Rossage down!

herzalot said:
I'll defend you Snake...

Dear @Runs with Scissors, as one of the most careful readers on this site, surely you noticed that our friend @SnakeCharmer made a comparison to the region he knows. Nowhere did he assert that Santiago Oaks was in Los Angeles County. One could extrapolate that he was saying something like "Are you sure? Because in Los Angeles County..."

Glad to see you two bickering with each other instead of going after me! (Uh oh... I shouldn't have said that...)
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Of course I noticed. Had to keep him on his toes anyway. All in fun as he knows. :thumbsup:
 
rossage said:
Thanks man. All options are on the table but I think I will stick with the game plan they have me on for now. When/if I get off the blood thinners and onto aspirin, I think I will be able to look for more natural alternatives.

Funny thing just happened. The heart Doc came in and checked the bandages and stuff and asked me why I wasn't eating. I said the nurses were waiting for your approval. He said go for it.
So I lifted the lid on a plate with a baked potato, mixed veggies, and some fruit. Oh yeah, there was also a thinly sliced portion of beef.
I looked at the Doc and asked if it was ok for me to eat it and he said sure.
His opinion is that if my self-proclaimed bad diet was so bad, I would've had much more plaque in my arteries. Possibly more blockages. I was instructed to follow a heart healthy diet and work on reducing my free-oil and salt intake as well.
Strenuous exercise will have to wait a while:whistling: but walking is encouraged.
Walking=balking=biking, right?
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That’s what I figured you would do Ross, which is a good plan. You have to get it processed. Anyway, after my blood clot in my optic nerve the doc wanted me on statins, I chose fish oil, so far so good?
 
I would love for this scare, discussion, and advice to expand into to more discussions related to healthy eating.
Cathy just came back from blood work to hear her cholesterol was high. Pissed her off. I have hovered for years as being diabetic, which really confuses me. I always thought we ate pretty healthy, like how eff'in healthy do we have to eat to BE healthy?!?! Right?

For breakfast nearly every day (right now) I eat almonds and dried figs with green tea with a little stevia as sweetener. Cmon man! :rolleyes:
 
Mikie said:
I would love for this scare, discussion, and advice to expand into to more discussions related to healthy eating.
Cathy just came back from blood work to hear her cholesterol was high. Pissed her off. I have hovered for years as being diabetic, which really confuses me. I always thought we ate pretty healthy, like how eff'in healthy do we have to eat to BE healthy?!?! Right?

For breakfast nearly every day (right now) I eat almonds and dried figs with green tea with a little stevia as sweetener. Cmon man! :rolleyes:
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Well... I know you love your Subway sandwiches on ride day. An Irish court just ruled that they contain too much sugar to be classified as bread. o_O
 
@scan , I have tried to stay in shape my whole life. The looks on the faces of the medical personnel when I tell them I take no prescription meds (before this), no diabetes, or HBP, is classic.
I got a couple of double takes and "really?".
Several have commented that my fitness contributed to my survival.
I have also met a couple of mtbers who work in the hospital and they are very supportive. One guy said he rides the front range regularly and may have seen me out there on my hardtail.
Here's where the stent was placed
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@Mikie I think that having a diet thread running would be great. It may get a little wild with differing opinions, and even religious preference but hey, let it run. I will be looking for ways to improve my diet.
I will also be partnering with @Luis, @Faust29 , and others in search of the holy grail...healthy Tacos!
 
Mikie said:
I would love for this scare, discussion, and advice to expand into to more discussions related to healthy eating.
Cathy just came back from blood work to hear her cholesterol was high. Pissed her off. I have hovered for years as being diabetic, which really confuses me. I always thought we ate pretty healthy, like how eff'in healthy do we have to eat to BE healthy?!?! Right?

For breakfast nearly every day (right now) I eat almonds and dried figs with green tea with a little stevia as sweetener. Cmon man! :rolleyes:
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You sure you want to know? It get’s complicated! And of course there are no guarantees! Get it done though, some don’t get red flags or bitch slaps?
 
Sadly, no matter how much we try to eat healthy, it all comes down to your genetics. If high cholesterol runs in your family, then guess what? More than likely you're going to have high cholesterol too. My diet has varied quite a bit, as has my weight, over the last 40 years and my cholesterol has always been around 160. As far as diabetes goes, it doesn't run in our family but my mother developed it in her 70s and was told it was quite common in older folks. All I know is the older you get the stricter your diet has to be If you want to maintain a certain weight. It doesn't take much cheating for me to tack on 5 lbs and it seems like it takes forever to take it back off.
 
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Broccoli. Now that's something that I just cannot stomach. Something about it makes the taste totally unpalatable to me. I've tried it every way, just don't like it.
But, broccoli, and several other veggies are hybrids of cabbage. Now being a good Irishman, I've had my share of corned beef and cabbage, but it's nothing compared to how much I eat in a Chinese home.
They call it bai tsai(napa), or lianhua tsai(round) and it is a staple food in our home. Tastes great, and it's like a bottle brush for the colon.
I have been told my goals are to reduce my cholesterol intake to as close to zero as possible.
Also, I need to have my wife modify her cooking for me to remove any free oil, you know, oil that's added or used to cook the food. Deep fried anything should be avoided.
Most cheese should be avoided though there are somewhat healthy varieties that use skim milk or other low fat milks.

