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2024.05.08 00:10 Green_Face1986 I was assaulted by a friend
I have a suspended license from a DUI over a year ago. But I broke the law and decided to pick my friend up down the road. When we got to my house it was dark and I slipped on the front steps and twisted my ankle. My friend helped me inside. The pain eased off as we where talking. He was having a few drinks and then started asking me what medications I take. I had a Halloween bucket on my coffee table full of prescriptions. I take warfarin, lipitor, two different blood pressure pills, singular, Zoloft and Clonazepam.
He asked me for Clonazepam but I said no. He kept asking and I refused. Next thing I know he punches me in the eye and stomps on the ankle that I twisted, he is also choking me. He then let's go and takes my medicine, he actually took only half the bottle, which had 55 in it. Then he stole my computer for college.
I have to go in to give an interview with the investigating officer tomorrow. Initially I told him when I was at the hospital that my friend was dropped off. Yet tomorrow I know I have to tell him the whole truth. I just am afraid of how much trouble I will get into for driving with a suspended license do to a previous DUI. I am also afraid if my friend gets released he will come back here.
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He asked me for Clonazepam but I said no. He kept asking and I refused. Next thing I know he punches me in the eye and stomps on the ankle that I twisted, he is also choking me. He then let's go and takes my medicine, he actually took only half the bottle, which had 55 in it. Then he stole my computer for college.
I have to go in to give an interview with the investigating officer tomorrow. Initially I told him when I was at the hospital that my friend was dropped off. Yet tomorrow I know I have to tell him the whole truth. I just am afraid of how much trouble I will get into for driving with a suspended license do to a previous DUI. I am also afraid if my friend gets released he will come back here.
2024.05.08 00:02 Green_Face1986 I was assaulted Friday night the guy has just been arrested and I am afraid
I have a suspended license from a DUI over a year ago. But I broke the law and decided to pick my friend up down the road. When we got to my house it was dark and I slipped on the front steps and twisted my ankle. My friend helped me inside. The pain eased off as we where talking. He was having a few drinks and then started asking me what medications I take. I had a Halloween bucket on my coffee table full of prescriptions. I take warfarin, lipitor, two different blood pressure pills, singular, Zoloft and Clonazepam.
He asked me for Clonazepam but I said no. He kept asking and I refused. Next thing I know he punches me in the eye and stomps on the ankle that I twisted, he is also choking me. He then let's go and takes my medicine, he actually took only half the bottle, which had 55 in it. Then he stole my computer for college.
I have to go in to give an interview with the investigating officer tomorrow. Initially I told him when I was at the hospital that my friend was dropped off. Yet tomorrow I know I have to tell him the whole truth. I just am afraid of how much trouble I will get into for driving with a suspended license do to a previous DUI. I am also afraid if my friend gets released he will come back here. He told me the same night that he was convicted of manslaughter when he was 16.
Any advice or thoughts will greatly be appreciated.
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He asked me for Clonazepam but I said no. He kept asking and I refused. Next thing I know he punches me in the eye and stomps on the ankle that I twisted, he is also choking me. He then let's go and takes my medicine, he actually took only half the bottle, which had 55 in it. Then he stole my computer for college.
I have to go in to give an interview with the investigating officer tomorrow. Initially I told him when I was at the hospital that my friend was dropped off. Yet tomorrow I know I have to tell him the whole truth. I just am afraid of how much trouble I will get into for driving with a suspended license do to a previous DUI. I am also afraid if my friend gets released he will come back here. He told me the same night that he was convicted of manslaughter when he was 16.
Any advice or thoughts will greatly be appreciated.
2024.04.29 06:52 Right-Freedom-933 Statin induced necrotizing myositis
Looking for some good news and advice. Some reassurance needed. I joined this group because my dad was diagnosed with Necrotizing myositis a couple of months ago. So a little history my dad is 69 years old and I would say his in pretty good shape for his age. My dad was always physically active and independent even down to helping me care for my toddler and all my other nieces and nephews who are very busy. 2 or 3 years ago my dad’s doctor prescribed him Lipito atorvastatin for high cholesterol. Over the past 2 years my dad has been in and out of the hospital for joint and muscle pain and aches, starting with his left arm that crippled him for over 6 months he went to different specialist but no one could ever understand what actually was going on and causing the pain. They kept writing him off with just arthritis and telling him to just take over the counter arthritis pain medicine. Then my dad got Bell’s palsy last year which before the diagnosis the doctors thought he may have had a stroke because of the left arm pain and discomfort. They performed different tests on him to rule out a stroke and heart attack and everything came back negative. He was cleared and the symptoms were definitely not due to a heart attack or stroke. My dad was prescribed antibiotics for the Bell’s palsy and had a complete recovery. He was back to him self, his left arm was feeling better and everything. He also gained back the weight he had lost prior to the left arm pain. This all happened between the spring of 2022/23. A few months went by and my dad was back to feeling good. November came around and he started feeling pain in his calves both calves, it even affected the way he walked. In one month he had trouble lifting his legs and even needed assistance with standing up after being from seated. He said that the pain was so severe that it felt like he was carrying weights on his legs which caused alot of pain and weakness. A few weeks went by and he got an appointment with a doctor who diagnosed him with peripheral artery disease. But they didn’t seem sure because they referred him to a neurologist and after further evaluation diagnosis they diagnosed him with nerve damage. But things just got worse from there.My dad went from having pain in his calves to having pain in the joints closer to the trunk of his body. He was unable to lift his arms and legs at all. My dad started getting so weak that he couldn’t walk without help he couldn’t climb the stairs he startedd having trouble swallowing and his voice became weaker and weaker. My dad started declining he was having shortness of breath all this cause he stress and depression even though he never complained I just knew that my dad was feeling very depressed about what he was going through. But he never complained and remained faithful to his beliefs. He lost so much weight because he started to lose his appetite. He lost over 40 pounds. This just happened within 1 month. We called around for specialist but the earliest available appointment he could get was in August and this started crippling him all the way back in November 2023. We were concerned and confused because we didn’t have any information or answers for him and what was going on. My cousin works for an hospital and heard about what my dad was going through and she used her resources and was able to get him an appointment with a rheumatologist specialist who was able to get him in much sooner. My dad was able to get seen and hospitalized a week after speaking with the doctor. He’s been being treated for the condition since February after a muscle biopsy confirmed his condition they prescribed prednisone and Antibiotics and calcium supplements etc. He’s been getting in inpatient rehabilitation after starting on IVIG infusions. He’s in good spirits and coming along. He lost so much muscle mass since the diagnosis but he’s slowly improving now getting his appetite back and I hear his voice improving and getting stronger as well. It’s been hard but he’s strong and a fighter. I’m just looking for some advice from someone who’s either experienced or knows someone who has experienced this. How was youtheir recovery and what did you have to do to get better and through it all? Thanks
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2024.04.21 09:29 Majestic_Pangolin360 Call center was taken away
As much as I hated the call center for them telling patients we would have their meds ready in 30 minutes, I absolutely hate that they took it away. Since it’s been taken away the phone hasn’t stopped. In the months prior our phone hold time never got above a 15 second average. Now the phone is constantly ringing. Having patients parked from 101-109 with more coming in, it didn’t stop for one second during my last shift. I don’t see how they think increasing work load, cutting hours, and getting rid of the call center is going to help us… all while being graded on phone hold times. Obviously I’m familiar with the ridiculous metrics they give us but this is a new low.
I swear I heard “finally I’ve been hung up on four times” “finally I’ve been on hold for thirty minutes and I just wanna see if my rx is ready” a million times. I tried explaining to them that our call center was taken away so this is how it is going to be unfortunately, to sign up for ready status texts or use the app, and apologized but they just don’t seem to care. These people only want to argue and make our days worse and I’m over it. I’m sorry that you didn’t get priority over the ten other people calling in to see if their Lipitor that they have seven days supply before fully running out is ready. Walgeeens, I know you put all your budget into really stupid things, but don’t cut out the one thing that was remotely useful to us to save money now.
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I swear I heard “finally I’ve been hung up on four times” “finally I’ve been on hold for thirty minutes and I just wanna see if my rx is ready” a million times. I tried explaining to them that our call center was taken away so this is how it is going to be unfortunately, to sign up for ready status texts or use the app, and apologized but they just don’t seem to care. These people only want to argue and make our days worse and I’m over it. I’m sorry that you didn’t get priority over the ten other people calling in to see if their Lipitor that they have seven days supply before fully running out is ready. Walgeeens, I know you put all your budget into really stupid things, but don’t cut out the one thing that was remotely useful to us to save money now.
2024.04.06 02:43 GnomenRides My CAC is 140 but lipids are good. Statin?
Hello and thanks for reading
65yo white man lifetime hikecyclist, lowfat /"clean" diet, no smoke no alcohol no caffeine, yes insomnia, BP 129/65, Resting HR 42, BMI 21. Chol 210, HDL 60, LDL 118, TG 65. Just found out I have CAC 140 and doc recommended rosuvastatin 20mg.
I take 500mg Ca/Mg supplment bc I have OP. Should I stop or reduce to 250?
Is it true that athletes have hard plaque which is more stable but shows up on CT, therefor don't need to worry about higher CAC?
How much will a statin reduce my risk?
Should I ask for lipitor 10mg to start instead?
Should I stop obsessing and just do what they suggest? :-)
Thanks for your help!
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65yo white man lifetime hikecyclist, lowfat /"clean" diet, no smoke no alcohol no caffeine, yes insomnia, BP 129/65, Resting HR 42, BMI 21. Chol 210, HDL 60, LDL 118, TG 65. Just found out I have CAC 140 and doc recommended rosuvastatin 20mg.
I take 500mg Ca/Mg supplment bc I have OP. Should I stop or reduce to 250?
Is it true that athletes have hard plaque which is more stable but shows up on CT, therefor don't need to worry about higher CAC?
How much will a statin reduce my risk?
Should I ask for lipitor 10mg to start instead?
Should I stop obsessing and just do what they suggest? :-)
Thanks for your help!
2024.04.05 17:59 Whodey64 Energy drink before a lipid panel :S
Had my labs done at lunch yesterday but had a brain fart and drank an energy drink earlier in the morning, Monster zero.. Caffeine addition is a bitch. I've hit the googles and everything I have read is mixed as to how much this will screw with the results. Results came back this morning with:
48M - Total Cholesterol: 208, HDL: 49 Triglycerides: 97 LDL: 139 Total/HDL Ratio: 4.2 Non HDL: 159
My doctor instantly sent in a prescription of 10mg Lipitor which I was not expecting when I sent his office the results, kinda thinking i might want to retest prior to starting the meds if I did mess things up.
