I Had A Heart Attack // FULL INTERVIEW
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- Опубликовано: 2 сен 2021
- Tim discusses his heart attack During Challenge Dayton with Greg Bennett
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The story about the doc saying "Well I guess it's time for you to find a new career..." peaked my interest. At 32 years of age I had a 95% blockage of my right coronary artery. After the angioplasty to open the artery back up, the cardiologist that I was assigned told me that I could never lift weights again, never exercise in cold weather again, never push myself to extremes in exercise again... on and on. After consulting with other specialists, six months later I was back playing ice hockey and 25 years later I just completed my 7th half ironman race. Heart disease can be managed, and you can live a full life. The key is to live a healthy lifestyle. I am convinced that collateral arteries saved my life and probably Tim's.
Tim, thank you for the candid interview. At 39 I had the same dreaded event. Like you I had a wife and little kids so I understand what you've gone through. Physically I bounced back quickly but I have to say emotionally it took about two years. Good news is life goes on and you adapt. I'm 56 now and training for my fifth IM (Texas in April if Covid doesn't spoil things) so if a mere age grouper can do it I have every hope of seeing you at Kona again. All the best, brian.
My dad has this exact same thing happen when I was 16 and he was 50. He too survived with those terribly low odds (his happened while playing a hockey game). He is 70 now and still playing hockey 3 times a week. So thankful for the care he received and so glad you did too! Hope to see you race again!!
Your are truly blessed !❤️My kids just lost there dad a month ago to a heart attack no warning , healthy etc . He was only 53 . Love following you and Rinny and the fam.
I am so very sorry for your loss. You and your kids are in my prayers.
Really impressed with Tim’s emotional honesty - a genuine show of his strength.
Thank you
Tim for sharing…❤️ glad your recovering
Thank you for doing this interview. Best wishes for the future Tim.
Thanks for the wonderful update and such amazing transparency. I really hope this works out in the way you end up happiest with for you and your family.
Man, this hit hard. Thank you Greg and Tim for this interview.
Thank you very much for your openness. This will bring awareness to many of us.
Thanks for sharing this with us Tim
Keep the recovery and enjoying youre beautiful family.
Thank you for sharing, Tim! You may have saved someone's life. I wish you a long, happy life filled with family and love.
Thank you for sharing this Tim. I have no doubt that your willingness to do this will save a life one day. Now that’s a legacy!
Awesome Tim for sharing with Greg . Keep recovering. I can’t wait to see you back racing when you get the green light .
This is a great interview. Im older than Tim and his heart attack has been on my mind. Much respect.
So glad you are here telling your story. So sad to think how close we were to losing you. You look happy and healthy. Cheers to you and your recovery❤️
Thanks for this very honest discussion. Very informative and helpful. My best thoughts are with you and and your family, Tim.
This story has definitely put a mark out on the sport for us all to take a little more effort to take care of ourselves and be a little more careful. Thank you for sharing this story Tim your a great man and an inspiration to all of us. Best of luck on your journey and road back to the sport !
I lost my dad 9 weeks ago to this type of heart attack. He was on a bike/run brick and collapsed about a quarter mile into the run. We were supposed to race together the following weekend at the mountain lakes triathlon. I will be doing Ironman Chattanooga at the end of the month in his honor.
I'm so sorry about your dad. Best wishes for a smooth IM Chattanooga. I hope it brings you some peace.
Take care Tim. You are very brave for sharing your story. All the best for you and your family!
Thanks for sharing your emotional story, TO. I teared up quite a few times when I related your story and thinking of my own family. Good luck in your recovery.
So blessed you are ok.Hope your road to recovery continues .Thank you for the honest talk with Greg about your MI experience.Sending healing vibes from Texas and hope to see you guys at Kona again soon!!
Thank you for sharing this. I had the same thing happeing to me. I wish you a full recovery and I hope to see you racing again. Triathlon probably save us!
Thank you for sharing your story. It makes me more aware of following up with my doctor.
Awesome interview Greg & Tim. Thanks so much for being so candid and open on this topic. Love you both & so honored to know you / Suzette
Thanks so much for sharing this important topic ❤️
All the love
Thank you for sharing this. I think it's easy to think a heart attack is like movie drama.... I assumed you were life flighted to Jackson in Miami and that you were lucky to be there. Turns out... you took your time...wow! good thing you are so fit! You and your family are SO fortunate. Glad you are still here.
TO glad your on the mend! Love your attitude!
Sending so much love from the UK 🇬🇧. My local Tri club is a huge fan of you and Rinny and thankgod those amazing cardiologists saved you.
