Curtis Samuel had a "procedure to fix an irregular heartbeat"

[Millioso7]

The ppl that wanted Torrey gone funchess traded and ok with Byrd cutting smmfh.. still a little upsetting..

[electro's horse]

4 hours ago, FugAllY'all said:

How does a thing like this get discovered?

Complaints of light headedness, nausea, shortness of breath, dizziness. 

would immediately be checked for dehydration, sun stroke, maybe rhabdo

some people have such a strong heart beat that you can feel it fluttering just in their wrist. most people I work with are really old, and and even then you can easily tell something like afib. 

then you'd listen with a stethoscope, and at that point you'd be able to hear it very easily. 

They'd then be shipped to any low lvl ER/Urgent Care center and hooked up to telemetry for an hour, and at that point it's pretty clear what's going on.

Source: I have worked in catheter labs. Basically every single thing that happens in a catheter lab is outpatient at this point because it's like one of the three most amazing things we can do in healthcare. They go in through the femoral artery, it's very non invasive. Like I had a guy who was 63 years old and had a trans atrial catheter replacement and was sent to us that day. He died two days later, but that's beyond the point. 

Samuel either had a stint put in, or underwent some form of cardioversion which is basically sticking an electrode up there and shocking the damn thing to try to get it to revert to a normal rhythm. Remember, the heart beats because of something called a syncytium, which is just an electrical pulse. If it was a stint, or something structural, that means they saw something in an mri/cta/dye test whatever that they felt they could fix. If it was something electronic, that means what was wrong was ongoing. 

what does it mean for him? well, our patients spend a week hugging a pillow to their chest so they don't blow up their heart coughing. 

you're not going to get a team doctor to come out and say exactly what he had done and how much time he's going to be out.

but it's his heart. its important. he aggravates a hamstring, he limps for a while. he aggravates his heart, he dies. 

[electro's horse]

i mean it's considered minor because in the world of cardiology when you don't have to literally crack someone open like a walnut you go get an early lunch

[saX man]

6 hours ago, Sam Mills Fan said:

I'm still confused how unexpected heart surgery is considered a "small procedure". Maybe it somehow is, but that sounds scary as hell to me, especially if you're an NFL player.

Just had an ablation performed for my wolf-Parkinson white and can confirm these things have minimal recovery time.

they basicaly jack into your groin, channel through your body’s wiring and burn off the extra passage. It is usually a 99% success rate.

[electro's horse]

i bet you liked having your groin jacked

[GoobyPls]

6 hours ago, E CaT PanTHer 2 said:

we're talking about curtis samuel here, not steve smith.

samuel is 5 11 195 lbs. 

i'm sorry, that's not small for an NFL receiver. try again

Samuel is not 195, he probably closer to 185-190. And Smith weighed around 205 and was built completely different.

[saX man]

36 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

i bet you liked having your groin jacked

You know it beef jerky.  

[beastson]

29 minutes ago, GoobyPls said:

Samuel is not 195, he probably closer to 185-190. And Smith weighed around 205 and was built completely different.

Smith was listed as 185 pretty much his whole career. He's only 5'9 though, Samuel is taller

[GoobyPls]

26 minutes ago, beastson said:

Smith was listed as 185 pretty much his whole career. He's only 5'9 though, Samuel is taller

Yep listed doesn’t mean actual weight. Smith was probably was 185 coming out of college but he put on a ton of muscle 3 years in. 

[JARROD]

Jesus I hope the dude is ok. I’m sure he wants to play his heart out.

he should sit out until he’s definitely recovered, no sense in having a heart attack on the field.

[BigSyke]

And that's why they didn't cut Torrey. Injuries could come out of nowhere, hopefully Curtis is playing soon.

[ChibCU]

21 hours ago, TheRed said:

I like Samuel. But him and OBJ are on two different wavelengths altogether.

Measurables are important in a discussion but you can't get carried away just because two players might compare closely in that regard.

E cat was just responding to your "show your work" challenge. He referenced other slight-of-build NFL WRs that had/have successful careers. Two perfect examples are currently the top 3 in the game: Antonio Brown (smaller than Samuel) and OBJ (identical).

Skill, production, and potential are definitely in the favor of OBJ when comparing to Samuel. However, that's not what was being discussed.

[FakePlasticTrees]

He has been ruled out for the Dallas game.

[TheRed]

6 minutes ago, ChibCU said:

E cat was just responding to your "show your work" challenge. He referenced other slight-of-build NFL WRs that had/have successful careers. Two perfect examples are currently the top 3 in the game: Antonio Brown (smaller than Samuel) and OBJ (identical).

Skill, production, and potential are definitely in the favor of OBJ when comparing to Samuel. However, that's not what was being discussed.

E Cat is coked up half the time. Who cares what he thinks.

I should have expounded more in the initial post. But the simple fact of the matter is, whether you or I might think it is fair, there are going to be questions about his durability. The health issues are piling up, and he hasn't been able to play more than a handful of games.

We saw what happened with KB. I'm not saying that is going to happen to Curtis. But things change quickly in the NFL, and if he can't stay on the field again this season, those questions will be prevalent, and they will get louder.

You guys get way too serious about the size stuff. It's a discussion.