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48M - Total Cholesterol: 208, HDL: 49 Triglycerides: 97 LDL: 139 Total/HDL Ratio: 4.2 Non HDL: 159
My doctor instantly sent in a prescription of 10mg Lipitor which I was not expecting when I sent his office the results, kinda thinking i might want to retest prior to starting the meds if I did mess things up.
2024.03.12 23:10 Miserable-Kale-7711 Taking its toll on me mentally
So I have ED (I’m 34 years old) and I have posted on here several times, this is kind of me just venting about how it has really taken its toll. I have had high cholesterol my whole life, and have been on Lipitor in order to get that in order, but I’m afraid the damage has been done. As a kid I ate like shit and as an adult also ate like shit, I will say I am not overweight I’m 5’8 170 lbs. I have also gotten my testosterone levels checked and they were pretty low in the 300s, so my doctor prescribed Clomid with not much success. I have tried viagra and Cialis and I can sometimes get an erection but still not hard enough for sex or it won’t last long. I have jaded a Doppler and was told my in blood flow was restricted and I’m seeing a vascular doctor in April. I feel like I’m getting nowhere there, as I’m just not able to have sex with my partner and this has also gotten to me mentally, as when we do anything physical I immediately think am I going to get hard or not or for how long. Im really kind of at a loss with things, and this has made me feel like less of a man. My partner says she enjoys our sex life but I feel like she’s trying to just spare my feelings; when id rather just have an open discussion about it. Any suggestions of foods to eat/things to do in the interim while I am getting these causes of ED addressed?
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2024.02.16 23:24 SaracenArcher Tapering celexa but im considering going back
So I definetly tapered too fast. I have been on 20mg celexa for 13 years. I started my taper with a drop to 10mg, which wasnt too bad. I felt good enough to come down and was wondering if it was effecting my libido (Ive been on it so long that I actually forgot what my baseline libido was, so it was mostly anxiety about it rather than true libido problems)
July 2023 I went from 10mg to 5mg.
Sept 2023 from 5mg to 2.5mg
Jan 2024 from 2.5mg to 1.25mg. THIS is where things have been bad for the past month.
I feel like i jumped off a cliff. Constant thoughts of death, being scared to die, anxiety,depression loss of enjoyment. Its been horrible.
Clearly, ive been going down too fast. I thought giving it several months would make up for the 50% drop but i guess not.
Heres another interesting thing to add. I got a 3 different scales to confirm how much I was taking...my 10mg celexa tablets only weigh 6mg each. I confirmed with all my remaining pills. So actually, I havnt been getting the doses that I thought I was getting. .Maybe this doesnt matter as much since its still been a relative/consistent dose reduction? *Side question, why the hell are the pills underweight??!?!Isnt drug manufacturing strict? I checked with my lipitor 10mg and that weighed like it should.
I recently got the liquid form and went back up to 2.5mg (hopefully, who knows anymore). Ive been back on 2.5mg for 8 days now. I feel slightly more stabilized but still pretty horrible.
I dont even know where to go from here anymore. Honestly, im thinking of just getting myself back on the celexa and accepting that i'll be on it for life. Would it be crazy to go from here back to 20mg? Im pretty scared of "kindling". But I'm not living a life right now. The last stable point I felt was back before i dropped to 1.25mg, but its hard to say how happy I really was. I definetly wasnt paralyzed with a fear of death.
Now a very important point to add. I am a medical professional (PA in internal medicine) and have above average knowledge of these drugs (which actually makes my anxiety worse). PART of me is telling me that all of this withdrawal stuff is not actually true and I am literally just relapsing from depression/anxiety from not taking the pills at the standard dosages. I recognize that maybe the anxiety is driving me now and im reading echo chamber discussions about people going through withdrawal. To be clear, im not saying withdrawal doesnt exist, im just torn right now and dont know what to believe..
Im very confused right now. I want to ask on survivingantideppressants but their registration is closed.
Would appreciate all the help I could get.
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July 2023 I went from 10mg to 5mg.
Sept 2023 from 5mg to 2.5mg
Jan 2024 from 2.5mg to 1.25mg. THIS is where things have been bad for the past month.
I feel like i jumped off a cliff. Constant thoughts of death, being scared to die, anxiety,depression loss of enjoyment. Its been horrible.
Clearly, ive been going down too fast. I thought giving it several months would make up for the 50% drop but i guess not.
Heres another interesting thing to add. I got a 3 different scales to confirm how much I was taking...my 10mg celexa tablets only weigh 6mg each. I confirmed with all my remaining pills. So actually, I havnt been getting the doses that I thought I was getting. .Maybe this doesnt matter as much since its still been a relative/consistent dose reduction? *Side question, why the hell are the pills underweight??!?!Isnt drug manufacturing strict? I checked with my lipitor 10mg and that weighed like it should.
I recently got the liquid form and went back up to 2.5mg (hopefully, who knows anymore). Ive been back on 2.5mg for 8 days now. I feel slightly more stabilized but still pretty horrible.
I dont even know where to go from here anymore. Honestly, im thinking of just getting myself back on the celexa and accepting that i'll be on it for life. Would it be crazy to go from here back to 20mg? Im pretty scared of "kindling". But I'm not living a life right now. The last stable point I felt was back before i dropped to 1.25mg, but its hard to say how happy I really was. I definetly wasnt paralyzed with a fear of death.
Now a very important point to add. I am a medical professional (PA in internal medicine) and have above average knowledge of these drugs (which actually makes my anxiety worse). PART of me is telling me that all of this withdrawal stuff is not actually true and I am literally just relapsing from depression/anxiety from not taking the pills at the standard dosages. I recognize that maybe the anxiety is driving me now and im reading echo chamber discussions about people going through withdrawal. To be clear, im not saying withdrawal doesnt exist, im just torn right now and dont know what to believe..
Im very confused right now. I want to ask on survivingantideppressants but their registration is closed.
Would appreciate all the help I could get.
2024.02.13 20:56 Puzzleheaded-Nose455 I feel so miserable over not being able to afford this. I can’t stop crying.
I feel so hopeless. I gained 90 pounds in under a year on Abilify when I was 20 (was taken off it a year later because it made me develop tardive dyskinesia, worsened my depression, and gave me a heart arrhythmia). I’m 34 now, and I have never been able to do this. A few years ago I lost 25 pounds, but only because I restricted to an unhealthy degree. Then had a mental breakdown and gained it all back. All I want is help with this — all I NEED is help with this. I know it would still be such a struggle to keep it off once I’d reach my goal weight, I know that. But why can’t I have help to firstly just get DOWN to a healthy weight?!?!?
I’m on Medicaid in Ohio, which does not cover any weight loss drugs. It will only cover Ozempic, etc. if you have type 2 diabetes. I’m pre-diabetic, and was put on Metformin a few months ago but only took it once because I had such an incredibly violent GI reaction to it. Which makes me worry I’d respond the same to Ozempic/Wegovy, even if I were able to afford it. I lost 15 pounds in October, and my GP said I didn’t need to be on any medication at that point because my A1C was down from 6.2 to 5.8. Which is still diagnostic of pre-diabetes, so I don’t get that? But I was last tested in December, and I have gained back those 15 pounds, along with another 5.
Why is medication for weight loss something considered akin to voluntary “vain” plastic surgery??!?! (Which is NOT vain, by the way, if it helps your mental health!)
Why can I only be prescribed a drug to prevent type 2 diabetes ONCE I DEVELOP TYPE 2 DIABETES?!?!? What sort of assbackwards logic is that?!?!?!? I know I’m not saying anything new, but seriously, this is the most f’ing cruel society and healthcare system.
It’s like if my insurance didn’t cover Lipitor till I had a heart attack. It’s so wildly messed.
This is the saddest and angriest fatphobia has ever made me. And that is saying A LOT!!!!!! To be denied a life-saving drug because I’m just a “lazy slob” with “no self-control” who “mindlessly shoves food in my mouth” and “doesn’t care that I’m fat and how that affects my health.”
I have thought about my weight, and felt awful about it, every minute of every single day of my life for going on 15 years. I’m so conditioned to suck in my stomach that I unconsciously suck it in at home, when no one is around. I avoid mirrors. I have trouble doing the simplest things, like bending over. I get out of breath at every little thing, and my heart races. It contributes so much to my depression and anxiety. I haven’t dated because of it. I’ve never been in a relationship. I want a partner, I want children. And 34 is still young, but another 15 years can pass by so quickly. And if I want biological kids, the chances of that being possible grows slimmer and slimmer as my reproductive system grows older. And oh yeah, I’d like to be able to live a long, healthy life.
And don’t even get me started on all the skinny people who are ANGRY that fat people are getting skinny with the aid of semaglutide. Imagine needing to feel THAT superior.
I’ve been sobbing for hours. Luckily I’m talking to my therapist this evening.
I just needed to vent… reading through this sub has made me feel so much less alone. Thank you all. 💗
Edit: spelling and wording
EDIT 2: I finally just read over each and every one of your comments, and I am so grateful, moved, and optimistic! Cried some HAPPY tears tonight this time! I’ve landed unexpectedly in the hospital tonight for a weird ankle surgery complication, so I’m more than a bit exhausted, slightly drugged, and annoyingly preoccupied, but when I am better and back at home I am going to respond to each and every one of your comments!! Hoping to only be here for one night! THANK YOU!!! ✨💗✨💖✨💗✨You’ve no idea how much light you’ve let into my life!!! ☀️☀️☀️
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I’m on Medicaid in Ohio, which does not cover any weight loss drugs. It will only cover Ozempic, etc. if you have type 2 diabetes. I’m pre-diabetic, and was put on Metformin a few months ago but only took it once because I had such an incredibly violent GI reaction to it. Which makes me worry I’d respond the same to Ozempic/Wegovy, even if I were able to afford it. I lost 15 pounds in October, and my GP said I didn’t need to be on any medication at that point because my A1C was down from 6.2 to 5.8. Which is still diagnostic of pre-diabetes, so I don’t get that? But I was last tested in December, and I have gained back those 15 pounds, along with another 5.
Why is medication for weight loss something considered akin to voluntary “vain” plastic surgery??!?! (Which is NOT vain, by the way, if it helps your mental health!)
Why can I only be prescribed a drug to prevent type 2 diabetes ONCE I DEVELOP TYPE 2 DIABETES?!?!? What sort of assbackwards logic is that?!?!?!? I know I’m not saying anything new, but seriously, this is the most f’ing cruel society and healthcare system.
It’s like if my insurance didn’t cover Lipitor till I had a heart attack. It’s so wildly messed.
This is the saddest and angriest fatphobia has ever made me. And that is saying A LOT!!!!!! To be denied a life-saving drug because I’m just a “lazy slob” with “no self-control” who “mindlessly shoves food in my mouth” and “doesn’t care that I’m fat and how that affects my health.”
