I take cod liver oil tablets (but dont count that as medication). I used to get lots of knee pain when walking, running or cycling but dont suffer from that now so keep on taking them.
The Retirement Thread
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Quite a few years (20+) ago I had a routine cholesterol check. It was 8.9. I asked "what does that mean"?.......she said "you are a heart attack waiting to happen.... .. we will put you on statins".
I went to a herbalist who more or less said "b*ll*cks, your doctor does not know if its good cholesterol or bad".
25ish years later I am still here cycling, golfing and walking and feeling generally good.
Being a grown man is fine......so long as he has not grown too big
Just back from a quick 4 miler on the carrera, seems OK bit of a strange feeling 1st time on narrow tyres since I was a kid, bit wobbly at first but I stuck to the country lanes where its quieter. Not sure if it'll take over from the off roading though
But your shorts will stay cleaner for longer.
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Not if the cars get any closer
When I was diagnosed with high blood pressure & type 2 diabetes it scared me and I immediately changed my diet and I was on the lowest dose of meds within 2 yrs. Now I have normal BP P& no diabetes, people I worked with at the time who were diabetic just took more meds and kept eating the same, one of those is now on Insulin.
Mo1959
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Well done. It is so worth it. It really is a change of lifestyle rather than just the occasional diet which most folk seem to do, then relapse again.
A guy at the golf club who is on statins said to me "it's great, I can eat anything I like. Pies and cakes, no problems".
Sounds all wrong to me.
PaulSB
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- Chorley, Lancashire
It is important to know the difference between good and bad cholesterol. I would guess the awareness of the difference is far greater today than 20-25 years ago. In the six months following my heart attack the discussion in rehab always underlined this point.
Drago
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It's the ratio of good to bad thats important, the absolute amounts less so.
Sometimes it just needs the right incentive to motivate people to get healthy. Often these illnesses have no symptoms until its too late.
I only found out about my kidney failure after some preop tests following a motorcycle accident. Then I had to lose weight to get on the transplant register.
Dr's often say "you could do with losing a few pounds" that's no incentive
I only found out about my kidney failure after some preop tests following a motorcycle accident. Then I had to lose weight to get on the transplant register.
Dr's often say "you could do with losing a few pounds" that's no incentive
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- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Levothyroxine - as I now have no thyroid function following radio-iodine treatment for over-active thyroid.
Lofepramine (anti-depressant) - still getting over the after effects of mis-diagnosis of MND by idiot GP three years ago.
Sporadic intake of Ibuprofen/PK's as every time I do anything these days I seem to hurt something. Last week I hurt my knee during a long mountain hike and it still hurts now. Yesterday I cut a tall hedge back and hurt my neck and right elbow. Seems to be one thing after another as you get older...
Lofepramine (anti-depressant) - still getting over the after effects of mis-diagnosis of MND by idiot GP three years ago.
Sporadic intake of Ibuprofen/PK's as every time I do anything these days I seem to hurt something. Last week I hurt my knee during a long mountain hike and it still hurts now. Yesterday I cut a tall hedge back and hurt my neck and right elbow. Seems to be one thing after another as you get older...
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
You certainly don't recover nearly as quickly from exercise that's for sure. If I have run or cycled in the morning, I really feel it for the rest of the day.Levothyroxine - as I now have no thyroid function following radio-iodine treatment for over-active thyroid.
Lofepramine (anti-depressant) - still getting over the after effects of mis-diagnosis of MND by idiot GP three years ago.
Sporadic intake of Ibuprofen/PK's as every time I do anything these days I seem to hurt something. Last week I hurt my knee during a long mountain hike and it still hurts now. Yesterday I cut a tall hedge back and hurt my neck and right elbow. Seems to be one thing after another as you get older...
classic33
Leg End Member
Which is it then, Connoisseur or Collie?
