The Health, Diet and Exercise Thread

[Stillearly]

Risk of penile fractures rises at Christmas, doctors find ... 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/20/risk-of-penile-fractures-rises-at-christmas-doctors-find

[Glasseye]

2 hours ago, coxyhog said:

Not sure what you meant by that,but it still costs £20.99pm.

Got you confused with another. Sorry mate.

[coxyhog]

54 minutes ago, Glasseye said:

Got you confused with another. Sorry mate.

👍....I'm easily confused mate

[Glasseye]

18 hours ago, galenkia said:

Just back from a one hour session on the treadmill.

 

Feels good when you start really seeing and feeling the results, doesn't it. 

And also the inspiration it gives you to push harder. In some cases for me it can be remarkable and life changing.

 

Just be careful mate, or you'll end up like Yes.....

 

 

 

555555555555   !

[lazarus]

[Glasseye]

 

[Stillearly]

On 12/20/2023 at 1:42 PM, Stillearly said:

Still feeling crap 💩

body aching , runny nose and cough 🦠 although not as bad as yesterday 

was awake most of the night , then eventually got up at 12:30 

 

Finally a negative test 🎉🎉🎉

I can leave the house 🙂

[Zambo]

On 12/21/2023 at 3:53 AM, Stillearly said:

Risk of penile fractures rises at Christmas, doctors find ... 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/20/risk-of-penile-fractures-rises-at-christmas-doctors-find

The fractures are often heralded by an audible crack, followed by severe pain, rapid loss of erection and severe swelling and bruising. “When [patients] present to their doctor their penis often looks like an eggplant,” Pyrgides said.

“This injury tends to occur during wild sex – particularly in positions where you’re not in direct eye contact [with your partner], such as the reverse cowgirl,”

This is all a bit worrying, "not in direct eye contact" covers quite a few common sex activities. Ranging from the weekly type (shagging over the sink in bar toilets) to monthly types (shagging over the sink in budget air flights). But i think the writer is incorrect, or incomplete, in what he says. What he really means is "not in direct eye contact - where the girl is in control". This narrows things down a bit. Apart from reverse cow girl perhaps 2 girls could be the problem. Your eye contact is on the cracker who's playing with various erogenous zones while the plain girl recklessly over thrusts causing an aubergine type dick failure. Luckily plain girls are better at attending to emergency medical and hospital registration matters.

[Mr. Smooth]

On 11/3/2023 at 12:34 PM, Mr. Smooth said:

I've had a bit of a rough go lately, completely out of the blue. A couple weeks back, I had a pretty severe pain in my right leg, going from the calf up to the back of my thigh. Started feeling it on a Wednesday afternoon and by Thursday night, couldn't sleep a wink.

Called my VA help nurse (Veteran's Administration for military vets) on that Friday morning and after answering some questions, advised me to go the the ER at the VA hospital. 5 hrs later, having had xrays and an ultrasound, I was diagnosed with Deep Vein Thrombosis, as I had a blood clot.

Was placed on blood thinning medication and Tylenol for the pain to be used as necessary, and for which there was considerable for the next several days, but now after 2 weeks, the blood thinning pills seem to be working as the leg pain has lessened considerably, as well as my taking Tylenol going from 2 tablets 3x per day, to twice per day at the same time I take a blood thinner pill.

The doctor seems to think the long flight home from Kenya in late Sept, three flights over 22-23 hrs, was the trigger that set the clot in motion to expand. I was advised in no uncertain terms, no long flights or road trips in a vehicle for a 3-6 month time period. What sucks is that only a week earlier, I had booked my flights and accommodations for a Thailand-Kenya return from Dec 28- Feb 5, and will only receive a partial refund on the whole lot. Was very much looking forward to getting back to Patts, seeing some of my old friends and mates from previous years travels and whatever else struck my fancy, but will listen to the doctors orders, take my meds, keep my leg elevated when sitting on the sofa or easy chair, and slowly increase my exercise by walking around the mobile home park where I live. It's about a 3/4ths mile distance, and have been doing 1 lap around twice a day at a modest pace. I'm slowly building up to a quicker pace and next week will extend my walks to 2x around two times each day.