Love both Tim and Greg, so a great idea to have this kinda podcast/interview to cover this event. Best of luck TO
Thanks so much guys! Loved hearing this. Take care.
Thanks for catching us up… you’ve been an inspiration in asking more health questions of our parents…reviewing labs/scan/MRA & MRIs to give us the absolute clearest understanding of what’s going on - IN US!
Godspeed
Praying for all GREEN LIGHTS with your follow ups health appts this FALL!
Enjoy your beautiful family.
Keep dancing!
Oh.. and #GOArmy #BEATNavy 🏈 🏆
So glad to see & hear Tim doing well and recovering. I feel a connection to Tim, not so much for being a triathlete, but for his start at the Naval Academy. My wife & I were proud parents of a 2016 Naval Academy grad. Sadly, I lost her earlier this year to an apparent heart attack immediately after a workout. Even as a health care provider, Tim's story, helped solidify what I've heard all my career that the first sign of a heart attack is usually a heart attack. Like Tim, she had atypical signs that were so minor it was easy to ignore b/c they were transient. Thanks Tim for sharing your life, story, and giving us a wake up call.
You are definitely going to save some lives by telling your story- thank you for the candidness and detail
Great interview. Thanks TO for sharing your journey.
Loved the conversation, thanks for sharing. Stay healthy
Really good! Tim you are awesome! Even with such a heavy topic you are still very funny! Glad you are doing well 👊🏻
That makes me insanely emotional... great guy... all the best for T.O., Rinny and the Kids
Thank you for sharing your story Tim.
Thank you so much for sharing TO 👊🏼
Love Tim O'Donnell, on and off the course. What a guy! Thanks, Greg Bennett. Best to the O'Donnell/Carfrae clan!
Greg and Tim, thank you for this interview. Tim, please review the latest research on cardiac arterial wall health being compromised by dietary substances like inorganic arsenic and to a lesser extent, insulin response. The LAD (left anterior descending) artery is particularly vulnerable to inflammation and plaque ruptures largely due to the amount of pressure the LAD receives from heart contraction. The LAD plaque rupture you experienced is often a “game ender” for most folks, it’s likely that your high VO2 saved your life! In your recovery phase, you may find that statins create too many side effects to continue using them. Sure heredity plays a part in determining your cholesterol profile, but I doubt it’s the main culprit in this case.
Thank You for sharing your story. Hope you are feeling like yourself very soon. ❤️
Not sure whats better, GB racing or interviewing - always an inspiration both of you. heal up TO and get back to what you love
Thank you for sharing this experience. You are amazing person, athlete, family man, spouse. It's time for book lol. Stay strong!!!!
I had exactly the same LAD HA two years ago. Two weeks after completing my third ironman Wales. I agree that the emotional psychological difficulties have taken two years to sort themselves out. They told me in the Hospital that I can never do an ironman again which has been and still is devastating. You are right Tim the meds make you feel awful and even worse when you start training. I can’t get my heart rate up so inevitably I get frustrated with my lack of ability to train well and hard. The meds I have been told (beta blockers etc.) are there for life so I’m surprised that Tom is looking to come off them. I swim a little and have done a little bit of biking but nothing that’s particularly decent in distance.
Good luck Tim and I will watch with interest to see how your return to racing goes! If you have advice then please anything that’ll help
T.O, you can help spread the word. Take the rest of the year and do PSAs. Fundraisers for heart attack awareness. You and Rinny are amazing and eloquent speakers…your story, AND Rinny’s story can help so many people! Especially with genetic heart issues. Blessings to you and your family. Keep well.
Such a powerful story. I lost my mother at 47 of a heart attack and as a marathon runner about to turn 47.... Heart is a BIG focus of mine. I am grateful for your health and that you are alive to tell this story. Thank you.
it’s fathers dat today here in Australia and I can’t help but tear up every time Tim starts to tear up. So glad you’re ok mate. Onwards and upwards from here.
T.O. Thank’s for sharing, notes how emotional it gets to talk about i! FFst !!!
I had same situation occur to me two years ago. As a endurance athlete for over fifty years it’s a big shock. I also had soft plaque issue as welll . The Lipoprotein test reallly shows the heeedtary values . You did a great job explain the impact it has on our spouses as well. You’re exactly correct that life healthy choices helped me in keeping me through recovery .
Tim, I am so glad you have put these videos out there. Thank you. I have been a fan of yours and your wifes for years and watched you both on the streets of Kona. I am also an older (55) yr old multi Ironman athlete with some troubling heart issues. I just had my Calcium Scan done this week but have not gotten the results yet. You mentioned that you showed evidence of hard calcium in your Calcium Scan. I am hoping that you will respond and say what your personal Calcium Scan Score was and if there were any important details or metrics that I should know about. I am worried as I don't think we athletes are not normal. I sure hope you would respond and give some imput that could help me and others.
