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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2016 11:05:04 GMT
What I am concerned about is his weight seemed to have just vanished, I know he was being a good boy with a goodish lifestyle nowadays. I found this photo (That I at least have never seen before-Courtesy the Daily Mirror)
His body looks painfully thin and it made me wonder if he hasn't lost too much weight too quickly ? Could this have had an adverse effect on his health that has resulted with this latest set back to him ? Even Frame looks fatter than Rick when it has always been the other way around with Francis being the skinny one in the band...
Geoff. In general, with heart problems its often the case that weight loss is a positive thing in terms of carrying less strain on the heart
However in Ricks case its rather a case of the stable being locked after the horse has already bolted. So much damage had been caused cumulatively over the years resulting in the sequence of heart attacks which in themselves have probably been perpetuated through continuing to largely ignore changing his lifestyle, despite the health warnings from his body, till the last couple of years or so.
His immune system has possibly been compromised to a degree as part of the vicious circle. In that picture he doesn't look well in general with that weight loss and somewhat sunken faced and gaunt. His weight seems to have yo-yo'd over the years. I think he possibly looked the fittest he had been for a long time around the time of the Heavy Traffic album - where he had both lost weight after the first heart attack in 1997 and also appeared to be looking after himself much better, briefly, at that particular time.
In the most recent years he has looked after himself generally well on a more sustained basis, in the increasing time he has spent as a family man, but clearly the demands of touring and playing the very physical role he has within Quo have continued to take their toll despite all this.
Francis changed his lifestyle and ditched the excesses much earlier than Rick, and this will have played an obvious part in the difference of health between the two of them. Its also possible though that hereditary factors are in play. Some people simply are inherently more at risk from certain conditions and so contributing lifestyle factors simply further magnify the risks over those who maybe are less inherently at risk - even if they themselves have lived life OTE themselves at one time.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Jun 20, 2016 11:44:22 GMT
IIRR with a weak heart, any thing you stop and start again without letting in gently - even eating patterns - is a risk. So for Rick now, unless he can store up some excess fitness, and keep everything on an even keel, everything is a risk. Rick + Rigid Discipline = Does Not Compute! But he has been working at it. Let's hope for the kids' sake if not the bands, his docs can help him pull all this together!
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Post by americanquo on Jun 23, 2016 5:19:19 GMT
Well shit, every time I duck away for a few days I come back to lousy news. This can't be happening, Rick has to be immortal. Damn.
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Post by frozenhero on Jun 23, 2016 9:50:47 GMT
Well shit, every time I duck away for a few days I come back to lousy news. This can't be happening, Rick has to be immortal. Damn. He isn't... and us fans have had a few of these moments already. The question is how many times one can take something like this. And I'm sure nobody wants a Lemmy scenario for Rick.
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Post by colmfoley on Jun 23, 2016 16:20:48 GMT
Well shit, every time I duck away for a few days I come back to lousy news. This can't be happening, Rick has to be immortal. Damn. He isn't... and us fans have had a few of these moments already. The question is how many times one can take something like this. And I'm sure nobody wants a Lemmy scenario for Rick. A ''Lemmy scenario'' he died from progressive cancer, completely different illness to Ricks, though neither are exclusive to Rock Stars or lifestyles. Get well soon Rick. God Speed Lemmy.
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Post by 4th Chord on Jun 26, 2016 12:57:29 GMT
Anyone heard any updates on how he's doing?
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Post by rockonquo on Jun 27, 2016 7:09:46 GMT
Don't know if it's true or not, but a friend of mine say's that Rick has sold his house in Spain?
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Post by curiousgirl on Jun 27, 2016 7:47:53 GMT
Don't know if it's true or not, but a friend of mine say's that Rick has sold his house in Spain? He was selling his home in 2014 - there was a thread on Ricky's mb about it and there's still one on cupsandcafes site. It must have been sold because the link on c&c is now to another property. So is your friend referring to that sale or to something more recent?
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Post by rockonquo on Jun 27, 2016 9:26:59 GMT
Don't know if it's true or not, but a friend of mine say's that Rick has sold his house in Spain? He was selling his home in 2014 - there was a thread on Ricky's mb about it and there's still one on cupsandcafes site. It must have been sold because the link on c&c is now to another property. So is your friend referring to that sale or to something more recent? Not to sure, he did say it sold for two million. My friend is a big Quo fan & I wouldn't know the slightest where he heard that from? Or if it was recent? Will meet up with him next Sunday, will find out more.
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Post by Railroad17 on Jun 27, 2016 9:38:52 GMT
Don't know if it's true or not, but a friend of mine say's that Rick has sold his house in Spain? I got told by a friend of mine that the Spanish house is no more Now my friends got a broken nose..etc
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Jun 30, 2016 14:56:42 GMT
According to a showbiz forum I am a member of. Rick was seen last week in the Royal Brompton hospital having a right shouting match at someone. I sent the forum member a link to a pic of Simon Porter and it was him Rick was shouting at.
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Post by Whoppa Choppa on Jun 30, 2016 15:03:55 GMT
According to a showbiz forum I am a member of. Rick was seen last week in the Royal Brompton hospital having a right shouting match at someone. I sent the forum member a link to a pic of Simon Porter and it was him Rick was shouting at. Interesting, MyLord! Freddie on for sunday... oh well, should I stay or should I go.....
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Post by paul70 on Jun 30, 2016 15:54:33 GMT
Rick is bored:-)
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Post by 4th Chord on Jun 30, 2016 15:58:01 GMT
According to a showbiz forum I am a member of. Rick was seen last week in the Royal Brompton hospital having a right shouting match at someone. I sent the forum member a link to a pic of Simon Porter and it was him Rick was shouting at. Blimey.
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Post by gentlemanjoe on Jun 30, 2016 17:07:12 GMT
According to a showbiz forum I am a member of. Rick was seen last week in the Royal Brompton hospital having a right shouting match at someone. I sent the forum member a link to a pic of Simon Porter and it was him Rick was shouting at. Hmm..
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