How Healthy are YOU?
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Dear Mike,
Glad to hear that you are feeling better.
My first suggestion is a rather obvious one. Make exercise part of your daily routine. For example, I live 3 miles from where I work, and so I cycle in and out each day and at reasonably fast pace (my best time is around 12 minutes). When the weather is good I mix that with walking to work, which takes me between 45 and 50 minutes.
If you work from home then find a walking circuit of 2 to 3 miles and take an hour off to do a fast walk. This can also be a creative moment when you get stuck with design ideas.
This is just to help get this thread going.
Kind regards,
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Bob,
Your suggestion may look like an obvious suggestion BUT walking is, according the the experts, the BEST form of exercise and no special equipment is needed!
I have now started on regular walks with by little buddie, Jock (Westie), as he keeps me amused along the way. Walking a dog is also a great way of meeting and chatting to people as dogs can often be a common interest and Jock helps out here as he is a great little charmer!
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Hmmm, I live in Dallas, walking may help the heart but dying of heat stroke would be the result.
...and that's why they invented the treadmill, airconditioning, and the remote control....I can do this.
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I turn the big 50 this summer. Ugh. Although I am not as slavish to this whole base-10 ideology. . .numbers ending in 5 or 10 as the most important. I am much more into prime numbers. but i digress. I feel pretty good. I have lost some weight, I walk 4 miles a day at the gym along with weights and ab crunchies, etc. I am eating a Lo-fat straberry yogurt and apple as we speak. Things are good. I still look like Dilbert, but my cholesterol is good.
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Pete, I have the ideal solution for you! I will post it on a separate thread or maybe on the SketchUhealth Sub Forum later this evening if we can get it going. There seems to be some interest in this topic.
David, Keep up the good work, it will stand to you as time goes on. BUT I suggest that you still check out the cholesterol levels at least every 3 months. This is the thing from my reading of it that causes all the problems. I wonder if there are any GOOD (certified) Cholesterol Checkers available on the Net?
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Mike, I am sorry to hear of your health woes but glad to hear it was a wake up call rather than an annoyance. You may be able to revise the Fit Club after all.
Since we have a new member of our family, walking daily has been a must.
Sadie is half Cocker Spaniel, half Dachshund and half CAFFEINE!I am also fortunate to work a block away from a YMCA. I am on the Fitlinxx program and lift weights at least twice a week. I have lost 15 pounds since Jan 1st and vow not to weigh over 200 pounds when I turn 40 in July.
I have always been interested in a stand up workstation. It sure would help with my posture but standing all day... My wife is a teacher and is on her feet all day, she says to suck it up
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I haven't been around here in months (and even then posted sporadically at best), but I wish you the best, Mike! I've dropped 103 lbs in the last 13 months, and it's been a phenomenal change.
Dave M
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Wow!! Dave.
Excellent!
What's your secret?
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It started with Weight Watchers. Then I got laid off in July and went out on my own, so my time is split- 60% in the office, 40% in the field working with crews. So I've got the Weight Watchers, the increased activity, and a minimum of 3 days a week in the gym, all helping to take it off. My GERD is gone, my slipped discs don't bug me nearly as much, and my cholesterol is down to 165, resting BP 108/52... Heart disease runs in the family, so it was no mystery that I needed a change.
BTW, I used to post as Dave M. I forgot my password and was having issues retrieving it, so... this is me. Now that I'm using SU more again, I figured I should see what's happening around here.
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It is a proven fact that the less you eat, the longer you will live. So if you really like eating, look at it this way. The less you eat, the longer you will be around to eat.
As many have mentioned, exercise has to be part of your daily routine.
Get your vitamin "D". Sit in the sun, without sunblock on! Your body apparently needs one full hour a day with 40 percent of your skin exposed just to get a daily dose of D. That is quite a lot of sun. If you are a male, you can get natural radiation one day at a time rather than a bombardment of it (pegan radiation treatment, technology from the 50's) later as a remedy for cancer.
Stay away completely from food additives, i.e. preservatives, fake sugars or salts, fat free products, colors. Avoid eating anything in a can, sealed bag or box. Cook for yourself as often as you can. Everytime you have a stranger prepare food for you you are taking a chance.
Good luck trying to arrange all of the above and good luck with your routine Mike.
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Glad to hear you're feeling better and on the mend. I have sympathy for you and trust me, I know how you're feeling. I had a bad motorbike crash when I was 21 (29 now) which tore part of my aorta leaving me with a bit of an emergency. I had major heart surgery to repair it through my back (they tell me it's the best way to get in!). Involves a cut from the top of your left shoulder all the way around under your left nipple before they separate your ribs take your left lung out, fix the hole in your heart, lung back in, then lots of staples...............Quite simple really!
I had never felt terror like it before......actually feeling like my life was going to end when I was 21.........and it nearly did. The support staff and nurses in the hospital in Leicster (UK) are simply amazing and made my recovery all the better.
It does make you sit up and think about life though for sure. I wouldn't change it though. It's made me a better person and I don't regret a moment of it. I think I'd be a very different person for the worst if it hadn't happened to me.
I do hope you find a bit of yourself you didn't know was there before........I know I did.
All the best, and good luck with everything.
