Guest guest Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 In a message dated 5/23/2008 6:36:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, montereyunderwater@... writes: I took advantage of my vacations in Europe to have a heart check up. This is recommended at 40 for deep divers and my last check up was in the army about 17 years ago. I have dives below 400' planned for this season, so I decided to stop delaying and do it. I obviously mentioned I have cml and I am taking gleevec, so, beside dive related checks (like PFO), the dr checked for problems coming from the drug, slow heart (long qt interval) or congestion. I am very glad to report I got out of the visit with a perfectly clean bill of health and the dr's blessing for my deep diving He performed EKG and echography and everything was optimal. Marcos. -- Marcos Perreau Guimaraes Suppes Brain Lab Ventura Hall - CSLI Stanford University 220 Panama street Stanford CA 94305-4101 650 614 2305 650 630 5015 (cell) _marcospg@...@mar_ (mailto:marcospg@...) _montereyunderwater@montereyu_ (mailto:montereyunderwater@...) www.stanford.www.stanford.<WBR>e<_http://www.stanfordhttp://www.stanfh_ (http://www.stanford.edu/~marcospg/) > **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch " Cooking with Tyler Florence " on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4 & ?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 That is wonderful Marcos, truly wonderful. Now if you can just learn the rules of American Football! My best to you. Matt Florida Whose Nephew plays Football for Stanford In a message dated 5/23/2008 6:36:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, montereyunderwater@... writes: I took advantage of my vacations in Europe to have a heart check up. This is recommended at 40 for deep divers and my last check up was in the army about 17 years ago. I have dives below 400' planned for this season, so I decided to stop delaying and do it. I obviously mentioned I have cml and I am taking gleevec, so, beside dive related checks (like PFO), the dr checked for problems coming from the drug, slow heart (long qt interval) or congestion. I am very glad to report I got out of the visit with a perfectly clean bill of health and the dr's blessing for my deep diving He performed EKG and echography and everything was optimal. Marcos. -- Marcos Perreau Guimaraes Suppes Brain Lab Ventura Hall - CSLI Stanford University 220 Panama street Stanford CA 94305-4101 650 614 2305 650 630 5015 (cell) _marcospg@...@mar_ (mailto:marcospg@...) _montereyunderwater@montereyu_ (mailto:montereyunderwater@...) www.stanford.www.stanford.<WBR>e<_http://www.stanfordhttp://www.stanfh_ (http://www.stanford.edu/~marcospg/) > **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch " Cooking with Tyler Florence " on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4 & ?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 I took advantage of my vacations in Europe to have a heart check up. This is recommended at 40 for deep divers and my last check up was in the army about 17 years ago. I have dives below 400' planned for this season, so I decided to stop delaying and do it. I obviously mentioned I have cml and I am taking gleevec, so, beside dive related checks (like PFO), the dr checked for problems coming from the drug, slow heart (long qt interval) or congestion. I am very glad to report I got out of the visit with a perfectly clean bill of health and the dr's blessing for my deep diving He performed EKG and echography and everything was optimal. Marcos. -- Marcos Perreau Guimaraes Suppes Brain Lab Ventura Hall - CSLI Stanford University 220 Panama street Stanford CA 94305-4101 650 614 2305 650 630 5015 (cell) marcospg@... montereyunderwater@... www.stanford.edu/~marcospg/ <http://www.stanford.edu/%7Emarcospg/> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 That's wonderful Marcos! Congratulations. Tracey > > I took advantage of my vacations in Europe to have a heart check up. This is > recommended at 40 for deep divers and my last check up was in the army about > 17 years ago. I have dives below 400' planned for this season, so I decided > to stop delaying and do it. I obviously mentioned I have cml and I am taking > gleevec, so, beside dive related checks (like PFO), the dr checked for > problems coming from the drug, slow heart (long qt interval) or congestion. > I am very glad to report I got out of the visit with a perfectly clean bill > of health and the dr's blessing for my deep diving He performed EKG and > echography and everything was optimal. > Marcos. > -- > Marcos Perreau Guimaraes > Suppes Brain Lab > Ventura Hall - CSLI > Stanford University > 220 Panama street > Stanford CA 94305-4101 > 650 614 2305 > 650 630 5015 (cell) > marcospg@... > montereyunderwater@... > www.stanford.edu/~marcospg/ <http://www.stanford.edu/%7Emarcospg/> > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 G'day Marcus - that is great news, especially since there is some research going on about the long term affects of Glivec on the heart. Regards, Down Under _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Marcos Perreau Guimaraes Sent: Saturday, 24 May 2008 8:36 AM Subject: [ ] heart check up I took advantage of my vacations in Europe to have a heart check up. This is recommended at 40 for deep divers and my last check up was in the army about 17 years ago. I have dives below 400' planned for this season, so I decided to stop delaying and