Have had my medication refilled into January, as I'll go from 2 15 mg pills per day to a single 20mg pill once per day. On a good note, since June, when I departed for the summer, until my most recent doctor's appt this past Monday, have dropped 14 lbs, I guess roughly 6.5 kilos, and am looking to drop more by next June, (270 lbs is the goal, was 302 at the doc's office) which is when I'm shooting for a return to LOS.

Oh, though it will affect the pocketbook, from here on out, all trans-continental flights for me will be in business class which will allow for much more room to stretch, to walk around, to sleep....etc. But each trip, maybe 2 per year, will be several weeks to a few months, so to mitigate the cost.

Fortunately, it appears I'm on the road to recovery.

An update from this....

It's now just passed the 2 month period since I was diagnosed with a blood clot. Have been following the doctor's recommendations as well as taking the blood thinning pills as directed. Since I last wrote, I did extend my daily walks to 2 laps and from the week of Thanksgiving, I've been doing 3 laps, about 2.2 miles or I guess about 3.5 km, each day. I completed the vial with the 20 mg pills on Dec 15th, and continued with a second vial 30 day amount that will take me to mid-January.

I had a video consultation with a blood specialist at the VA Medical Center HQ up in Redwood City, Calif, between SF and San Jose, and we had a nice 45 minute chat. According to her, with looking at my health records and answering her questions, I was happy to hear that she thinks I'll be pretty much recovered and as close to 100% as I'm able to be. To be on the safe side, she said she'll recommend to my primary doctor to extend my medication for a final 30 days, through Feb 15th, and I'll be done. I've continued with the near daily walks, have changed my diet somewhat as I'm not drinking as much alcohol, generally eat my big meal, usually dinner, a bit earlier in the day, and maybe a light snack in the evening, which is often a sliced apple or those seedless red grapes which I love.

As far as travel goes, which was one of the questions I had for her, she said that from basically February onward, it will be up to me to decide where and when, depending on how I feel. I did ask her if it would be ok to have a small prescription of low dosage blood thinning pills, maybe 10 mg, to take for travel, and she agreed. She said to take one the day before, and one the day of, travel, and be sure to get up every couple of hours to stretch and do a few light leg exercises, as a preventable measure.

Today, the 23rd, I would have been on the road to visit family on the Central California coast, about a 700 km distance, for the Christmas holiday and then on Dec 28th, fly from San Francisco to Bangkok, and spend a couple weeks in Pattaya, followed by 3 more weeks in Kenya. Alas, all canceled. But, about as nice of a present I could receive for Christmas, was the optimistic prognosis on my leg, and a hopeful and healthy 2024 filled with more traveling adventures and memories to be made.

Thanks to all of you who had responded to my initial post detailing this a couple months back for your positive sentiments and best wishes for a quick recovery. I was told it would be a 3-6 month recovery process and am fortunate that in my case, it will be in the 3 month range. In this season of gift giving with family and friends, regaining your health and the freedom that comes along with it, is without a doubt, the best gift a guy can get.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, guys. 

Edited December 23, 2023 by Mr. Smooth

[Mrmango]

Have you thought about taking aspirin?

I take one baby aspirin every day for a blood thinner.

[Krapow]

1 hour ago, Mr. Smooth said:

An update from this....

It's now just passed the 2 month period since I was diagnosed with a blood clot. Have been following the doctor's recommendations as well as taking the blood thinning pills as directed. Since I last wrote, I did extend my daily walks to 2 laps and from the week of Thanksgiving, I've been doing 3 laps, about 2.2 miles or I guess about 3.5 km, each day. I completed the vial with the 20 mg pills on Dec 15th, and continued with a second vial 30 day amount that will take me to mid-January.

I had a video consultation with a blood specialist at the VA Medical Center HQ up in Redwood City, Calif, between SF and San Jose, and we had a nice 45 minute chat. According to her, with looking at my health records and answering her questions, I was happy to hear that she thinks I'll be pretty much recovered and as close to 100% as I'm able to be. To be on the safe side, she said she'll recommend to my primary doctor to extend my medication for a final 30 days, through Feb 15th, and I'll be done. I've continued with the near daily walks, have changed my diet somewhat as I'm not drinking as much alcohol, generally eat my big meal, usually dinner, a bit earlier in the day, and maybe a light snack in the evening, which is often a sliced apple or those seedless red grapes which I love.