Puck
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@papercutter said:
BTW, I used to post as Dave M. I forgot my password and was having issues retrieving it, so... this is me. Now that I'm using SU more again, I figured I should see what's happening around here.
Dave, I will let Gaieus know. He should be able to get you into your old account then merge these posts.
Welcome back.
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@papercutter said:
...BTW, I used to post as Dave M. I forgot my password and was having issues retrieving it, so... this is me. Now that I'm using SU more again, I figured I should see what's happening around here.
Hi Dave,
Why don't you tell? See my signature here (and now your Private Message inbox).
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I had a quite long conversation with Mike few days ago and he didn't even mentioned, that he has spent whole week in the hospital! Mike I wouldn't keep you that long
I hope you are getting well and take your time.I have a problem with my sight being really tired when sitting and looking at a monitor almost all day. At work I had a small program called Reflection (I will try to find a link) that was reminding me every 45 mins to turn my eyes away from the screen and look at some distant object for a few minutes.
Computer can be very addictive, as you all know
Tomasz
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Good to have you back Dave and well done on what you have achieved. I'm sure Csaba will be able to sort out your old name
Hebrides, that sound advice. At present I'm taking 5 tablets a day. I have never had to do this before except for the odd aspirin or spoon of cough medicine. I've started looking up natural herbal remedies and find that there is a lot out there. It seems that a clove of garlic a day can go a long way in keeping bad Cholesterol down. Nettles also look to be good for blood cleansing. I will continue my course of tablets but where possible I will try to reduce and replace them with herbal remedies.
Puck, Wow! you went through some ordeal. Mine was not that bad. I initially got a 'tightness' in the chest and thought it was just fatigue and indigestion. I wanted to go to bed and rest but Pauline (wife) dragged me into hospital.
The actual procedures were not that bad. The initial Angiogram was a little uncomfortable but not really painful. I was fully awake while they inserted the probe (through a vain in my groin) and looked around the heart. I was able to see what was going on also as there was a big screen beside the op table.
The second procedure, the Angioplast, was done two days later. This involved going back in and inserting the stents. This was more painful as they were entering a fresh wound. After the stents were inserted it was great chatting to the surgeon while looking at the before photo (still) and the live action screen showing the unblocked artery pumping blood around the lower left part of my heart. He was amused at my interest in the screens and ability to 'read' them but after I explained that I was into 3D stuff we both laughed. I'll stop laughing when I get his bill
but I imagine he will continue All in all it was not a terrible experience and anyone that was any doubts about the condition of their heart should go for a stress test. Blocked arteries can be opened with stents these days and they last for years provided one cuts down their bad cholesterol levels. I don't mean to sound gory but if this information encourages anyone that is having doubts it will be worth it.
Tomasz, that link would be very useful as eye strain is a no no. I think you can testify that I am recovering quickly
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@mike lucey said:
.Tomasz, that link would be very useful as eye strain is a no no.
I have fund something more professional and free (Windows only
) http://www.eterlab.com/eyedefender/@mike lucey said:
I think you can testify that I am recovering quickly
I won't swear as it was only a web conference
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Thanks Tomasz, hey it was a colour vid con! Ahh, I suppose you could not see that I had a drip plugged in
Pete! This http://www.trixter.net/xdream will solve your exercise needs! I found it today and as you know I love gadgets and I think its great idea. I have to yet study all the ins and outs but think in might be possible to race a friend over the Net! Now that would be a blast. Maybe even handicaps could be put in place. We could even organise some bookmaking (betting)
We would have to heavily handicap Coen as he is a serious cyclist! Its fairly pricey but there again so are doctors bills!
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Looks like a good machine. Should be a way to hook it up to SU: you'd have to keep peddling to keep the monitor on and drive the cursor with the handle bars(with muscle resisting controls).
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Hi Mike, hi folks.
I am glad to know that you are OK now.
As a few ideas I can write these:
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Dont smoke (easy for me since I never got this habit).
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Exercise as much as you can. When I was living on the island of Montreal, I was bicycling to work every days, rain or shine, except during the heart of the winter (december to march). This made me pedal a good 115 km per week. More during the summer since I would occasionnaly do a 80 km ride on saturday. At an average speed of 25 km/h it keeps you in good shape. Now, since I live too far from my work to be able to use my bike, I go to the gym 3 times a week and I continue to fly large stunt kites (2.5 meters span). This can be a good workout, especially in higher winds and also when you control tree of these at the same time. If you start exercising, start slowly to avoid injuries. This is obvious but I have seen many young people at the gym trying to put too much weigth and ending up missing the gym for weeks because of torn ligaments or other damages.
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Eat well and not too much.
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If possible, cut on stress. This is not always easy but it may help.
Best regards.
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All the best with the recovery, Mike.
I know how hard it is when there's tea and pastries to be had every couple of hours; maybe a sausage roll into the bargain. That used to be my daily routine, living in Derry and Belfast.
Not any more, especially since my wee girl was born. I've nixed the booze the last few years too, but still relapse to the odd ciggie here and there. Everything in moderation, I say but don't make yourself miserable.
No better country to get out for a walk than the Emerald Isle too.
Are you on a daily aspirin and all that business? Porridge every day and lots of green tea should see you right!Take care,
Nigel
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