Had my annual allergist check in today. All's well and I go back in a year. He recommended that I change from using a decongestant to using more antihistamine instead. BUT! The antihistamine he suggested is a first generation sort that crosses the blood brain barrier. Moreover, that would just dry me out more while the issue when I'm trying to go to sleep is a STUFFY nose. It would also make me sleepy, which is fine if I can breathe well, but NOT GOOD if I'm too stuffed to breathe. I really think doctors too often just follow the AMA flow chart and don't see the whole picture. At least I refused to be weighed routinely, since it had nothing to do with my condition or diagnosis. I'm really annoyed by the way docs just tick off the ol' AMA boxes. Why do we have to be weighed at every doctor visit? Once a year is plenty. I have a scale at home. Ha!
{listener} Well, this is interesting: “ An October study found that 25% of previously healthy US Marines showed signs of long COVID following even mild or asymptomatic COVID-19.” Full article here
Warthog Defense video: Morning news, several subjects. [Click] Russian withdrawal from Syria, North Korean soldiers in battle, oil from sunken Russian tankers washing ashore, discussion of confiscation of Russian overseas assets, etc. ——Alan
Re vitamin D/calcium: I found the article. The task force finding specifically addressed the risk of falls and fall-induced fractures in older people living independently. It doesn;t mention the rationale for thinking this might work, but I suppose the idea is that stronger bones might help. Doesn't work. You still need recommended amounts of these two substances, although it briefly mentions that megadoses can be harmful.
I used to work in a hospital that served a number of orthopedic surgeons, and consequently had unusual numbers of elderly women with broken hips. (There were some men, but few.) That was in the days before there were any anti-osteoporosis medicines. Miyoko was on the typical one (the name escapes me at the moment) for longer than is now recommended (overuse sometimes actually softens bones), and tolerated it well. ---Alan
Notes on the last thread! 😊
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Had my annual allergist check in today. All's well and I go back in a year. He recommended that I change from using a decongestant to using more antihistamine instead. BUT! The antihistamine he suggested is a first generation sort that crosses the blood brain barrier. Moreover, that would just dry me out more while the issue when I'm trying to go to sleep is a STUFFY nose. It would also make me sleepy, which is fine if I can breathe well, but NOT GOOD if I'm too stuffed to breathe.
ReplyDeleteI really think doctors too often just follow the AMA flow chart and don't see the whole picture. At least I refused to be weighed routinely, since it had nothing to do with my condition or diagnosis. I'm really annoyed by the way docs just tick off the ol' AMA boxes. Why do we have to be weighed at every doctor visit? Once a year is plenty. I have a scale at home. Ha!
I wish they wouldn't. It's actually one of the most aversive parts of any medical appointment for me,
DeleteBig Blast in Murmansk -- Over 1700KM Away from Ukraine! Possible Drone? [Click]
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P.S.: Murmansk is the headquarters of the Russian Northern Fleet, as well as an LNG export terminal, which I think was attacked a while back.
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Wishing no one had to die for Putin.
🌻 Slava Ukraini! 🌻
Indeed.
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“ An October study found that 25% of previously healthy US Marines showed signs of long COVID following even mild or asymptomatic COVID-19.”
Full article here
Then if my conjecture is correct, it wouldn't be unusual. Interesting.
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The National Rifle Association is liquidating investments as it bleeds cash amid legal turmoil, internal tumult, and dwindling membership revenue [Click] Awwww. . .
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DeleteOne foot of the Autocracy image is crumbling? Good news, indeed!
The Guardian: Trump reportedly calls for eliminating debt ceiling amid chaos in Congress over his disapproval of spending deal – live [Click] Hakeem Jeffries: “GOP extremists want House Democrats to raise the debt ceiling so that House Republicans can lower the amount of your Social Security check. Hard pass.”
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Warthog Defense video: Morning news, several subjects. [Click] Russian withdrawal from Syria, North Korean soldiers in battle, oil from sunken Russian tankers washing ashore, discussion of confiscation of Russian overseas assets, etc.
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Negative equity car loans surge; 39% of drivers are underwater, EV’s hit hardest. [Click] I remember back when the subprime mortgage crisis was winding down, it was predicted that the increase in subprime auto loans would come a cropper, and here it is (finally).
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Legal AF video: Might Mr. Biden order the National Archivist to publish the Equal Rights Amendment? [Click] I wouldn’t bet on it, but if he should, it would be VERY INTERESTING. And would put Trump and his creatures into quite a box. Why, it might even confront them with an amusing quandary.
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Meidas Touch video: Trump [should be] humiliated by worst stock market slide in fifty years. [Click]
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Re vitamin D/calcium: I found the article. The task force finding specifically addressed the risk of falls and fall-induced fractures in older people living independently. It doesn;t mention the rationale for thinking this might work, but I suppose the idea is that stronger bones might help. Doesn't work. You still need recommended amounts of these two substances, although it briefly mentions that megadoses can be harmful.
ReplyDeleteI used to work in a hospital that served a number of orthopedic surgeons, and consequently had unusual numbers of elderly women with broken hips. (There were some men, but few.) That was in the days before there were any anti-osteoporosis medicines. Miyoko was on the typical one (the name escapes me at the moment) for longer than is now recommended (overuse sometimes actually softens bones), and tolerated it well.
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