I have thought about my weight, and felt awful about it, every minute of every single day of my life for going on 15 years. I’m so conditioned to suck in my stomach that I unconsciously suck it in at home, when no one is around. I avoid mirrors. I have trouble doing the simplest things, like bending over. I get out of breath at every little thing, and my heart races. It contributes so much to my depression and anxiety. I haven’t dated because of it. I’ve never been in a relationship. I want a partner, I want children. And 34 is still young, but another 15 years can pass by so quickly. And if I want biological kids, the chances of that being possible grows slimmer and slimmer as my reproductive system grows older. And oh yeah, I’d like to be able to live a long, healthy life.
And don’t even get me started on all the skinny people who are ANGRY that fat people are getting skinny with the aid of semaglutide. Imagine needing to feel THAT superior.
I’ve been sobbing for hours. Luckily I’m talking to my therapist this evening.
I just needed to vent… reading through this sub has made me feel so much less alone. Thank you all. 💗
Edit: spelling and wording
EDIT 2: I finally just read over each and every one of your comments, and I am so grateful, moved, and optimistic! Cried some HAPPY tears tonight this time! I’ve landed unexpectedly in the hospital tonight for a weird ankle surgery complication, so I’m more than a bit exhausted, slightly drugged, and annoyingly preoccupied, but when I am better and back at home I am going to respond to each and every one of your comments!! Hoping to only be here for one night! THANK YOU!!! ✨💗✨💖✨💗✨You’ve no idea how much light you’ve let into my life!!! ☀️☀️☀️
2024.02.06 07:15 iZoooom Gastric Sleeve - My Story so far (T-2 weeks, though T+4 days)
Overview
After years of internal debate, and struggles with weight since elementary school, the time has finally come. This is written to enable me to remember how this new and healthy chapter of my life gets going. I expect the decision to get a Gastric Sleeve and the resulting lifestyle changes to be as significant as getting married, buying my first house, or having children.
I had my Gastric Sleeve done at Swedish (now Providence) in Seattle on Feb 2. This date and location were chosen so I could use the Einstein robotic assist version of the surgery, which has better outcomes in terms of recovery times.
Timing wise, the beginning of the year made the most sense both for my schedule flexibility and financial reasons. At an out-of-pocket cost of ~$6000 this maxes my health insurance deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums for the year. Payment in full was made a day before surgery using a pretax HSA account, which got me 10% off. Planning ahead and paying pre-tax was a huge savings over using "normal" money.
Having this procedure is something I've been open about with family, friends, and co-workers. I've experienced universal support. At least 4 people at my workplace have also done this, all with varying degrees of success, and the only regret was "Why did I wait so long?".
My background: 50yrs old male, current weight around 300lbs, but otherwise healthy and fairly active. I've been overweight since elementary school and have been stable between 280lb and 310lbs for about a decade. Some prior orthopedic surgeries on knee and ankles that are (probably) unrelated to my weight drove my weight as high as 340lbs but came back down once I was again able to walk. Slightly high metabolic numbers (BP, HDL, Triglycerides, etc) are treated using low doses Lipitor and Micardis. No diabetic or other significant metabolic conditions. Never smoked, near zero alcohol consumption. I did use Ozempic for a year, and while I had no side effects, weight loss quickly stalled.
The Low Carb / Liver Shrinking Diet (T-2 Weeks)
At T-2 Weeks the program calls for an extreme low carb "Liver Shrinking" diet. The first few days of this were a challenge, as I misread the instructions and tried to say under 800 calories at the same time. During this two week period my diet was mostly eggs, bacon, meats, various greens, pre-made protein shakes, some unsweetened Icelandic and Greek yogurts, and spicy chicken sausages. Quite a bit of high-end eating out was done, and I ordered keto style meals, or asked to substitute away carbs. My "final" meal on this program was at a local steakhouse where I had Deviled Egg appetizer, with a main course of Japanese A5 Wagyu beef in a fancy preparation, and some Maine lobster tail.
Three to four days into the Liver Shrinking diet my knees and ankles unexpectedly started to feel better. They went from "not really sore" to "huh. Weird. They feel really good." At one point I was even kneeling down sitting with my feet under me which is a position I would never normally sit in. I suspect this is to completely cutting out sugar, which in turn causes internal inflammation to go way down. This was similar do a course of prednisone, which also reduces overall inflammation and makes joints feel quite a bit younger.
During this low carb phase, I expected to be very tired. I tracked all my blood sugar using a continuous glucose monitor from Nutrisense (they are very expensive. Don't do this. Just ask your doctor for one). My energy levels were healthy all the way through, and my blood sugar stayed nicely in the healthy ranged defined by their "Low Carb" profile. I never found myself to be particularly "hangry", although I was expecting this.
Day Before Surgery (T-1 Day)
The day before is "No food", only clear liquids. This was a challenge as I've never fasted for 24 hours. Sticking with my "follow the program" approach, I followed the instructions. After my "Last" meal (steak & lobster), I woke up Thursday morning, and drank about a gallon of water. Energy levels were healthy all day long, and my blood sugar (to my surprise) remained in a healthy zone and followed its normal patterns. I worked about a half day and kicked off in the afternoon to relax.
Day of Surgery (T-0)
No food, no drinks, arrive at the hospital at 5:30 AM. First surgery on the schedule, and 1 night planned in the hospital. This is standard operating procedure and seems reasonable.
Lyft arrived at 4:45AM and I arrived for check-in at 5:30 sharp. I kept my phone, airpods, and chargers despite the front desk person being pretty push about it locking them all away. In hindsight, glad I kept them! Other than the electronics, I brought a clean change of clothes. Amusingly, upon checkout, they forgot to give my wallet back with is a major PITA.
The surgery prep itself was uneventful; one poke in each arm for IV Fluids, a quick chat with the surgeon, a quick chat with the anesthesiologist, and then some waiting around. As the 1st surgery of the day the crew was awake, alert, and running on time.
Being wheeled into the OR is a serious mental trip. Looking up at the lights, seeing the robot, and knowing what's coming causes some serious last-minute anxiety! I didn't take any anti-anxiety meds, and think I did fine, but still, in that moment, it's a very serious, and very intimidating, moment.
I woke up, so apparently everything went well! Recovery from the general anesthetic took a while and despite a 7:30AM start time, I don't have any firm memory until about 2pm. How I got to the recovery room, who talked to me, who they called, or anything else is very fuzzy. The surgeon, I'm told, did speak to my wife, and let her know all is good. Sometime that afternoon I texted family, kids, and such to let them know all was good.
The Day 0 recovery process is really "Can you drink 1oz of water?" and "Can you pee and how much?".
Discomfort was less than expected, although the IV Painkillers probably had a lot to do with that. The core problems are:
As someone with Apnea, I brought my BiPap with me and wore that as I spent the afternoon in and out of sleep. The O2 sensor complained about pulse-ox getting low (into the mid 80s) as I drifted off so they added oxygen to my Bipap. I've never had an issue here before and attribute this to the IV based Opioids they gave that really knocked me on my arse. My breathing is still also clearly physically still constricted, although nothing painful.
Towards the end of the day, I did some lap around the floor of the hospital - 2 laps, then a few hours later 3 laps, then late in the evening 4 laps. Walking was easy, although getting into and out of the bed was a challenge, and being connected to the IV Drip makes getting around hard.
Night 1 (still in the hospital)
Night 1 in the hospital sucked, but only the way all nights in a hospital suck. Hospital beds are uncomfortable, everything beeps, and just when you start to get sleepy some nurse needs to draw blood or give a shot, or something. I don't think I got any actual sleep, and pretty much was just in bed trying to reflect on what's coming up next. A few more laps around the hospital, a few trips to the restroom, and that's about it.
Day 2. (Surgery + 1)
Morning brought the 5:30 AM vampire out for a blood draw and some labwork. Apparently everything was fine, and I stayed on scheduled for drinking water, starting out on the protein shakes, and using the restroom. Got a chance to visit with a person down the hall who had the same surgery as me and she seems to be doing well.
Around 10AM the surgeon and resident pronounced fit to go home. Finally got disconnected from IVs, and I could now wear actual clothes. My wife headed out to pick me up, and I was able to walk from the room out to the car. Driving home was fine, and while it wasn't exactly comfortable, wearing a seatbelt and driving wasn't anything to be overly concerned about.
Arriving at home brought a clean shower, some clean clothing, and then a few hours using the computer. I mostly played video games, and was able to comfortably sit in an office chair. I tried a reclining chair to watch movies, but was quite uncomfortable and needed help to get out. Stairs, to my pleasant surprise, presented no obstacles going up or down.
As part of getting ready for bed, it was clear I couldn't get out of my bed. Lying flat, I was unable to sit up without significant assistance. My kids have fancy adjustable beds, so one moved to the guest bedroom while I claimed his adjustable. This was a huge win, as getting up can be done w/o help, which makes me largely self-sufficient.
Sleep called around 8pm, and with 10mg of Ambien and 5mg Oxy I had an amazing nearly 12 hours of sleep! IIRC, I woke up about 4AM, used the restroom, took another 5mg of Oxy, and then slept for many more hours. Five Stars!
Today is the first day in my entire life that I've slept on my back for the night. I've been an exceptionally fussy slide sleeper forever, but as it's uncomfortable to move into that position I just used lots of pillows and let the drugs do their thing. The BiPap keep me from having apnea, and I dozed off eventually.
Food wise, today brought ~30oz of water and about 10oz of protein shakes. Total calories consumed today is about 160, all of which come from the protein shake.
Day 3. (Surgery +2)
My first full day at home! I took all the prescribed morning drugs, went for a walk to the mailbox, and drank some water. My luck with no side effects remains: No heartburn, no unexpected muscle spasms. The gas pains are slightly lessoned, but Tylenol is enough to make me mostly functional.
Food wise, today is protein shakes, Gatorade Zero, and water. My final tally:
The afternoon & evening were good; I'm alert enough to actually do things like some minor programming tasks, play video games that require coordination and thought, and generally feel I'm mentally alert.
Tonight was an "early" night, going to bed around 10pm, still using the adjustable bed - something I think I'll continue for a week or so while my core muscles heal.
Total calories consumed today is about 300, all of which come from the protein shakes.
Weight Loss: +2 lbs. Still have all those IV fluids in me. My teen daughter helpfully said I look thinner already, sweetheart that she is!
Day 4. (Surgery +3)
I feel pretty good. Good enough to write this! After a healthy night of sleep I'm alert and doing better than the previous day. No heartburn, no muscle spasms, and the cramping is much reduced. No Oxy during the day and the surgical / muscle pains have been managed at 325mg of Tylenol every few hours.
Today brought:
At the risk of Too-Much-Information, Milk of Magnesia worked it's magic and brought quite a bit of relief along with it. The nurse also suggested probiotics which I've ordered and start tomorrow. Given the general anesthetic, the oxy, and the major GI surgery, apparently this is all normal.
Energy level is healthy and fine.
