Health Issues

[farmerge]

Probably still under as he said the op was going to be about an hour ago.

@Knobby22 All down and dusted by about 8.30.
Out like a blown light globe for about an hour.
Felt pretty woozy for the next hour or so and evicted from the bed and hospital about lunchtime.

 

[farmerge]

Is that you I can see from the outer stratosphere @finicky.

@finicky returned to Mother Earth and now going to have a kip to get rid of the rest of the anesthetic

 

[finicky]

 

[farmerge]

The electrocution of my heart albeit a very mild dose has been a roaring success.
The anesthetic on the other hand I don't travel too well with, so heading off for a kip for an hour or so.

 

[farmerge]

@finicky Not too sure what the body does when zapped, guess that is why one gets knocked out for that hour or thereabouts.

 

[finicky]

@farmerge the state of unconsciousness is underrrated. Glad to hear you came through ok farmerge.

 

[farmerge]

@farmerge the state of unconsciousness is underrrated. Glad to hear you came through ok farmerge.

@finicky all good now and the heart is performing like a 21 year old
Apart from feeling tired at the moment I am assured the worst is a long way back.
Just looking forward with renewed vigor.

 

[finicky]

I must start checking my blood pressure again. Have slacked off from daily walks and partial substituting potassium for sodium in salt. Have got bored and complacent.

 

[farmerge]

I had an appointment at The Midland Hospital this afternoon with an appointed physiotherapist.
My visits to these professionals in the past has never been too flash.
So I had a few doubts this appointment also.
Entirely different to what I was expecting, though he was asking for more than I was prepared to give, as only I know what hurts and what doesn't.
With the bull attack 5 years ago I still have neck and shoulder injuries that limit certain actions, such as lift the left arm above shoulder height on its own.
Took a bit of convincing but he finally conceded that I had some issues with them.
All in all this physio was pretty happy with what I could do and doesn't need to see me again, unless of course I choose to do so.
I might take him up on it in a couple of months when I will have been back at work for a while and hopefully back to full strength.
He had me walking a 50m measured distance for 6 minutes, I maintained 100m a minute and then the other was getting out of a chair not using my arms to push with.
Managed 12 in the required 30 seconds, even surprised myself with this one.

 

[farmerge]

Since my forays in and out of hospital since early February a couple of odd things have turned up.
1) I have been for as long as I can remember, well since I was 15, always been 181cm, measured three times over two and half months and am now 183 cm.
I'll take it, as it gives me bragging rights over my brother who is a miserly 180cm.
2) I have been around 100kg for many years, came out of hospital mid march weighing in at 95kg.
Happy about that loss, but more to the fact that I didn't eat very much whilst on the cocktail of pain killers.
Got weighed at the Physio's yesterday fully clothed at 90kg, so in reality about 87 kg.
I was measured there and again 183cm.
So the up-side to this is, have open heart surgery and pacemaker fitted and the weight loss is guaranteed, and also instead of shrinking as you get older height comes forward.

 

[finicky]

Benefits of a short brisk daily walk. Do it.
I (N=1) can attest to this - despite which I have slacked off and become a couch potato again lately

Excerpt:
"As far back as 400 BC, Hippocrates, widely considered the father of modern medicine, famously said, "Walking is man's best medicine." More than two millennia later, science is finally catching up with that wisdom.

People who walk more than 8,000 steps a day reduce their risk of premature death by half, compared to those who walk fewer than 5,000 steps – the threshold for a sedentary lifestyle. But beyond 8,000 steps, the benefits tend to plateau, which challenges the long-held belief in the magic of 10,000 steps a day."
Full article:

Your Walking Style Can Have Surprising Health Benefits, Study Says

Throughout history, few things have inspired as much quackery as the pills, potions and promises to slow ageing, boost vitality, or extend life.

www.sciencealert.com

 

[farmerge]

Benefits of a short brisk daily walk. Do it.
I (N=1) can attest to this - despite which I have slacked off and become a couch potato again lately

Excerpt:
"As far back as 400 BC, Hippocrates, widely considered the father of modern medicine, famously said, "Walking is man's best medicine." More than two millennia later, science is finally catching up with that wisdom.

People who walk more than 8,000 steps a day reduce their risk of premature death by half, compared to those who walk fewer than 5,000 steps – the threshold for a sedentary lifestyle. But beyond 8,000 steps, the benefits tend to plateau, which challenges the long-held belief in the magic of 10,000 steps a day."
Full article:

Your Walking Style Can Have Surprising Health Benefits, Study Says

Throughout history, few things have inspired as much quackery as the pills, potions and promises to slow ageing, boost vitality, or extend life.

www.sciencealert.com

@finicky First day back in the general ward after my heart surgery, physio rocked up, gave me a pair of special non slip socks and said, righto, waklies time, on the hour every hour.
Wasn't much to start with but once home I was increasing the distance every 3 days by 100m and the end result around the driveways is 1.45 km.
I wasn't out to break records but walking makes the gut work, and the bonus was my appetite started to return.
I like my food and the lady in my life!!!!!!

 

[finicky]

Good stuff farmer, you put me to shame. I just get bored by the thought of a walk. Trick is not to think it too much and just get my arse down the driveaway and then momentum takes effect.

 

[farmerge]

Good stuff farmer, you put me to shame. I just get bored by the thought of a walk. Trick is not to think it too much and just get my arse down the driveaway and then momentum takes effect.

much easier going downhill that the return climing back up, even though it is a gradual climb.

 

[finicky]

I incorporate a climb into my walk which is typically up to the town look-out where the gravitational water tower is also situated. Couples go up there to screw - I go up to their windows, make faces and tell them to cut it out, so I sometimes get a bit of running in too. Uphill obviously has more value. I tried a standing desk for a while but prefer flat on my back.

 

[finicky]

Hacks for lowering blood glucose (and insulin) spikes from food

 

[Faramir]

Hacks for lowering blood glucose (and insulin) spikes from food

I love this guy. Although Dr Sten Ekberg, Eric Berg, Jason Fung and many others have educated me with their details videos, this guy’s shorts very quickly illustrates what others have been saying all along.

 

[finicky]

@Faramir exactly. I learn more from a well chosen hour of this sort of YouTube video than all the doctors' consultations I've had in a lifetime - literally, not hyperbole.

 

[farmerge]

I had a follow up check-up with the revered heart surgeon this afternoon.
The good, well great, news is the rat poison, ie: Warfarin has now been discarded.
No more will I an attraction at the Perth Zoo in the monkey cage, scratching and itching constantly.
The new blood thinner is a much more subtle one I am led to believe.
Got to see the implant surgeon soon and then perhaps clearance to re-start earning a quid.
Still, very happy with today's outcome as it was all positive.

 

[finicky]