just wondering how everyone's health here.

do you work out? meditate? eat the right foods? just wondering.

 health is all good, eating the right foods. working out 7 days a week, which I do, but I do smoke at the end of the day, yes I drink as well.weekends love to check out lots of different recipes as well . I have a heart palpitation, it's ran through my famiily, my mom had it never drank, smoked, she's gone, my oldest bro, he is still around, scares me if ever I have surgery though.

Been lots of heart stuff in my fam lately. Grandpa's heart attack, my horse-healthy Dad had surgery, my cousin (my age) is going under the knife, too.

I try to drink lots of water, get lots of sleep, take vitamins and walk or bike to run errands if I have time.  I reward myself with treats for completing major tasks to keep myself smiling.  So glad I quit smoking. I tried twice to smoke again and puke city, not good.  My asthma is gone and I can enjoy flowers and perfume again.

I hope everyone is taking care of themselves.

I am (fingers crossed and thankfully) in good health for my age. Now that my three week work assignment is over, I will hit the gym and revisit my free weights. Diet is good, including sweet rewards, I avoid any product that is non fat, low sodium, etc. I'd rather have sugar than some substitute chemical replacement. I take no prescriptions. All those drugs seem to have possible detrimental side effects that are frightening up to and including death, so I am glad I don't have to take any.

Mental outlook is generally positive. I only drink alcohol lightly in a social situation. I no longer shot speedballs. One minor habit I plan to drop on April Fool's day is one small cigar per day, I don't inhale, but let's face it that smoke is not good. Of course giving up smoking is easy, i've done it a hundred times.

As an adult I have developed some allergies that peak in the springtime especially here in Marin CA. You can see the pale green pollen that covers everything in April. It is a discomfort and actually stuffs up my ears. I use Benedryl for symptomatic relief. Sexual functioning is all systems go.
I sleep like a baby. 

As Hyman Roth said " Health, the most important thing. More important than money or power. "

I hope everyone takes good care of themselves.

Oh boy, Rebel, this is a good one!  I was rolling along pretty well for decades.  I really dislike going to doctors and postponed a few  year's worth of annual visits.  Then I had this vague nothing pain in my back.  What could it be?  Should I ignore it?  Or did I have a tumor growing on my spine?  

Made an appointment with a new primary care physician just to catch up with everything.  Stuff was happening to my friends and each of their ailments had me imagining that I too was plagued by the same.  When Bill Clinton, who is not even an acquaintance, went through his heart surgery, I felt pangs in my own heart.  When my friend died of lung cancer, I felt shortness of breath.  I became highly suggestible.  I hate myself for my suggestiblity and wonder how this sorts itself out in the next couple decades.  I'm not completely convinced that I haven't banged my head on a Bunny Hill though I haven't gone skiing for 35  years!

My appointment with this new doctor corresponded with the time when my mother was in very bad shape in the adjacent hospital.  First thing the doctor tells me:  Wow, your blood pressure is high.  No, I tell her.  It's just this momentary stress.  My blood pressure is fine.  Well, why not track it at home for a week, she says.  Then she feels my neck and says, Your thyroid is enlarged.  She sends me downstairs to the lab for a bone density scan.  The radiologist says, Your lumbar spine is in the 'yellow zone' but your hips are in the 'green' so they're fine.  By the time I got to the blood tests, X-ray, EKG and urine analysis I feared the worst.  As the weeks have gone by, a fine needle aspiration of my thryoid nodules, medication for blood pressure which actually had gone up, and medication for bone density plus new multi-vite and Vit. D/Calcium supplements followed by thyroid replacement medication.  I went from no prescription medication to this.  Okay.  Fine.  I feel fine. But...

I do not sleep through the night.  I feel a lot of stress much of the day but especially in the middle of the night.  I awaken at 4:00 am pretty much every night and berate myself for finding things to fret over at that hour.  I remind myself that 4:00 am is a lousy time to come up with solutions.  Go back to sleep, I tell me.  When the sun comes up and Lola jumps on the bed, I feel like falling into a deep sleep.  And it feels like each morning brings some new problem such as it was two weeks ago with David's excruciating kidney stone pain and subsequent surgical (ouchouchouch) removal of said stone a week ago.  Vicodin, Zofran, Percocet, Levaquin, Colace and Flomax were the prescriptions of choice before the final removal of the week-long "Ureter Stent" that went from the bladder to the kidney.  EEK!  Guys, you don't want to know how a ureter stent is removed.  And you don't want to endure kidney stones either.  Watching someone you love suffer through pain for days on in is a painful experience even if you are not experiencing the same pain.

Someone -- I think it was Marcel Proust -- once said that the least interesting aspect of a man is his medical condition and I tend to agree.  But other times, when I'm walking through the market or driving down the street, I'll glance at someone close by and wonder, "Does he/she have a health problem?" 

I thought I had become blase about doctors and hospitals with all the time I've spent in their company this year of 2009 but it isn't true.

So, to answer your question, Rebel.  "How is your health?"  Better than many; worse than some.  If it stays put for a while like this, though, I can live with it.

Thanks for asking.  : )

Susan

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

This is a good topic Reb. We can maybe learn from each other.

I eat garlic -- fresh cloves in food, and pop a garlic pill if i don't eat garlic for a few days. You guys reminded me to pick up some vitamin pills. I have taken a vitamin pill since i was 10 years old ! Of course now and then ya read an article that they are a waste but I still pop a Men's Mature formula tab every day or two. I also eat a pinch of tumeric once in a while.

