2009 NFL Season

[Colonel Flagg]

WTF?

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nf...ory?id=4833908

26 years old and a physical speciman. As I said, WTF?

[Kitsa]

Originally Posted by Colonel Flagg

WTF?

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nf...ory?id=4833908

26 years old and a physical speciman. As I said, WTF?

An acquaintance of mine who was a high school track star died in a similar way during the first freshman week of college. They found him dead in his dorm room of an undiagnosed heart defect.

Scary shit

[Colonel Flagg]

Originally Posted by Kitsa

An acquaintance of mine who was a high school track star died in a similar way during the first freshman week of college. They found him dead in his dorm room of an undiagnosed heart defect.

Scary shit

Flo Hyman. Hank Gathers. Len Bias. At least Bias was doing cocaine, the other two were victims of Marfan Syndrome, which too often gets diagnosed posthumously. I wonder if the same thing is at work here. The guy was tall and lean, which unfortunately are hallmarks of the disorder.

[Babs]

Originally Posted by Kitsa

An acquaintance of mine who was a high school track star died in a similar way during the first freshman week of college. They found him dead in his dorm room of an undiagnosed heart defect.

Scary shit

At my middle school years ago while I was in attendance there, a young man who participated in track religiously literally had his heart explode. The cause of death was that the medication that he had been on (roughly for 2 years or so) had caused his heart to over work itself resulting in his "spontaneous" heart explosion. The medication for the record was Adderall. It was pretty shocking and an example of why you should never mix stimulants with strenuous physical activities.

[Colonel Flagg]

Originally Posted by BABALITY PANCAKES

At my middle school years ago while I was in attendance there, a young man who participated in track religiously literally had his heart explode. The cause of death was that the medication that he had been on (roughly for 2 years or so) had caused his heart to over work itself resulting in his "spontaneous" heart explosion. The medication for the record was Adderall. It was pretty shocking and an example of why you should never mix stimulants with strenuous physical activities.

ADHD meds are nearly always controlled substances (aka uppers) which can affect the body much like methamphtamine or cocaine. Kit can correct me if I'm mistaken, but strenuous physical activity combined with medication like this sounds like a recipe for destruction. Why didn't the doctor warn of this combination?