march 17, 2014
finally the weather is slowly improving for a change from the cold freeze monster that has dominated our area for so long. took my first walk in the park and it felt amazing. that day walked for half a mile and then called it a day. now i'm doing over a mile and will add two laps each month until it reaches three miles or so.
end of last week graduated from physical therapy since i've been pain free for a while now. take it easy and trying not to over do it. doing other execises as well. did 15 minutes on my elliptical, doing my stretches from physical therapy, free weights, and stuff like squats.
today will go out and get a whitefish sandwich from kingfish. the other day cracked open some pecans from my freezer, peanut butter and jelly, spaghetti, and chicken wings. cut my red meat consumption in half. no more problems with my gout so far.
i try to move often when not exercises anything to burn calories. until next time take care and God Bless.
Monday, March 17, 2014
Monday, March 10, 2014
changes to diet
March 10, 2014
due to major problem with gout and stomach pains, made more changes my diet for the better. in addition to cutting back on certain seafood, i cut my red meat consumption down to every other day. so if i eat hamburger today, tomorrow i'll eat chicken, peanut butter sandwich or seafood that will not affect my gout. to calm my stomach pains and improve my overall health i've cut back on sugar and soft drinks again. i mainly drink water and low calorie low sugar water drink mixes. my vegetable intake is still low, but i do try and include them when i can.
last week i was put under for the first time in my life when i had my colonoscopy. no problem at all were found and so good news there. also since i changed my diet, my blood pressure dropped big time. on the day of the procedure it was like 117/ 85. along way from the high of 143/ 90.
my phyisical therapy is almost complete. last week i had pain in my left butt cheek but now i am painfree all over. yesterday my wife and i did two workouts on the same day, a new first. keep is simple and short. each workout lasted about 15 minutes each and i walked at the park for the first one at a slow pace and 2nd workout was 15 minutes on my elliptical. my wife noticed i was pouring sweat from the 2nd workout.
so i slowly coming back with a new and improved body. so until next time, take care and
God bless.
due to major problem with gout and stomach pains, made more changes my diet for the better. in addition to cutting back on certain seafood, i cut my red meat consumption down to every other day. so if i eat hamburger today, tomorrow i'll eat chicken, peanut butter sandwich or seafood that will not affect my gout. to calm my stomach pains and improve my overall health i've cut back on sugar and soft drinks again. i mainly drink water and low calorie low sugar water drink mixes. my vegetable intake is still low, but i do try and include them when i can.
last week i was put under for the first time in my life when i had my colonoscopy. no problem at all were found and so good news there. also since i changed my diet, my blood pressure dropped big time. on the day of the procedure it was like 117/ 85. along way from the high of 143/ 90.
my phyisical therapy is almost complete. last week i had pain in my left butt cheek but now i am painfree all over. yesterday my wife and i did two workouts on the same day, a new first. keep is simple and short. each workout lasted about 15 minutes each and i walked at the park for the first one at a slow pace and 2nd workout was 15 minutes on my elliptical. my wife noticed i was pouring sweat from the 2nd workout.
so i slowly coming back with a new and improved body. so until next time, take care and
God bless.
Friday, February 28, 2014
I'm back and one pound lighter
february 28, 2014
great news the pain is almost completely gone and i'm back to my old self. still going to physical therapy and doing new exercises there. i'm also attaching some pictures i took today while there.
they have me working with the large ball doing sides to sides with my legs and in and outs, and taking a small ball and squeezing it in. additionally they added the leg press pictured above, leg raises, and stretching exercises. then at the very end they apply heat to my back and calf muscle.
before i saw improvement in physical therapy, they were giving me the needle treatment which proved very painful. the needles were hard to bear but when when she would scrap it the pain just magnified and she told me it was ok to yell or do what i needed to do. i just madly wiggled around trying to endure what had to be done. after about four on those treatments, it finally turned it around and the pain was almost non existant and i could sleep pain free.
my regular doctor came back with my lab results which showed my uric acid threw the roof and she put me on medication for that. this causes painful gout in my big toe. due to this i had to change my diet to keep the uric acid down, so i cut back on red meat by fifty percent by eating it every other day and eating more chicken. had to cut way down on sodas and increase my water intake. increasing the water intake also help eliminate those painful leg cramps i was getting. also had to cut down on seafood which i love.
up next for me in the medical department is on tuesday i have a colonocopy procedure. they will give proprofol to put me under while they scope my colon to find out why my stomach hurt from time to time and to check for polys and other stuff. i'm at that age turning 50 at the end of the year when it good to get them to find stuff early like colon cancer.
as a result of those changes i lost one pound and that's without much exercise. diet changes are more important than the working out. it took me years to except that fact but it true. as a stranger told my wife and her friend while they walked during lunchtime, "you wouldn't have to walk so much if you cut back on your eating". good advice indeed.
