Guest guest Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 This was in the paper under " This Day In Sports. " I did a google search for Greg Lemond and he is quite an athlete. The Herald News - Fall River,MA,USA American cyclist, Greg Lemond, announced his retirement. Lemond, who was a three-time winner of the Tour de France, had been diagnosed with a muscular disease known as mitochondrial Myopathy, which prevents him from competing at a world-class level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 He announced his retirement 10 years ago I think. The interesting thing is that I was looking on the Internet for information on this, and some people said that he " got " mitochondrial myopathy from his shooting accident, which left several heavy-metal containing shotgun pellets in his body near major organs. Although certainly a major accident like he had (he almost died) could cause any subclinical condition to manifest. I find it interesting the way the public get tiny pictures of certain conditions - to read the stories about him, you figure each person with mitochondrial myopathy has his exact symptoms. It would be interesting for the UMDF to contact him about being a potential spokes (hee hee, spokes) person. Take care, RH > This was in the paper under " This Day In Sports. " I did a google search for Greg Lemond and he is quite an athlete. > > > The Herald News - Fall River,MA,USA > > American cyclist, Greg Lemond, announced his retirement. Lemond, who was a three-time winner of the Tour de France, had been diagnosed with a muscular disease known as mitochondrial Myopathy, which prevents him from competing at a world-class level. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 I don't know if this is true, but the scuttlebutt I have heard from mito experts on Greg Lemond is that he is 'self diagnosed' and that everyone was puzzled as to why he thought he had mito. Thus, doesn't seem likely he will be asked to be a spokesperson or even--hehe-- " spokes " person for UMDF. Among other things, those who know mito disease question whether he could ever have competed at world class level if indeed he has mito. Again, I don't have any personal knowledge of his case, other than what I've been told. For various reasons, the experts are skeptical. Barbara > > This was in the paper under " This Day In Sports. " I did a google > search for Greg Lemond and he is quite an athlete. > > > > > > The Herald News - Fall River,MA,USA > > > > American cyclist, Greg Lemond, announced his retirement. Lemond, > who was a three-time winner of the Tour de France, had been diagnosed > with a muscular disease known as mitochondrial Myopathy, which > prevents him from competing at a world-class level. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 RH Alice (I think it was her) contacted his publicist about being a mito spokesman and he was not interested. I'm not sure, but think it was that his mito no longer existed once the cause was removed. Not sure of this as I am doing it from the memory that is going. laurie > > Reply-To: > Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 20:22:27 -0000 > To: > Subject: Re: Greg Lemond > > > He announced his retirement 10 years ago I think. The interesting > thing is that I was looking on the Internet for information on this, > and some people said that he " got " mitochondrial myopathy from his > shooting accident, which left several heavy-metal containing shotgun > pellets in his body near major organs. Although certainly a major > accident like he had (he almost died) could cause any subclinical > condition to manifest. > > I find it interesting the way the public get tiny pictures of certain > conditions - to read the stories about him, you figure each person > with mitochondrial myopathy has his exact symptoms. It would be > interesting for the UMDF to contact him about being a potential > spokes (hee hee, spokes) person. > > Take care, > RH > > > >> This was in the paper under " This Day In Sports. " I did a google > search for Greg Lemond and he is quite an athlete. >> >> >> The Herald News - Fall River,MA,USA >> >> American cyclist, Greg Lemond, announced his retirement. Lemond, > who was a three-time winner of the Tour de France, had been diagnosed > with a muscular disease known as mitochondrial Myopathy, which > prevents him from competing at a world-class level. >> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/cycling/1998/tourdefrance/tourdefranc earchive/tour4.html This indicates that he had a muscle biopsy at least, and that his family was tested for it. Another page from 1998 indicates he had a repeat muscle biopsy which showed " that his disease hasn't advanced significantly " . http://64.233.161.104/search? q=cache:YQM5Idoqgr8J:www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/sports/1998_ Dec_2.LEMOND.html+%22greg+lemond%22+diagnosed&hl=en Also, there's a Scientific American article on it from 1995 (but I don't have a subscription, so here's a summary): " The End of the Road; April 1995; by Derr; 2 page(s) Announcing his retirement from competitive bicycle racing last December, Greg LeMond brought to a close a career marked by sublime athletic achievement. He had won the Tour de France three times and the world championship twice; some of these victories came after his near death in a 1987 hunting accident. LeMond, at age 33, has now also entered medical record books, becoming the first elite athlete to be diagnosed with mitochondrial myopathy, a disorder that impairs muscle. He reported that, for mysterious reasons, his skeletal muscle cells could no longer use oxygen to produce the energy required for him to perform at peak capacity. Greg is the first trained athlete to be diagnosed with this condition, says LeMond's physician, Rochelle Taube of the Minneapolis Sports Medicine Center. " Usually people with mitochondrial myopathy can barely move, or they are children who die of the disease. " Taube emphasizes, however, that LeMond's myopathy should not prevent him from pursuing an active life. " Well, my life is pretty active, especially compared to some of you guys, so she was right there. And it's possible some of the treatments that might help a mito patient might preclude " world-class competition " . Interesting. Take care, RH > >> This was in the paper under " This Day In Sports. " I did a google > > search for Greg Lemond and he is quite an athlete. > >> > >> > >> The Herald News - Fall River,MA,USA > >> > >> American cyclist, Greg Lemond, announced his retirement. Lemond, > > who was a three-time winner of the Tour de France, had been diagnosed > > with a muscular disease known as mitochondrial Myopathy, which > > prevents him from competing at a world-class level. > >> > >> > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 My 2 cents for whatever that's worth ! Since many things can cause mitochondrial damage (ie overtraining, stress, thyroid imbalances, blood sugar imbalances etc... which are factors in extreme training regimines) it seems possible that he could be improperly diagnosed with a PRIMARY mitochondrial disease by the untrained / uninformed clinician. Bug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 RH, Interesting, for sure. Thanks for the links. B > > >> This was in the paper under " This Day In Sports. " I did a google > > > search for Greg Lemond and he is quite an athlete. > > >> > > >> > > >> The Herald News - Fall River,MA,USA > > >> > > >> American cyclist, Greg Lemond, announced his retirement. Lemond, > > > who was a three-time winner of the Tour de France, had been > diagnosed > > > with a muscular disease known as mitochondrial Myopathy, which > > > prevents him from competing at a world-class level. > > >> > > >> > > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 RH, Interesting, for sure. Thanks for the links. B > > >> This was in the paper under " This Day In Sports. " I did a google > > > search for Greg Lemond and he is quite an athlete. > > >> > > >> > > >> The Herald News - Fall River,MA,USA > > >> > > >> American cyclist, Greg Lemond, announced his retirement. Lemond, > > > who was a three-time winner of the Tour de France, had been > diagnosed > > > with a muscular disease known as mitochondrial Myopathy, which > > > prevents him from competing at a world-class level. > > >> > > >> > > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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