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Nik,

You've done your duty as an MD. I drive mine crazy. I just say, Doc, say 
want you want to say - but then tell me how I go about doing what I want 
to do ;-) . He wasn't happy I climbed back on a horse six weeks after my 
busted ribs. I just told him he told me they would be healed in six 
weeks and it has been six weeks. I did compromise and buy an eventing vest.

As Ed has pointed out - to most of us it is an addiction. As for me, I'd 
rather go doing what I love if the other choice is to give up what I love.

Life is full of risk. So I get a pacemaker and stop riding endurance 
just to get hit by a car six months later as I cross the street. I'd 
rather go with my boots on - thank you very much.

Nik, don't feel bad - it's not your fault. It's difficult to deal with 
addictions.

Truman

Nik Isahak Abdullah wrote:
> Dot
> accepted .I am just a small town interventional cardiologist 
> practising in Kuala Lumpur and just fairly concerned if my 'friends ' 
> in the endurance community in USA with pacemakers continue to ride 
> endurance .Dressage ,table tennis or swimming or gym work would be a 
> thousand time safer !
> Nik
>
> > From: "Dot Wiggins" <dotwgns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Nik Isahak Abdullah" <drnikisahak@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [RC] risks
> > Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:00:36 -0700
> >
> > I was referring to the many different reasons some Docs tell folks 
> > they can't ride, including hip and knee replacements, back surgery, 
> > and other medical conditions. There are no certainties, no matter how 
> > many precautions we take. Might as well consider the risks we are 
> > willing work around and do what we enjoy while we can. Life's too 
> > short at best.
> > There are many ways for things to go wrong, riding or not. There 
> > ain't no guarantees, even with best of health and fitness and 
> > preperation.


--

“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a 
monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also 
into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil


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