advice. I don't know how robust the ICDs are. |
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Feb 24, 2024 14:19:40 GMT
What I don't get is why did Lockyer have a recording device put in May but not a device that would kick in when his heart stopped? My gut feeling is he has gone through private health care and they didn't provide this in May to save money. I could be completely wrong though. I would love to hear from a medical profession their thoughts on this on here? Unfortunately this is standard procedure in the first instance. You would have to have private healthcare to bypass this |
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Feb 24, 2024 14:24:08 GMT
Unrelated conditions. His incident at the play off was atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart beat. Well over a million people in the UK have it and it's no indication of an impending cardiac arrest. Incident at Bournemouth was a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) so the heart just stops. Not a heart attack - which can lead to CA - which the press keep misreporting. Atrial Fibrillation is associated with a sudden cardiac arrest though. I think they are connected. The specialists call AF and SVT benign conditions yet both can be life threatening. It’s a bit of a lottery GGMI and waiting lists are horrendous given the rise in these conditions. I have my own theory but will leave that out of this |
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Feb 24, 2024 14:25:53 GMT
Atrial Fibrillation is associated with a sudden cardiac arrest though. I think they are connected. That would have been covered by tests, standard procedure not something you'd need to go private for. I joined a running group for people that had heart conditions. Met up once a year for a run and some consultants joined in. Scared the crap out of the St John's volunteers but we'd all been given the all clear. Only SCA survivors had ICDs. Various meds for everything else Verapamil in my case |
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Post by A Source (aka Angry Badger) on Feb 24, 2024 14:35:37 GMT
What I don't get is why did Lockyer have a recording device put in May but not a device that would kick in when his heart stopped? My gut feeling is he has gone through private health care and they didn't provide this in May to save money. I could be completely wrong though. I would love to hear from a medical profession their thoughts on this on here? Unfortunately this is standard procedure in the first instance. You would have to have private healthcare to bypass this Would have thought Tom's healthcare would be covered. The fact he never had an ICD post Afib pretty much confirms the medical experts view. Highly likely they had an MDT (multi-disciplinary team meeting) where all the experts get together to discuss best practice. I have an MDT team for M.S. and previously one for heart issues, both NHS In short, he didn't have one as the privately paid consultants (educated assumption) didn't think he needed it. (Personally I only got good advice when The MDTs got together) |
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Post by bidefordgas on Mar 13, 2024 20:08:25 GMT
Emotional scenes at Bournemouth tonight with Tom out on the pitch being applauded by both sets of fans and him thanking the paramedics who saved his life.
No doubt someone can post the link from Sky sports match commentary.
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Post by warehamgas on Mar 13, 2024 20:30:31 GMT
Good to him again. Luton actually worse than us at defending Not tonight they aren't. But AFCB are. Tom had a great reception from all the crowd tonight. UTG! |
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Post by socrates on Mar 13, 2024 20:38:16 GMT
There’s a podcast called the rest is football on u tube he was on that the other day.
Worth checking out.
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Post by warehamgas on Mar 13, 2024 22:30:44 GMT
After that match I hope Tom is ok. The second half was enough to give any Luton fan a heart attack. Great game but Luton distraught at the end. But well done AFCB.
UTG!
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