It appears that you probably can train safely on the bike (with hip flexion reduced a much as you can, and no aerobar use) with an AAA stent graft and (made in Australia) reparative extension, courtesy of the Cleveland Clinic and clinical trial - I’m an experiment of one, which is interesting.
A while ago I posted a message about my concerns with respect to cycling with an abdominal aortic aneurysm stent graft, with reparative extension to the left limb, using an a branched extension into both my internal (hypogastric) and external iliac arteries. I was concerned about the negative impact of cycling, possible damaging the intersection of the new device with my existing Cook Zenith stent graft.
I received a great deal of kind support and input from this group - THANKS A MILLION - which helped me to select my approach to the issue.
I decided to continue training on my custom Guru, which was designed specifically to minimize hip flexion, but to abandon the use of my aerobars (the price I have to pay) and sit up straight, irrespective of the opposing aerodynamic forces.
Just want to let you know that training is going well, even though I lost a lot of conditioning. Will take another year to get back where I was, but if I finish Eagleman, Placid, and Mont Tremblant under the cutoffs I’ll be quite happy.
Hope this provides encouragement to others recovering from major health challenges - the key is patience, understanding the issues, adapting accordingly, advice and encouragement for others (that includes you folks) and not giving up. Damn, I really love Ironman training.
Have a great season everyone.
Cheers,
Kevin aka FitOldDog
Good for you! keep us updated on your progress!