So far, so good! On to Day 5.
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After years of internal debate, and struggles with weight since elementary school, the time has finally come. This is written to enable me to remember how this new and healthy chapter of my life gets going. I expect the decision to get a Gastric Sleeve and the resulting lifestyle changes to be as significant as getting married, buying my first house, or having children.
I had my Gastric Sleeve done at Swedish (now Providence) in Seattle on Feb 2. This date and location were chosen so I could use the Einstein robotic assist version of the surgery, which has better outcomes in terms of recovery times.
Timing wise, the beginning of the year made the most sense both for my schedule flexibility and financial reasons. At an out-of-pocket cost of ~$6000 this maxes my health insurance deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums for the year. Payment in full was made a day before surgery using a pretax HSA account, which got me 10% off. Planning ahead and paying pre-tax was a huge savings over using "normal" money.
Having this procedure is something I've been open about with family, friends, and co-workers. I've experienced universal support. At least 4 people at my workplace have also done this, all with varying degrees of success, and the only regret was "Why did I wait so long?".
My background: 50yrs old male, current weight around 300lbs, but otherwise healthy and fairly active. I've been overweight since elementary school and have been stable between 280lb and 310lbs for about a decade. Some prior orthopedic surgeries on knee and ankles that are (probably) unrelated to my weight drove my weight as high as 340lbs but came back down once I was again able to walk. Slightly high metabolic numbers (BP, HDL, Triglycerides, etc) are treated using low doses Lipitor and Micardis. No diabetic or other significant metabolic conditions. Never smoked, near zero alcohol consumption. I did use Ozempic for a year, and while I had no side effects, weight loss quickly stalled.
The Low Carb / Liver Shrinking Diet (T-2 Weeks)
At T-2 Weeks the program calls for an extreme low carb "Liver Shrinking" diet. The first few days of this were a challenge, as I misread the instructions and tried to say under 800 calories at the same time. During this two week period my diet was mostly eggs, bacon, meats, various greens, pre-made protein shakes, some unsweetened Icelandic and Greek yogurts, and spicy chicken sausages. Quite a bit of high-end eating out was done, and I ordered keto style meals, or asked to substitute away carbs. My "final" meal on this program was at a local steakhouse where I had Deviled Egg appetizer, with a main course of Japanese A5 Wagyu beef in a fancy preparation, and some Maine lobster tail.
Three to four days into the Liver Shrinking diet my knees and ankles unexpectedly started to feel better. They went from "not really sore" to "huh. Weird. They feel really good." At one point I was even kneeling down sitting with my feet under me which is a position I would never normally sit in. I suspect this is to completely cutting out sugar, which in turn causes internal inflammation to go way down. This was similar do a course of prednisone, which also reduces overall inflammation and makes joints feel quite a bit younger.
During this low carb phase, I expected to be very tired. I tracked all my blood sugar using a continuous glucose monitor from Nutrisense (they are very expensive. Don't do this. Just ask your doctor for one). My energy levels were healthy all the way through, and my blood sugar stayed nicely in the healthy ranged defined by their "Low Carb" profile. I never found myself to be particularly "hangry", although I was expecting this.
Day Before Surgery (T-1 Day)
The day before is "No food", only clear liquids. This was a challenge as I've never fasted for 24 hours. Sticking with my "follow the program" approach, I followed the instructions. After my "Last" meal (steak & lobster), I woke up Thursday morning, and drank about a gallon of water. Energy levels were healthy all day long, and my blood sugar (to my surprise) remained in a healthy zone and followed its normal patterns. I worked about a half day and kicked off in the afternoon to relax.
Day of Surgery (T-0)
No food, no drinks, arrive at the hospital at 5:30 AM. First surgery on the schedule, and 1 night planned in the hospital. This is standard operating procedure and seems reasonable.
Lyft arrived at 4:45AM and I arrived for check-in at 5:30 sharp. I kept my phone, airpods, and chargers despite the front desk person being pretty push about it locking them all away. In hindsight, glad I kept them! Other than the electronics, I brought a clean change of clothes. Amusingly, upon checkout, they forgot to give my wallet back with is a major PITA.
The surgery prep itself was uneventful; one poke in each arm for IV Fluids, a quick chat with the surgeon, a quick chat with the anesthesiologist, and then some waiting around. As the 1st surgery of the day the crew was awake, alert, and running on time.
Being wheeled into the OR is a serious mental trip. Looking up at the lights, seeing the robot, and knowing what's coming causes some serious last-minute anxiety! I didn't take any anti-anxiety meds, and think I did fine, but still, in that moment, it's a very serious, and very intimidating, moment.
I woke up, so apparently everything went well! Recovery from the general anesthetic took a while and despite a 7:30AM start time, I don't have any firm memory until about 2pm. How I got to the recovery room, who talked to me, who they called, or anything else is very fuzzy. The surgeon, I'm told, did speak to my wife, and let her know all is good. Sometime that afternoon I texted family, kids, and such to let them know all was good.
The Day 0 recovery process is really "Can you drink 1oz of water?" and "Can you pee and how much?".
Discomfort was less than expected, although the IV Painkillers probably had a lot to do with that. The core problems are:
- Muscle soreness in my core, as it feels like thousands of crunches have been done, way past any limit of where I should have stopped. In speaking with women, this seems comparable to having a C-Section done.
- Fairly serious gas pains where my stomach is (was?). These come-and-go at random times.
- Deep breathing is a bit of a challenge, which is normal.
- No heartburn at all. Time will tell, and I'm taking the meds to prevent, but nothing yet!
- No muscle spasms. Again, time will tell and I'm taking meds to prevent, but no issues.
- No severe, unexpected, pain. Nothing at all. The gas pains are no-joke, but they're not crippling.
As someone with Apnea, I brought my BiPap with me and wore that as I spent the afternoon in and out of sleep. The O2 sensor complained about pulse-ox getting low (into the mid 80s) as I drifted off so they added oxygen to my Bipap. I've never had an issue here before and attribute this to the IV based Opioids they gave that really knocked me on my arse. My breathing is still also clearly physically still constricted, although nothing painful.
Towards the end of the day, I did some lap around the floor of the hospital - 2 laps, then a few hours later 3 laps, then late in the evening 4 laps. Walking was easy, although getting into and out of the bed was a challenge, and being connected to the IV Drip makes getting around hard.
Night 1 (still in the hospital)
Night 1 in the hospital sucked, but only the way all nights in a hospital suck. Hospital beds are uncomfortable, everything beeps, and just when you start to get sleepy some nurse needs to draw blood or give a shot, or something. I don't think I got any actual sleep, and pretty much was just in bed trying to reflect on what's coming up next. A few more laps around the hospital, a few trips to the restroom, and that's about it.
Day 2. (Surgery + 1)
Morning brought the 5:30 AM vampire out for a blood draw and some labwork. Apparently everything was fine, and I stayed on scheduled for drinking water, starting out on the protein shakes, and using the restroom. Got a chance to visit with a person down the hall who had the same surgery as me and she seems to be doing well.
Around 10AM the surgeon and resident pronounced fit to go home. Finally got disconnected from IVs, and I could now wear actual clothes. My wife headed out to pick me up, and I was able to walk from the room out to the car. Driving home was fine, and while it wasn't exactly comfortable, wearing a seatbelt and driving wasn't anything to be overly concerned about.
Arriving at home brought a clean shower, some clean clothing, and then a few hours using the computer. I mostly played video games, and was able to comfortably sit in an office chair. I tried a reclining chair to watch movies, but was quite uncomfortable and needed help to get out. Stairs, to my pleasant surprise, presented no obstacles going up or down.
As part of getting ready for bed, it was clear I couldn't get out of my bed. Lying flat, I was unable to sit up without significant assistance. My kids have fancy adjustable beds, so one moved to the guest bedroom while I claimed his adjustable. This was a huge win, as getting up can be done w/o help, which makes me largely self-sufficient.
Sleep called around 8pm, and with 10mg of Ambien and 5mg Oxy I had an amazing nearly 12 hours of sleep! IIRC, I woke up about 4AM, used the restroom, took another 5mg of Oxy, and then slept for many more hours. Five Stars!
Today is the first day in my entire life that I've slept on my back for the night. I've been an exceptionally fussy slide sleeper forever, but as it's uncomfortable to move into that position I just used lots of pillows and let the drugs do their thing. The BiPap keep me from having apnea, and I dozed off eventually.
Food wise, today brought ~30oz of water and about 10oz of protein shakes. Total calories consumed today is about 160, all of which come from the protein shake.
Day 3. (Surgery +2)
My first full day at home! I took all the prescribed morning drugs, went for a walk to the mailbox, and drank some water. My luck with no side effects remains: No heartburn, no unexpected muscle spasms. The gas pains are slightly lessoned, but Tylenol is enough to make me mostly functional.
Food wise, today is protein shakes, Gatorade Zero, and water. My final tally:
- 26oz of protein shakes
- 10 oz of water
- 35 oz of Gatorade Zero.
The afternoon & evening were good; I'm alert enough to actually do things like some minor programming tasks, play video games that require coordination and thought, and generally feel I'm mentally alert.
Tonight was an "early" night, going to bed around 10pm, still using the adjustable bed - something I think I'll continue for a week or so while my core muscles heal.
Total calories consumed today is about 300, all of which come from the protein shakes.
Weight Loss: +2 lbs. Still have all those IV fluids in me. My teen daughter helpfully said I look thinner already, sweetheart that she is!
Day 4. (Surgery +3)
I feel pretty good. Good enough to write this! After a healthy night of sleep I'm alert and doing better than the previous day. No heartburn, no muscle spasms, and the cramping is much reduced. No Oxy during the day and the surgical / muscle pains have been managed at 325mg of Tylenol every few hours.
Today brought:
- Siggi's Icelandic yogurt into my diet which took most of the day to eat.
- 8 oz of Organic chicken broth. Ick!
- 40 oz of Gatorade zero
- 20 oz of water
At the risk of Too-Much-Information, Milk of Magnesia worked it's magic and brought quite a bit of relief along with it. The nurse also suggested probiotics which I've ordered and start tomorrow. Given the general anesthetic, the oxy, and the major GI surgery, apparently this is all normal.
Energy level is healthy and fine.
So far, so good! On to Day 5.
2024.01.13 17:42 Ilovechemistry2 My brush with Cologuard!
Background - I am an obese 56y old male and have been having some bowel movement issues for a year or two. My stools have become very thin (at times pencil like) and my insurance required a Cologuard test and deadline for me completing the test by my insurance provided was December 2023.
One other thing I noticed was about 2~ 2.5 years ago my stools had started looking like eels. Somewhat flattened with the edges being very thin and not round (TMI perhaps). My wife who is also on my insurance also took the Cologuard test about a 2 weeks earlier than me. Prior to taking the Cologuard test I had ended up eating a lot of pistachios.
