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ACEP Now: Vol 35 – No 03 – March 2016MJ: I was on a mission to feel normal again, and I wanted to prove to myself that I was normal. I went home and started mountain biking the next day. I got myself back in shape. My goal was to ride a 100 km mountain bike race within a year of the event. There was a race I’d done once a couple of years previously in New Hampshire called the Hampshire 100, so that’s the one I aimed for. Nearly a year after my subarachnoid hemorrhage, I finished the race going hard, and I’d like to think of it as a punctuation of my recovery. It was a wonderful day.
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One Response to “Emergency Physician Lands in ED after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage During Bike Ride”
March 20, 2016
Michael JarosickKevin,
Thanks for the excellent article. Just want to clarify a couple points.
The onset of head and neck pain were not of “thunderclap” character but there was a massive thunderclap acceleration of the symptoms after that initial 20 minutes. Wow! That acceleration combined with the “worst headache of my life” led me to the field diagnosis.
Also, in compliance with my neurosurgeon’s advice, I didn’t start mountain biking right away but did very easy pedaling for short distances on flat paved trail until I had his blessing to mountain bike again 1 month later.
Thanks again, MIKE