do it. I obviously mentioned I have cml and I am taking gleevec, so, beside dive related checks (like PFO), the dr checked for problems coming from the drug, slow heart (long qt interval) or congestion. I am very glad to report I got out of the visit with a perfectly clean bill of health and the dr's blessing for my deep diving He performed EKG and echography and everything was optimal. Marcos. -- Marcos Perreau Guimaraes Suppes Brain Lab Ventura Hall - CSLI Stanford University 220 Panama street Stanford CA 94305-4101 650 614 2305 650 630 5015 (cell) marcospgcsli (DOT) <mailto:marcospg%40csli.stanford.edu> stanford.edu montereyunderwater@ <mailto:montereyunderwater%40gmail.com> gmail.com www.stanford.edu/~marcospg/ <http://www.stanford <http://www.stanford.edu/%7Emarcospg/> .edu/%7Emarcospg/> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 Ah, so there is hope for you yet. My nephew is Number 1 in our hearts, but number 44 on the field. Congrats again on your goodreport. I think you know we all celebrate with you. With warm regards, Matt ville Florida Whose Nephew plays Football for Stanford In a message dated 5/26/2008 10:20:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, montereyunderwater@... writes: I am not going to start a football carrier now, I don't know much about the sport but at 180lbs, 6'2 I don't think I have the right size/weight ratio for that, I am not even a fast runner, unless we play in water. I always sucked at team sports anyway, even at water polo that I played a couple of years. But next time I get tickets to see the Cardinals when they play at home, I promise to go and watch it, with an indigenous buddy to explain what's going on What's the number of your nephew ? Marcos. **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch " Cooking with Tyler Florence " on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4 & ?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 I am not going to start a football carrier now, I don't know much about the sport but at 180lbs, 6'2 I don't think I have the right size/weight ratio for that, I am not even a fast runner, unless we play in water. I always sucked at team sports anyway, even at water polo that I played a couple of years. But next time I get tickets to see the Cardinals when they play at home, I promise to go and watch it, with an indigenous buddy to explain what's going on What's the number of your nephew ? Marcos. On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 7:17 PM, <mtmaynor@...> wrote: > > That is wonderful Marcos, truly wonderful. Now > if you can just learn the rules of American Football! > > My best to you. > > Matt > Florida > Whose Nephew plays Football for Stanford > > > In a message dated 5/23/2008 6:36:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > montereyunderwater@... <montereyunderwater%40gmail.com> writes: > > I took advantage of my vacations in Europe to have a heart check up. This > is > recommended at 40 for deep divers and my last check up was in the army > about > 17 years ago. I have dives below 400' planned for this season, so I decided > to stop delaying and do it. I obviously mentioned I have cml and I am > taking > gleevec, so, beside dive related checks (like PFO), the dr checked for > problems coming from the drug, slow heart (long qt interval) or congestion. > I am very glad to report I got out of the visit with a perfectly clean bill > of health and the dr's blessing for my deep diving He performed EKG and > echography and everything was optimal. > Marcos. > -- > Marcos Perreau Guimaraes > Suppes Brain Lab > Ventura Hall - CSLI > Stanford University > 220 Panama street > Stanford CA 94305-4101 > 650 614 2305 > 650 630 5015 (cell) > _marcospg@... <_marcospg%40csli.marcospg>@mar_ (mailto: > marcospg@... <marcospg%40csli.stanford.edu>) > _montereyunderwater@montereyu_ (mailto:montereyunderwater@...<montereyunderwater%40gmail.com>) > > www.stanford.www.stanford.<WBR>e<_http://www.stanfordhttp://www.stanfh_<http://w\ ww.stanfordhttp//www.stanfh_> > (http://www.stanford.edu/~marcospg/) > > > **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch " Cooking with > Tyler Florence " on AOL Food. > (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4 & ?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Good for you, Marcos! Glad news for the rest of us too. Thanks for the update. Have fun on those dives, and be careful! Vicki > > I took advantage of my vacations in Europe to have a heart check up. This is > recommended at 40 for deep divers and my last check up was in the army about > 17 years ago. I have dives below 400' planned for this season, so I decided > to stop delaying and do it. I obviously mentioned I have cml and I am taking > gleevec, so, beside dive related checks (like PFO), the dr checked for > problems coming from the drug, slow heart (long qt interval) or congestion. > I am very glad to report I got out of the visit with a perfectly clean bill > of health and the dr's blessing for my deep diving He performed EKG and > echography and everything was optimal. > Marcos. > -- > Marcos Perreau Guimaraes > Suppes Brain Lab > Ventura Hall - CSLI > Stanford University > 220 Panama street > Stanford CA 94305-4101 > 650 614 2305 > 650 630 5015 (cell) > marcospg@... > montereyunderwater@... > www.stanford.edu/~marcospg/ <http://www.stanford.edu/%7Emarcospg/> > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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