Guest guest Posted April 29, 2002 Report Share Posted April 29, 2002 In a message dated 4/29/2002 7:50:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Failteg@... writes: << (1) McKie, (2) Larry Bird, (3) Kennedy, Jr., (4) Shane Spencer, and (5) Bradley. >> Ellen, There's a basketball player whose name I am not sure of because I'm not into basketball: Olajabawan or something like that. Also, the former astronaut Deke Slayton, now dead I think, was possibly the first celebrity afibber. Maybe you just want living celebrities. At least the basketball player is living. If someone else can figure out his name, you'll have another to add along with Bush. in afib in Seattle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2002 Report Share Posted April 29, 2002 In a message dated 4/29/2002 6:11:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, maryjohn@... writes: << I'm not into basketball either, but I live in Houston where Hakeem Olajuwon (you were close) was the star of the local team, >> , Not that close, but in the ball court! :-) (pun intended) You are very kind. I figured if I offered up a butchered version of the name with some phonetic similarity, someone would come up with the right name. Thanks, . I suspect there may be many celebrities with afib about whom we do not know because they probably would not want it made public. Whenever I hear of a politician or performer collapsing on stage, I always think of afib first of all as a cause, probably because of my background as an afibber. Politicians especially, I would think, probably would not want to acknowledge an ailment that might interfere with their duties of office. The news of Bradley's afib was probably the kiss of death to his Presidential campaign because to most people who don't understand afib, his afib would signify weakness.. When I wrote about Deke Slayton earlier, I didn't have time to elaborate. His case is described in a book by Glenn, fellow astronaut, which was given to me by my brother. It seems that Slayton was diagnosed with afib in the sixties and was grounded for a time, much to his consternation. According to Glenn, Slayton changed his lifestyle, eliminating alcoholic beverages and coffee. He also started exercising, a practice which, according to Glenn, amazingly was not required of astronauts as it is today. As a result, he purportedly overcame the afib and went on to fly and carry out missions again. When I mentioned this on the Maze board, many felt that Slayton probably just managed to fool NASA by having his tests during periods of sinus such as the one I just had. They couldn't believe that Slayton could overcome his afib by changing lifestyle, but I would think it would be rather hard to deceive NASA's doctors all the time. If he continuously canceled physicals, they would be suspicious that he was doing it because he was in afib. I tend to believe, or probably I want to believe, that Slayton did conquer his afib, at least for a time. in afib in Seattle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2002 Report Share Posted April 29, 2002 , I'm not into basketball either, but I live in Houston where Hakeem Olajuwon (you were close) was the star of the local team, the Rockets. I remember when he had his first attack of AF, during a game, I think, and he was rushed to the ER and given a cardioversion. The EP who was called in to treat him was one of the two names I was later given by my cardiologist when he thought I should move on to an EP. I didn't choose Hakeem's doc because I figured someone of his prominence might not be able to give me as much personal attention as I would like. S., 75 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2002 Report Share Posted April 30, 2002 Wasn't there a banker from the U.S. a couple of years ago who was going to come over here and take over as the head of Barclay's Bank in the UK - it was all signed except for a medical and he failed on an arrhythmia - don't know if it /was/ AF, but it could well have been. Maybe Google & c could help someone dig it out. I'll try myself, but not right now. Best of health to all, Vicky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2002 Report Share Posted April 30, 2002 We now have eight (8) Celebrity Afibbers on our Database: Check 'em out! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AFIBsupport/database? method=reportRows & tbl=13 Thanks everyone..... Ellen 69 NC (NSR on Dofetilide) ****************** (snip) The five (5) famous people listed on our Celebrity Database are: (1) McKie, (2) Larry Bird, (3) Kennedy, Jr., (4) Shane Spencer, and (5) Bradley. (snip) ******************* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 Ellen, I can't resist tinkering with unimportant details, so just ignore the following if you wish. On the Celebrity Afibbers list, the Kennedy, Jr. you entered would be the son of RFK, but he is an environmental lawyer, not a senator. A brother of his, ph Kennedy II, is A U.S. Representative. Is the former or the latter the one with AF? The Kennedy clan is huge and very confusing. I hope I got the above right. In the interests of a simon-pure afib web site, S. 75, Houston, Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2002 Report Share Posted May 2, 2002 Thanks ....I stand corrected. I just hope I have the right one now? Ellen 69 NC (NSR on Dofetilide) ******************* (snip) the Kennedy, Jr. you entered would be the son of RFK, but he is an environmental lawyer, not a senator. A brother of his, ph Kennedy II, is A U.S. Representative.(snip) S. 75, Houston, Texas ******************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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