Eddy Merckx - crashed on Sunday with serious head injury

[bjf]

I think it's just a pacemaker for an arrhythmia. Not a big deal at all.

[Peter P.]

Originally Posted by gasman

It’s actually not that big of a deal. The pacemakers nowadays are very sophisticated.
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I've got a dual lead pacemaker, implanted 3 years ago at a much younger age than Merckx, etal. My heart was missing beats-a LOT of them! I would crater on the bike after 20 minutes. It took over a year of tests and reprogramming to get it squared away so I could ride. ONE LOUSY CHECKBOX in the software was screwing me up!

Doctor said if I wasn't an athlete, I might have never noticed the missing beats.

Now I can call myself an e-doper.

[mcteague]

He is back home!

Merckx out of the hospital

Eddy Merckx is out of the hospital, Het Nieuwsblad reports. The Belgian cycling legend, who was hospitalized after sustaining a head injury in a cycling crash earlier this week, is now recovering at home after a few days of evaluation. Doctors were cautious given Merckx’s use of a pacemaker, but he was ultimately cleared to leave the hospital and taken home by his wife, Claudine.

“He is happy that he can go home,” said Claudine Merckx, according to Het Nieuwsblad. “Ultimately, it is still better at home than in a hospital, no matter how well looked after.”

https://cyclingtips.com/2019/10/hepb...y-news-digest/

Tim

[Hawker]

Great news!! Go Fast Eddy!

[Ken Robb]

I wonder if he wears a helmet these days.

[rdunnenb]

Eddy -
An inspiration to many!

in our thoughts.