Subj : Re: Health Update To : Ardith Hinton From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Jul 09 2020 06:51:00 Ardith, AH> Ah. So I'm not losing my mind... or at least not AH> completely. :-Q Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. AH> 1988 in Dallas's case, 1990 in mine. We started this echo AH> in 1990 while our daughter was in treatment for leukemia & I noticed AH> many people were returning home from the hospital to small communities AH> where they had a lot of well-wishers who crowded the local airport to AH> welcome them back, but where it might be difficult to find anybody with AH> related knowledge or experience. Our focus changes as various people AH> bring up various issues. IMHO SURVIVOR is an attitude inspired by the AH> work of an oncologist, not a medical diagnosis. :-) One has to be proactive. There is a campaign right now from Arkansas Urology...noting while women tend to take care of their personal health issues (breast self exam, etc. -- but men do get breast cancer), men tend to be "brutes", thinking they're invincible, and not getting things like their prostate or testosterone levels checked). Admittedly, the prostate check is not the most pleasant feeling, but it's a walk in the park, compared to the COVID-19 nasal swabs!! :P AH> IOW, about 1/4 of the amount. I imagine that may be what a AH> friend was using when she told me she'd spent three days on the toilet AH> & said "Never again!" She had a second colonoscopy a few months ago, AH> however, and reported that the newer prep was a considerable AH> improvement.... :-) I'm going back to the clear citrate of magnesia and Ducolax next time. My late wife termed it "Sprite With A Kick". While tart, and best served chilled, it was much better than that MY-LYTELY. The Go-Lytely was like tepid salt water . AH> In my case the instructions from the hospital were rather AH> sketchy, but Uncle Google provided further details. ;-) I saw a picture, where this guy has a T-shirt on. It noted "I don't need Google. My wife knows everything". AH> I found it very helpful when... roughly 3/4 of the way AH> through the prep... I began shaking uncontrollably. My self-diagnosis AH> of low blood sugar was confirmed within minutes after Dallas brought me AH> some apple juice. Thankfully, I'm not yet diabetic...but am Pre-Type 2. The Hemoglobin A1C has been holding steady at 6.1, but the threshold is 6.4 for a type 2 diagnosis. I get full blood work every 6 months, with them done in both September and March. AH> Another thing which both Dallas & I found helpful, although AH> he was using a split dose & I wasn't, was decanting the prep into empty AH> soda bottles ... appropriately labelled, of course. That way it's AH> easier to fit the stuff into the fridge & to keep the next installment AH> cold.... :-) As noted, the stomach acid I had, reacted with the citric acid from the prep, and it felt like my esophagus and throat were burning...where I couldn't finish the prep. AH> Although I love halibut the season is limited, and although the fries AH> could easily have been replaced by a salad I had a yen for them. The AH> fat content was risky... but I'm alive to tell the tale. :-)) After fasting for bloodwork, I tend to go order a double or triple cheeseburger...I figure I've earned it. Lately though, I'm on a diet of lunch meat sandwiches and diet green tea. Finances are tighter than a frog's butt underwater right now. AH> If you believe life is still worth living despite your medical problems AH> I reckon we're on the same page.... :-) Same here. Because of COVID-19, the testapel (testosterone implant pellets) are back ordered for another 6 weeks. My urologist noted that my level (390) is at the low end of the medium range...and he felt that if we waited until August, the levels would crash, and I'd likely be in trouble with cardiovascular and diabetes issues. So, I am getting weekly shots in the hip/gleute/butt cheek, every Wednesday...then, on the first Wednesday, I also get a B-12 shot in the same area. My shoulders are so sore from arthritis, that if I get a shot in there, it's hard to sleep, or work at the computer, for all the pain. I joke that "I get cheeky with the nurses" ...but nudity means nothing to them...as they've seen it all before. While there's a time and a place for everything, when it comes to medical stuff, folks need to throw all modesty out the window. Yet, I know folks who won't go to the doctor for the fact they don't want to be seen naked, or discuss about "The 3 P's -- peeing, pooping, and procreation". Daryl .... Darn it!! I forgot all about the Amnesia Conference!! === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (1:19/33) .