What an open, honest interview :) Good luck to you and your family, Tim :)
take it one day at a time man, give yourself time to heal physically and mentally!!!
Wow, what a talk. Stay healthy TO, tale care of the family, nothing to prove
Tim - I'm sure many athletes are feeling PTSD because of your experience. I've been thinking about your situation during sessions and it is sobering. "Do I keep training?" "Am I letting fear dictate my ambitions?" I'm not much older than you and hope to KQ some day, but not at the cost of leaving my family. It's time to get checked out. Thank you for sharing. Please keep the info coming.
Glad to know you are recovering. Just went through a similar experience myself this year. Starting last December my average speed on group rides started to fall off and I was getting dropped. Originally I thought it might be COVID-19 and then my perhaps my Asthma was getting worse. Finally saw a cardiologist and after a number of tests I had open heart surgery and a quadruple bypass in May. Never had any symptoms of a classic heart attack, cholesterol tests had also been good and blood pressure was fine.
Without being in what everyone considered great shape before surgery I probably would have been dead. Doctors can't explain why all the blockages developed other than bad genetics as my diet has always been healthy. Back riding again and hanging on to the group rides.
I'm sure as you become more comfortable with your heart being OK you will be back out racing.
Were you tracking HRV and similar metrics? Noticed any changes in these leading up to your surgery?
What a great interview, thanks guys!Even getting a heads up on experiencing chest pain/tightness is such invaluable info. Best of luck Tim for the upcoming tests and what the future holds! 🍀🙏
Thanks for this interview, i got Heart attack 5 months ago, lucky me. Now.recovery, will hv 2nd operation end of this year. Just backto cycling today with controlled heart rate.
Hey Tim. After my stent I was pretty much crying thinking my life was over and how can I be so fit yet so fragile. 4 years later I am no longer in meds except for some meds fir cholesterol. Racing back in ironmans no problems. Keep posting and if you want to know anything send me a message. Cheers. Wiggles
Hi Rod, do you monitor your calcium build up somehow.
@@fastridesports5225 no, not sure how to do that
I’m exactly the same, hate training alone or riding alone and I used to love it.
Tim, please document your post HA journey/training/racing as there are many of us in similar situation but there is a lack of role models for us triathletes to garner knowledge from.
There really is no need to have Tim document his triathlete lifestyle regarding his heart attack. He suffers from hardening of the arteries, and this is true whether or not he is a triathlete. If you are concerned about yourself and think you might also suffer from hardening of the arteries, then research the topic "Metabolic Syndrome" and see how diet causes that condition. Diabetes, heart disease, and cancer are all interrelated. Fix your broken metabolism and you'll avoid health problems like hardening of the arteries. Practice preventive medicine. Stop relying on doctors to prescribe medications to simply make yourself feel better.
The painful think about these videos Tim has created is he seems to be walking a fine line between explaining his situation and not trash talking the sport of triathlon. He obviously cares deeply for the sport of triathlon. I'm not sure if its because so many of his accomplishments in life are tied to the sport. Or whether his whole livelihood (source of funds) comes from the sport. But if he is honest with himself, and his fans, he'll have to come clean and say triathlon at the elite level is not a healthy activity to practice. It's excessive compulsive. It requires a participant to endure unhealthy levels of oxidative stress. It requires a participant to consume way too much sugar and refined carbohydrates. It's just not a healthy thing to do professionally. And on the amateur level, the sport just takes too much time. So many amateurs that have to work an 8-hour day deprive themselves of a good night's sleep so they can get the necessary training in to be a triathlete. This causes excessive amounts of cortisol to be pumped through a person's body. Another cause of metabolic syndrome. Bottom line, triathlon is pretty much an unhealthy activity.
Had OHS myself this February. Kudos for having the chutzpah to go public on this one…
Thank you for sharing your story!
Troponin enzyme was found in roughly 10% of Boston marathon finishers one study found - troponin is associated with heart muscle dying, but in the case of the marathoners that is not so. Just an FYI, if medical personnel find troponin in your blood it may simply be from a hard run or bike you did the day before. Don't ask me how I know.
What a beast of a story - Triple G. You’re a star and a Mega dad. Thanks for sharing it. Read the book “ Beat the Heart Attack Gene” hope you can get some added knowledge from it
Thank you for this. What is the procedure that they do after a rupture happens? Is this something that you are now ok to get back to “normal” training? Do you now monitor your blood work regularly to keep an eye on it? As you learn more, and I know you mentioned it a bit, but what are the things people should look for as indicators in their bloodwork?
