Franks is preparing for surgery that will ultimately save his life.
“I wasn’t having a heart attack or anything like that, but I contracted an infection. While I was in there though, I told them I’d had this heart issue when I was 16, so they scanned me and saw the condition had worsened,” he recalled.
His story highlights how heart problems can potentially affect anyone – including those who are young and seemingly very fit and healthy. Being forced to suddenly retire early when he’d previously felt fine – and still looked well on the outside – was tough. “I reached out and got some help and had to do a lot of therapy. It really is a grieving process and I had to figure out who I was and what I enjoyed away from being ‘the athlete’.
He added: “I do a lot of work around addiction and alcohol now, because I really struggled with those things.
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