Smeds , is that Neilmed product over the counter ? I avoid doctors. My insurance kicks in after $ 2500 in a calender year. That way I get a nice low ins. rate and it motivates me to live healthily..  

Have you guys noticed how many cable T V commercials are for prescription drugs? Alot.

One thing I don't neglect is dental care-very important IMO. Mouthwash, floss, electric toothbrush and regular checkups.

Oh, when a  Dr. checks my blood pressure it is up. I have "white coat syndrome". I have a machine at home and the numbers return to textbook levels.

Oh, and Susan I'm sure you already know this but... wash your hands well when you leave a hospital or old folks home. Even a container of antiseptic wipes is indicated. Again, probably not news to you.

Thanks for the tip on the Neilmed Smeds !!

I'll pick a package up at Target before the pollen really hits in a week or two. I hope you have a mild allergy season.

 I'm glad it's working for you. My allergies have been horrendous this year and I used it the other night and it did nothing for me. In fact, it seemed to make it worse. All the other times I've used this it's worked wonders, but not as of late.

Otherwise, I'm ok healthwise. I could stand to lose a little weight, and I have the occaisional stomach issues reoccur from time to time, but nothing too major. 

Kelly

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Brilliant topic REBEL, in general my health is ok. But after coming back from Texas a few weeks ago, I had a nasty case of sunburn, suffered migraines over there, and coupled with my gf freaking out in the last 2 days of my trip (constant crying etc) meant I never got to come over your way and meet ya, which I was looking forward to very much!!! In turn began to suffer severe exhaustion once back to work, and recent staffing problems havent helped a bit, only just getting back to normal, very nearly passed out twice at work, which was worrying. The solution really is simple, I need to come off nightshifts, as it's not good for your health! Fret not though REBEL, I am coming back over sometime soon, hopefully by the end of year, and Lizzie will be getting told we are coming your way lol

Susan, I know what kidney stones feel like I had em 16 months ago, and I wouldnt wish them on my worst enemy, it's amazing something so small can cause so much pain. It felt like I'd been repeatedly booted in the balls with a pair of steel toecapped boots, trying to pee,agony when suffering from them! Luckily, mine passed within 2 days, but dang I hope I never suffer from them again! After that scare I cut nearly all the salt out of my diet, which made a huge difference!

 When I have more free time, I plan on going to the gym and start toning up my arm and leg muscles, as well as shedding a few pounds lol.

I also smoke about 20 a day, mainly due to stress at work. Ive made a promise to Lizzie to at least try nicotine patches as I know she hates me smoking, if I end up staying in the States, I will be quitting as American cigarettes are disgusting, you guys have weaker filters in your smokes than us!

"Ive got good news....that gum you like is going to come back in style!"

"I'm a WHOLE DAMN TOWN!"

I am sorry i threw a fit LittleMike, after all I did Plan out baked a homemade jalapeno bread, Planned out a country fry chicken feast, but that's fine, had other people took up on the dinner. as for the heat that got to ya, the weather here was wonderful, keep forgetting how much weather you europeans, some I mean not all can take. so, another time, & yes gimme me a holler! call me! we will go out if ya don't like my cookin! ;)

My family & friends LOVES my Cooking though! lemme know ahead of time so I can cook ya good meal! :) strange though march should be springlike, but it is chilly, moved a few plants inside my home.& july/august should be alot hotter, esp. august.

I am glad you all are responding here, means ALOT to me. Thank You !!!!

Wow, this IS a good topic! And, I HAVE had some health concerns in the past year, and now I see everyone else is getting old, too! I found out a year ago, and it was confirmed again this past month, that my blood sugar levels have elevated to the point of a medical diagnosis of diabetes. Bummer. And I found out I have a lot of gallstones, but the doctor said if I don't have attacks, she's not going to do anything about it. My cholesterol is high, but has always been so. Some 8 or 9 years ago, I started going to an Ayurvedic doctor, and he put me on a diet with a strict formulation of spices, including turmeric Raymond, and over an 18 month period, my cholesterol went down over a hundred points. Not to a healthy level (it was really high - walking stroke kind of high), but in a much better neighborhood. I think meditation does help (watch it, Susan!), and like her, though, I have the 4am snap awake, mind at a hundred miles an hour period of wakeful worriness. Then, as the day is starting, I go back to sleep. Weird. I stopped eating red meat at the time the Ayurvedic doctor put me on that diet, and do not miss it. I have a steak or prime rib type dinner now about once or twice a year, after abstaining completely for 7 years. I eat a lot of vegetables and whole grains, not enough fruit, and stick to chicken, mostly skinless, boneless breasts, roasted/baked in a little bit of olive oil with vegetables, and fish. We have a marvelous amount of fresh local fish here in Marin County. The only problem is that it's expensive! (Though not as bad as when I lived in Maui!) But, I don't exercise at all... bad, bad... I live 8 miles from one of the most beautiful beaches in California, and have never been there - I work too much! I always say, "I have a studio tan, a studio physique, and a face built for radio!" But the funny thing is, even though I am definitely past 'mid-life', I still picture myself as I did when I was young. Problem is, I see my Dad every time I look in the mirror! But I do feel the creep of time as it affects the body. I cannot do many things I used to do, and the flexibility factor is a joke. Oh well... there it is. Such kvetching, I'm telling you! But I still play guitar really loud and have a great partner and a great band, and I am loving life. So I'm getting old, what's the alternative!?

I'm sure your a wonderful cook Rebs...felt shitty that I didnt get to come over your way, wanted you to meet Lizzie

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