that's what i have this time, so take care and God bless.
great news the pain is almost completely gone and i'm back to my old self. still going to physical therapy and doing new exercises there. i'm also attaching some pictures i took today while there.
before i saw improvement in physical therapy, they were giving me the needle treatment which proved very painful. the needles were hard to bear but when when she would scrap it the pain just magnified and she told me it was ok to yell or do what i needed to do. i just madly wiggled around trying to endure what had to be done. after about four on those treatments, it finally turned it around and the pain was almost non existant and i could sleep pain free.
my regular doctor came back with my lab results which showed my uric acid threw the roof and she put me on medication for that. this causes painful gout in my big toe. due to this i had to change my diet to keep the uric acid down, so i cut back on red meat by fifty percent by eating it every other day and eating more chicken. had to cut way down on sodas and increase my water intake. increasing the water intake also help eliminate those painful leg cramps i was getting. also had to cut down on seafood which i love.
up next for me in the medical department is on tuesday i have a colonocopy procedure. they will give proprofol to put me under while they scope my colon to find out why my stomach hurt from time to time and to check for polys and other stuff. i'm at that age turning 50 at the end of the year when it good to get them to find stuff early like colon cancer.
as a result of those changes i lost one pound and that's without much exercise. diet changes are more important than the working out. it took me years to except that fact but it true. as a stranger told my wife and her friend while they walked during lunchtime, "you wouldn't have to walk so much if you cut back on your eating". good advice indeed.
that's what i have this time, so take care and God bless.
Saturday, February 15, 2014
seafood blues and other painful sides
february 15, 2014
my doctor told me i can't have seafood because that causes uric acid that cause my gout to flare up. my lab test came back with my acid levels off the chart and now she's prescribing me medicine for that. certain seafood i can't have and others i can have sparingly. I know a big part of it came from me drinking two sodas a day at work since the water at work tastes bad. will start taking bottle water and stop drinking the stuff at work.
i love seafood and that just sunk in my heart i will have to cut down on that stuff. i will do more study on that topic to see what i can do about that. my freezer is full of salmon and i have tuna in the cabinet. my research so far said tuna is definitely a no no.
survived my first week at physical therapy. they convinced me to try needle therapy which is similar to acupunture. the dry needles go into the muscle to try and stop it from triggering or firing off which causes pain. then she runs a scaper along my calf and talk about painful, she warned me i could scream out if i needed to.
when she was doing that extra pain was coming out and i twitched and turned and couldn't wait til that was over. it did let me know i had more pain and in more places in my calf than i knew. 70% of it was in tight knots from muscle spasms all down the back side and down on one side.
thankfully in a few days some of the pain went down, now i walk like a old man. i kinda walk side to side. the pain in my thigh and butt area went away, now trying to heal the calf muscle. they have me doing stretches and a few exercises, then given ice and heat.
so still under doctor care on the road to recovery. will keep you guys posted on my progress. until next time God Bless and have a good day.
my doctor told me i can't have seafood because that causes uric acid that cause my gout to flare up. my lab test came back with my acid levels off the chart and now she's prescribing me medicine for that. certain seafood i can't have and others i can have sparingly. I know a big part of it came from me drinking two sodas a day at work since the water at work tastes bad. will start taking bottle water and stop drinking the stuff at work.
i love seafood and that just sunk in my heart i will have to cut down on that stuff. i will do more study on that topic to see what i can do about that. my freezer is full of salmon and i have tuna in the cabinet. my research so far said tuna is definitely a no no.
survived my first week at physical therapy. they convinced me to try needle therapy which is similar to acupunture. the dry needles go into the muscle to try and stop it from triggering or firing off which causes pain. then she runs a scaper along my calf and talk about painful, she warned me i could scream out if i needed to.
when she was doing that extra pain was coming out and i twitched and turned and couldn't wait til that was over. it did let me know i had more pain and in more places in my calf than i knew. 70% of it was in tight knots from muscle spasms all down the back side and down on one side.
thankfully in a few days some of the pain went down, now i walk like a old man. i kinda walk side to side. the pain in my thigh and butt area went away, now trying to heal the calf muscle. they have me doing stretches and a few exercises, then given ice and heat.
so still under doctor care on the road to recovery. will keep you guys posted on my progress. until next time God Bless and have a good day.
