Subj : Re: Health  Q&A
To   : George Pope
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Oct 27 2021 13:06:00

George,

 GP> I'm glad they've got it stabilized for you. . . :)  Because I have a
 GP> long-QT(I told my doctor "thank you" when she told me this.) i have to
 GP> call 911 any time I pop into a bit of tachycardia.  Happened once so
 GP> far, but things seem stable now with current regimen of pills.

  The heart rate yesterday was 80 (still normal), but lately, with the
medication, has been in the 50's and 60's. That's a lot better than 155!!

 GP> Like the cartoon(possibly "Far Side") of the cows writing on the wall
 GP> aloongside a freeway: "ET MOR CHIKEN" (cows are notoriouisly bad
 GP> spellers, in English)

  I love their 30 piece nuggets meal.

 GP> & the Muslims these days just make it too easy for cyclists!

  No comment...although "a butt is a butt is a butt...but..." <G>

 GP> I thought a balanced diet was a triple burger in one hand and a quart
 GP> of beer in the other?

  Or a dozen chocolate iced donuts, and a Diet Dr. Pepper. <G>

 GP> I've been forced to deal with so much I don't even pay attenton too
 GP> much any more, exceprt on the wekend when I hit a new "10" threshhold
 GP> for pain. Passing a shgard of kidney stone the ladt two inches.  It
 GP> scraped & tore, but I knew the only way to be free of torment was to
 GP> get it out, so I bore down & bit mty teetjh together & barely held
 GP> bnack from screaming, as it shotr out full speed, followed by a stream
 GP> of bloody urine. & ahhh, once that pain settled. . .

  My late mother-in-law said "Maybe you're having a male period". :P

 GP> Ouch. I've not had that experience.  So far I've been lucky & all
 GP> catheter insertions have been done while I was knocked out.  They
 GP> forgot my sdtent from my last kidny stone blasting, so my wiofe had to
 GP> draw it out (she looked it up on YouTube & did it, as directed, ever s
 GP> slowly (so as to not tear any new exits) & hauled almost a yard of
 GP> tubing out of my sheckle!

  At least now, they only use catheters when absolutely necessary, as
they're an infection risk. With drinking 1 to 2 quarts of lemonade
flavored Kool-Aid a day, I'm having no problem with peeing. But overnight,
something set my colon off, and I had diarrhea for 15 minutes...I thought
I was prepping for the colonoscopy. Thank goodness for Immodium!!

  I had a telemedicine conference earlier today, and they recommended I
get a COVID-19 booster shot, as it has been six months, I have a high BMI,
and I have hypertension...even though I'm only 61. But, I've been having
a hard time finding a place that gives it. However, with stormy weather
forecast here into Friday, and with needing some other refills soon, I'm
going to wait a little bit before I do it...even though it has been just
about 6 months since I've had the second Pfizer shot. But, I'd be stuck
at home for 2 weeks once I got the booster.

 GP> She brightly replied, "Don't worry; that just males it easier," &
 GP> reached under the covers & >plip<, out it came!

  There's a study in contrast...coming out versus going in. That applies
to catheters, and pregnancy...but in opposite directions. With the catheter
it's uncomfortable coming out, but worse going in. With pregancy, it hurts
more delivering the baby than intercourse. And, there's a town named
Intercourse in Pennsylvania. I wonder if there are any other cities that
got "screwed" with that name?? <G>

 GP> They're still good for you, just not "good" by you. . . I'm not a
 GP> veggie fan, I admit it. I like spinach & Brussels Sprouts only.

  You can have mine.

 GP> I do one situp a day; I did the first half already, earlier, & will
 GP> complete it tonight when I got to bed.

  There you go.

 GP> Yup, & had it confirmed by my GP: one ounce of dark chocolate a da is
 GP> good for you.  As is one glass of red wine.

  I was never one for either one of those.

 GP> & it seems our anonymous health writer agrees.

  Doctor Quackenbush (aka Groucho Marx)...who said "Either this man is dead,
or my watch is stopped". <G>

 GP> Have you seen Star Trek IV movioe? The only one I liked from their
 GP> (Original Series) movies. . . Spock was funny as all, in 1980s Los
 GP> Angeles!

  I was never a Star Trek fan...my late wife was, though.

Daryl

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