Very informative video. Kudos to you for your openness. Not sure if it was addressed and I may have missed it, would you be comfortable with commenting on your LP(a) score? Anything else specifically that you think directly contributed? Thanks again!
Thanks Tim...
Lt. Hoorah! See ya on the deck!
Hey TO IM FROM MONTREAL ILL RIDE WITH YOU ANYTIME. stay positive.
did you ever check your HR? was it shooting high?
Thanks TO
Research the Linus Pauling treatment for Lp(a). He was awarded the Nobel Prize twice
Suggestion. Seek out Dr. Paul Mason and Ivor Cummings.
Jeff Galloway also had a heart attack (in April). Glad you're both okay! It goes to show that strong endurance in athletes does not make one immune to heart disease. I'm wondering about the connection to diet - would a low fat diet help?
Short answer - NO! A person only has three food (energy) choices when it comes to macronutrients: Fat, Carbohydrates, and Protein. Nobody wants to consume too much protein. And protein is not much of a source of energy anyway. So that leaves fat and carbohydrates to be consumed for energy. If you eat lots of carbohydrate for energy, then you are considered to be eating a low fat diet. If you eat lots of fat for energy, then you are considered to be eating a low carb diet. It's a high carb diet that causes metabolic syndrome and hardening of the arteries. So the healthy diet option to pursue is a low carb diet, not a low fat diet. The body needs a lot of vitamins and minerals derived from plants (mostly carbs). So to be healthy you must consume carbs. But you should only consume carbs that are high in vitamins and minerals. Avoid carbs that are lacking in vitamins and minerals, i.e., sugar and refined plants (like all grains). You'll get most of your fuel (energy) from consumed fat. And this translates into what most people call a high fat diet. Check out the You Tube channel for Dr Berg who advocates what he calls a "modified keto diet." Eat as many veggies as you like that are packed with vits and minerals. But eat enough fat to provide you with energy to get you through the day. And to a search in You Tube for "Ivor Cummins."
@@jlippin123 I don't mean to start a "diet war" like we see so much in social media, but there are many vegan "high carb" endurance athletes who do quite well on that kind of diet; Rich Roll, Scott Jurek, Damian Hall just to name a few. Look up RUclips videos by Dr. Neal Barnard, Dr. Michael Greger, and Dr. Garth Davis (among many others) for more information.
@@arleenm7367 You seemed to have missed the point I was making. Nothing wrong with being a vegan. It might not be the healthiest way to go. But to each their own. Just because someone is a vegan does not mean they have to be eating a high carb diet. I know that avocados are high in fat, and they are plant-based. Many nuts are high in fat, too. And they are plant based. All I'm saying is that sugar and refined carbohydrates are options that a vegan can consume and still be a vegan. And it is the consumption of sugar and refined carbohydrates that are unhealthy to consume, especially if you have heart disease like Tim does. Plaque build up is a form of heart disease. Unfortunately about the only way a vegan is going to consume enough energy to sustain a high level of physical activity is to consume sugar and/or refined carbs (think pasta, bread, rice, sweet potatoes, ripe bananas, etc). And these foods must be avoided by someone in Tim's position. Tim can certainly become a vegan and try to continue to race like Rich Roll, Scott Jurek, and Damian Hall. But I seriously doubt that would be a healthy avenue to take. I was drawing a line between high carb and high fat consumption - not a line between plant based and animal based.
@@jlippin123 Arterial plaque is primarily made of fat, cholesterol, calcium, and and a protein - fibrin. The fat you eat is what clogs up your arteries, not carbs. Also, pasta, bread, rice, sweet potatoes, and fruit are what the longest-lived people on the planet eat for most of their diet (look up Blue Zones - where many live to ages over 100).
@@arleenm7367 You were correct when you described what arterial plaque is primarily made of. Unfortunately you are not correct by saying that the fat you eat is what clogs up your arteries. The cholesterol you eat has NOTHING to do with the cholesterol that helps to clog your arteries. Another commenter posted a link to an Ivor Cummins video that hopefully will help you understand reality. See ruclips.net/video/jv9qXM2qLxo/видео.html.
While it is true that many people have consumed pasta, bread, rice, sweet potatoes, and fruit, and lived to the age of 100, it is unlikely that these people have developed heart disease by the age of 40. It is highly unlikely that a person who lives to be 100 has a broken metabolism, i.e., insulin resistance and probably a fatty liver. Someone with hardening of the arteries more than likely has a broken metabolism. You have to fix the broken metabolism if it is broken. And you cannot do this if you eat SUGAR, and things that convert to sugar easily (pasta, bread, rice, sweet potatoes, and fruit).
