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My OG mend has started.

ThumperX said:
This advice brought to you by the little teapot of humanity. Thump be short and stout.
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It's not something I would recommend for the average person. I was literally in the life or death zone... extremely overweight with extremely high blood pressure!
I kept meticulous records of everything, with weekly weigh-in's (btw, I don't recommend weighing yourself daily).
It's kinda like a math equation, if one is willing to do it, they  will lose weight. Anyone that says "I tried keto and it didn't work for me" didn't commit to doing it correctly... it  has to work!
Again, what I'm talking about is not for most, probably very few barfer's, as most are pretty active people... but I would bet that 99% would benefit from a massive reduction in sugar intake. :2cents
 
budman said:
I have seen you note that before. I wish I could do that. Just not in the cards. I could easily do that sort of thing as I LOVE BBQ hamburgers.

Hmmmm. Maybe go to Kirks and order 6 burgers and just bring them home a couple times a week.
I am fine eating them cold really. Only 8 bux each. Hmmm. I do want to eat some veggies and fruit though. Can't see a 100% protein diet, but I can see a limited high protein thing.

Knowing I am losing a good year of living at 68 sucks, but chin up and head down.
Hope I am not driving to the first Rally.
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Just checking in...

You may be losing a year of living the way you're accustomed to, but this creates space for living in ways you never have at the same time. Finding recreation in whatever you didn't have time for before could ultimately enrich your life overall.

I'm recovering from a recent spine surgery (two weeks ago). The process will be nowhere as grueling as yours, but has a few things in common: It would be a good idea to get lighter and I've started doing elementary Tai Chi. The latter has been good for gently building back mobility within the restrictions in place for six weeks post surgery. I can tell it has made a difference in balance by activating some abused muscles that don't quite know what to do. Weight loss at this point is a good idea for several reasons, the spine being only one of them. Probably the case for you too.

Your high protein approach should work, assuming portions aren't too big and hypoglycemic carbs are eliminated. Perfect is the enemy of the good. Keep at it and find things to celebrate.
 
Fer Gawd sakes boy,,,,, eat yer spinich!!
 
tzrider said:
Just checking in...

You may be losing a year of living the way you're accustomed to, but this creates space for living in ways you never have at the same time. Finding recreation in whatever you didn't have time for before could ultimately enrich your life overall.
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Well... I can hope. Right now it is just day to day boring crap. I am having a hard time even visualizing any form of recreation I can do. Thumb wars with the Grandkids are fun, but not that fun. :teeth

Suppose movie editing is recreating sort of. The end product is cool, but the process is not that fun. I will be doing some of that again here soon.
tzrider said:
I'm recovering from a recent spine surgery (two weeks ago). The process will be nowhere as grueling as yours, but has a few things in common: It would be a good idea to get lighter and I've started doing elementary Tai Chi. The latter has been good for gently building back mobility within the restrictions in place for six weeks post surgery. I can tell it has made a difference in balance by activating some abused muscles that don't quite know what to do. Weight loss at this point is a good idea for several reasons, the spine being only one of them. Probably the case for you too.
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Luckily I had dropped 25lbs before I dropped my ass on the stair tread. I think I have lost 10 more over the 4 months. Unfortunately some of that is muscle and a pound is hair I assume. :laughing

I started Tai Chi level 2 and was disappointed. It was all mental prep and flow and then the actual exercise program was the same :laughing

Today's PT was very good. Got some good stretching in and some good strength building stuff.
Right now my leg is physically THE most tired it has been. The quad muscles are sore and if I had a rolling pin I would be happy to use it.

I assume your deal went well and you are headed back to full health. Hoping so!

Wish you the best Andy.
 
budman said:
Well... I can hope. Right now it is just day to day boring crap. I am having a hard time even visualizing any form of recreation I can do. Thumb wars with the Grandkids are fun, but not that fun. :teeth

Suppose movie editing is recreating sort of. The end product is cool, but the process is not that fun. I will be doing some of that again here soon.

Luckily I had dropped 25lbs before I dropped my ass on the stair tread. I think I have lost 10 more over the 4 months. Unfortunately some of that is muscle and a pound is hair I assume. :laughing

I started Tai Chi level 2 and was disappointed. It was all mental prep and flow and then the actual exercise program was the same :laughing

Today's PT was very good. Got some good stretching in and some good strength building stuff.
Right now my leg is physically THE most tired it has been. The quad muscles are sore and if I had a rolling pin I would be happy to use it.

I assume your deal went well and you are headed back to full health. Hoping so!

Wish you the best Andy.
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cheer up - if you want to see someone ride your duc in front of you , let me know, i’ll ride it for ya 😅
 
I tried my slow balance thing, no room in my rig, couldn't get full extensions of my arms.
Outside, slow burn of holding balance, one foot, down to a crouch, and up again, waving arms working balance, and another exaggerated step.
Low impact, range of motion burn
Elmer Fudd sneaking up on Daffy, way goofier than Tai Chi, fighting moves.
I'm thinking a couple of minutes of this, through out the day, stretching.
 