I have also gone two 24 hour runs without food here in the hospital. That's due to the timing of tests and procedures. Last night's dinner was my first food in over 30 hours!
Then when I was weighed this morning, I have lost 4 pounds doing nothing but laying down.
Maybe intermittent fasting has a place in my future?
Watch out! The Rossage will be back lighter, and with Titanium performance upgrades. Doctor had a good laugh at that one.

So this morning is the first time I stood up since Sunday night. Since then I have been prone, or slightly elevated head on the bed. My incision site is closed and I'm looking forward to taking a real poop on a real toilet a little later.
Just waiting on the Doctor to set me free...
 
rossage said:
I have also gone two 24 hour runs without food here in the hospital. That's due to the timing of tests and procedures. Last night's dinner was my first food in over 30 hours!
Then when I was weighed this morning, I have lost 4 pounds doing nothing but laying down.
Maybe intermittent fasting has a place in my future?
Watch out! The Rossage will be back lighter, and with Titanium performance upgrades. Doctor had a good laugh at that one.
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There is a Doc I follow (Peter Attia) whose practice is obsessively dedicate to longevity. Not just living long, but kicking ass long into life. He says often that he feels fasting is the most powerful tool that we have in the fight against aging and chronic inflammatory disease. I stuck to an Intermittent Fasting/Time Restricted Feeding diet for about a year, though I did break the fast early on ride days. I personally felt a lot of benefits, but I simply couldn't keep enough weight on regardless of how much I ate in my feeding window (blessed and cursed with a raging metabolism). I have been meaning to try a different approach with it (quarterly multi-day fasts), but just haven't mustered the motivation yet. Anyway, if you like, or can at least tolerate some high nerd factor, in the weeds discussion of nutrition and fasting, his podcasts may be worth a listen. Dr. Rhonda Patrick is another one.
 
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Runs with Scissors said:
But shrimp (and all shellfish) is really high in cholesterol. :facepalm:
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But also is a good, or at least decent source of Omega 3. There is a school of thought that is gaining momentum pointing at fallacy in the current/old school way of thinking about and measuring cholesterol. I've only read about it in a cursory sense, so can't speak about it intelligently. It's something I've been meaning to take more of a deep dive on, as I am genetically predisposed to high cholesterol, and mine is currently in the gray area of being too high in the context of that traditional school of thought.

I'm glad we're discussing all of this. Though intellectually I know I can't shove BS down my face hole just because I exercise, in practice that doesn't always play out. I still maintain that the tacos we ate on Sunday were perfectly acceptable though.
 
buggravy said:
But also is a good, or at least decent source of Omega 3. There is a school of thought that is gaining momentum pointing at fallacy in the current/old school way of thinking about and measuring cholesterol. I've only read about it in a cursory sense, so can't speak about it intelligently. It's something I've been meaning to take more of a deep dive on, as I am genetically predisposed to high cholesterol, and mine is currently in the gray area of being too high in the context of that traditional school of thought.

I'm glad we're discussing all of this. Though intellectually I know I can't shove BS down my face hole just because I exercise, in practice that doesn't always play out. I still maintain that the tacos we ate on Sunday were perfectly acceptable though.
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Oh, I agree on the changing thought. As @UPSed stated, genetics are a very strong indicator of what happens with your cholesterol regardless of diet. Same with many other things; genetics are much more indicative than we used to think.
 
rossage said:
My thoughts exactly.
A stent doesn't have any effect on long term mortality but open heart surgery does.
I will probably be on some sort of blood thinners for a couple of months and an aspirin a day for life. I can deal with that.
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rossage said:
@scan , I have tried to stay in shape my whole life. The looks on the faces of the medical personnel when I tell them I take no prescription meds (before this), no diabetes, or HBP, is classic.
I got a couple of double takes and "really?".
Several have commented that my fitness contributed to my survival.
I have also met a couple of mtbers who work in the hospital and they are very supportive. One guy said he rides the front range regularly and may have seen me out there on my hardtail.
Here's where the stent was placed
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@Mikie I think that having a diet thread running would be great. It may get a little wild with differing opinions, and even religious preference but hey, let it run. I will be looking for ways to improve my diet.
I will also be partnering with @Luis, @Faust29 , and others in search of the holy grail...healthy Tacos!
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I just checked...My stent is in the same spot LAD.
In 6 weeks you should be able to ride normal rides.
I was on some stent related meds (I can't remember its name) that limited my HR for 12 months, but had minor affect on my daily life (including riding).

As for diet. More green less animal based portion (meat and dairy). When you load up your plate it should be mostly cover by vegies.
Reducing sugar supposedly help. Unfortunately, I'm addicted to this stuff.
 
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