Lisa Curry becomes tearful as she reveals shock heath diagnosis affecting her heart: ‘It’s just appeared’
Lisa Curry is suffering with a heart ailment.
The athlete became emotional as she discussed the issue on Tuesday’s The Morning Show, with the 60-year-old revealing she’s had to make lifestyle changes due to atrial fibrillation.
‘I don’t know where I got that from, it’s just appeared,’ Lisa said, adding that she has had to remove certain things from her diet.
Lisa Curry (pictured) is suffering with a heart ailment. The athlete became emotional as she discussed the issue on Tuesday’s The Morning Show, with the 60-year-old revealing she’s had to make lifestyle changes due to atrial fibrillation
‘So my doctor said I have to be weaned off alcohol and coffee,’ she explained, adding one of the side effects is high blood pressure.
Lisa has also been prescribed beta blockers, but says that the medicine, ‘makes you tired’.
Atrial fibrillation is a condition where the heart beats irregularly, often causing poor blood flow.
‘I don’t know where I got that from, it’s just appeared,’ Lisa said
It comes after Lisa released a balloon filled with her daughter Jaimi’s ashes at the top of Mount Kosciuszko, two years after the 33-year-old’s tragic death.
The Olympian announced she’d scaled Australia’s tallest mountain, sharing a gallery of photos documenting the treacherous expedition.
‘I needed something to help me find focus again and get out of bed, but my main purpose was to take my daughter’s ashes to the top of Mt Kosciuszko,’ she wrote on Instagram.
It comes after Lisa released a balloon filled with her daughter Jaimi’s ashes at the top of Mount Kosciuszko, two years after the 33-year-old’s tragic death. Pictured together
The Olympian announced she’d scaled Australia’s tallest mountain over the weekend, sharing a gallery of photos documenting the treacherous expedition
‘I can honestly say it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. My beautiful friend Christine didn’t leave my side which I was very grateful for. The water is my comfort zone, not mountains,’ she explained.
‘The conditions were very challenging, plenty of snow, ice, rain, sleet, baby hail (sago), 60-100kmh winds, we had it all. Once we headed out, we were committed. No turning back. One step at a time.’
Once at the mountain’s peak, Lisa released a small pink balloon containing Jaimi’s ashes and dried flowers from her funeral into the air.
The trip, which had been postposed several times due to Covid restrictions, proved enormously challenging for the Commonwealth Games gold medalist
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