A school friend same age as me died suddenly

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I was looking on FB and he was with his wife (old school friend) and his kids in London snapping happily around the London eye.

3 days later he died of a heart attack. Aged 43

Six pack, healthy and happy.

This has really knocked me and I'm struggling to shake it off.

You never know what is around the corner...And I can't imagine what his wife and young kids are going through...
 
I honestly think this is something we might see a bit of a rise in. People who outwardly appear fit but actually dont lead particularly healthy lifestyles and cause themselves damage.

Fair point that any day could be your last.
 
A lad I knew from same class in school died when he was 20. We shared same birthday too. Horrible stuff.
 
Kid I knew in same primary school, I knew his mother too as she was our teacher.
Ended up at different junior schools.
Next thing I knew was his name in the paper, died of heart failure at aged 13.
He'd been one of those that did sports, was fit, but had some heart problem that no one knew until it happened.
 
RIP your mate.

We've been Guinea Pigs to the food industry since the early 70's.
The chickens are now coming home to roost !

I'm 56 years old and have lived in Australia and England. We never heard of diabetes when we were at school and you could count on one hand the asthmatics in your entire neighbourhood !
 
Dis86 said:
I honestly think this is something we might see a bit of a rise in. People who outwardly appear fit but actually dont lead particularly healthy lifestyles and cause themselves damage.
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Also those that over do it - I know someone who appears incredible fit - always running and working out, etc. but she has done her knees in - still keeps pushing it too far despite having significant surgery on them twice and a heart problem from pushing herself too far.
 
Fishbait said:
Kid I knew in same primary school, I knew his mother too as she was our teacher.
Ended up at different junior schools.
Next thing I knew was his name in the paper, died of heart failure at aged 13.
He'd been one of those that did sports, was fit, but had some heart problem that no one knew until it happened.
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Someone I knew was in my class at middle school I heard later he died in his teens, leukemia. Met his sister years later looked just like him really unsettling experience. Some else I knew died of CF barely 18 or 19
 
Anyone remember GreenLizard on here? Always active on the football forum in particular. He seemed a young healthy man in his 20’s, then we had the news that he had died in his sleep. I was absolutely stunned.
 
I attended the funeral of one of my school friends a few weeks ago, died from a heart attack a few months prior to his 31st birthday.

The funeral turnout was amazing, most of our school year was there. Knocked everybody for six I think.

Horrible thing to experience at such a young age but a reminder that life is precious.
 
There are certainly things we can do to reduce the risk of death. But sadly there is still some element of chance to it, whether it'' being run over, getting a serious illness, being affected by genetics, etc, etc.

RIP to your friend.
 
I’ve already his this feeling hit home several time and I’m only 21.

Back in my first year of college a friend got stabbed at a house party and passed away.

Then first year of univesity a boy in the year below committed suicide. Was such a lovely dude but suffered from severe OCD and sadly gave up.

Then second year of uni I moved but one of my closet course mates at Brighton suddenly died. Same reason as OP I believe with a CRY issue

Being so young it really has hit home every time and gives you a whole different perspective on life. It really is a hard feeling to shake but can’t live life worrying what’s around the corner.
 
A classmate of my 16yo daughter died a couple of weeks back, at school perfectly normal one day and dead the next from an infected hairball of all things. Apparently she'd chewed her hair habitually since very young.
 
Sorry to hear the bad news, especially so young.

Sadly cardiac health isn't something really worried about in the young. I was diagnosed with a heart condition when I was 21 (through some totally irrelevant testing which picked it up) which only symptom was "sudden cardiac death". Thankfully I had a shed load of tests and was found to have such a minor case of it I was told not to worry, but keep off the meds which can cause it to get worse as a precaution.

With that said, the list of medication is extensive that you cannot take if you've got this issue. For a lot of people out there all it may take is to have a condition (Long QT, for example) which causes a high risk of heart failure, take some of these meds and then you could be risking your life. Without prior knowledge though would you worry about those antibiotics your doctor has perscribed? Drugs can be found here for those who have an interest: http://www.sads.org.uk/drugs-to-avoid/

Having heard stories like the OP and many in this thread, plus my own experiences, a simple ECG could be so beneficial to so many if kids had them as a child (symptoms manifest in early puberty normally).
 
When I was a teenager a girl I knew, a friend's sister, died of that SADS thing. She was perfectly healthy as far as anyone knew, but one night she went to bed and she was dead by morning. Just 18 years old. It knocked everyone for six.

Her parents got her brother and sister tested - apparently you can test for it by looking at genes but you never would without some risk factor - and she's fine but he carries it, I think.
 
My cousin died from CRY a few years ago, fit as a whistle, healthy lifestyle, early 30's, one morning his fiance woke up to him making strange noises and well, he passed there and then, still hurts all these years later.
 
Sorry to hear about your friend :(

I have a condition associated with SADS, Brugada, and although don’t watch Eastenders was made aware it had featured recently in the story line.

Early 2006 at the age of 24 I had an implantable cardioverter defribillator after a CAA medical found an issue with my ECG.

I feel lucky I have such an insurance policy and subsequent genetic testing to establish risk to kids etc. In most cases the electrical issue can not be detected in a post mortem which is why so many deaths can’t be fully explained.

A groups of us last year did a half marathon to raise money for an AED at the kids primary school. Not much else you can other than prepare for just in case.
 
a friend i went school with was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer last week.

33 years old never smoked gym freak and just had a baby girl..

thats 2 school friends that have been ****** by cancer within last 9 months :(
 
Jonnycoupe said:
Early 2006 at the age of 24 I had an implantable cardioverter defribillator after a CAA medical found an issue with my ECG.
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Sorry to hear your story Jonny, it was the CAA who found my long QT too. Glad you've managed to find a way to deal with it. It's amazing how many people find issues with cardiovascular health during Class 1 initials, I know several who have had to do all the tests. As mentioned above, if kids could get an ECG think how many lives could be saved by picking up on these things earlier.
 
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