On December 23 the diagnosis came back - positive. Here is the rub – we were on a family vacation with my wife’s family, and I did not want to ruin it for everyone. I didn’t tell anyone till the vacation was over, but started reading like crazy about the prognosis. My wife’s test came back negative.
So, first thing I did was to see what the treatments were and where I should go from here. I live in New Haven, CT and am fortunate to have the Smilow cancer center nearby (similar to Memorial Sloan Kettering/ Mayo etc). I went crazy looking through every single GI- oncologists resume and the new antibody treatments. All chemotherapy is prescribed cell death. My background is in med-chem and the pharma world and so over the years I have followed some of the chemistry behind treatments (you might have figured that from my moniker). For colon cancer and many other types of cancer there is rapid cell division leading to a mass of cells (tumors) and often the checks and balances have been lost. I also read that in cell cultures they found that starving colon cancer tumor cell lines reduced the biomarkers for the disease.
December 23rd on I have been water fasting for 3 days at a time. I break the fast for one meal or two and get back on the fast. Absolutely no sugary foods and actually no fruits either. Veggies, and a limited amount of chicken. Even on days where I broke my fast, I just ate one meal and it was also a small portion only. Green beans, Broccoli, peas, home made bone broth and I did eat some ground beef a couple of times, thinking back. I DRINK THE NECESSARY ELECTROLYTES – NaCl, KCl, NaHCO3 and Magnesium citrate every single day – SUPER IMPORTANT. Obviously, emotionally it has been nerve wracking and I have put my wife through the ringer as well.
I did the fasting because there are a couple of papers from UCLA that have shown that water fasting in mice enabled them to tolerate the chemo very much better than the unfasted control mice (I assumed I would need chemo). Water fasting leads to autophagy and the good cells circle the wagons while the tumor cells have lost some of that ability. This is true for many cell types and cancers. So the chemo gets into the cancerous cells but not into the healthy cells. There are a series of biochemical pathways that show the science – just google MTOR and autophagy. Most oncologists are not aware of the primary research on any of this, speaking as a former research scientist in pharma. They are too far removed from the primary research and literature. My $.02
I got my primary care doctor to schedule a colonoscopy and that finally happened yesterday. That procedure was REALLY HELPED by the fasting process.
Colonoscopy process –
Side note and a couple of things about doctors –
They are fallible and don’t forget that. You need to do your own digging for outcomes. Read the literature and get acquainted with what is being suggested BEFORE they start. It becomes much harder to go backwards.
I got diagnosed with Type II in January 2023 with an A1C of 8.2. I was told I needed to get on either Ozempic or Metformin/ Lisnopril (Ace inhibitor) and Lipitor (cholesterol). I refused and asked for a six month reprieve to see if I could manage to lower my numbers without treatment. Butted heads with the doc. He said, "you are obese and haven’t managed in 55 years do you think you can do it in six months?" Fair point I said! I have lowered it to 6.4 (A1C) 7 months out with diet alone, giving up carbohydrates almost entirely. My goal is to have at least the diabetes beat. My primary care doc was surprised by the results. I would have been on Metformin or Ozempic had I had not insisted on doing it my way – obviously not for everyone but if I can do it, I suspect you can too.
Longest post ever..
hope this helps and I know you got this!!
Try and have a good three day weekend.
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One other thing I noticed was about 2~ 2.5 years ago my stools had started looking like eels. Somewhat flattened with the edges being very thin and not round (TMI perhaps). My wife who is also on my insurance also took the Cologuard test about a 2 weeks earlier than me. Prior to taking the Cologuard test I had ended up eating a lot of pistachios.
On December 23 the diagnosis came back - positive. Here is the rub – we were on a family vacation with my wife’s family, and I did not want to ruin it for everyone. I didn’t tell anyone till the vacation was over, but started reading like crazy about the prognosis. My wife’s test came back negative.
So, first thing I did was to see what the treatments were and where I should go from here. I live in New Haven, CT and am fortunate to have the Smilow cancer center nearby (similar to Memorial Sloan Kettering/ Mayo etc). I went crazy looking through every single GI- oncologists resume and the new antibody treatments. All chemotherapy is prescribed cell death. My background is in med-chem and the pharma world and so over the years I have followed some of the chemistry behind treatments (you might have figured that from my moniker). For colon cancer and many other types of cancer there is rapid cell division leading to a mass of cells (tumors) and often the checks and balances have been lost. I also read that in cell cultures they found that starving colon cancer tumor cell lines reduced the biomarkers for the disease.
December 23rd on I have been water fasting for 3 days at a time. I break the fast for one meal or two and get back on the fast. Absolutely no sugary foods and actually no fruits either. Veggies, and a limited amount of chicken. Even on days where I broke my fast, I just ate one meal and it was also a small portion only. Green beans, Broccoli, peas, home made bone broth and I did eat some ground beef a couple of times, thinking back. I DRINK THE NECESSARY ELECTROLYTES – NaCl, KCl, NaHCO3 and Magnesium citrate every single day – SUPER IMPORTANT. Obviously, emotionally it has been nerve wracking and I have put my wife through the ringer as well.
I did the fasting because there are a couple of papers from UCLA that have shown that water fasting in mice enabled them to tolerate the chemo very much better than the unfasted control mice (I assumed I would need chemo). Water fasting leads to autophagy and the good cells circle the wagons while the tumor cells have lost some of that ability. This is true for many cell types and cancers. So the chemo gets into the cancerous cells but not into the healthy cells. There are a series of biochemical pathways that show the science – just google MTOR and autophagy. Most oncologists are not aware of the primary research on any of this, speaking as a former research scientist in pharma. They are too far removed from the primary research and literature. My $.02
I got my primary care doctor to schedule a colonoscopy and that finally happened yesterday. That procedure was REALLY HELPED by the fasting process.
Colonoscopy process –
- Not eating solid food for about 24 hours before the procedure. I had fasted for 3 days so that was not a problem.
- My appointment was on Thursday at 9am. So requirement is no eating solid food Wednesday.
- At 4pm on Wednesday you take the laxative. You finish half of it by about 5:30pm. The other half you start drinking at about 3:00 am the day of the procedure – yup 3 am in the morning. I would recommend that I should have started at 2am instead of their recommended time of 3 am.
- Get some diaper cream (Zinc Oxide 40%) and apply it to your butt and anus area and even insert into the rectum. Apply liberally. Get a box of gloves from Costco and keep the trash can nearby and wear gloves while wiping yourself and then discard the gloves in the trash can. That way you don’t have to keep washing your hands. Also, I had some diaper pads from my dog so I put two layers of the blue pads on the couch and sat there from 4:30 pm to 11:00 pm.
- The laxative has the electrolytes I mentioned earlier and it has PEG (polyethylene glycol). Your poop starts smelling of this chemical about 6 bowel movements later.
- Because I had fasted I did not have much stool but it was still brownish till about 9pm and then it cleared up and started looking like urine.
- By about 11pm it got a deep yellow color and turns out that was bile.
- I applied the diaper cream at 4pm and then about 7pm – and I wore gloves and put globs of it on and around my anus. Feels squishy when you sit down but you get used to it.
- At 3a.m. I got up and started drinking more of the laxative, which is stored in the fridge once you mix it up. This took me to about 4:15 a.m. and the process started all over again.
- My first poo at 4 a.m. was again brownish but cleared up almost right away.
- My colonoscopy was scheduled for 9 a.m. and so I was getting worried about how long it would take for the diarrhea to stop. I ended up doing okay and was able to take a shower and clean myself up at about 7:30 a.m. but I needed to go one more time at 9 a.m.
- My recommendation would be to start at 2a.m and not 3 a.m. for a 9 a.m. colonoscopy.
- They got me in to the O.R. for the procedure by about 10 a.m.
Side note and a couple of things about doctors –
They are fallible and don’t forget that. You need to do your own digging for outcomes. Read the literature and get acquainted with what is being suggested BEFORE they start. It becomes much harder to go backwards.
I got diagnosed with Type II in January 2023 with an A1C of 8.2. I was told I needed to get on either Ozempic or Metformin/ Lisnopril (Ace inhibitor) and Lipitor (cholesterol). I refused and asked for a six month reprieve to see if I could manage to lower my numbers without treatment. Butted heads with the doc. He said, "you are obese and haven’t managed in 55 years do you think you can do it in six months?" Fair point I said! I have lowered it to 6.4 (A1C) 7 months out with diet alone, giving up carbohydrates almost entirely. My goal is to have at least the diabetes beat. My primary care doc was surprised by the results. I would have been on Metformin or Ozempic had I had not insisted on doing it my way – obviously not for everyone but if I can do it, I suspect you can too.
Longest post ever..
hope this helps and I know you got this!!
Try and have a good three day weekend.
2023.12.02 15:07 ironinside What did I do wrong?
I went on strict Keto, for 4 weeks got into Ketosis and lost weight. Carbs down to under 20g per day.
I felt good. Happy.
Went for annual physical and told doc I was on Keto.
Without hesitation he said your cholesterol (which was above range last two years, but he didn’t try to medicate) are “all definitely going up, as everyone I’ve seen try it has the same response”
Blood test back and its gone the wrong was on Total Cholesterol. From 232 to 278 (range is under 200)
HDL dropped for the second year from 68 to 64 to 60 (range is 40 or less)
LDL(the “bad cholesterol” right?) jumped from 150 to 203.
Triglycerides are down from 74 to 58 (also have fallen for for the 4th straight year, but by far biggest drop appears to have been while on keto)
ALT or alanine transaminase. increased by more than double from 39 to 72.
I googled it and its an enzyme found mostly in the liver. An ALT test measures the amount of ALT in the blood. When liver cells are damaged, they release ALT into the bloodstream. High levels of ALT in your blood may be a sign of a liver injury or disease.
I am worried about this…. liver damage and I gave up alchohol (not that I drink much at all as part of adopting Keto diet. I doubt I’ll ever have more than 10 per year again, and maybe closer to 0.
I read a lot online,read labels ‘religiously’ cut the carbs to 20g a day., exercise (cardio + lifting) and been on 16:8 fasting….
What did I do so wrong? Dr. says it is “always” the Keto diet that does this and maybe my family history of high cholesterol— they’re all on Lipitor with tiny cholesterol now. He says I’m next if i dont cut the animal fats. I hear how well Keto works for many online…
What did I do wrong?
Maybe not enough leafy green vegetables? (though I had some about everyday) —was trying to keep carbs down. IDK, but worried about the ALT reading and risk of liver injury.
Also feel quite stupid, for striking out like this. 51M I am/was trying to take health and longevity very seriously.
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I felt good. Happy.
Went for annual physical and told doc I was on Keto.