As far as travel goes, which was one of the questions I had for her, she said that from basically February onward, it will be up to me to decide where and when, depending on how I feel. I did ask her if it would be ok to have a small prescription of low dosage blood thinning pills, maybe 10 mg, to take for travel, and she agreed. She said to take one the day before, and one the day of, travel, and be sure to get up every couple of hours to stretch and do a few light leg exercises, as a preventable measure.

Today, the 23rd, I would have been on the road to visit family on the Central California coast, about a 700 km distance, for the Christmas holiday and then on Dec 28th, fly from San Francisco to Bangkok, and spend a couple weeks in Pattaya, followed by 3 more weeks in Kenya. Alas, all canceled. But, about as nice of a present I could receive for Christmas, was the optimistic prognosis on my leg, and a hopeful and healthy 2024 filled with more traveling adventures and memories to be made.

Thanks to all of you who had responded to my initial post detailing this a couple months back for your positive sentiments and best wishes for a quick recovery. I was told it would be a 3-6 month recovery process and am fortunate that in my case, it will be in the 3 month range. In this season of gift giving with family and friends, regaining your health and the freedom that comes along with it, is without a doubt, the best gift a guy can get.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, guys. 

Nice one.

It was my 3rd clot when they said okay, think you should stay on the blood thinning medication now. Which i grudgingly agreed to do.

Hopefully you'll not have another. But if you do, you'll now know the pain and what it is straight away.

Good luck!

[lazarus]

Eventually, if they don't dissolve, you just learn to live with a blot clot and take a daily aspirin (like @Mrmango..).

Although, some patients develop PTSD...

. . .

Recovering from a Blood Clot: What’s Mental Health Got to Do With It?

https://thrombosis.org/2021/06/recovering-blood-clot-mental-health/

 

[Mr. Smooth]

2 hours ago, Mrmango said:

Have you thought about taking aspirin?

I take one baby aspirin every day for a blood thinner.

I did ask her about that, as it wouldn't be much of a problem seeing as I take a Vit B, C and D each day plus a 50 mg Zinc. She said I could do that although the data was inconclusive, to use her words. I'll see how it goes. Is St. Joseph's Baby Aspirin even produced anymore? I'll have to check next time I'm in a Walgreens or CVS.

She did say the major thing was diet and exercise as a precaution to preventing another clot from forming. Of course, those two factors seem to be the pathway to improving one's health for just about any concern or malady, so I'm taking vigorous walks about 6 days a week for 37-40 minutes and including more fruits, fish and chicken in my diet, although a good steak or cheeseburger will be on tap from time to time.

My main thing was to be able to resume my travels. It was the biggest reason for my retiring when I did, and missing out during this time of the year is tough, but there will be future opportunities to scratch that travel itch soon enough.

[Trip]

9 minutes ago, Mr. Smooth said:

I did ask her about that, as it wouldn't be much of a problem seeing as I take a Vit B, C and D each day plus a 50 mg Zinc. She said I could do that although the data was inconclusive, to use her words. I'll see how it goes. Is St. Joseph's Baby Aspirin even produced anymore? I'll have to check next time I'm in a Walgreens or CVS.

 

Yeah, still in the market despite the wild swings by medical gurus, good for you/bad for you, you can even get chewable.

Over time you learn the body does most of the hard yards healing itself, but giving it time is a struiggle for some.

[Mrmango]

2 hours ago, Mr. Smooth said:

I did ask her about that, as it wouldn't be much of a problem seeing as I take a Vit B, C and D each day plus a 50 mg Zinc. She said I could do that although the data was inconclusive, to use her words. I'll see how it goes. Is St. Joseph's Baby Aspirin even produced anymore? I'll have to check next time I'm in a Walgreens or CVS.

She did say the major thing was diet and exercise as a precaution to preventing another clot from forming. Of course, those two factors seem to be the pathway to improving one's health for just about any concern or malady, so I'm taking vigorous walks about 6 days a week for 37-40 minutes and including more fruits, fish and chicken in my diet, although a good steak or cheeseburger will be on tap from time to time.

