Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Rswyan, my definition of a good cardiologist is one who teaches you in such a way that changes your lifestyle so you never again will have a heart attack or heart procedure. I have several in Texas to choose from, too bad you have none to choose from, some are greedy and only want repeat customers.

Drew sorry to pop your bubble but My Cardiologist also taught me that after you eat a high cholesterol meal (even on statins) you blood cholesterol stays dangerously high for up to 4 hours. He showed me with charts and everything. Did you also know that statins only affect the cholesterol your body makes and not what you eat.

Drew this quote by Dr. Esstelstyn and his short 2 minute youtube explains nitric oxide better than I can.

"Hypertension, diabetes, and smoking must be controlled but food trumps all. I spend at least an hour defining the protective role of endothelial cells and nitric oxide functioning as the ultimate guardians of our blood vessels. They quickly understand that their lifetime of ingesting these harmful products has totally overwhelmed and destroyed their endothelium to an extent where it is unable to protect them. They fully grasp that they must forever eliminate ingesting foods that will further destroy their already compromised endothelium. They understand heart disease is a food borne illness."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jkRaxMRS_U

 

[MacLawn]

Aand now, back to our regularly scheduled program: still ho' here! As usual, even though I awake at a decent hour, whew, takes me some time to get going. Well, y'all boys have a good, heart healthy day!

 

[rswyan]

David,

Glad you achieved your goal.

Regarding smoking and smokers, my mother was a lifelong one ... unfiltered Pall Malls, then Winstons, then Winston Lights.

She eventually came down (or was diagnosed with) with lung cancer, just under two years before her passing. She had heart disease as well. Did the whole chemo/radiation thing ... from what I could gather from our conversations, I'll bet if she had it to do over again, she'd take a pass on the "treatment" ...

We cared for her here at home, because she didn't want to die in a hospital. She passed away in '98 and was 84 years old.

And yes, die hard smokers are probably hard to rationalize with ... just as die hard ________ (anything, you fill in the blank) are ...

 

[sodamo]

Yep, I'm a die hard meatatarian

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[txdon]

Regarding smoking …. my mother was a lifelong one . . .

I can rationalize die hard smokers - being noncompliant is a hereditary problem? You got the bad gene. - just kidding-

 

[sodamo]

I can rationalize die hard smokers - being noncompliant is a hereditary problem? You got the bad gene. - just kidding-

Interesting.

While my Dad was Lucky Strike man for most of his life, my Mom was a non smoker. I used to enjoy a pipe, even a cigar from time to time, I never could stand cigarettes, especially the second hand smoke or lingering after effects, but I have several siblings that as die hard as my Dad.

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[txdon]

Really Rswyan it's not your fault, you most likely inherited the variant CHRNA5 gene. Your brain will not let you do anything but rationalize it against all medical advice and studies. Blame Mom.

 

[deerseeker001]

61 now and the Rain is moving in so it looks like the Packers/Viking game is going to be a wet one

 

[daugen]

Really Rswyan it's not your fault, you most likely inherited the variant CHRNA5 gene. Your brain will not let you do anything but rationalize it against all medical advice and studies. Blame Mom.

Interesting. My mother was a brilliant lawyer, did most of the legal research for the top county judges at the time,
'and became an alcoholic. Which led to her demise at age 51, when I was 21. I was told then I had therefore some predisposition to addiction. I drink very little and have never smoked. Have always worried about getting addicted after seeing first hand what it can do, to people surely smart enough to know better. But I drink a pot of coffee a day. So I guess I am addicted to caffeine.
I can live with that...particularly since I have read that some caffeine seems to be good for us.

Since I moved to North Carolina I have seen a lot more people smoking. The sale of cigarettes at the corner deli is constant.
I have tradespeople smoking on my property, outside of course, and I have asked a few to clean up their butts. The one guy was a paver and I told him to throw it in the road and pave over it. He got a laugh out of that and said he would.
People smoke for the calming effect mostly, outside of the whole issue of addiction.
Should all those folk just take tranquilizers instead? And operate paving equipment....

It all gets down to risk factors. Smoking is a huge one, we all know it. But it truly is a personal choice. Like drinking alcohol. Or smoking pot. If RS had a beer can there, would the reaction have been the same? What about ten empties lying around?
Seems to be a matter of degree, not black or white.

I can smell cigarette smoke coming from the car ahead of me. Very sensitive nose. Have never liked the smell and the smell of most pot is even worse. Fresh air, like clean water, is always good for us. But each to his own.
I'd rather talk about grapples and grease guns anyway..

 

[txdon]

I'd rather talk about grapples and grease guns anyway..

That reminds me my 10 year old lincoln grease gun no longer wants to pump it always is loosing it's prime. The battery is at the end of it's life. What's new out there, battery powered? Or is there a part that needs replacing and buy a new battery?

 

[Larro Darro]

61 now and the Rain is moving in so it looks like the Packers/Viking game is going to be a wet one

Yep, looks like we are in store for a wet and woolly game. The lady who heads the Quilting Club that meets here at the Civic Center on Monday nights is from your neck of the woods. She is a big cheese head, and I'm sure she is getting ready for the game. I kind of pull for the Vikings because Christian Ponder is a Nole. But the way he has been playing {or not playing until tonight} has been nothing to write home about. Can't complain however it turns out. I've heard some folks can't watch football at work. Here I have the choice of two games.

Larro

 

[Larro Darro]

Yep, looks like we are in store for a wet and woolly game. The lady who heads the Quilting Club that meets here at the Civic Center on Monday nights is from your neck of the woods. She is a big cheese head, and I'm sure she is getting ready for the game. I kind of pull for the Vikings because Christian Ponder is a Nole. But the way he has been playing {or not playing until tonight} has been nothing to write home about. Can't complain however it turns out. I've heard some folks can't watch football at work. Here I have the choice of two games.

