Chit Chat (12)

aloneagain said:

The doctor is supposed to weigh the risk and benefits, but that isn't always enough. My sister had a muscle reaction to cholesterol medicine, so the doctor had to try a different one.
My doctor always says that less is more. Just take what you absolutely need because they all have some bad effects.

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I think this is true, we need to be alert...not just believe the drs. And, they say medicine is not an exact science...

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My Mary 'heard' [a while back] that anti-cholesterol meds
can lead to muscle wastage
thus far, it is just hearsay...
but I will have a 'nosey' at available information



dave

I am reminded almost daily about how intricate God's creation is. Doctors really only have a beginning understanding of the human body. I think that the best doctors always give credit to God and view themselves as tools of God in helping mankind.

Psalms 139:13-18 KJV For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. 15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

davedajobauk said:

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My Mary 'heard' [a while back] that anti-cholesterol meds
can lead to muscle wastage
thus far, it is just hearsay...
but I will have a 'nosey' at available information



dave

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I don't like those drugs...my hubby takes them...wish he would look into other alternatives, but it takes effort and he is not into something like that for his health.

357magnum said:

I am reminded almost daily about how intricate God's creation is. Doctors really only have a beginning understanding of the human body. I think that the best doctors always give credit to God and view themselves as tools of God in helping mankind.

Psalms 139:13-18 KJV For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. 15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

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I think we need to realize we cannot just take a dr's word or wisdom as inerrant truth...understanding that takes a lot of pressure off everybody.

When they effect the muscles, the heart is a muscle, and that is enough to deter me.

So, in looking for the SIDE EFFECTS of taking Simvastatin [the statin I take]

I find this information

Simvastatin Side Effects | Drugs.com

By and large the benefits are positive... UNLESS
other things are eaten/consumed that are able to react with / accentuate or change statin behaviour

Foods that provide antibiotic 'qualities' will be most notable [responsible]
note: the comment in the page above_ re: 'Erythromycin'


Myopathy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia





dave

My wife will be seeing a pulmonologist tomorrow in the city for some more tests. We are optimistic that this might result in a diagnosis. We give thanks that the treatment is making her feel better and stronger, but we wonder how much better things would be if they knew what they were treating.

Tom Bro'

I figure that I KNOW just about WHERE you are 'at'

My cough [caused by heart problem] began in April [?]
and, even today, I am waiting for an MRI scan to enlighten the cardiac specialist
as to what..... [?] exactly.... is 'going-on', in there

There seems to be, the need, for 'waiting' ~[one 'step' at a time]

'patience' is a virtue [they say!]
Our Lord is faithful, and is also amongst us [Matthew 18:20]

Let us praise Him for every moment we have
to learn, more, about Him and His wonderfully incredible creations



your Bro'

dave

Thank you Lord

Norah63 said:

When they effect the muscles, the heart is a muscle, and that is enough to deter me.

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I had not thought of that, you are right...my hubby has slowed down a lot on all thse meds...we just think it is age, but maybe not...yet he had open heart surgery a few years back...they want him on stuff.

I love my 'Porridge' and will, more often than not
simply pour oats into a bowl, adding milk and some sugar [unrefined]
and eat as-is

oat-meal is noted as being able to 'prevent' absorption of the statin [in the gut]
~reducing it's efficacy -when consumed 'together'
My habit, is to maintain a varied diet, thus, my placing of myself
in such an untreatable state [regarding my meds] is haphazard, and not continuous

Anti-fungal medications and also the eating of foodstuffs
which pass 'similar-chemicals' to the body, can, cause INTERACTIONS with statins
But, I note: that with 'short term' use, of them
_/ taking statins two to four hours LATER, allows resumption of normalcy

By and large_
my 'nosey' assures me, that the GOOD, outweighs the BAD
That is, in terms of the statistics, with all of their variables ~individualities
some 'few persons' will have serious problems with one 'type' of statin
while, a great many will receive the intended health benefits

Plainly, when we stretch ourselves enough to learn about medicines that have been prescribed for us
and about their side effects and contra-indications
we become able to announce to our doctors, any untoward experiences
and we do then, enable the doctor
to be able to select a more appropriate medicine for us, being the individual we are [?]

It is, our 'body' .... We should therefore have a vested interest, in it's care [stewardship]

just saying



dave

Very wise Dave. If we all took the care to be good stewards over our bodies, our later years would be so much better.
Many things might not be cut out of my food list, just cut back on the portion size.
Three bites of any food usually is satisfying . (excluding popcorn :^)

We're fortunate if we really enjoy some of the foods that are best for us. As an example, I really like oatmeal, but I usually ruin it with things that are not so good as toppers (i.e. brown sugar, butter, or a little bit of maple syrup).

Good morning everyone. I hope that you all have a great week.