My main thing was to be able to resume my travels. It was the biggest reason for my retiring when I did, and missing out during this time of the year is tough, but there will be future opportunities to scratch that travel itch soon enough.

No problem getting it and its almost free in he US.

I also take blood thinners, but there is  danger using them. If you re in an accident or need emergency surgery, they will not operate on you for a few days until the blood will coagulate.

I was in severs pain for 3 days until they would operate on me a couple of years ago.

[Glasseye]

21 hours ago, Stillearly said:

Finally a negative test 🎉🎉🎉

I can leave the house 🙂

 

Good news !

 

 

[KhunDon]

On 12/23/2023 at 10:01 PM, Mr. Smooth said:

An update from this....

It's now just passed the 2 month period since I was diagnosed with a blood clot. Have been following the doctor's recommendations as well as taking the blood thinning pills as directed. Since I last wrote, I did extend my daily walks to 2 laps and from the week of Thanksgiving, I've been doing 3 laps, about 2.2 miles or I guess about 3.5 km, each day. I completed the vial with the 20 mg pills on Dec 15th, and continued with a second vial 30 day amount that will take me to mid-January.

I had a video consultation with a blood specialist at the VA Medical Center HQ up in Redwood City, Calif, between SF and San Jose, and we had a nice 45 minute chat. According to her, with looking at my health records and answering her questions, I was happy to hear that she thinks I'll be pretty much recovered and as close to 100% as I'm able to be. To be on the safe side, she said she'll recommend to my primary doctor to extend my medication for a final 30 days, through Feb 15th, and I'll be done. I've continued with the near daily walks, have changed my diet somewhat as I'm not drinking as much alcohol, generally eat my big meal, usually dinner, a bit earlier in the day, and maybe a light snack in the evening, which is often a sliced apple or those seedless red grapes which I love.

As far as travel goes, which was one of the questions I had for her, she said that from basically February onward, it will be up to me to decide where and when, depending on how I feel. I did ask her if it would be ok to have a small prescription of low dosage blood thinning pills, maybe 10 mg, to take for travel, and she agreed. She said to take one the day before, and one the day of, travel, and be sure to get up every couple of hours to stretch and do a few light leg exercises, as a preventable measure.

Today, the 23rd, I would have been on the road to visit family on the Central California coast, about a 700 km distance, for the Christmas holiday and then on Dec 28th, fly from San Francisco to Bangkok, and spend a couple weeks in Pattaya, followed by 3 more weeks in Kenya. Alas, all canceled. But, about as nice of a present I could receive for Christmas, was the optimistic prognosis on my leg, and a hopeful and healthy 2024 filled with more traveling adventures and memories to be made.

Thanks to all of you who had responded to my initial post detailing this a couple months back for your positive sentiments and best wishes for a quick recovery. I was told it would be a 3-6 month recovery process and am fortunate that in my case, it will be in the 3 month range. In this season of gift giving with family and friends, regaining your health and the freedom that comes along with it, is without a doubt, the best gift a guy can get.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, guys. 

Good to hear you’re on the mend mate, we’ll done👍, but remember to keep up with the Doctors advice and take a walk around the aeroplane every hour or so to keep the DVT at bay and cut down on the alcohol. 😉
You’ll also have to declare your past DVT to your insurance company when next you fly (that’s if you take out travel insurance) as you know how they like to know the in’s and out’s of a cats ass as far as previous health problems are concerned. 
 

Wishing you a merry Christmas and a million more flight miles. 🤗
 

[KhunDon]

On 12/24/2023 at 4:07 AM, Mrmango said:

No problem getting it and its almost free in he US.

I also take blood thinners, but there is  danger using them. If you re in an accident or need emergency surgery, they will not operate on you for a few days until the blood will coagulate.

I was in severs pain for 3 days until they would operate on me a couple of years ago.

I had an 11 hour operation (complete bi femoral and aorta replacement due to complete blockage in the aorta to the lower extremities) whilst on blood thinners, like Clopidogrel etc.

