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Sorry I was busy on stage
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Officially bored...
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Good morning.

Feeling a bit like a cold is coming on.

Hope it is just a quick little thing. I have some medical stuff to deal with where it could be a problem.

Best to all for a good day.

And I hope all backs return to full health.
 
Good morning,

I had a tickle in my throat last week, wife is getting over it now.

Heading to Greece next week, the 14 hours of airplane with four kids under 10 should be lots of fun. Fun, fun, fun. :laughing:cry
 
Good luck with that brave Papa.
 
Very interestingly, I actually had a scratch in my throat too. It may be anxious that I'm getting sick and I couldn't sleep well for that reason :(

budman said:
And I hope all backs return to full health
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Yeah, my back is a little better after the horizontal rest...
 
ThumperX said:
Good morning! Woke up less tired and hurty. This no sugar no alcohol has positive affects.

In a pair of jeans I haven’t zipped in. 5 years :banana
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Good for you G. :thumbup That feels good.

I stepped on the scale this AM and I have gained 8lbs since I left the V (rehab place) at the end of November a year ago. Sort of ticks me off because I really have been a pretty damn good boy. Lately extremely good with little booze almost zero sweets and fasting every day.

Hoping that is actually a good shift in place and when I check back in a week the trend is reversed. I know for sure some (probably most) is muscle.
 
Weight can be muscle,.it's more about body composition. As long as things look good and pants still fit all is good in my book.
 
Do you really think a few scoops of mint chip ice cream before bedtime is that bad?!?!

THAt was my problem last night ?!

Full.of nightmares and turning around. :x

Oh I did brush my teehts :x
 
N4teTheGreat said:
Weight can be muscle,.it's more about body composition. As long as things look good and pants still fit all is good in my book.
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Totally agree with you. I am not to the looks good stage (in my minds eye).

AbsolutEnduser said:
Do you really think a few scoops of mint chip ice cream before bedtime is that bad?!?!
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Of course it is bad. You spike your glucose before bed and weight will be gained.
I don't think you have that issue but some of us do. I don't eat or drink a damn thing
after 5:30 and still.... :(

I used to do that in my 20's and 30's and it was glorious!!! I love mint chip.
 
I'm down 11 lbs on the "haven't changed a fucking thing" plan... :dunno


At my annual, you're fat, here's some PT for your pain, see you next year 4 minute exam.


But my toes are still shiny, the nurse noticed.

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In 1993 I went from 128 to 140 while training for OPD. It was all muscle. Somewhere between then and 2013 I exploded to 179! Someone posted a picture on barf of me red faced from sucking in my gut. Mortifying! I started a draconian diet plan and by September 2014 was down to 138 of all muscle.
I am at 144 now hitting the gym gently, and hoping to reach 135 by year end.
Goal is Aerostich, right leg, left leg, zip zip RIDE!
 
Rtmac said:
It's only bad if you consider weight gain, increased inflammation in the body and arterial constriction resulting in increased risk of heart attack and stroke to be bad things... but it tastes good. :laughing
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Yeah.. "only if you consider '. Is that in English, mster doctor.

Only a few spoonfuls last evening I swear!

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Or maybe I have the onset of some airborne sickness ...:( scratch in the throat 🤔🤕

budman said:
and weight will be gained.
I don't think you have that issue
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Yeah I don't really have much of that issue right now
 
Actually got 12 minutes..

Ok people, what's a meniscus tear? How easy is the fix and how likely do they fix it vs just sending me to pt?
 
Once torn it will not repair itself.

If it is creating an issue as far as movement a scope can clean that up. Done that a couple times.

Still take a few months to recover. 3-6 depending on how recovered you need to be to enjoy life. For me it was fully recovered to go racing!
 
My miniscus was blown out during my last game of Rugby. My acl was also blown out. Easy repair and a recovery period to maintain gains.
 
ThumperX said:
All I know is the earlier slap by the Universe has caused me to look at food very very seriously.
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I think that's a good thing. My slap was different than yours, but it forced me to reevaluate my intake and think about every bite or sip I take. I no longer choose food/drink based on it's taste. I choose it based on it's metabolic quality first, then taste.
I require a large amount of fuel (calories) and can eat like a machine, so choosing wisely makes a big difference.
Alcohol is my achilles heal. But I went from an out-of-control drinker to a partially-in-control drinker... which is not nothing. :laughing
I'm far from perfect these days, but at least I'm putting some thought and effort into it, instead of eating like I'm still a kid.
 
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i_am_the_koi said:
Actually got 12 minutes..

Ok people, what's a meniscus tear? How easy is the fix and how likely do they fix it vs just sending me to pt?
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I have a fair amount of experience with this.

The answer depends on a few things, including where the tear is, what symptoms it’s causing, the condition of the joint overall and who your surgeon is.

If the tear is way inside, away from the red perimeter, they’ll typically shave or trim it and close you back up. Near the perimeter, where there is more blood supply, they might try to repair, but this very much depends on the surgeon.

If they trim the meniscus, the recovery time is typically pretty short. If it's repaired (rarer), the recovery time is longer, as they want weight off of it until some healing takes place. Even in the red perimeter, the rate of healing is not fast.

Taking my own knee as an example (the only one I have), the knee began locking a little over 30 years ago. The injury occurred while I was climbing, standing up on a hold with my leg fully flexed, with no handholds to assist. Something went pop inside the joint and the knee locked. I had two arthroscopies over the next several years, both of which found small meniscus tears. Each surgeon thought they had found the cause. Neither did; the tears were one of the symptoms. I stopped trying, as it seemed the state of the art was to blame the problem on a torn meniscus and cleaning tears wasn't helping.

About six years ago, I saw Art Ting in Fremont. He diagnosed the issue as probably being a hypermobile meniscus. The meniscus is anchored around the tibial plateau by connective tissue called fascicles. The theory was mine had torn loose and the meniscus would slide around and get stuck in the joint now and then. Sometimes the locking knee would tear the stuck part a little more. This tended to explain why surgeons would find these tears. Their training was that these tears were the root cause, whereas, in this case, they were a symptom. The fascicle tears are not visible on MRI or other imaging and the only way to diagnose is to get in there and tug on the meniscus, something surgeons generally don't do, because most have no experience with this condition.

At the time I saw Ting, the timing wasn't good for having another procedure. More recently, I decided to try again and saw a surgeon in my town. This guy was pretty dismissive of the hypermobile theory and suggested PT. It was clear he had no curiosity about the situation and preferred to crank out procedures he had done hundreds of times. I found a surgeon at UCSF who took the idea seriously and looked at imaging with that in mind. She saw indications that might really be the issue, scheduled the surgery and found exactly that. The repair involved trimming a tear where the meniscus had again gotten stuck in the joint, and then anchoring the meniscus to the joint capsule with five PEEK anchors. She poked a few holes in the top of the tibia to make it leak marrow and blood into the site, using my own stem cells to promote healing so the meniscus would attach to the bone. Recovery time will be a lot longer than either a trim or a total replacement would be, but the outcome should be a return to full function.

The point of the story is that there are variables. Some injuries are straightforward and others less so. None of these tears heal on their own. Sometimes the surgery itself is part of the diagnostic procedure, as imaging may not tell the whole story. Sometimes an individual surgeon's motivations don't align with the patient's, so the patient must consider whether the doctor's recommendation makes sense.
 
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