Mister Budman,
I think it's wonderful reading through the support messages you've received, although some are ????
I'd like to say a couple of things. 1) if you need distractions for a couple of hours at least I have two books that may interest you and I would gladly loan and deliver. The first book is "The Art of the Motorcycle, Guggenheim Museum". It's the coffee table book most likely to be stolen from Snellbucks. The other book is an original copy of "The Anarchist Cookbook". Thinking about getting retribution on your enemies (and what bedridden person doesn't have time for that?) can amuse anyone for hours. It's the paperback type with the comic book paper and hand drawn diagrams. Tic Toc retribution videos are likely more current and educational, but the slow appreciation and decreased urgency of a book may be more to your liking. And you may be a dark web aficionado, and if that's the case, my meager entertainment options are likely trivial and boring. Never mind, if so.
The second thing. As a cancer survivor (non-hodgkins lymphoma) there is a "before and after" mindset you get into. There is always the desire to get back to your "former self". I use quotes because that is something that is difficult to measure unless you are an elite athlete or something like that. The former self is something to always strive for. But in the cancer community there is what is described as mourning the loss of your former self. It's just the acceptance that you are different now. And it will take work on many levels to get somewhere where you enjoy doing your old stuff differently (or the same!) and not preoccupy yourself with how it used to be. You seem like you are in the middle of this process now and you seem to be dealing with it well.
So, I hope your get some productive things from your down time. Or, at least, some fiercely executed retributions.
 
Kind response. Appreciate it and kudos on being a cancer survivor. :applause

I am glad to be past the bed ridden stage for sure.
Funny you mention coffee table books. I have several very cool ones that I should look at. College sort of ruined books for me. I just don’t enjoy reading them and even coffee table books with awesome pics don’t impact me the way they should. I appreciate the offer but I already need to return some to Mr m0t0_ryder already so I should pass.

I think I am good at dealing with the new reality as I have gone through many rehabs and have adjusted to new limitations several times. A lot of cool stuff is no longer in the cards in my past due to those and getting old.

This will be another and I know I will get there. Whatever the new norm is I will find some joy in what I can do. I will get back on a moto in a few months and the mental side of this will settle in.

It is just the current lack of ability and the pain doing silly small stuff that is frustrating me. Does not help that this one is different than others for the Mrs too. Much more invasive on her and her sharing her frustrations just compounds mine.

Today we discussed the next steps and she said I have to do XYZ to go back upstairs and it genuinely pissed me off. So back down to the basement and exercise. I am Sort of mad at the world right now and I can recognize that so it is something that will pass. I just have to control it to not screw up anything important.

This injury has been more mentally challenging for sure. Lonely really has not been involved in my other rehabs. This one it is the name of the game
 
Bud, you got this. Healing is slow and tendons are pretty rigid in us vintage folks. I've been working on my hamstrings for years now and the progress is measured in mm.
I went through the cost vs benefit analysis on my health and decided it was a worthy investment. Spend your kids inheritance on getting back into fighting form. They would much rather have you around, healthy and happy.
If depression is getting in the way of your life and healing, seek health. Depression is more than a way of feeling. It changes the neural pathways in your brain and it takes professional knowledge to reroute things
 
Just to echo this if I run with negative thoughts it’s way harder than if I run “happy” even though I always run the same distance, same route, same time of day.
Mood and mental state really makes a difference.
Stamina, strength and motivation go out the window if I’m upset about something and trying to workout.
The opposite is true if I’m in a good mood.
 
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Valentine’s Day his and her massages. Buy the gift certificate, money spent already, gonna do it. Also how many durn stairs are we talking about? Go up two or three, then down. Mebbe several times. Few days later it’ll be four, then five. Hang onto the rail, just keep doing it without notice or permission, then one day soon…poof! Or go up and down on yer bottom. I had to do that for awhile too. There is a will so there is a way. Happy Groundhog’s Day, Ima sit outside and absorb that sun energy.
 
Good call on the gift certificate need something else too as her BDAY is 3 days later.

Stairs are no longer an issue. At least going up and down. Falling on them would be an issue.
 
easy wind said:
Valentine’s Day his and her massages. Buy the gift certificate, money spent already, gonna do it. Also how many durn stairs are we talking about? Go up two or three, then down. Mebbe several times. Few days later it’ll be four, then five. Hang onto the rail, just keep doing it without notice or permission, then one day soon…poof! Or go up and down on yer bottom. I had to do that for awhile too. There is a will so there is a way. Happy Groundhog’s Day, Ima sit outside and absorb that sun energy.
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Hey budman hope your Monday is off to a tolerable start! Some days, progress might feel frustratingly slow, but look at how far you've already come from the first few posts in this thread. You are a beast 💪 Have a good week ~
 
Thank you.

I had a really good PT session at home last night. Once I got the muscles all warmed up I was walking without the cane pretty well. Not a long way, but sans cane so good. A lot of the other stuff was easier too. Side steps with the knee being raised and squatting into it had me feeling like a Ninja compared to a month ago. So progress is there and focusing on that and chasing more is for sure the name of the game.

However.. It is amazing how quickly the muscles run for the hills when they get to not work for a few minutes. :wow

I sat to watch the second half of a movie with the cat. After an hour when I got up I was in pain and cane limpy again and into the bedroom for some stretching.

At least I could taste it for a bit. :rolleyes

I know it is keep working, keep eating right, stick with the zero alcohol and the bit will get longer and longer. I seen this process a few times. This is just more dramatic and I do appreciate being able to vent here. That helps to be less mad at the world. :laughing
 
GAJ said:
I'm not sure being mad helps! :laughing
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I agree with you, but there is a lot to be mad about. Microsoft is higher on my list than a broken femur. The Political world is higher than the femur etc.... It may not help but it is what it is.

If I was retired I would be 1/2 as mad :laughing
 
I have acquired a family cane, I don't know how far back in my family, that bought it.
Simple wood bent cane, I did replace the rubber boot, kept in the closet, until a gimp in my giddyup.
My best time rehab, gritting my teeth and carrying the cane, not using it.
Then leaving it home, back in the closet.
 
I have several canes, one in each vehicle and one behind the bedroom door... and I have a walker folded up in the garage. Nice to have around if I suddenly need them.
I prefer the one's with a heavy handle in case I need to offer some free rhinoplasty to some young hooligan. :laughing
 
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