Without hesitation he said your cholesterol (which was above range last two years, but he didn’t try to medicate) are “all definitely going up, as everyone I’ve seen try it has the same response”
Blood test back and its gone the wrong was on Total Cholesterol. From 232 to 278 (range is under 200)
HDL dropped for the second year from 68 to 64 to 60 (range is 40 or less)
LDL(the “bad cholesterol” right?) jumped from 150 to 203.
Triglycerides are down from 74 to 58 (also have fallen for for the 4th straight year, but by far biggest drop appears to have been while on keto)
ALT or alanine transaminase. increased by more than double from 39 to 72.
I googled it and its an enzyme found mostly in the liver. An ALT test measures the amount of ALT in the blood. When liver cells are damaged, they release ALT into the bloodstream. High levels of ALT in your blood may be a sign of a liver injury or disease.
I am worried about this…. liver damage and I gave up alchohol (not that I drink much at all as part of adopting Keto diet. I doubt I’ll ever have more than 10 per year again, and maybe closer to 0.
I read a lot online,read labels ‘religiously’ cut the carbs to 20g a day., exercise (cardio + lifting) and been on 16:8 fasting….
What did I do so wrong? Dr. says it is “always” the Keto diet that does this and maybe my family history of high cholesterol— they’re all on Lipitor with tiny cholesterol now. He says I’m next if i dont cut the animal fats. I hear how well Keto works for many online…
What did I do wrong?
Maybe not enough leafy green vegetables? (though I had some about everyday) —was trying to keep carbs down. IDK, but worried about the ALT reading and risk of liver injury.
Also feel quite stupid, for striking out like this. 51M I am/was trying to take health and longevity very seriously.
2023.09.29 02:16 lizz215 Mini Stroke (TIA) with no apparent cause in healthy female, help
Looking for anything at this point. I am starting to doubt my sanity with every appointment.
The TIA - I had a mini stroke in the beginning of August. I was walking my dogs with my kids and suddenly felt extremely weak, fatigued and lost all feeling on the right side of my body. I knew something was wrong and I was trying to communicate that to my oldest but he couldn't understand me. I could hear what I wanted to say in my mind but it wouldn't come out becauseI couldn't feel my tongue. I couldn't walk and had to be carried home by my kids. By the time we got home, I was regaining feeling on my right side and my speech was coming back. I laid down and the next morning felt better. An hour after waking, I started to feel like my speech was becoming garbled and I began stuttering when I was speaking to my son. I felt extremely weak so when my husband got home, he took me to the hospital. They began all the stroke protocols and I had a CAT scan done which showed minimal decreased blood flow on the left rear part of my brain. Given heparin shot. Later that day, additional CT, MRI scans with contrast, echocardiogram, EKG, blood tests showed nothing remarkable. Doctors in ER started me on baby aspirin and Lipitor (my cholesterol has never been high, it was just as a precaution they explained). Discharged to follow up with hematologist and neurologist. Followed up with both and my primary care doctor. Was tested for Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome since my siblings have it. It came back negative. Protein S levels were on lower side of range and functional Protein S was barely out of the low range. Hematologist has just kinda shrugged it off like I dunno? Neurologist did basic neuro exam and everything was fine. Suggested in letter to primary and hematologist that I come off Lipitor and aspirin as my only negative medical history stems is gastro related. (More on that below). A week after hospital discharge began waking up with pressure in the back of my head which is relieved with Excedrin migraine. It's not painful, just pressure, like someone pushing on the back of my skull. Doesn't occur later in day only upon waking. Also, this is not the first time I have had these TIA symptoms but it was the first time I lost feeling on an entire side of my body. The last time was about 4 years ago.
And now me - 40/f, 157lbs, 5'10", Caucasian, blood pressure is usually normal to low-normal, never had high cholesterol, overall pretty healthy/active. Underwent 5 rounds of iron infusions this spring for Iron deficiency anemia (from gastro surgery, see below). It was REALLY low and I was struggling just to do anything, labored breathing and chest palpitations. Tolerated iron well, felt better almost immediately until about a week after my the last infusion. Started feeling fatigued again and just unwell but blood tests showed my iron levels were high. Ongoing random bouts of severe fatigue to this day. Quit smoking 14 months ago, was a daily smoker for 20+ years. Prior social alcohol use, no alcohol for past ten years due to gastro issues. No recreational drugs (other than teenage experimenting), no history of addiction. Have not had a period for almost 20 months now. Past 6 years periods became more and more irregular. Current gyno said hormone levels do indicate menopause and I was supposed to start HRT the day after I had the mini stroke but she said don't start until we figure out why I had the TIA and here we are, in limbo. Gastro issues include GERD, IBS-C and I had a gastronectomy (sp?) from a bleeding stomach ulcer that went undiagnosed for several years. I was misdiagnosed as Bipolar and spent years on antipsychotics that never helped and had horrible side effects. Other than the mood shifts and racing thoughts, I had no other indicators for Bipolar. I was later appropriately diagnosed with Complex PTSD and weaned off all medications and put in therapy which helped. I do feel like the Bipolar misdiagnosis follows me like a dark cloud when dealing with doctors. Like maybe they think it is all in my head and I'm just batshit crazy and I imagined the TIA. Oh and I've been checked out by a rheumatologist and no autoimmune diseases were detected. Thyroid normal, mammogram normal, pap detected abnormal cells but that IS my normal.
Anyway, that's pretty much everything...I feel stuck and I am tired of constantly getting told "everything looks normal, I don't know what to tell you." I don't feel well, I don't feel back to my normal and I know it's not imagined. Would some kind of genetic testing maybe be helpful in this instance or do I need to know what I am looking for? I want to be around for my kids and not just drop on them. I saw how scared they were when I had the recent TIA and don't want to put them through that again if I can do anything to help it. Thank you in advance for reading my novella and any suggestions.
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The TIA - I had a mini stroke in the beginning of August. I was walking my dogs with my kids and suddenly felt extremely weak, fatigued and lost all feeling on the right side of my body. I knew something was wrong and I was trying to communicate that to my oldest but he couldn't understand me. I could hear what I wanted to say in my mind but it wouldn't come out becauseI couldn't feel my tongue. I couldn't walk and had to be carried home by my kids. By the time we got home, I was regaining feeling on my right side and my speech was coming back. I laid down and the next morning felt better. An hour after waking, I started to feel like my speech was becoming garbled and I began stuttering when I was speaking to my son. I felt extremely weak so when my husband got home, he took me to the hospital. They began all the stroke protocols and I had a CAT scan done which showed minimal decreased blood flow on the left rear part of my brain. Given heparin shot. Later that day, additional CT, MRI scans with contrast, echocardiogram, EKG, blood tests showed nothing remarkable. Doctors in ER started me on baby aspirin and Lipitor (my cholesterol has never been high, it was just as a precaution they explained). Discharged to follow up with hematologist and neurologist. Followed up with both and my primary care doctor. Was tested for Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome since my siblings have it. It came back negative. Protein S levels were on lower side of range and functional Protein S was barely out of the low range. Hematologist has just kinda shrugged it off like I dunno? Neurologist did basic neuro exam and everything was fine. Suggested in letter to primary and hematologist that I come off Lipitor and aspirin as my only negative medical history stems is gastro related. (More on that below). A week after hospital discharge began waking up with pressure in the back of my head which is relieved with Excedrin migraine. It's not painful, just pressure, like someone pushing on the back of my skull. Doesn't occur later in day only upon waking. Also, this is not the first time I have had these TIA symptoms but it was the first time I lost feeling on an entire side of my body. The last time was about 4 years ago.
And now me - 40/f, 157lbs, 5'10", Caucasian, blood pressure is usually normal to low-normal, never had high cholesterol, overall pretty healthy/active. Underwent 5 rounds of iron infusions this spring for Iron deficiency anemia (from gastro surgery, see below). It was REALLY low and I was struggling just to do anything, labored breathing and chest palpitations. Tolerated iron well, felt better almost immediately until about a week after my the last infusion. Started feeling fatigued again and just unwell but blood tests showed my iron levels were high. Ongoing random bouts of severe fatigue to this day. Quit smoking 14 months ago, was a daily smoker for 20+ years. Prior social alcohol use, no alcohol for past ten years due to gastro issues. No recreational drugs (other than teenage experimenting), no history of addiction. Have not had a period for almost 20 months now. Past 6 years periods became more and more irregular. Current gyno said hormone levels do indicate menopause and I was supposed to start HRT the day after I had the mini stroke but she said don't start until we figure out why I had the TIA and here we are, in limbo. Gastro issues include GERD, IBS-C and I had a gastronectomy (sp?) from a bleeding stomach ulcer that went undiagnosed for several years. I was misdiagnosed as Bipolar and spent years on antipsychotics that never helped and had horrible side effects. Other than the mood shifts and racing thoughts, I had no other indicators for Bipolar. I was later appropriately diagnosed with Complex PTSD and weaned off all medications and put in therapy which helped. I do feel like the Bipolar misdiagnosis follows me like a dark cloud when dealing with doctors. Like maybe they think it is all in my head and I'm just batshit crazy and I imagined the TIA. Oh and I've been checked out by a rheumatologist and no autoimmune diseases were detected. Thyroid normal, mammogram normal, pap detected abnormal cells but that IS my normal.
Anyway, that's pretty much everything...I feel stuck and I am tired of constantly getting told "everything looks normal, I don't know what to tell you." I don't feel well, I don't feel back to my normal and I know it's not imagined. Would some kind of genetic testing maybe be helpful in this instance or do I need to know what I am looking for? I want to be around for my kids and not just drop on them. I saw how scared they were when I had the recent TIA and don't want to put them through that again if I can do anything to help it. Thank you in advance for reading my novella and any suggestions.
2023.09.21 18:37 Then_Impression_2254 Husband with a new diagnosis
My husband was just diagnosed with type two. He was normal year ago and has been Lipitor for cholesterol. His A1c is 12 and his blood sugars in the 300s. He’s a little overweight, but not horrible. He’s 5 foot 10 and weighs 210 pounds. His diet has been pretty terrible in the past lots of sugar, drinks and chips a big snacker. His doctor has him on metformin as of yesterday. I myself was diagnosed with type two a very mild case last December and I’ve been on trulicity. My A1c, when diagnosed was a little less than seven and my blood sugar was in the 140s. The trulicity has put mine into the normal zone and I have lost 25 pounds. I’ve also revamped my diet and I’m exercising regularly. My question is how quickly can he lower his blood glucose and A1c ? He is scheduled for a recheck in three months. I think he plans on totally revamping his diet pretty much going on a keto type diet , very low carb. And of course, dropping the sugary drinks and snacks. Also, is it possible to be in that normal zone in three months?