Norah63 said:

Very wise Dave.
If we all took the care to be good stewards over our bodies,
our later years would be so much better.
Many things might not be cut out of my food list,
just cut back on the portion size.
Three bites of any food usually is satisfying .
(excluding popcorn :^)

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Thank you Norah

Maybe, not so much wisdom, as it is 'logical deduction'
["elementary, my dear Watson"]

If, the aggregate of facts, equates to acquired knowledge [over time]
Then a predominance of negative symptoms, precludes a medicine for an individual [contra-indication]

~like, my strong coffee... was doubtless incompatible with my Ramipril
[perhaps, such Caffeine Overdoses, induced the nausea]
But, as my body grew used-to the Ramipril, I could then tolerate my coffee again

Again, my habit... re: a varied diet [?]
for sure 'guarantees', that, with the sole exception of cereal 'breakfasts'
I will not eat the same 'meal', more-than once, each week
In this way, I am unable to eat too-much, of any one ingredient
and, in the case of some starches, is also a good thing

'a little bit, of what you fancy, does you good'
~and too-much, causes problems /imbalances

Having been 'brought-up', to use fat [Lard] for frying
I have now graduated through vegetable oil, to sunflower oil
and now use Extra Virgin Oil, for frying and also oven baste-ing

I haven't done any baking for years...
and will have-to compensate for the missing 'fat' in preparation
~ a hurdle yet to be engaged

As for toffee coated popcorn.... an unfinished packet is never seen here

357magnum said:

We're fortunate if we really enjoy some of the foods that are best for us. As an example, I really like oatmeal,
but I usually ruin it with things that are not so good as toppers
(i.e. brown sugar, butter, or a little bit of maple syrup).

Good morning everyone. I hope that you all have a great week.

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Hi Tom

I have always 'loved' rolled-oats, for their ability
to clean out toxic material from the gut and intestines

I no-longer use WHITE SUGAR
for-certain, it is treated and laced with stuff that makes it bad for us
it has been refined to the point that makes it toxic to many
with far too much emphasis
having been placed upon creating those white crystals

I use unrefined cane sugar for most drinks and cooking
But when I make Bread Pudding, I use Demerara Sugar

Syrups, will contain preservatives [a point that is often overlooked]

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Inverted or invert[1] sugar syrup is a mixture of glucose and fructose; it is obtained by splitting sucrose into these two components. Compared with its precursor, sucrose, inverted sugar is sweeter and its products tend to remain moister and are less prone to crystallisation. Inverted sugar is therefore valued by bakers, who refer to the syrup as trimoline or invert syrup.[2]
In technical terms, sucrose is a disaccharide, which means that it is a molecule derived from two simple sugars (monosaccharides). In the case of sucrose, these monosaccharide building blocks are fructose and glucose. The splitting of sucrose is a hydrolysis reaction. The hydrolysis can be induced simply by heating an aqueous solution of sucrose, but more commonly, catalysts are added to accelerate the conversion. The biological catalysts that are added are called sucrases (in animals) and invertases (in plants). Sucrases and invertases are types of glycoside hydrolase enzymes. Acid, such as lemon juice or cream of tartar, also accelerates the conversion of sucrose to invert.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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You could try
MASHING a half of peeled apple instead [for a topping]
ie: just two seconds in a Smoothie-Maker
[will help keep the doctor away ]

My best wishes to you and your wife for the coming days

your Bro'

dave

Hello everyone, hope you've had a good day. Speaking of porridge, I love the stuff, but not without just a little bit of salt. I have also occasionally just had the oats with milk and sweetener if I'm in a hurry. Of course, I haven't had porridge since before my accident as hubby has been cooking our meals since then and he gives me Weetabix because that is what I chose on one occasion. Cereal and fruit is very nice - I like having dried apricots with porridge.

Today we took our son for a routine blood test - he is on methotrexate and gets his bloods done once a month. Following that we went to the supermarket to get a few things. That means getting a wheel chair for me and hubby pushing me around in it, with a special basket attached to it. I tried wheeling it myself, but it was very slow.

Legwise, I now have an aircast boot, which allowed me to travel to Boston with hubby, and am in partial weightbearing mode, which means using the walking frame or a stick and a crutch. I still can't do very much as I can't stand for very long.

Take care and God bless!

Gillian

Hi Gillian

Happy to read, that you are now, 'up on yer feet'
Everything passes and, given time to heal and gain strength
you will hopefully regain your ability to stand and enjoy more independence

that your son's med's provides adequate stability in his 'condition'

God bless you and your's Gillian Sis'

your Bro'

dave

Hi~I am back, getting settled in my new home in New Zealand. I am loving it so much, everyone is so friendly and the scenery and such is outstanding. I am really enjoying married life.

The 13 hour flight from home was really exciting and scary. Man, LAX is big, that is where we flew out from, the seating on the inside of the aircraft was 10 seats across, Steve and I were in the middle. We ran in to some really rough turbulance, and I got really scared and was hiding my head in Steves arms, man, it was rough, we had episodes of that the entire flight, and being we were over the ocean the entire time and it was night, I was extra scared. All in all however, I did enjoy it. I loved the little movie screen that is in front of each seat, it has been so long since I last flew, it was new to me, I watched some good movies and listened to good music to get my mind off the "roller coaster plane ride" LOL

I was also nervous about customs, but even that was not too bad, folks were so nice to me, LOL, I think they could tell by the look on my face that I was super scared, so, I was treated very nicely.

As I said, the scenery here is soooo lovely, I would venture to say it is the prettiest I have seen in my entire life, I am taking lots of pictures.

The folks here have accepted me, I have already made some new friends. Steve's folks like me as well, and I, them.

Hope all is going well with you, I have missed you. I will try to post more, but right now, I am busy getting settled in, and making a home for us. The things I had shipped from Washington will probably get here in about 2 months.

Hugs to all.
Susie

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Apart from the weather it's been a good few days. Yesterday morning I went to Mass, rarely go a Sunday these days, it's packed and since my heart attack I'm not too keen on crowded places.

Found out that three strings now work on my guitar, who knows maybe by Christmas all six may make a tune, then I shall try to make some progress on my Bass guitar. babs has decided to give music another try, she's decided on the Penny Whistle, with the two of us trying to learn I just hope the neighbours are on the deaf side