This is the inevitable thread for ILxors in their forties

At one point mid-procedure I went “oof” and the tech was immediately like “I GIVE U MORE DON’T WORRIES!”

"was that a good oof or a bad oof?"

It didn’t really hurt, I just felt some pressure and doc was like yeah that’s a tight turn right there

xps to mark
no never been advised to have one by a doctor. but then again I've never known anyone in UK go to the docs for a general check up or 'physical' which if I go by us tv is apparently a thing.

oscar - once i hit the big 50 i got summoned for a general MOT : blood pressure, Cholesterol, weight, chat re booze etc.
got summoned back a few weeks later for a discussion re my Cholesterol.

this week i had to have my covid/flu boosters and at the same time they were checking records and asking people for blood pressure/weight measurements for those they had not seen for a while.

but when it comes to the ££ stuff, then yeah, i guess its a case wait until things become visible.

I turned 50 last year, all I got was an invitation to get a flu jab which I took them up on. no other questions or tests.

at least this digression has reminded me to get this winters flu jab so that's something.

Yeah, flu is definitely going around right now - much more than covid.

The c scopy fasting makes it easier to fast at any given time

miralax, dulcolax, apple juice, lacroix, gatorades, bone broths, fentiman's. might get gum later if can stir myself from my fainting couch, without food i am lost *sobs* only slightly kidding

I didn’t think gum was allowed. Don’t swallow it by accident

two day hangovers ...

hope it went okay, map

a camera up the ass - what is life

thanks table, it went fine, clean as a whistle thank god!

the anethesia they used is good shit, which i will "possibly" be getting a separate bill for

worst part of the whole thing, including the prep, was sitting in that godawful waiting room for 45 minutes

The first time they did me, they gave me a small amount of fent, which was extremely surprising. Of course, that was when they found the cancer, so it was probably good that I emerged all groggy from getting dosed with opioids.

i noticed a section on the anesthesia release form with two drugs listed. fentanyl was an option, but the other one was checked, i forget the name of it

probs dilaudid

which is also great, tbh, and is perfect for colonoscopies— shorter duration that morphine, but deeper sedation.

I don't touch opioids in any recreational way despite ample use of most other drugs at some point in my life, but have had to have them for various medical reasons, and I think dilaudid is actually my favorite of them.

IIRC versed is a popular c-scopy benzo.

well it's a good thing i have no intention of ever touching opiates either or i'd be s.o.l.

I guess this is a forties thing to have slept on my elbow in a weird way so I'm on a week of dealing with shoulder/elbow pain and tingling like I've hit my funny bone. Seeing a doctor on Thursday, but it's annoying as fuck and I keep hoping it will get better, but no luck.

maybe its a neck vertebrae issue " Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0) "

Oy, 3 years into my 40s have not been kind from a health perspective. Yeah yeah, pandemic etc. But just came back from my physical with significantly elevated blood pressure and sharply higher lipid panel than I've ever had in the past. Quite a wake-up call

ever since I turned 45 i feel like my body is breaking down in the stupidest and most boring ways possible

i'm not 40 but next time you're due for a colonoscopy see if your doctor is willing to try 'cologuard' instead - it's where you poop into a box and mail it to a lab to be analyzed for cancer, should replace a colonoscopy iirc.

jon, I got a new pillow earlier this year, which resulted in weeks of weird pains as I adjusted. real dumb to live in bodies like this imho

I'm 47 and this year it's felt like my body is playing an endless game of Whac-A-Mole

As we discussed though, with some insurance there is apparently a concern that if the Cologuard results necessitate a colonscopy anyway (like if there's any blood), the colonoscopy may be considered diagnostic and not preventative, and therefore not covered by insurance.

I'm past week three on this wacky diet, it's been fine except for the fomo when meeting a friend at a bar or cafe (where I basically can't have anything). Platelets still going down, but I stopped taking a medication for UC that I've been on for a long time and started taking some papaya leaf extract, so I'm still hoping there will be some change in direction without having to go on stereoids.

I'll be for sure getting the colonoscopy next year or the year after

Hard not to be depressed today for all the carbonara I'm not going to be eating anymore but maybe once a year...

Jumped back on the exercise horse today with a 30-ish minute session on the treadmill where my heart rate was already up into the 140s during the /warm-up/ and reaching 160+ during the staggered periods of running. This ... is gonna be a marathon, in both senses.

Eric, remember to ease into it so you don’t hurt yourself! I went too hard at first on my bicycle when my body was recovered enough after surgery, and kind of fucked up my knee and then had to take it easy for even longer.

In any case I know you’ll be back on V8s and with a low resting heart rate soon.

My resting heart rate is 90-100 regularly, has been for decades. nobody seems to wanna give me beta blockers tho

Yup, I probably actually only "ran" a grand total of 12-14 minutes between resting periods. I'm all too aware that my body's in ticking-time-bomb mode for the near forseen

If I was brutally honest here about what I was doing to my body over the last 3 or 4 years, the answer is "literally everything (except hard drugs) wrong"

I was exercising every day and only drinking in moderation, I was just a good eater :( (who knows if that actually has anything to do with anything)

I know I’m not in my 40s just yet, but I will say that the eating well and exercising regularly was certainly touted by my oncologist as “really helping” in terms of recovery from cancer. Studies show the same— it doesn’t seem to help until it does.

Just turned 50, but this is just about right:

miralax, dulcolax, apple juice, lacroix, gatorades, bone broths, fentiman's. might get gum later if can stir myself from my fainting couch, without food i am lost *sobs* only slightly kidding

― ꙮ (map), Sunday, December 11, 2022 4:47 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink

Had a data breach at work this week - not sure which is worse yet.

Had homemade overnight oats for the first time this morning with nothing in the way if mix-ins and ... it's actually pretty good! I wasn't too worried because in the past I have had dry, non-sugared cereals for breakfast on the regular. But if even the "worst" form of overnight oats can taste this good to me, there's one permanent change I should be able to sustain no problem

I have actually started paying attention to the pharmaceutical ads on the internet ... what is this drug for? maybe I will have this disease soon? It's nice to think about being able to take things that reduce pain and suffering.

About a week in and I am successfully keeping my pulse under 170 during run-jogs on the mill. And I finally landed a sub-70 sleeping heart rate last night … little steps

Thank God some things DO change.😉
Bless your hearts....but not my 45. pic.twitter.com/P2Ceesh2UY

— Tarita (@EveryAlbertan) December 31, 2022

I dunno, though; there’s still a decent chance I’ll look like Steve Martin and/or Diane Keaton in four months.

Pretty sure I look worse at 43 than Steve Martin does at 75

I look 42 but like a different species

43 years old, same species, but fatter, with much less hair

lol even in 1995, 45 year olds did not look that "square" ... it was peak baby boomers who did not want to turn into their parents era ... like that was what 45 year olds looked like in 1965.

i danced a lot last night & my decrepit body’s takeaway today is that I am dying

🥳

I feel really lucky...

- i had gerd but gum + slippery elm tea has nuked the symptoms
- i messed up my knee and it hurt for years but despite half-assing the PT its all better now
- my hearing isn't getting any worse
- my insurance let me do the poop in the box thing (up thread) and it came out negative this time (my wife's insurance didn't let her do that)

But i didn't dance the night away last night. I just went to sleep at the normal time.