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Topic: Deke Slayton's Vitamin Regimen
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Duke Of URL
Member Posts: 1316
From: Syracuse, NY
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 03-25-2008 01:59 PM
   
I have a friend whose father suffers from the same type of heart fibrillation as Deke Slayton. Mind you, his attacks seem to coincide with chore time, but she was wondering if anybody here knew what combination of vitamins Deke Slayton took that (apparently) got him back on flight status.The family would really appreciate the info. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 03-25-2008 03:18 PM
I would caution that, even if information on Deke's vitamin regimen is discovered, your friend's father should discuss that sort of treatment with their doctor first. Heart fibrillations can have different causes, therefore treatment that works for one might not work for another...and, in fact, could do more harm than good.Anyway, just a friendly word of caution...  |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 03-25-2008 05:54 PM
A very good point - plus, I would imagine that medical knowledge and treatment has advanced considerably in the more than three decades since Deke's issues... |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 03-25-2008 06:57 PM
Would you actually believe four decades? In fact 46 years now since he was dropped from what would have been Delta 7.Colin |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 03-25-2008 10:24 PM
I was referring to the vitamin regime which is the subject of the thread, not referring to when he was dropped from flight status ten years earlier. He began the vitamin regimen in earnest in 1970, tests in late 1971 seemed to show it had worked, and he was restored to flight status in 1972. So we are only at 36 years... |
Duke Of URL
Member Posts: 1316
From: Syracuse, NY
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 03-25-2008 10:37 PM
Naturally, the guy would have to discuss it with his doctor.By the way, if anybody is curious as to my absence, I had an accident. I wish I could say it was when I cracked up my bike trying to avoid a bunch of nuns, but the simple truth is that I tripped over my own big feet, fell, and got a bleed in my brain. A doctor remarked that from the position of the bleed, it was a miracle I could still talk. My mother said, "The real miracle is when he shuts up." Thanks, Mom. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 03-25-2008 11:16 PM
Glad to hear you are doing better. I ran across some of your posts in the archives the other day and wondered where you went. |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 03-26-2008 07:26 AM
DUKE-Glad to see you back! It wasn't the same without you. Don't worry you'll be back on the bike scaring Nuns in no time. Tim |
Scott
Member Posts: 3307
From: Houston, TX
Registered: May 2001
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posted 03-26-2008 08:34 AM
As I told Duke, I had to rub my eyes when I saw him posting on cS again. Welcome back, Duke. You were missed. Sorry to hear of your accident and glad to hear you are OK. |
mikepf
Member Posts: 441
From: San Jose, California, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-26-2008 10:26 AM
Duke, I too was glad to see you posting again. Nice to have you back. Best wishes for your recovery. Mikie |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-26-2008 01:49 PM
I was wondering where you went. With the close call you had the last time, I thought you maybe were viewing the shuttle launches from the heavenly VIP seats.Good to see you back, Duke. Are they going to charge you for the crack in the sidewalk? |
machbusterman
Member Posts: 1778
From: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Registered: May 2004
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posted 03-26-2008 03:01 PM
Glad to see you back Duke... Your posts usually lifted the mood of an otherwise s**t day... Keep off the grass man... know what I'm saying?  |
KC Stoever
Member Posts: 1012
From: Denver, CO USA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 03-27-2008 07:24 PM
The Dukester!Welcome back and good to hear you're feeling better. I don't know the answer to your question about vitamins. (Just popped by to see if any cSers had noticed a nice Francis French guest essay--with two nice pics, hat tip to Bruce Moody--on Cece Bibby, newly posted over on the DP's website. And what a pleasant surprise to see the Duke with a 2008 post!) No intention to hijack, only to say hi and godspeed on your new vitamin regimen! (I myself take lots of vitamin D and a good multi.) |
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