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2023.08.24 21:38 johngrady77 Blood work update: Cholesterol now good!
 | Three months ago I had my first blood work after starting rapamycin, and my cholesterol had shot WAY up. submitted by johngrady77 to Rapamycin [link] [comments] Brought my rapa dose down from 10mg per week to 7mg per week, and added 10mg daily of Atorvastatin (Lipitor) to my stack. Had a new test yesterday and everything is looking better! Pretty amazing how much my lipid numbers changed. Aging.ai has me at 34, which is 12 years younger than my actual age of 46. |
2023.08.20 20:12 llism Congenital issue my doctors have never seen before
53 female. 5’8”, 250
Medical conditions: lichen sclerosus
Edit: I do have some scoliosis but the osteopath thinks the main issue is caused by something different.
Meds: metformin, Lipitor, losartan HCZT, Se-Tan Plus, bupropion, sertraline, vitamin D, fish oil.
Length of complaint: congenital issue, but causing pain last 20 years or so
When I was in my late teens and my breasts had fully developed there was a pretty severe discrepancy between the left and right (like a cup and a half + size difference). My mom took me to a doctor, and later a plastic surgeon, who diagnosed me with Poland Syndrome. He did an implant on the left side, everything turned out fine, and I didn’t think too much more about it.
Fast forward 20 years or so when I started developing a constant annoying cramping feeling on the right side of my back in the latissimus dorsi area. The discomfort continued to increase regardless of stretching, using the foam roller, regular massages, etc. Over the last couple of years I started taking Pilates, which seemed to make the feeling worse. The instructor recommended an osteopath to me, who ordered X-rays, and we were both shocked by the results.
Apparently the left side of my back was genetically maxed out as far as how strong it would get, so the right side started overcompensating, so much so that it has literally been pulling my vertebrae out of shape over the years as you can see in the X-rays. The osteopath, who has been practicing for over 35 years, had never seen anything like it, nor had her colleagues (I gave her permission to share), so she really didn’t know how to guide me. I continued treatment with her as well as a physical therapist, but nothing has helped the constant cramping/ pulling pain.
I’m just trying to figure out what to do from here. What kind of doctor should I see? All the research I’ve done on Poland Syndrome points me back to plastic surgeons, which isn’t helpful. Would Botox in that area be an option? Spine surgery? Voodoo? Or am I just kind of stuck with it? Any suggestions on a direction for future treatment would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry for the crummy photos - it’s a snap of a monitor.
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Medical conditions: lichen sclerosus
Edit: I do have some scoliosis but the osteopath thinks the main issue is caused by something different.
Meds: metformin, Lipitor, losartan HCZT, Se-Tan Plus, bupropion, sertraline, vitamin D, fish oil.
Length of complaint: congenital issue, but causing pain last 20 years or so
When I was in my late teens and my breasts had fully developed there was a pretty severe discrepancy between the left and right (like a cup and a half + size difference). My mom took me to a doctor, and later a plastic surgeon, who diagnosed me with Poland Syndrome. He did an implant on the left side, everything turned out fine, and I didn’t think too much more about it.
Fast forward 20 years or so when I started developing a constant annoying cramping feeling on the right side of my back in the latissimus dorsi area. The discomfort continued to increase regardless of stretching, using the foam roller, regular massages, etc. Over the last couple of years I started taking Pilates, which seemed to make the feeling worse. The instructor recommended an osteopath to me, who ordered X-rays, and we were both shocked by the results.
Apparently the left side of my back was genetically maxed out as far as how strong it would get, so the right side started overcompensating, so much so that it has literally been pulling my vertebrae out of shape over the years as you can see in the X-rays. The osteopath, who has been practicing for over 35 years, had never seen anything like it, nor had her colleagues (I gave her permission to share), so she really didn’t know how to guide me. I continued treatment with her as well as a physical therapist, but nothing has helped the constant cramping/ pulling pain.
I’m just trying to figure out what to do from here. What kind of doctor should I see? All the research I’ve done on Poland Syndrome points me back to plastic surgeons, which isn’t helpful. Would Botox in that area be an option? Spine surgery? Voodoo? Or am I just kind of stuck with it? Any suggestions on a direction for future treatment would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry for the crummy photos - it’s a snap of a monitor.
2023.07.29 12:53 GadgetsAnonymous Run with COROS or Garmin...? COROS Apex 2 Pro versus Garmin Venu 2 Plus
 | It all starts with a question: should you run with a smartwatch and which one to buy? And there was this question from a nice online person, Carlo: submitted by GadgetsAnonymous to Garmin [link] [comments] "I have a question on your HRV status Venu 2 Plus video. I have an Epix 2. If you work out with the Venu 2 plus and sleep with it does it actually update the nightly HRV and recovery time in Garmin Connect? Garmin is telling me none of that data will carry over I am so confused. I just want to know before I buy a second watch for my collection I use the Venu 2 at times and all recorded workout data will update recovery, training load, etc., and if I sleep with it that it will also update the training readiness and HRV data. thanks for your help." My replies There was a larger window of error; alas, the Garmin Connect app appears to have forced Users to wear the more expensive watches to correctly track HRV during the night and day. I experimented with the following: 1. EPIX 2.0 2. Instinct 2X Solar 3. Fēnix 7X solar 4. Venu 2 Plus 5. Instinct Solar (2020 model) When the fancier EPIX, Fēnix, or Instinct 2X is not worn for an extended period of time the HRV statistics drop off the widgets/glances. I then tested the Instinct 2X & Venu 2 Plus combination and simply turned off the Instinct 2X and just wore the Venu 2+ all day and night leaving the Instinct 2X shutdown, yet still my primary wearable and primary workout watch. Within 24 hours my HRV widget and health data depleted and the widgets vanished off my Garmin Connect profile along with Training, Recovery, and several other items. In short, Garmin wants us to wear the fancier watch frequently to get high-level health metrics even though many of their Garmin watches are more than adequate to collect HRV, training, recovery 📷, and much more advanced data. It is my hope that Garmin allows Users to upgrade to certain aspects of their Higher-End Health Metrics. I would gladly pay a one-time fee of $19.99 USD to see my HRV, training, endurance score, and recovery numbers while still wearing a Garmin Venu 2, a Forerunner, or some other $400 timepiece made mostly of plastic For this reason, yes, the COROS Apex 2 Pro has given me much perspective about the fitness gadget realm. I am on Draft 2 of a new video titled, “Run with COROS or Garmin? Apex 2 Pro VS. Venu 2 Plus." I hope to reshoot a few segments later today, record the voiceover audio, and produce a Final Cut version sometime before 22:00 Mountain Time, July 29, 2023 https://youtu.be/MxqBGroQFKQ Should you run with a COROS Apex 2 Pro or one of those Garmin Venu 2 Plus watches? I’ve been wearing a COROS Apex 2 Pro for nearly three months now; whereas, I’ve been wearing the Garmin Venu 2 Plus on and off again for over a year. Sure, Garmin has been around for more decades than COROS; however, revisiting the Apex smartwatch has given insight into why so many runners enjoy their timepieces for workouts. What do you need for a watch to be running-worthy? 1. Outdoor visibility The Apex 2 Pro has the Venu 2 Plus beat in the category with the memory LCD screen with 64 colors and a 260 x 260 resolution. Yes, the AMOLED screen on the Venu 2 Plus is gorgeous, not as easy to read outdoors. 2. GPS accuracy - when you’re a runner ‘tis nice to know where you have been, to retrace the location, and it is simply fun to view the mountain scenery on a web browser. For this category, yeah, ‘tis a tie for they both have spot-on GPS chips. 3. Easy to use, yet customizable Yes, both Garmin and COROS allow the User to customize the screens when working out and both quickly let you select your favorite sport type be it running, trailing running, track sprints, cycling, swimming, and many more. 4. Notifications during the workout Yep, both allow navigation outside the workout to make tweaks when you’re in the thick of it. If a text message for your special someone buzzes during mile 17, yes, you can quickly see who it is. At this time, only Garmin would allow you to reply to a text message via the watch interface. 5. Health Metrics What do you want from your workouts? Simplicity with a deep-dive option into a rabbit hole of endless data? Yes, both COROS and Garmin give you a quick overview of the run and a plethora of analytics that would make your Olympic Coach’s head spin! 6. Battery Life COROS wins with a max of 30 days, and up to 45 hours recording a GPS workout. The Venu 2 Plus lasts up to 9 days and 8 to 24 hours of GPS workout mode depending if you’re using music. 7. Cost - how many new pairs of running shoes are you willing to pass up to strap on a new watch? Garmin Venu 2 Plus - rings in at $449.99 Garmin Venu 2 - rings in at $399.99 USD if you could care less about the Voice Functionality. COROS Apex 2 Pro - will set you back the same at the Venu 2 Plus, $449 USD. And yeah, all of the data specs, prices, and information are accurate to the best of my brain, Bing, and Google.com Do you need help you justify the cost of a running watch, do you know much heart surgery costs? How much is a monthly prescription of pills like Lipitor going to set you back if you need to lower your cholesterol? Okay, too much Netflix may not be caused by a lack of running, I am simply trying to help my brain justify buying another smartwatch ;) In short, yes, the heart-rate data collected from the Polar Verity Sense is pretty darn close to that captured via the wrist sensor under the COROS Apex 2 Pro. Both watches are quite different and as of today, yes, Garmin has the fun factor of winning scores with their leaderboards, competitions, badges, etc. If you're looking for a lightweight, durable, gorgeous, fun to wear, accurate, consistent, and watch that comes with a two-year warranty, yes, I would buy the COROS Apex 2 Pro instead of the Venu 2 Plus or the Garmin Instinct 2X solar. I hope this article helped, along with the video. Sincerley, Pietro Herget A.K.A. Peter Herget The Man with Two Watches Me running with watches earlier this week. The green watch on my right wrist was the COROS Apex 2 Pro in green... COROS Apex 2 Pro (green bezel & OEM COROS band) Garmin Venu 2 Plus (black bezel & OEM Garmin band) Garmin Instinct 2X Solar (flame red bezel & OEM Garmin band) |
2023.07.16 23:48 rammi90 Low energy.
Hello. So I’ve been in Lipitor 10mg for 3 months now. So far I’ve lost 19 lbs. I am lean, but my performance at the gym is declining. I my diet consists of low carbs. Nuts. Chicken. Vegetables. Vitamins and minerals. Though u look good in body goals, I don’t feel very great even at a normal day at work. Does anybody here experience this while trying to drop weight do to high cholesterol? How much should I lose of weight ? Or should I eat more ?
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2023.06.04 09:35 bipolarbittie I am better yes but i am not stable and im starting to think its not in the cards
I am the best ive ever been. I have a good relationship with ALL of my family, i have an amazong relationship, i am not struggling financially, i have a car and my license, i do hoyse chores, i get shit done but my mood is all over the place and im on so many medications like so many like 2 benadryl a day, lithium, latuda, seroquel, effexor, clonidine, birth control, allergy meds (that dont work), lipitor, vitamin d supplement. I just wanna be stable for me please. Just for a little bit. I dont need forever just so i can figure out life for myself for when i get mood swings. Find a profession i can handle, find some hobbies i can handle, find a friend who wont leave, make a meal plan, make a schedule. Just find some stability. Im in so much desperation and no one in my life besides my sister understands how debilitating this is. Im at my whits end.
