UWill oneminyaka engu-45 ubudala, owayengumdlali wasekolishi owashintsha waba umdlali wama-triathlon ukuphila kwakhe konke, ucela usizo ngokuqeqeshwa ngokugijima. Okuwukuphela komlando wakhe wezokwelapha okuphawulekayo uchungechunge lokulimala ngokweqile emahlombe akhe nase-Achilles tendon. Emasontweni amuva, uphawula ukuthi ukuzivocavoca kwakhe kunzima ngokungavamile futhi ubika ukuthi uzizwa enamahloni esifubeni sakhe lapho enza umzamo omkhulu - okuyinto ayithi ibangelwa ukuntuleka kwamandla angaphakathi. Lapho ibuzwa ngokwengeziwe, ichaza ukuthi ukucinana kwesifuba kuyathuthuka lapho iphumule nokuthi ivame ukuzizwa inesiyezi lapho isalulama. Ucabanga ukuthi iyini inkinga eyisisekelo engase ibangele izimpawu zikaWill ngesikhathi/ngemva kokuvivinya umzimba?
Cishe uWill unesifo senhliziyo nemithambo yegazi. Njengoba ayengumdlali wasekolishi futhi manje engumgijimi we-triathlon, uye wavivinya iminyaka eminingi yokuzivivinya ngokuzikhandla, okungase kubangele ukuguqulwa kwenhliziyo okungalapheki, ekugcineni okuholele ekutheni i-myocardial fibrosis. Lolu hlobo lweCVD lungaba oluvamile phakathi kwabasubathi abaqeqeshiwe, ikakhulukazi abasubathi bokukhuthazela abanjengoWill (ukubhukuda, i-triathlon).