 
My cardiologist would not let me stop them for the operation, so the cardio thoracic surgeon warned me of the high risk of dying on the table, or the certainty of losing my legs and other vital organs if I declined to have the operation. 

Guess what I decided to do. 🤗

I buy 300 mg Dispersible Aspirin and break them into 4x 75mg for daily use. 
Still here, although I do bleed like a stuck pig when I cut myself. 🤣

Edited December 25, 2023 by KhunDon

[Mrmango]

34 minutes ago, KhunDon said:

My cardiologist would not let me stop them for the operation, so the cardio thoracic surgeon warned me of the high risk of dying on the table, or the certainty of losing my legs and other vital organs if I declined to have the operation. 

I totally understand and I through that thought process every day. My Cardio Doc insists that I take a Plavix every day, but that vastly increases my chances of dying due to a accident or even an emergency operation as there is no way to stop the bleeding.

My last heart attack was 8 years ago, so I now take Plavix 3 times a week plus baby aspirin and pray...

34 minutes ago, KhunDon said:

I buy 300 mg Dispersible Aspirin and break them into 4x 75mg for daily use. 
Still here, although I do bleed like a stuck pig when I cut myself.

I buy a huge jar of 81mg baby aspirin for almost nothing and then I don't have to cut any into smaller doses. 

[KhunDon]

I’ve been on Clopidogrel (Plavix) daily for over 20 years after 2 MI’s and had many operations since then.

One above I mentioned, plus a carotid artery deep in my neck that was cut open around 10 years ago to remove a blockage, done under local aesthetic, because I couldn’t be put under back then. I felt every cut of the scalpel, despite 14 injections in my neck and jaw, until they got to the artery, then nothing afterwards.  

They had copious packs of blood already matched and ready, good job, because I bled for two days afterwards and used most of it. 😟

Don’t worry mate, if they can operate on my aorta for 11 hours whilst I was on Plavix, and other thinners, then you’ll survive an accident and a good old bleed. 
Us oldies are stubborn like that. 🤣
 

[Jambo]

I have had a really bad and very long day.

It started at 02:00am when I woke up, went for a pee and could not get back to sleep due to a streaming cold causing me to blow my nose every 5 minutes or so.

I wondered whether I had Covid, yet again, particularly as  both my grandchildren had experienced Covid during the early part of the week leading up to out family Christmas Dinner. Tested negative but started to feel stressed out.

I have been on my FIVE post heart attack medications for almost 3 weeks now. More blood tests at my GP tomorrow when I will mention the fact that I am experiencing the galloping trots on a daily basis and particularly bad today.

Not feeling at all good today made worse by the diarrhea and experiencing a couple of brief problems with my eyes probably through wearing my contacts too long when I was already tired. I could not help thinking I might be having another heart attack and immediately turned anxiety into full blown panic attacks.

Managed to speak over the phone with my GP, the medical equivalent of a lottery win, who reminded me that I had postponed my annual checkup at the Eye Hospital to monitor the growth, if any, of the freckle in the back of my eye. That was unavoidable as it clashed with my hip replacement operation.

So Tomorrow I now have blood tests at 09:50 and a consultation with the Practice Eye Doctor at 12 noon.

Whatever next?

[galenkia]

On 12/23/2023 at 1:07 AM, Glasseye said:

 

I love Arnie so much, he is such an inspiration to people regarding health and fitness.

[Stillearly]

9 minutes ago, galenkia said:

I love Arnie so much, he is such an inspiration to people regarding health and fitness.

I get a daily email from Arnie , positive vibes 

https://arnoldspumpclub.com/?utm_source=arnoldspumpclub.schwarzenegger.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=how-thinking-about-death-can-improve-life

[KhunDon]

4 hours ago, Jambo said:

I have had a really bad and very long day.

It started at 02:00am when I woke up, went for a pee and could not get back to sleep due to a streaming cold causing me to blow my nose every 5 minutes or so.

I wondered whether I had Covid, yet again, particularly as  both my grandchildren had experienced Covid during the early part of the week leading up to out family Christmas Dinner. Tested negative but started to feel stressed out.