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2023.05.14 22:19 abeenamedalbee Is this trans broken arm syndrome? Mini stroke at 21
Looking for an intersectional perspective.
I'm currently 24NB but this happened when I was 21ftm, 3 years on testosterone. I was just on 5mg olanzipine for psychotic PTSD and cymbalta 60mg for fibromyalgia and anxiety. Since then I've also been diagnosed with frequent but not chronic migraines.
5'7", 200lbs.
So trans broken arm syndrome is when the system blames everything on hormones. You broke your arms? It's because you're on hrt.
The story: I was at play rehearsal and suddenly my left cheek spasmed before the whole left side of my face went numb. I could still talk but there was a pins and needle feeling spreading through my face to my shoulder. When rehearsal ended I went to my roommates who didn't want me to be alone as I was beginning to feel slightly "odd" for lack of a better term - no short term memory, mood swings, etc. If we had immediately gone to the hospital maybe I'd have a better answer now but we drove around for an hour before going to the hospital. Yeah I know, next time definitely won't do that. I get in and take off my mask and the nurse sees that the left side of my face is considerably drooping.
I'm rushed to a ct scan and a bunch of tests. They say it was probably a TIA but I stay the night and do more tests in the morning. Official diagnosis: tia or hemiplegic migraine.
The doctor says it was a TIA partially because of the result they find; my zyprexa has made my cholesterol slightly high (it's at a safe range now) and I'm prescribed lipitor. But the main factor, I'm told, is my testosterone thickening my blood. Ive been taken off t since then.
Is that the reason for the TIA? I saw another post saying lupus can cause strokes, or anticoagulation. I don't know how much testing was done before t was blamed for the incident and I guess I just want to know how likely it is for any of this. Im also not on any blood thinners or aspirin rn as my PC says it's my gynos job since she's prescribing me birth control, and my gyno thinks its my pcs job because it is.
And if anyone thinks it's a hemiplegic migraine; it might be! My doctor's and I are treating it like a mini stroke because if it was one I could have a real stroke if we don't correct some things. If it was a migraine, and we treat it like a stroke, nothing bad happens. Also I had some side effects after the tia (severe depression) that my doc thinks might be related.
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I'm currently 24NB but this happened when I was 21ftm, 3 years on testosterone. I was just on 5mg olanzipine for psychotic PTSD and cymbalta 60mg for fibromyalgia and anxiety. Since then I've also been diagnosed with frequent but not chronic migraines.
5'7", 200lbs.
So trans broken arm syndrome is when the system blames everything on hormones. You broke your arms? It's because you're on hrt.
The story: I was at play rehearsal and suddenly my left cheek spasmed before the whole left side of my face went numb. I could still talk but there was a pins and needle feeling spreading through my face to my shoulder. When rehearsal ended I went to my roommates who didn't want me to be alone as I was beginning to feel slightly "odd" for lack of a better term - no short term memory, mood swings, etc. If we had immediately gone to the hospital maybe I'd have a better answer now but we drove around for an hour before going to the hospital. Yeah I know, next time definitely won't do that. I get in and take off my mask and the nurse sees that the left side of my face is considerably drooping.
I'm rushed to a ct scan and a bunch of tests. They say it was probably a TIA but I stay the night and do more tests in the morning. Official diagnosis: tia or hemiplegic migraine.
The doctor says it was a TIA partially because of the result they find; my zyprexa has made my cholesterol slightly high (it's at a safe range now) and I'm prescribed lipitor. But the main factor, I'm told, is my testosterone thickening my blood. Ive been taken off t since then.
Is that the reason for the TIA? I saw another post saying lupus can cause strokes, or anticoagulation. I don't know how much testing was done before t was blamed for the incident and I guess I just want to know how likely it is for any of this. Im also not on any blood thinners or aspirin rn as my PC says it's my gynos job since she's prescribing me birth control, and my gyno thinks its my pcs job because it is.
And if anyone thinks it's a hemiplegic migraine; it might be! My doctor's and I are treating it like a mini stroke because if it was one I could have a real stroke if we don't correct some things. If it was a migraine, and we treat it like a stroke, nothing bad happens. Also I had some side effects after the tia (severe depression) that my doc thinks might be related.
2023.04.30 18:08 Alternative_Sky_2063 3 years of high HDL and High LDL
It's been three years, I've lost 40 lbs, I exercise 15 minutes daily with 3 days of 30 min intermediate exercise, and hike every 2 weeks.
5'2", 175lbs
I cook every day, but I do like desserts every weekend or so if I treat my boys.
I don't eat meats, fish sometimes, but may indulge on the hamburger here and there on family outings.
I suppose i have to get a statin since exercise and food doesn't really help, or really just eat cardboard is my next step.
hDL 60 Cholesterol 318 Tric 195 LDL 219 Non hdl 258
Year before HDL was 74 but everything else pretty much the same. My calcium is a bit higher than usual too.
I had partial thyroidectomy in 2008 in the military so I'm not sure if any of those glands or anything can affect lipids.
I get blood work but no other help from the doctor than take a statin. In fact 3 years ago i got a new prescription to pick up and was given lipitor but wasn't explained why I needed it. I was told it was to keep my heart healthier in the long run, i tried and did the dieting exercising but it was too difficult because of the muscle pains, it wasn't my only medication with body aches as a side effect so i was told to stop it. But wasn't given another alternative.
If not Lipitor, what's next? That may not make me feel so awful. And also, I've had high cholesterol since high school, I've done sports all my life, i was in the Navy, and never had any issues.
I'm wondering if it's how i eat versus how much or what I eat? Is it the intermittent fasting that is making my body out of whack?
I'm just trying to get everything health wise in order, mental and physical and well cholesterol just doesn't want to budge it just increases even with weight loss and some diet and exercise.
I appreciate y'all's input. I'm just over it.
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5'2", 175lbs
I cook every day, but I do like desserts every weekend or so if I treat my boys.
I don't eat meats, fish sometimes, but may indulge on the hamburger here and there on family outings.
I suppose i have to get a statin since exercise and food doesn't really help, or really just eat cardboard is my next step.
hDL 60 Cholesterol 318 Tric 195 LDL 219 Non hdl 258
Year before HDL was 74 but everything else pretty much the same. My calcium is a bit higher than usual too.
I had partial thyroidectomy in 2008 in the military so I'm not sure if any of those glands or anything can affect lipids.
I get blood work but no other help from the doctor than take a statin. In fact 3 years ago i got a new prescription to pick up and was given lipitor but wasn't explained why I needed it. I was told it was to keep my heart healthier in the long run, i tried and did the dieting exercising but it was too difficult because of the muscle pains, it wasn't my only medication with body aches as a side effect so i was told to stop it. But wasn't given another alternative.
I'm wondering if it's how i eat versus how much or what I eat? Is it the intermittent fasting that is making my body out of whack?
I appreciate y'all's input. I'm just over it.
2023.03.15 19:39 sonja_says New-ish to working out. Not losing weight, I (34F) am overweight/obese. Would like some guidance.
Hey there! I’ve been working out for about two months consistently now. My main workouts are different elliptical things at the gym, usually 30-45 min a day. Once in a while I use a rowing machine if I get bored. I do some weight training with free weights, around 30 minutes a day, with guidance from an app. It picks muscle groups and I follow it. I have been doing this every day for two months.
My diet is what I consider fairly healthy, it’s pretty low carb (I have epilepsy and it helps keep seizures minimal). I eat a lot of chicken, veggies. Not much fruit. Alcohol max 3 beers 2x a week, but usually ends up being 1 or two because my meds make me feel awful with alcohol. My calorie intake is anywhere from 1200-1500 a day. A normal day for my macros is like… 50g net carbs. 35g fat. 100g protein. I only drink water and black coffee or tea.
I did see a nutritionist but I didn’t feel comfortable there since when immediately wanted me to see the surgeon about getting weight loss surgery (I am 200lbs and 5’4”) and surgery scares me with my medical history and I just think I need guidance on diet and workout plans more than a smaller stomach.
My meds include Eliquis (had a stroke and a few DVTs), Propranolol (high BP and HR), Lipitor (VERY high cholesterol, doesn’t go down on its own), Topamax (seizures), Viibryd (anxiety), Vyvanse (ADD).
I got one of those scales that tells you BMI, body fat, muscle rate, muscle mass, etc., and one thing I noticed besides being overweight is my muscle rate and mass are both very low. I don’t know how accurate these scales truly are, but I know muscle helps burn more than fat and if I have less of it, it would make sense I’m not really losing weight.
I have lose ~6lbs over the past two months.
So I guess what I’m asking is, should I maybe switch into more of a muscle building routine instead of just running at the gym? When I had my stroke I spent around 6 months in bed. I didn’t lose any body function, it was all mental, but I barely moved for quite a while.
I’d really appreciate it if someone could offer any guidance. I am starting to enjoy the gym and meal prepping and all, but seeing some sort of change would be great :)
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My diet is what I consider fairly healthy, it’s pretty low carb (I have epilepsy and it helps keep seizures minimal). I eat a lot of chicken, veggies. Not much fruit. Alcohol max 3 beers 2x a week, but usually ends up being 1 or two because my meds make me feel awful with alcohol. My calorie intake is anywhere from 1200-1500 a day. A normal day for my macros is like… 50g net carbs. 35g fat. 100g protein. I only drink water and black coffee or tea.
I did see a nutritionist but I didn’t feel comfortable there since when immediately wanted me to see the surgeon about getting weight loss surgery (I am 200lbs and 5’4”) and surgery scares me with my medical history and I just think I need guidance on diet and workout plans more than a smaller stomach.
My meds include Eliquis (had a stroke and a few DVTs), Propranolol (high BP and HR), Lipitor (VERY high cholesterol, doesn’t go down on its own), Topamax (seizures), Viibryd (anxiety), Vyvanse (ADD).
I got one of those scales that tells you BMI, body fat, muscle rate, muscle mass, etc., and one thing I noticed besides being overweight is my muscle rate and mass are both very low. I don’t know how accurate these scales truly are, but I know muscle helps burn more than fat and if I have less of it, it would make sense I’m not really losing weight.
I have lose ~6lbs over the past two months.
So I guess what I’m asking is, should I maybe switch into more of a muscle building routine instead of just running at the gym? When I had my stroke I spent around 6 months in bed. I didn’t lose any body function, it was all mental, but I barely moved for quite a while.
I’d really appreciate it if someone could offer any guidance. I am starting to enjoy the gym and meal prepping and all, but seeing some sort of change would be great :)