Back from the brink

From cardiac arrest at age 34, Prasanna Karthik rebounded, losing 42 kg and making his mark as an endurance cyclist; and more importantly, he has been guiding others on diets and workouts for free

Prasanna Karthik sews up a recollection of two medical crises with how he recovered from both, not just by pills, surgical threads and plates, but also wafer-thin carbon wheels.

Prasanna, who suffered a cardiac arrest on December 30, 2012, snuffed out 43 candles on his birthday cake this week, on October 19 — so, imagine the shock the medical event nine years ago would have brought to his kith and kin.

Prasanna would ensure their eyebrows went further up, the brows furrowed this time with pleasant surprise.