Saturday, February 08, 2014
doctor doctor
February 8th, 2014
had to call in work on Tuesday and go to my doctor as a walk in since i was up all night in pain from my back and stomach. My wife bill came in to meet my high deductible so the timing was good in that way as to me save me from having to pay for the whole medical bill. my insurance will pay for 90% of it now.
doctor told me my foot pain was from my gout flaring up, sending me to physical therapy for my back and did a bunch of test for on my stomach. on monday i will see the physical therapy to get that started. i can't wait to get rid of the pain so i can get back on my program.
tonight having fish for dinner, taking my medication, and resting. will keep you posted on my progress. staying in the game, take care and God Bless.
had to call in work on Tuesday and go to my doctor as a walk in since i was up all night in pain from my back and stomach. My wife bill came in to meet my high deductible so the timing was good in that way as to me save me from having to pay for the whole medical bill. my insurance will pay for 90% of it now.
doctor told me my foot pain was from my gout flaring up, sending me to physical therapy for my back and did a bunch of test for on my stomach. on monday i will see the physical therapy to get that started. i can't wait to get rid of the pain so i can get back on my program.
tonight having fish for dinner, taking my medication, and resting. will keep you posted on my progress. staying in the game, take care and God Bless.
Sunday, January 26, 2014
healing and rebooting my exercise program
January 26, 2014
my foot is healing from me apply ice on it and taking it easy. i thought it was cured but while on my hand and knee scrubbing my tub it still had some pain in it. the swelling went down along with the pain. in bed i only feel slight pain in the back of my thighs.
i know i have tight hamstrings and never stretched them out. planning today to start do squats again and that will stretch them out. my wife thinks my foot pain is from me possible having diabetes which runs on both sides of my family tree. my brother was diagnosis with this last year.
it could be diabetes or arthritis or i sprung or broke my foot. i remember putting on my heavy boots and slamming the boot against my naked foot pretty hard and having some pain that went away. then at the end of the day taking off the boot to all the pain and swelling. time will tell.
since i haven't exercised with my recent injury and back going out again my year is not starting off well. this morning i got on the scale and had gained two pounds. that put me on notice to get going again starting today. that's why i doing the squats.
still in the game and just starting up my exercise program. got to re lose the weight and then some. at work i will start taking the steps again. will try and be careful as to not re injure myself in any way. i will need to replace my fatter meats like hamburger, steak, etc with leaner versions and add as many vegetables as i can get.
starting tomorrow i will add pecans to my daily lunch. my father is law grows these and send us a large box of these every year. well take care and God Bless. i will talk to you soon and update you how my exercising and diet is going.
my foot is healing from me apply ice on it and taking it easy. i thought it was cured but while on my hand and knee scrubbing my tub it still had some pain in it. the swelling went down along with the pain. in bed i only feel slight pain in the back of my thighs.
i know i have tight hamstrings and never stretched them out. planning today to start do squats again and that will stretch them out. my wife thinks my foot pain is from me possible having diabetes which runs on both sides of my family tree. my brother was diagnosis with this last year.
it could be diabetes or arthritis or i sprung or broke my foot. i remember putting on my heavy boots and slamming the boot against my naked foot pretty hard and having some pain that went away. then at the end of the day taking off the boot to all the pain and swelling. time will tell.
since i haven't exercised with my recent injury and back going out again my year is not starting off well. this morning i got on the scale and had gained two pounds. that put me on notice to get going again starting today. that's why i doing the squats.
still in the game and just starting up my exercise program. got to re lose the weight and then some. at work i will start taking the steps again. will try and be careful as to not re injure myself in any way. i will need to replace my fatter meats like hamburger, steak, etc with leaner versions and add as many vegetables as i can get.
starting tomorrow i will add pecans to my daily lunch. my father is law grows these and send us a large box of these every year. well take care and God Bless. i will talk to you soon and update you how my exercising and diet is going.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Healing
January 16, 2014
can't go to physical therapy yet until my insurance stuff is worked out. my plan is a high deductible where insurance pays after paying out my pocket $4500.00. waiting for my wife first injection to process in order to meet that deductible.
my wife told me that the hospital she got the procedure at send in their bills very late. she gets help thru a program to pay for most of the cost, so trying to save as much money as possible before going to physical therapy.
in the meantime i've been putting ice and heat on my leg and butt. also haven't been exercising yet. my pain has went down a lot and i can walk better than ever. i had been stooping from the intense pain.
improved my diet to help compensate for my lack of exercise. i've been eating a lot of salads lately for dinner. for lunch taking soup, and chili.
so take care world and God Bless you all.
can't go to physical therapy yet until my insurance stuff is worked out. my plan is a high deductible where insurance pays after paying out my pocket $4500.00. waiting for my wife first injection to process in order to meet that deductible.
my wife told me that the hospital she got the procedure at send in their bills very late. she gets help thru a program to pay for most of the cost, so trying to save as much money as possible before going to physical therapy.
in the meantime i've been putting ice and heat on my leg and butt. also haven't been exercising yet. my pain has went down a lot and i can walk better than ever. i had been stooping from the intense pain.
improved my diet to help compensate for my lack of exercise. i've been eating a lot of salads lately for dinner. for lunch taking soup, and chili.
so take care world and God Bless you all.
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