April 26, 2014
since i working on my back pain issue, i was forced to adjust my diet. back in physical therapy and after work on friday went to the emergency room. injured my big toe coming down the steps at home. was in severe pain in my toe for two days and ended up in the er.
the er doctor said my issue was a combination on gout and sprained foot. i was already taking medication for the gout before this latest incident. so to combat that i've cut sweets out of my diet. my understanding gout is a combination of diet and arthritis.
due to this change my work lunch will take a radical change. before to save money and time i had been taking potato chips, ding dongs, oatmeal pies and bottle water. now i will take more real food and make sure none of them are dessert snakes.
at my job everyone brings in bags full of candy in which i will have to say no too also. i had cut way back on soda since i was having stomach pain earlier this year. i may drink a soda like twice a week. this morning i was going to drank coffee at home but realized i put sugar in it, so i'm holding off until next weekend.
too much sugar causes my gout to inflame my big toes so i'm forced to limit it. on a scale of 1 thru 10 on a pain ratio chart, my pain hit a ten. my toe swole up and turned red and i had to hobble at work, at the hospital and at the pharmacy.
the doctor gave me some pain pills and told to stay off my foot for three days. so friday i called into work and told i couldn't make it in. i'm making changes to lose weight and keep my health stable.
still in the game and will have to adjust my exercise routine to keep my back from going out too. until next time take care and God Bless.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Sunday, April 13, 2014
work outed out for week
April 13, 2004
good news i overcame my mental block and got up and done exercises for a week. someone commented on my mental block issue on google plus do just do something since it was better than nothing. after a fews days thinking about that statement i picked up some weight and had a go at it.
while on my back on the living room floor i did some chest presses and it felt good so i kept going. i would end doing arm curls, working my triceps, shoulder work, jumping jacks and wall pushups. i was pumped up to back in the game.
increased my work out time from 1/2 hour to 45 minutes a day and getting ready to add more exercises. then my back went out and was in pain and later had pain in my butt and leg.
my wife rubbed my back with some austrailain arthritis stuff and the pain went away from my back. the stuff slightly brought down my butt pain. i've applied ice on my back too to numb some of the pain. also my wife crohn disease came out her three month remission with a vengeance. she's got the full sickness back and we're hoping her next injection will help.
stayed in bed most of the day today trying to rest and catch up on some of my sleep. below is a picture of a graphic artist done of me that i meet on google plus. until next time take care and God bless.
good news i overcame my mental block and got up and done exercises for a week. someone commented on my mental block issue on google plus do just do something since it was better than nothing. after a fews days thinking about that statement i picked up some weight and had a go at it.
while on my back on the living room floor i did some chest presses and it felt good so i kept going. i would end doing arm curls, working my triceps, shoulder work, jumping jacks and wall pushups. i was pumped up to back in the game.
increased my work out time from 1/2 hour to 45 minutes a day and getting ready to add more exercises. then my back went out and was in pain and later had pain in my butt and leg.
my wife rubbed my back with some austrailain arthritis stuff and the pain went away from my back. the stuff slightly brought down my butt pain. i've applied ice on my back too to numb some of the pain. also my wife crohn disease came out her three month remission with a vengeance. she's got the full sickness back and we're hoping her next injection will help.
stayed in bed most of the day today trying to rest and catch up on some of my sleep. below is a picture of a graphic artist done of me that i meet on google plus. until next time take care and God bless.
Saturday, April 05, 2014
Mental Block
April 5th, 2014
After walking around in pain for two months and another month to ease it afterwards, I've put a big mental block. I'm afraid to re injure my back again. After going years between my back going out, last year due to my journey to lose weight my back went out four times.
The last time was a big one in that I really hurt is very badly and then had to wait two months to save from paying out thousands like I did the year before that one. So instead of working out a lot for long periods of time which is my normal regiment, I've been skipping workout and only doing 15 minutes when i exercise.
My goal now is to break that mental fear of hurting my back again. Push myself to do more time and more days until it becomes a routine again. If you guys have good ideas of things you done to get over mental blocks, leave me a comment. Wish me luck. Until next time take care and God Bless.
After walking around in pain for two months and another month to ease it afterwards, I've put a big mental block. I'm afraid to re injure my back again. After going years between my back going out, last year due to my journey to lose weight my back went out four times.
The last time was a big one in that I really hurt is very badly and then had to wait two months to save from paying out thousands like I did the year before that one. So instead of working out a lot for long periods of time which is my normal regiment, I've been skipping workout and only doing 15 minutes when i exercise.
My goal now is to break that mental fear of hurting my back again. Push myself to do more time and more days until it becomes a routine again. If you guys have good ideas of things you done to get over mental blocks, leave me a comment. Wish me luck. Until next time take care and God Bless.
Monday, March 17, 2014
a little sunshine
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.
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 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.
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