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i heard matthew rogers hands stopped growing when he was a kid and were apparently the size of a kid's when he was fully grown. i think he also had some thing where he would sweat too much and would need to be constantly rehydrated or he would suffer from whatever you get when you lose too much water.
Just wondering if there are any other players in the AFL who play/played with a Disease/Condition that would normally keep them from playing a Professional sport like ours.
One of the Fremantle FC listed players, Scott Thornton, has Crohn's Disease ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crohn's_disease )
He has been at the club now since 2000 ( 2000 National AFL Draft 5th round selection (Fremantle) No. 66 overall. ) yet has not been able to build up his body due to this condition. (He's 194cm, 3cm taller than Pav but stick thin)
Just wanted to know were there any others playing today or previously who have had a disease/condition?
My father has that. Absolute no surprise that he cannot build his body up. It is easily managed though with a good diet.
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First off let me just say that in no way am I promoting the use of these drugs. They can seriously Fk with your head, I have old friends who are living proof.
BUT .. it got me thinking. I dont suffer from ADHD and Im certainly no doctor but the only drug Im familiar with that treats ADHD is Dexamphetamines. For those of you non ADHD sufferers out there who have actually tried these pills yourselves as a recreational drug would know they can be seriously performance enhancing. The hand eye co-ordination and reflex response is considerably greater (yes i was young and silly once but I saw the error of my ways before I ended up like my old friends)
Secondly... Im not at all suggesting that the two named players above are not legitimately suffering from ADHD (which by the way apparently does not have any performance enhancing effects whatsoever on genuine sufferers because its like a chemical imbalance or something??)
Correct me if Im wrong.
The point Im trying to make is that I have heard of people who have faked symptoms pretty easily to obtain regular Dexamphetamine prescriptions. An old skater friend of mine used to win a lot of comps if he was 'performance enhanced' but couldn't land a trick without 'enhancement' so naturally some days he'd suck and other days he'd dominate. These drugs regardless of who takes them, genuine or not, are an amphetamine which surely is classed as performance enhancing in any sport and would show up on any drug test.
My question is (and it may be dumb) How do players who are genuine ADHD sufferers get around the positive test result when really anyone is 'capable' of faking?
So am I and you;ve described it well...
Here is a good test...
http://www.opticien-lentilles.com/daltonien_beta/new_test_daltonien.php
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Ritalin and dexamphetamine are on the banned list. You can get Therapeutic Use Exemptions for some substances, which requires you to jump through a number of hurdles to continue taking the medication. There's info on this on the ASADA website: www.asada.gov.au
Heath Shaw apparently is a maniac around the club. Can't pay attention during team meetings etc. He's even worse when he doesn't take his meds. Since Shaw lost his licence, Didak drives him everywhere (*cue jokes*), and recently Didak said he always has headaches because Shaw never shuts up.
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Brenton Sanderson and John Kennedy Jnr also had issues with this at points in their careers if I remember rightly.
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What sort of diet does he have, any foods he can't have at all? Is your father rake thin like Thornton?
Thanks Fred.
Crohn's Disease
nah, i've got it and it's not that straightforward, unfortunately.
takes a completely different course from person to person. some people can cut out a few simple foods (dairy or wheat, perhaps) and then avoid all symptoms. some people have more severe restrictions (i avoid most fibre) and still need fairly toxic medication, and possibly steroids. and some people need regular operations because it keeps recurring.
it's basically inflammation in the bowel caused by the immune system attacking it. the standard treatment is to destroy the immune system so it can't attack the bowel. if that sounds pretty rough to you, you're right. just goes to show that modern medicine is good at some things but has no idea with others.
nah, i've got it and it's not that straightforward, unfortunately.
takes a completely different course from person to person. some people can cut out a few simple foods (dairy or wheat, perhaps) and then avoid all symptoms. some people have more severe restrictions (i avoid most fibre) and still need fairly toxic medication, and possibly steroids. and some people need regular operations because it keeps recurring.
it's basically inflammation in the bowel caused by the immune system attacking it. the standard treatment is to destroy the immune system so it can't attack the bowel. if that sounds pretty rough to you, you're right. just goes to show that modern medicine is good at some things but has no idea with others.
Do you mean Keratitis? Its inflammation of the cornea of the eye?
Ketamitis isn't a disease or a disorder. I think you might have been thinking of the drug Ketamine.
Ketamine is a sedative mostly used by vets or in human use medically to alleviate the pain symptoms of Reflex Sympathetic Dystophy (from which my other half suffers). It is also used by recreational drug users/manufacturers as an ingredient in ecstasy or on its own as a means of cancelling out the effect of stimulants.
I am pretty sure Brett Ratten and Barry Hall have had corrective eye surgery to fix eye sight problems, maybe short sighted problems or something like that.
Corey McKernan had laser surgery to fix his eyesight. He couldn't read the scoreboard and couldn't see who it was he was receiving it from/kicking it to. He could see the colours of the jumper but that was about it.
Osgood shlatters disease or something?
No idea how to spell it.
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