F8, Yep, since 1860 our American average life expectancy has almost doubled (40 years to almost 80 years) so despite pollution …… We Americans are the worst polluters ….. second homes, huge pickup...
Halbert, Good for you! Since you enjoy swimming, you will most likely stick with it. I added it to my walking and pickle ball routine a couple of years ago and found that at about a half hour I fall...
Tud, I am fine today …. I’d be interested in the results of your “trial” …. I did have a stiff arm😊....
Third shot on Sunday. Aches and pains, tired and woke up with ringing ears....
They gotta add Pickleball …. just say’n 😋....
Logos, I feel repeating the things that screw you up is the key to recovering from a stroke. After my “mild” stroke I’d fall on my butt going back for a lob (pickleball) …. a year and a half later,...
Very good news. Congratulations!...
Tired after the second shot .. which I figured was good 😌 ..... my immune system was working....
I’m in the University of Colorado Health Care system. They contacted my wife and I in early January and set up appointments. Took about 5 minutes to get the shots .... no lines. That did everything...
I’ve had three inguinal hernia repairs over the years (two open and one laparoscopic). Laparoscopic was after DaVinci prostatectomy. Laparoscopic was a quicker recovery. With open surgery, you might...
Fairwind, many thanks for all you’ve taught me. All the best moving forward....
I agree with JNF. You have a very large prostate, that could be accounting for your high PSA. AS and reducing the prostate size makes sense to me....
Yep, for me it was an easy fix. In and out the same day. Reinforced the sutures with mesh. Been good to go for about ten years....
My blood pressure was high when I retired ..... had to take medication. I increased my exercise and lost weight, 12 years later I have the opposite problem and at times will get dizzy when I stand up...
11 years last April....
I have low D and have been supplementing for years. Based on all the recent hype for D, I figured there would be a rush on it and the shelves would be cleared ..... like TP.! Didn’t happen .... guess...
Tudpock - liked the one aBout tea😊...
I wonder what Nalvny would have to say about Russian medicine .......
Bluebird JamesC Sonny...
Apparently, it will take more than a pandemic to get Americans to pull in the same direction. Sadly we put our individual wants in front of national needs. It appears to me we currently have more...
When I look at pictures from Europe, Asia, Australia, etc., I see folks wearing masks. To me we Americans are just too ignorant to put them on. Not ignorant in a derogatory way .... just not...
Quite an experiment this week end at Lake of The Ozarks. Big crowds, no social distancing, no masks. I’ll be interested in the state’s numbers over the next few weeks. Anecdotally, it seems countries...
BilluBob, Thanks for the advice on how to avoid being an old and weak straggler. Much appreciated. Concerning Vitamin D, I’ve been taking it for about ten years ..... currently 4,000 IU per day, When...
My hungry herd moves to new green pasture, I am an old-weak-straggler, I feel the Covid Lion’s eyes upon me....
Friday funny thougjts,, 1.) They can open things up ..... I’m staying in until July to see what happens to you all first. 2.) Appropriate analogy: “The curve is flat so we can start lifting...
The pandemic will end economically before it ends medically. Indeed, the process of ending it economically started when “critical” businesses were declared and progresses as more businesses open. I...
The end of stay-at-home orders doesn’t mean the pandemic is over. It means they may have room for you in the ICU....
Sky, I had to laugh when I saw your post. I’ve ignored BB for many years (even under another moniker). I only notice him when someone like you posts a complaint, or mentions him, on a post....
BillyBob, Your analysis is spot on. Folks like me must shelter in place until a vaccine is found. A preferred alternative, but I am running out of crossword puzzles, miss Costco, and getting bored...
Tudpock, thank you for the clarification, and I apologize to Buddy, Halbert and Halbert’s wife. Stephen S, thank you for the numbers on Sweden....
In the long run, all of us will catch the virus unless a vaccine is developed. Staying home delays this process (flattens the curve) in the hope that hospitals will have a manageable patient load and...
I am posting a link that talks about zinc and chloroquine. If it has already been posted I apologize. About a minute and a half in the zinc discussion begins. Apparently Korea and China researched...
Buddy, Thanks for the wonderful articles. After reading them, I have decided that, if needed, I will use N95 masks and avoid using surgical masks ..... due to the fact that medical personnel who have...
Clock, So health workers are wearing the masks to protect the patients they are treating, and not to protect themselves? I don’t know about that? Also, all those folks in China, Iran, etc. seem to be...
Maybe this has already been discussed. I am wondering why N95 masks are not recommended for the public (because they do not work?), but are mandatory for health care workers treating CV patients. If...
....... they’re paying out Medicare and Social Security bills....
Pardon if this has already been posted, The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville Fl plans to build the first Carbon ion therapy center in North America;...
BB, Yeah, mass extinctions suck and healthy immune systems probably woulda helped. However, I gotta remember to duck during the next asteroid strike, and stay in my cave during reversals of the...
There is no doubt, in my mind, that trilobites could have used immune system therapy....
....... of what use is a new born babe?...
Immune system discovery may cure all cancers [/url]https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51182451[url]...
So I am pretty much all vegan .... no meat; however, I have found I can be vegan and still take in a lot of crap. In the last week I’ve devoured copious amounts of scotch, Pringle’s, Christmas...
Prato, your right about “ourselves”. I can buy bananas for $0.69 a pound, while my Pringle’s cost more than $3.00 per pound. Guess which one I ate (with my scotch) while watching 10 hours of football...
Not our fault we eat crap, the devil makes us do it!...
Americans have gone soft in so many ways ..... one of the people quoted in this article blames grocery stores and a lack of playgrounds on obesity .... seems to me it is what parents are choosing to...
This was the most minorist “major vent by logo” I have ever seen. Very much enjoyed the follow up discussions. The PCa forum is best read on a slow day before a holiday ... threads like this can be...
I’m with Naples, ..... it’s been the best of times, and the worst of times. Overall, very good and I am still on the right side of the grass. Currently a bit pi$$ed as last months stroke has slowed...
I think the better your immune system works, the worse the SE of the Shingrix shot. I have two friends on Enbrel, which suppresses you immune system, and neither had any SE’s....
Halbert, I agree that making a diagnosis without a biopsy is interesting; however, these two doctors have gone one better and also made a prognosis without the biopsy. Now that one leaves me...
Pratoman, Yeah at 95% the MRI probably is better than a biopsy .... considering false negatives .... saying you do not have cancer when the needles missed the tumor)s). I am a bit surprised that the...