I have been on my FIVE post heart attack medications for almost 3 weeks now. More blood tests at my GP tomorrow when I will mention the fact that I am experiencing the galloping trots on a daily basis and particularly bad today.

Not feeling at all good today made worse by the diarrhea and experiencing a couple of brief problems with my eyes probably through wearing my contacts too long when I was already tired. I could not help thinking I might be having another heart attack and immediately turned anxiety into full blown panic attacks.

Managed to speak over the phone with my GP, the medical equivalent of a lottery win, who reminded me that I had postponed my annual checkup at the Eye Hospital to monitor the growth, if any, of the freckle in the back of my eye. That was unavoidable as it clashed with my hip replacement operation.

So Tomorrow I now have blood tests at 09:50 and a consultation with the Practice Eye Doctor at 12 noon.

Whatever next?

Surprised to hear that your heart meds are causing your diarrhoea mate. 
Which ones are you on?

I’ve just started back on Metformin today after months off of it as I was getting the same problem, but never had any problems with my heart medications at all and I’m on around 10 different meds daily, but not all heart meds. 
Only Metformin caused me problems and many people have had the same problem with them. 
 

[Glasseye]

10 hours ago, Jambo said:

I have had a really bad and very long day.

It started at 02:00am when I woke up, went for a pee and could not get back to sleep due to a streaming cold causing me to blow my nose every 5 minutes or so.

I wondered whether I had Covid, yet again, particularly as  both my grandchildren had experienced Covid during the early part of the week leading up to out family Christmas Dinner. Tested negative but started to feel stressed out.

I have been on my FIVE post heart attack medications for almost 3 weeks now. More blood tests at my GP tomorrow when I will mention the fact that I am experiencing the galloping trots on a daily basis and particularly bad today.

Not feeling at all good today made worse by the diarrhea and experiencing a couple of brief problems with my eyes probably through wearing my contacts too long when I was already tired. I could not help thinking I might be having another heart attack and immediately turned anxiety into full blown panic attacks.

Managed to speak over the phone with my GP, the medical equivalent of a lottery win, who reminded me that I had postponed my annual checkup at the Eye Hospital to monitor the growth, if any, of the freckle in the back of my eye. That was unavoidable as it clashed with my hip replacement operation.

So Tomorrow I now have blood tests at 09:50 and a consultation with the Practice Eye Doctor at 12 noon.

Whatever next?

 

A lot of things can cause diarrhea mate. I believe even stress can cause it.

I understand the anxiety. 

A few years back I went to the E.R. for the first time in my life because of severe pain I was having in my midsection. I couldn't determine what it was (never experienced anything like that). They did every test imaginable and could not determine what was causing the pain. The primary reason in addition to the wanting relief, was the fear I was having a heart attack. 

After four hours and multiple tests (including an MRI) they could not determine the cause. They then "released" me. When I walked out of there I was at pretty much the same level of pain, but at least I knew it wasn't a heart attack.

When I got home I took some tylenol. Laid on the bed (still squirming), somehow fell asleep. When I woke up the pain was gone.

The only thing I could think of was gas. Fcuk me, cost a small fortune.

When I was in the E.R. at one point they gave me a shot of morphine (which I did not ask for, but thought I'd try anything to get rid of that pain. The morphine didn't do a friggen thing. 

Later I was thinking through the entire experience (questions they asked, body language, some of the staffs attitudes) I realized that they were for a time thinking I was putting on an act to get painkillers. Fcuking pissed me off royal.

 

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The good thing about all of this for you is you are staying on top of it. 

My mom put off a colonoscopy because she was caring for my dad following a surgery he had. If she had done the procedure at the time she may still be here. She died of colon cancer. 

 

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One other thing mate.... you have made a lot of diet changes the past few months. And on top of that a lot of meds. The combination of things can do a number on your digestive tract, which can make your gut more suspetible. 

They will find a way to get it back in balance, along with time. Hopefully in addition to adjusting the meds they will give you some diet instructions which may help. If not, ask for it !

Stay on it mate, and thanks for sharing. It helps others, and when doing so it will help to reduce the associated anxiety that understandably comes with everything else you are dealing with. Often it is the anxiety that is the worst part of it.