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 Hawty & Nawty
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| Can a heart transplant recipient eventually rodeo? Say, bull dogging... what are the risk and how high are the risk.... yes, this is novel research. |
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Location: Always on call..... | Well I'm not a cardio thoracic surgeon, but I would say no to the bulldogging or rough stock. A transplant recipient could probably rope or barrel race.
I did know a patient who team roped again after a lung transplant. |
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Hawty & Nawty
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| Dr. J - 2015-11-25 10:00 PM Well I'm not a cardio thoracic surgeon, but I would say no to the bulldogging or rough stock. A transplant recipient could probably rope or barrel race.
I did know a patient who team roped again after a lung transplant.
Thank you. Team roping would be a better choice for both author and reader. I have a ton of reading to do on the subject, I just needed to know if the idea was even plausable. Thanks again.
If anyone would like to chime in on our fake patient, with what your advice would be in general terms, that would be awesome. |
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Location: Kansas | Dr. J - 2015-11-25 12:00 AM Well I'm not a cardio thoracic surgeon, but I would say no to the bulldogging or rough stock. A transplant recipient could probably rope or barrel race.
I did know a patient who team roped again after a lung transplant.
I don't know if my brother has been given any restrictions after his heart problems this summer. Before they put the defibrillator in, he had no restrictions and even played high school basketball & baseball. If he'd been young enough, he would have been playing American Legion baseball last summer when he collapsed on the couch and nearly died.
Riden, I'll see him and my parents this weekend and can ask if they have been given any restrictions about his activity. |
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Location: Adopt a homeless pet - www.petfinder.com! | I work for the American Heart Association. We have some information about transplants on our web site. I searched and found this Q&A which was interesting http://heartinsight.heart.org/Winter-2015/Heart-Transplant-Q-A/ . While my job with the AHA is NOT medical (I work in fundraising), over the years I've worked with several volunteers who have had transplants (one had multiple transplants) and some were able to be physically active, but many had to deal with side effects from the anti-rejection drugs that were pretty serious.
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Hawty & Nawty
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| Thank you so much for the replies RWJ and Canangelo. I'm reading all of this even if I don't respond right away. I don't know why I feel compelled to give myself such an overwhelmingly huge project. This looks like a job for Nicolas Sparks. LOL |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | The short answer is yes, it's quite possible to rodeo after transplantation, but there are some increased risks.
The biggest concern would be the increased risk of fractures, if they were on steroids as a part of their maintenence immunosuppression. There are a number of protocols out there that are steroid free. Also, a number of transplant recipients are on fairly low doses of steroids. The steroids cause osteoporosis, and the degree of osteoporosis depends on the dose of prednisone as well as the duration. The second thing to be concerned about is infection, because they are all immunosuppressed, except for the rare case of a kidney transplant between identical twins, in which case no immunosuppression is necessary. Minor skin infections, etc, can pose a significant risk, depending on the degree of immunosuppression.
Transplant patients engage in a very wide array of physical activities, including skiing, snow boarding, and other high impact sports. There are some professional athletes who have competed at the highest levels. The most noteworthy is probably Alonzo Mourning, who played in the NBA and was an all star who led his team to the NBA title about 3 years after his kidney transplant.
So, I would say that the sky's the limit.....including bulldogging. They simply have to be willing to accept the risk. No absolute contraindications. |
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| RidenFly - 2015-11-25 9:00 AM
Thank you so much for the replies RWJ and Canangelo. I'm reading all of this even if I don't respond right away. I don't know why I feel compelled to give myself such an overwhelmingly huge project. This looks like a job for Nicolas Sparks. LOL
Maybe its message that you are ready for a huge project! Personally, I think you are up to it.  |
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Hawty & Nawty
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| Scott, thank you. I'll be sure to bug you often. But not until after the new year, I'm on a writing break. 
GLP- Oh, yeah, I'm keeping YOU around for cheerleading duty. Thanks, hun. |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | Piece of cake |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I went to HS with a guy that had a heart transplant. He did most of the roping events and last I knew he was still roping. This was 20 yrs ago. |
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Hey Doctors or people who've dealt with heart issues