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I see the latest addition to out member board includes a Grizzly fan (rockymtngriz) a welcome addition if I say so myself. Speaking from my own experience with a patient who was a huge Grizzly fan, they are an interesting bunch to say the least.
This particular gentleman (which he would not want to be called) was short of breath, coughing up blood and complaining of chest pain. After evaluating him his doctors in Montana recommended a referral to the Mayo Clinic. I asked him when he notice the symptoms and out came a story that I will summarize here.
He started by giving me a brief history of "legendary" Montana Grizzly football and the rivalry with Montana St.
He reported that he was well in 2001 (I beleive The Griz won the IAA NC that year) but after a loss to Montana St. in 2002 (at which he reported yelling alot more than usual) he noted that his voice was less strong and he was short of breath. He ignored this. Then the 2003 season began and early in the year NDSU came to town and beat The Griz. This nearly killed him!!! He was yelling so much and with such intensity that he suffered a small heart attack and was hospitalized. Of course he recovered in time to make it to the next weeks game.
The season went reasonably well, as did his health, until the Montana St. game near the end of the year. Remember the loss in 2002 is when his symptoms first appeared. Needless to say, Montana St. defeated the Grizz and then the Grizz lost in the first round of the playoffs sending my patient back to the hospital with shortness-of-breath, chest pain, and coughing up blood. He eventually ended up under my care.
Long story short, I told him he either needed to avoid The Grizzly games our face the possibility of further problems and potentially death. He thanked me and said that wasn't an option. I told him I understood which made him smirk and nearly made his wife faint. I guess he figured I wouldn't be able to relate, but as a true and blue SDSU fan, I did.
So, welcome Grizz fans, we sure would like to model our football program after your teams success. Perhaps our BB team can eventually see some of the success The Grizz had in the mid to late 90's. One question, whats the reason for the stuggles in BB the last few years? Is it just improvement in some of the other Big Sky teams or have there been coaching and recruiting problems at Montana? You grabbed one of our S.D. boys this year.
This particular gentleman (which he would not want to be called) was short of breath, coughing up blood and complaining of chest pain. After evaluating him his doctors in Montana recommended a referral to the Mayo Clinic. I asked him when he notice the symptoms and out came a story that I will summarize here.
He started by giving me a brief history of "legendary" Montana Grizzly football and the rivalry with Montana St.
He reported that he was well in 2001 (I beleive The Griz won the IAA NC that year) but after a loss to Montana St. in 2002 (at which he reported yelling alot more than usual) he noted that his voice was less strong and he was short of breath. He ignored this. Then the 2003 season began and early in the year NDSU came to town and beat The Griz. This nearly killed him!!! He was yelling so much and with such intensity that he suffered a small heart attack and was hospitalized. Of course he recovered in time to make it to the next weeks game.
The season went reasonably well, as did his health, until the Montana St. game near the end of the year. Remember the loss in 2002 is when his symptoms first appeared. Needless to say, Montana St. defeated the Grizz and then the Grizz lost in the first round of the playoffs sending my patient back to the hospital with shortness-of-breath, chest pain, and coughing up blood. He eventually ended up under my care.
Long story short, I told him he either needed to avoid The Grizzly games our face the possibility of further problems and potentially death. He thanked me and said that wasn't an option. I told him I understood which made him smirk and nearly made his wife faint. I guess he figured I wouldn't be able to relate, but as a true and blue SDSU fan, I did.
So, welcome Grizz fans, we sure would like to model our football program after your teams success. Perhaps our BB team can eventually see some of the success The Grizz had in the mid to late 90's. One question, whats the reason for the stuggles in BB the last few years? Is it just improvement in some of the other Big Sky teams or have there been coaching and recruiting problems at Montana? You grabbed one of our S.D. boys this year.
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