Australian Olympian Lisa Curry has announced she has Atrial fibrillation, a heart condition that causes an irregular and often abnormally fast heart rate.
The 60-year-old from the Sunshine Coast revealed her diagnosis during a live interview on The Morning Show on November 22.
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Sharing a life update with hosts Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur, Curry said she has “been in hospital twice this year.”
“I’ve got a little bit of… I don’t know where I got that from, it’s just appeared,” she said of her Atrial fibrillation (A-fib) diagnosis.
The condition is marked by irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm which can lead to blot clots in the heart and can increase the risk of other heart-related complications if not treated, according to Mayo clinic.
“So my doctor said I have to be weaned off alcohol and coffee,” Curry explained, adding that she’s been “trying to do that” but it is “hard”.
Curry said that, as a result, she is now on Beta blockers which treat high blood pressure but the author said that the medication “makes you tired”.
“There’s a lot going on,” she said.
Lisa Curry’s heart condition
A year prior to her recent diagnosis, Curry was hospitalised with chest pains she attributed to “heartache” for her late daughter Jaimi, who died at 33 years old in 2020 after a battle with an undisclosed long-term illness.
At the time, Curry shared details of her diagnosis while in hospital.
“It’s day five after coming in with chest pain, a wide squeezing band around my chest and back. All my tests are good. Everyone is stumped,” she shared on Instagram in July 2021.
“But you can’t test for heartache💔.
“Brokenhearted by things that people said to her and did to her.”
She continued to detail the five stages of grief and say they “overlap”.
“You never know what will trigger the heartache or the tears.
“It could be a word, a thought, a song, a photo, a memory, a hug from a stranger… all we need is a hug… and understanding… nothing even needs to be said.”
Lisa Curry’s heart condition
The swimmer also underwent surgery for a heart condition in 2008.
It was reported at the time that an implanted defibrillator would remain with her for the rest of her life.
She underwent a second surgery for Myocarditis, which is inflammation of the heart muscle, n 2015.
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