Can't beat the cock so might as well enjoy the time.
You guys are making me feel good with just a heart attack and a bad back with occasional bouts of sciatica at 56.
Does he consume a lot of sugar / HFCS? It's not well known, but sugar is actually a lot more a serious risk of heart attack, than fats or cholesterol.just talked to one of our maintenance guys that I've known for awhile.
He had a heart attack 2 weeks ago. 95% blockage. Had stents put in. He's 54, doesn't smoke, no family history of heart problems, active lifestyle.
/unsettling
Does he consume a lot of sugar / HFCS? It's not well known, but sugar is actually a lot more a serious risk of heart attack, than fats or cholesterol.
...challenge accepted?
It was a typo I swear!
The L key on my ducky keyboard is fakey at times.
You think 40 is bad? Wait for the next 10 years. I just turned 50. (snip)
Update for any who are interested. I am still alive. Test was fine - had one poly removed. Results say it is was an adenomatou polyp - a common type of "pre-cancerous" polyp. So all in all - I am glad I did the test as it allowed the polyp to be removed before it could become problematic. That said, I am not looking forward to going through the "void and violate" process every five years. I am also disappointed by the fact that they could not remove the score of gerbils and the mini-Eiffel tower that were clearly visible on the recording.
Update for any who are interested. I am still alive. Test was fine - had one poly removed. Results say it is was an adenomatou polyp - a common type of "pre-cancerous" polyp. So all in all - I am glad I did the test as it allowed the polyp to be removed before it could become problematic. That said, I am not looking forward to going through the "void and violate" process every five years. I am also disappointed by the fact that they could not remove the score of gerbils and the mini-Eiffel tower that were clearly visible on the recording.
good luck to you, but I would advise to not write-off an adeno-anything. Rather than depend on a 5-year purge and butt scope, you need to at least do annual blood screens and check your liver enzymes. I very much wish that I don't have familiarity with "pre cancerous" polyps being removed where, several years later: bam! adenocarcinoma!, but I do. This isn't meant to worry you, more to advise you to stay on top of it. If you do, then you will likely be fine. Adenocarcinoma is nothing to trifle with.
Oh I agree. I didn't mean to imply that I am not taking the findings seriously. I plan to fully cooperate with whatever my doctor advises re: appropriate follow up and ongoing monitoring.
OK, getting old is better than the alternative. But this year instead of being "just one more year" with no real impact, its turning into the year of "lets see how much Sho'Nuff's body can fall apart and/or be poked or prodded."
For those of you not in the know, I turned 40 a few days ago. Yeah, yeah, I know. I'm an old fart. Time to break out the pill boxes, fiber bars, all that good stuff.
Unfortunately, mother nature has decided to play some nasty tricks on me recently. It started innocently enough, when about 2 weeks ago she sent warm weather and heavy rain, which unfortunately caused my basement to flood. Then she got nasty, and sent my mother into town. Which sounds just fine until you realize that my mother has turned into a raving born again christian who thinks I am the devil and am going to hell because my kids don't wear their "I love jesus" t-shirts 24-7.
Shortly following my mother's departure, I had my annual physical - during which time my primary care doctor told me that in view of my family history, I need to have some intimate private time with that marvel of modern technology known as the colonoscope. And guess what, she exclaims! Your GI doc has an appointment next Tuesday (i.e., tomorrow). Which, it just so happens, is just 3 days after my birthday. Thus, rather than eating all the artery clogging, bad for me food that I like on my birthday, I was on a restricted diet. And today, I got to experience the awesome power of moviprep (aka - the gag inducing, toilet rupturing solution of death). My life today has been a mixture of the movie "groundhog day" and the toilet scene from "Dumb and Dumber." Huzzah!
To cap it all off - my left knee decided to give me the big "FU" about 6 months ago. Almost 40 years with 0 problems, and my knee decides that its going to take a dirt nap the same year I am going to be roto rootered by Dr. Nick. I'm convinced its just mother nature's way of saying "Ha ha! You can't run away from the colonoscope now you bastard - so you might as well enjoy it!"
Gah!