A healthy person can get by fine on pasta, bread, rice, sweet potatoes, and fruit. And they very well might live to be 100. But an unhealthy person (one with heart disease) has to eat in a way that the disease is not aggravated. And to eat pasta, bread, rice, sweet potatoes, and fruit will aggravate the unhealthy condition. How? By causing inflammation in the inner walls of the arteries which in turn will cause soft plaque to form and later rupture. The plaque is a symptom of the problem. The underlying problem is the inflammation to the wall of the artery.
You mentioned cholesterol is made in the liver. Alcohol (wine) is also filtered in the liver. Be careful and watch your alcohol intake. Wine is full of sugar and that plays a factor on making cholesterol.
Insert gif with character from the movie The Hangover...
"BUT DID YOU DIE?!"
Eat more plants, Tim and Rinny!
Love you guys but diet/sponsors(chocolate milk)/lifestyle are super important even if one looks good. This widow-maker is too common and it's important to talk about what we're putting in out bodies. Still waiting on you guys to address diet in this...
Makes me think ducking out of high level endurance training at age 21 was the right choice.
Fasting could reverse atherosclerosis. To start your research, listen to Dr. Fung audiobooks on fasting and Dr. Pradip RUclips lecture on fasting for survival.
nooo, not the wine wall!!!!!
Not the wine wall!!!!!!
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I'll be your wingman any day.
Hey: Hugs !
Fuckin heart attacks
Did he mention what meds he’s on?
Beta blockers, statins, blood thinners
@@DiscoStu1970 at what time in the video does he talk about it? I can’t find it? Does he say how he is handling the Beta Blockers?
@@bochluge 27:45
@@bochluge Beta blockers are a giant pain in the ass when it comes to continuing sports. If like me you've recently been put on them, i just hope you get on easier with them. i've been running 5km (trail) maybe 10 times or so over the last two weeks, and each is like you are torturing your own body. it seems to be slowly getting slightly better, but ugh those things are the worst
@@DiscoStu1970 oh god I know. One of the many side effects I get is muscle pain. I mean , omg it’s unbelievable pain. The fatigue is brutal alone but the muscle is just unbearable.
In your video about Kona, at 4:26 when you are interviewed on the finish line, quoting you quoting a friend advice:
"... and he said "Open your heart, and run" , so I did."
Maybe you should not take advices too literally :)
ruclips.net/video/V1EWuLFbVgM/видео.html
Wondering if this is Covid related.
How is a blocked LAD COVID related ? It’s not
@@1969presley I’m guessing this is joke. But maybe not. I’m a professor at the University of Colorado and the typical student excuse these days is COVID this COVID that for everything. They know they can play that card and we are forced to accommodate
Thank you for the share ….great conversation on this topic.. good reminder to all to be aware of signs and get checked ❤️👍
@@kevinrens4827 If it is a joke it’s in bad taste. Unfortunately I don’t think it is a joke.
It was kind of disappointing to hear you say you think heredity was a proximate cause of your soft plaque rupture. The proximate cause is your diet and lifestyle - eating a high sugar diet without meaningful fasting periods between meals. You sound like you want to continue competing, but you're not sure about that. There might be a way to continue competing and not sacrifice your health. It would involve a diet that promotes fat-burning. Timothy Olsen has figured out how to make it happen. See ruclips.net/video/96VZFklUM_Q/видео.html. It works regarding ultra marathon running. Maybe it can work for a full distance Ironman athlete?
Vaccine damage. Sad.
did he hide it for 2 months? I saw this became a big story just a few weeks ago, If so thats terrible, the information he learned from this could have saved lives. I assume its to promote business.
It happened at Challenge Miami in March , he came out in video in Aug , so 5 months later .
If it was for money then most likely would have been sooner as why not capitalize on timing. Speaking from personal experience you have lost a big part of yourself and could only imagine it would be worse for someone who relies on their body for a living. This takes time to process and he had to wait until he is ready to tell his story which is unfolding now. Think is best to take the meaningful parts of the story and use to make yourself and others better. The money made off of this will most likely be several thousand dollars which will probably be like 2-3% of the medical cost of all the care….
that’s a pretty cynical view. let’s see how much you post about your own life threatening health scare. he’s not selling cardiac stents. heart attacks are old news….no one gives a shit until it happens to them yet we all know the risk
two class acts greg and tim. i am an age group triathlete am proud to be part of this family of triathletes.....great job both of you!!!!!
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