Posted by Tiago on November 25, 2011, 7:46 am
Doctors never cease to amuse me.
Yesterday I was at the doc for the biannual checkup and I brought him
my blood test exam results. The only that is kind of worrying - his
words - is the HDL which is @25, when it should be at least over 40
and ideally over 60.
His prescription?
- Two brazil nuts a day (that should be easy to get <g>)
- One tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil a day
- One quart of an avocado a day.
- Half hour of moderate paced walk, 3 times a week.
-- Tiago
-> end of year parties and related greasy foods, hmmm, bad time of
year to have to be on controlled diet!
Posted by john on November 25, 2011, 11:04 am
SIGH
is you dad still alive, grandfather?
did any males in your family die of heart attack prior to 60 years?
if not, then just don't get fat & go out and walk 1/2 hour 2 times a week
and don't worry... if bad heart stuff is in your family then cut back on
fatty foods & walk 3-4 times a week.
john
have uncle on wifes side with col 300+
and he's in his 70's healthy as an ox
(despite his poor life choices)
> Doctors never cease to amuse me.
> Yesterday I was at the doc for the biannual checkup and I brought him
> my blood test exam results. The only that is kind of worrying - his
> words - is the HDL which is @25, when it should be at least over 40
> and ideally over 60.
> His prescription?
> - Two brazil nuts a day (that should be easy to get <g>)
> - One tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil a day
> - One quart of an avocado a day.
> - Half hour of moderate paced walk, 3 times a week.
> -- Tiago
> -> end of year parties and related greasy foods, hmmm, bad time of
> year to have to be on controlled diet!
Posted by Tiago on November 25, 2011, 11:32 am
> SIGH
> is you dad still alive, grandfather?
Dad side of family are all strong, grandparents died of old age at
over 100. My dad passed away on a car crash when I was a little kid...
> did any males in your family die of heart attack prior to 60 years?
On mom's side, yes...
> if not, then just don't get fat & go out and walk 1/2 hour 2 times a week
> and don't worry... if bad heart stuff is in your family then cut back on
> fatty foods & walk 3-4 times a week.
I'm 72kg @ 178cm tall. I don't have much weight to lose.
But, this is year end, turkey, ham... :) LDL @175, TRIG @185, less
than they were when I found, early this year, that I had a cholesterol
problem. That was interesting. I was having mild fever every day. 37C,
38C, every night. I went to the general doctor, did the tests,
everything fine. Until mom told me "watch you heart, my family have
problems..." and I went to the cardio, who found I hadcol @250 and
trig @350.
I do my walking, for sure. Stairs to my cubicle at work (2nd floor) as
often as possible. Ortho doctor said no pedal bikes, too much wear on
the rebuilt knee. Running also not advised. I miss riding bikes. I
should get back into it asap. My excuse, for now, is time. Wife is
taking all my time with that pregnancy stuff. Damn, it is way too much
work (for me) than I thought at first.
> john
> have uncle on wifes side with col 300+
> and he's in his 70's healthy as an ox
> (despite his poor life choices)
Funny that. My stepdad's dad is 95yo (iirc) and quit smoking only
about 10 years ago and eat every greasy food you can imagine, he still
drives the farm tractor and ride horses. Guess country life makes you
live for ever.
-- Tiago
Posted by Mike S. on November 25, 2011, 12:20 pm
Tiago says:
> Ortho doctor said no pedal bikes, too much wear on
> the rebuilt knee.
Huh? My orthopedic surgeon and my physical therapist
both insisted that I ride bicycles MORE as it's easy on the
knees and strengthens your leg. I had ACL reconstruction
both sides and multiple meniscus stuff fixes on one.
>Running also not advised.
That I (and my ortho/therapist) agree on.
>I miss riding bikes.
Wasn't the first thing your therapist did after surgery was
get you on a stationary bike? I was on one within 2 days
and every day after until end of therapy sessions.
Either I'm missing something about your knee situation
or I think you need a second opinion.
Go fast. Take chances.
Mike S.
P.S. After the rest of the crew here gets their act together,
going mountain bike riding here this morning:
http://www.openspace.org/preserves/maps/pr_ecdm.pdf
Posted by Tiago on November 25, 2011, 12:42 pm
On Nov 25, 2:20 pm, "Mike S."
> Tiago says:
> > Ortho doctor said no pedal bikes, too much wear on
> > the rebuilt knee.
> Huh? My orthopedic surgeon and my physical therapist
> both insisted that I ride bicycles MORE as it's easy on the
> knees and strengthens your leg. I had ACL reconstruction
> both sides and multiple meniscus stuff fixes on one.
I dunno man, I thought that weird too, but he saw my internals and he
is regarded as a very good experienced knee doctor. MCL+ACL+meniscus
+smashed femur bone "head" on left leg. He said something about
"unavoidable arthrosis" and "replacement knee on old age", but I
wasn't listening that part :) Something to do about knee parts rubbing
against each other and causing accelerated wear, perhaps I should add
a zerk fitting and lube it up from time to time.
> >Running also not advised.
> That I (and my ortho/therapist) agree on.
I am glad I "can't" run. I have a riding buddy who went, many years
ago, the old-style knee rebuilt, the one that tear apart the whole
knee with a 20cm+ incision and his doctor said he *should* run every
day to strengthen knee.
> >I miss riding bikes.
> Wasn't the first thing your therapist did after surgery was
> get you on a stationary bike? I was on one within 2 days
> and every day after until end of therapy sessions.
I was on shock therapy, ice+heat (or was it heat+ice) and weight
lifting. I never came close to a pedal bike, stationary or not. I was
in PT for about a year. Two days after surgery I wasn't able to put
weight on the knee and could walk - on crutches - after about one week
after surgery, when I started therapy. In one month I was driving a
clutch stick shift car.
> Either I'm missing something about your knee situation
> or I think you need a second opinion.
The surgery was back in 2005 and I feel great now, I follow the
recommendations of not running and avoiding pedal bikes and so far, so
good. I ever raced a couple of motocross (and one supercross, that was
insane, on a XR250 no less) without feeling nothing weird. The only
one time that my knee bothers me is prolonged stop and go traffic with
my manual gearbox '02 Corolla. It has a heavy clutch, despite being
hydraulic.
Guess every case is a case... I am postponing removing the hardware,
doctor said that I should consider, but I, for now, don't feel the
need.
> Go fast. Take chances.
> Mike S.
> P.S. After the rest of the crew here gets their act together,
> going mountain bike riding here this morning:http://www.openspace.org/preserves/maps/pr_ecdm.pdf
Sweet! Are those single track?
-- tiago
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> Yesterday I was at the doc for the biannual checkup and I brought him
> my blood test exam results. The only that is kind of worrying - his
> words - is the HDL which is @25, when it should be at least over 40
> and ideally over 60.
> His prescription?
> - Two brazil nuts a day (that should be easy to get <g>)
> - One tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil a day
> - One quart of an avocado a day.
> - Half hour of moderate paced walk, 3 times a week.
> -- Tiago
> -> end of year parties and related greasy foods, hmmm, bad time of
> year to have to be on controlled diet!