Fred Glover/High Traverse....get well

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phylp

Trad climber

Upland, CA

Mar 20, 2015 - 04:26pm PT

Thanks for the update, Fred. It's great to hear you are feeling better.

Fritz

Trad climber

Choss Creek, ID

Mar 20, 2015 - 04:48pm PT

HT! Glad to hear that you are being active again. I suspect that also equates to more happiness!

Stephen McCabe

Trad climber

near Santa Cruz, CA

Mar 20, 2015 - 06:54pm PT

Take it slow, but we'll look forward to seeing you back in the gym.

Craig Fry

Trad climber

So Cal.

Mar 21, 2015 - 07:51am PT

Welcome back HT
Too bad there is nothing on ST anymore worth posting about.

neebee

Social climber

calif/texas

Mar 21, 2015 - 08:51am PT

hey there say, high traverse... oh no!! i had not seen this... oh my, please forgive, my very very LATE post here and my deepest get well...

i have not seen the latest update, but i will read it now... i just saw the TITLE thread here... i have been just jumping on fast, hitting a post for two, and getting back to the many things going one, around here...

will send you an email...
keep getting well...

Flip Flop

climber

salad bowl, california

Mar 21, 2015 - 07:25pm PT

Bump.

Flip Flop

climber

salad bowl, california

Mar 21, 2015 - 07:30pm PT

High Traverse has been the best example of this community. That's an admirable thing and Mr. HT has always been a genuine guy with great things to say. Thanks for being a friendly welcome to me as I try to be more genuine and tolerant. I hope to shake your hand and say that to you in person someday. I'm glad that you're back. I'd say that everyone is glad.

nita

Social climber

chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.

Apr 25, 2015 - 09:12am PT

Fred..Good Morning..

Hey, Two people i know.. had heart attacks last week. Made me think of you and your journey back to health...How are you feeling?..Did your strength come back?...Did you make dietary changes?

If you don't want to answer my questions, no problem...Hope all is good...

Salud
Nita..(-;

HighTraverse

Trad climber

Bay Area

Apr 25, 2015 - 09:31am PT

Hey nita, I'm sorry about your friends' heart attacks. I trust they your friends are doing well.

Thanks for your concern. I'm stronger every day. I do monitored cardiac rehab exercise 3X week, do lots of serious hiking every weekend and watch my diet better. Aside from still being cautioned about climbing I'm doing very well.
In fact, the deck was stacked in my favor. My overall health was/is excellent and I have no remaining heart or arterial problems after two blocked cardiac arteries were replaced. The surgeon figures these had been slowly plugging all my life.

I've got a 72 year old close friend who's had bouts with cardiac surgery and twenty years later, stents. He's still active. He trekked to Everest Base Camp a couple of years ago. Modern Medicine really is remarkable when it comes to the heart.

Now if I can just get my cardiologist to give me clearance for climbing!!!
I've got to be very careful of injuring my still mending sternum. It was cut right down the middle and then the two halves wired back together.

Have your friends seriously mend their diets, take cholesterol control drugs if prescribed and LESSEN their stress. (stress has been proven to increase cholesterol). If they can get cardiac rehab they really should. Medicare covers it.

Big Mike

Trad climber

Apr 25, 2015 - 09:37am PT

Great to hear you are doing well Fred. Hoping to see you again this fall!

nita

Social climber

chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.

Apr 25, 2015 - 09:52am PT

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Fred, ..Great to hear positive health news.

My friends..
70 year old female and my next door neighbor. She had two stents, a aneurism with lots of blood clots and a 4 hour surgery..She is thankful to be alive..I know a vegan diet & exercise is no problem for her.

The guy i know is only 42, and had a massive heart attack..He was a heavy smoker, makes bad food choices and no exercise...his wife told me he quit smoking...but still fights her on what he wants to eat..

Scary stuff...
Thanks for the great info..I will pass it on.
N.T.

SC seagoat

Trad climber

Santa Cruz, Moab or In What Time Zone Am I?

Topic Author's Reply - Apr 25, 2015 - 10:03am PT

Awesome Fred....makes my heart sing to hear yours is singing.
Looking forward to seeing you soon .

Susan and Michael

Lynne Leichtfuss

Trad climber

Will know soon

Apr 25, 2015 - 01:15pm PT

Hi, High Traverse. So glad to hear all is going well. Life is such a gift and I'm glad to see you enjoying yours. Hope to see you in Yosemite this summer. Cheers, Lynne

healyje

Trad climber

Portland, Oregon

Apr 25, 2015 - 02:09pm PT

HT (Hang Tough) - good for you for getting after it every time your doc gives you some more leash! Keep us posted on how it's going as it may be one of our turns next time.

mtnyoung

Trad climber

Twain Harte, California

Apr 25, 2015 - 03:33pm PT

I've got to be very careful of injuring my still mending sternum. It was cut right down the middle and then the two halves wired back together.

He looked fantastic at the AAC Pinnacles get together last weekend (good to see you Fred!). But man, what a scar!

neebee

Social climber

calif/texas

Apr 25, 2015 - 07:25pm PT

hey there say, fred...

happy to see you hear, tonight...

thank you for the nice thank you... and kind note... :)

oh my, about the chest wired back:
an older man, a dear friend, that died so many years back, well,
he HAD this surgery, perhaps nearly the same, and i was out of state then...

well, when i got back, and he was sharing about it, he said:
"they cut me open, like a chicken"

(he was a little old fashioned man, mexican-american, and 'he said' he had
seen many a chicken cut open, in his day) ...

i was so very glad he survived through all that, as, i think,
he was in his 70's at that time... :O

keep getting well,in an easy, practical and strong way... :)
and best wishes to you and the family...

skcreidc

Social climber

SD, CA

May 11, 2015 - 05:59am PT

Hey Fred! It was great to meet you at IC and see how well you were bouncing back. Hopefully all is still good. I've just been noticing your absence on ST since the get together.

HighTraverse

Trad climber

Bay Area

May 12, 2015 - 01:30pm PT

Hey Chris.
NO worries Myte!

Been busy (trip to Atlanta and back immediately after driving 2 days to get home).
We took a detour up through Castle Valley and touristed Castleton Tower and the Fisher Towers. Got home just in time to toss all the stuff out of the car, walk Oliver, steal 6 hours sleep and tear off to the airport to fly to Atlanta.
Working my buns off on a contract project.
I see my cardiologist next week and will twist her arm a bit let me get back to climbing.
Trying to keep from sticking to the SuperTopo tarball. Hugs to Patty. The PTs at cardiac rehab couldn't believe the weird interconnecting human relationships around my existence.
Sayonara till next time.