Larro

I forgot about Xavier Rhodes. He is also a former Nole on the Viking's squad. He has been playing a little better than Christian.

Larro

 

[deerseeker001]

Larro it should be a good Game.

Yep, looks like we are in store for a wet and woolly game. The lady who heads the Quilting Club that meets here at the Civic Center on Monday nights is from your neck of the woods. She is a big cheese head, and I'm sure she is getting ready for the game. I kind of pull for the Vikings because Christian Ponder is a Nole. But the way he has been playing {or not playing until tonight} has been nothing to write home about. Can't complain however it turns out. I've heard some folks can't watch football at work. Here I have the choice of two games.

Larro

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Don, I'm interested to hear how your wolf snout or what ever it's called works out?

My favorite respirators are these:
3M 8511 Particulate N95 Respirator with Valve, 10-Pack - Papr Safety Respirators - Amazon.com

The exhaust valve really helps.

I can use them for about 8 hours of mowing cumulative and then chunk them. A box lasts me a year or so.

 

[Larro Darro]

Larro it should be a good Game.

Yep, the first minute or two it was pretty close

Larro

 

[deerseeker001]

Funny Larro

Yep, the first minute or two it was pretty close

Larro

 

[farmer2009]

That reminds me my 10 year old lincoln grease gun no longer wants to pump it always is loosing it's prime. The battery is at the end of it's life. What's new out there, battery powered? Or is there a part that needs replacing and buy a new battery?

Just picked up a Dewalt. Cheaper than a new Lincoln and uses my existing battery packs.

 

[300UGUY]

I just had to go back on Lipitor. I was off it for a year, but I need to watch my diet better. I have been good about avoiding potatoes and bread, but I have been eating too much meat. My weight is good, but if have been slacking off in the gym.

There is one thing about health that is concerning me, and that is hereditary factors. My paternal grandfather lived to 90. But at 85 he started dementia. ( alsheimers? ) . Within months he was gone mentally, in spite of having, in the doctor's words " the body of a 40 yr old". He always exercised and ate well. No smoking, very little alcohol. Living a long life is good. Becoming a vegetable is not.

 

[rswyan]

I can rationalize die hard smokers - being noncompliant is a hereditary problem? You got the bad gene. - just kidding-

lol ...

Well, I guess if you view being independent and operating according to one's own wishes and desires as problematic then ... yeah, I got the bad genes ...

Some folks are probably inclined in that direction ... while others are inclined to take directions, follow orders and ... be compliant ...

Really Rswyan it's not your fault, you most likely inherited the variant CHRNA5 gene. Your brain will not let you do anything but rationalize it against all medical advice and studies.

Actually, that's inaccurate ... on multiple counts ...

But don't let that stop ya ... since you seem inclined to wanna talk chit ...

Two examples:

The old boy who did my stent took me aside (out of hearing range of anyone else) and we had a frank conversation. He told me that if I did nothing else (in terms of taking medications), I needed to be sure to take Plavix for next six months to minimize the chance of any complications while the artery healed around the stent. Followed that advice to the letter. Judging from the results, it seems to have been good advice.

I also commented (here on TBN I believe) that I found a study that I ran across that was done @ University of Louisville (KY) on stem cells to treat heart disease/heart failure to be very interesting and to hold lots of promise.

No doubt in my mind that this sort of thing could be valid and effective.

Wanna know what my (primary) cardiologist had to say about that study when I asked him about it ? (less than a year ago)

He essentially dismissed it out-of-hand immediately ... saying that there was probably nothing to it ... and if there was anything to it, he would have heard about it already ... and he hadn't ...

No curiosity or interest whatsoever.

(Google it ... all kinds of stuff out there ... Cleveland Clinic, Mayo, etc ...)

He went on to say that with this sorta thing he'd be concerned about a patient growing a third eye or an extra limb ...

ROFLMAO ...

Arrogance and ignorance ... something the medical profession has an overabundance of ...

At that point I knew I had an idiot on my hands ... a highly trained idiot ... but an idiot none the less ...

That was further confirmed when he announced to me (earlier this year) that after I had had the stent done (fall of '07), I hadn't been having any irregular heartbeats ... and then (this year) after that I went in and did a stress test that he ordered ... and the nice folks that were administering that test pulled up my old results from '07 and said "Oh ... you were having PVC's back in '07 too ..."

Yeah ... no kiddin' ... I've had a somewhat irregular heartbeat my entire life ...

And this guy (my primary cardiologist) was awarded with the William E. Lower Fellowship thesis prize for clinical research ... while a Cardiology Fellow at The Cleveland Clinic.

LOL ...

And don't even get me started on the electrophysiologist I saw ... another cardio clown ...

Blame Mom.

Well, mom was quite the independent old gal ...

But in terms of her views of doctors and the medical profession generally, she pretty worshiped the ground they walked on ...

Me ? ... not so much ...

Generational difference I suppose ...

But when it came to smoking, she exercised that independence ...

Her decision.

That's sorta the flipside to what you see as being my side of the coin: people that are so in awe of the medical profession that they unquestionably accept whatever is offered to them ... as though it had been delivered from on high ...

They have the appropriate worshipful reverence that many in the profession demand ... lol ...

In terms of me getting "the gene", could be ... but I guess that one has to take the good with the bad ...

Mom was also her class valedictorian (in a large inner city school) and a member of the National Honor Society ...

 

[RoyJackson]

2014-10-03, 0342

51 right now...high of 69 today.