There are doctors who subscribe to this list, and one of them might be able to explain your symptoms. But I don't think a doctor is going to give you a diagnosis via email. If you want to know what's going, I think you'll need to go to a doctor's office and get yourself examined.
If I had those symptoms, I'd call the doctor right away. The problem could be minor; but it could also be something that will get worse if not treated. Actually, though, if this problem is keeping you from biking, and biking is your only real exercise, it's already serious. So why is it happening now? Perhaps because you're 68. Even if your diet is perfect and you take good care of yourself, your body is going to change with age, and you need to be aware of what's going on. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Westhagen" <[email protected]> To: "BikiesSubmissions" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 4:28:00 PM Subject: [Bikies] A medical question for the group Dear Group, I have a bicycle racing medical question to anybody who might diagnose an explanation. I train for my annual Louis Reed 10 mile Time Trial--which few attend. My training is to simply ride as hard and as fast for the same sixteen miles near sunset when the wind is low. I ride as hard as possible commensurate with finishing. I am now 68. So, first out last Sring I was returning into Brandon when suddenly a big change happened in my head. But it was not a headache. I continued to my driveway and stood with my bicycle not wanting even to sit down. I was just slightly confused as I couldn't remember just how many miles I had ridden. And I was slightly nauseated. I did not go out again until I was on a more even diet--as I was dieting away those last "winter pounds" on the first ride. Well, a month later the same thing happened at the edge of Brandon. It was sudden and all in the head. It was not a headache but a complete change of "consciousness." I was not excessively breathless or anything like that. I walked the bike home. Soon it was July and race time and I had not trained. I went out in the mid-day and completed the sixteen miles without incident. But during the LR Time Trial, it happened on about the seventh mile and I immediately stopped for about four minutes while it passed and proceeded on at my earlier pace. There is no increase in blood pressure in these as I can determine later. My question is it some form of "hypoglycemia" with glucose depletion during racing? Why should this happen only now in my life? Has anybody else experienced this? I have no reason to expect TIA-type blood flow problems. For twenty years I have been on a no-fat, low sugar diet. If anybody has experienced--please let me know. I have largely given up the bicycle until I can figure this out since I live alone.------ew _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
