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I would pursue the annuity option far enough to get a quote/reasonably firm numbers. At their age the rates are usually pretty good, and if you provide the insurer with your parents' medical situation, you might be able to get even better rates than people their age in good health would get (I've he...

Understood. I do think the band program would offer a metabolic boost. It is more strength training. Always a good thing. Yeah, I need to not lose sight of that. At a first principles level I want all roads to lead to optimized metabolism/metabolic health. Fortunately strength training is low fruit...

Okay, I'll try to hit everything all at once, I like bands. Been doing them for over a year now and am very happy with the results. I've increased strength and lean mass in about 20 minutes per week under load. I don't think bands are "fun", but 16 minutes 5-6 days a week total time sunk i...

Enjoy the time with your dad, followed by a summer season at the hideout! I find with my mom, each time seems like it could be our last goodbye or a future distant memory after more intensive caregiving becomes reality. It is a strange juxtaposition. Thanks, Frita. Yeah, that's weighing heavily on ...

I'm going to try to address all the band-related things to the extent I can. My research on this is still nascent. Yes, there are single bands that can produce 100s of pounds of force. It may not be what I use in the end, but they are out there. I believe they are constructed in layers in such a way...

Early Summary for May If nothing comes up I'll be leaving Sunday to head up to the hideout. The first week or two are usually kind of busy and connectivity is sketchy at times, so I thought I'd do an early update for May. Everything financially is fine. Spending is typical--slightly higher in May as...

I'll third the mention of having some specific goals in mind as Jacob and WRC mention. I'd meant to emphasize that in my post above, but got carried away trying to cover the breadth of potential elements in a plan. For years I went through a cycle of letting myself slip into bad habits for an extend...

I'm surprised I missed this thread, lol. Back at the tail end of 2022 I got some alarming test results as part of a routine blood panel. The alarm did not come from my healthcare provider so much as it did from me diving into the numbers. I was overweight (not quite clinically obese), had stage 2 hy...

I really enjoyed the photos you put up recently WRC, looks like a very interesting place. I will probably never be brave enough to spend any extended time outside the US, so I get to travel vicariously through braver folks like you. Thanks for sharing them. I learned the same thing about accumulatio...

Do you have any "first steps" advice for someone to follow your path with health? Whether it be books/initial tests/whatever? Of course, my first step should probably be to find a primary care doctor lol... Of course the devil is in the details for each of us, and ertyu is correct we all ...

Congratulations Dave, your efforts to turn around your health have been inspiring! Enjoy your season at the hideout! Thanks, NewBlood. It's a relief to have made some progress, and more importantly to have maintained it over the course of 16-17 months now, for the most part. The challenge now is to...

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Tue May 14, 2024 12:16 pm

This reminds me of a few weeks ago when @gravy said she had a "self-destructive bent" and cited not doing the dishes on a Sunday and watching TV instead. Drunken sailors, the lot of you.

New belts and unwashed Sunday dishes! What's the community coming to, lol.

I had my annual visit with my primary care doc yesterday morning. It went pretty smooth. No statin discussion at all, she's happy with the two most recent lipid panels she's ordered (Nov 23 and May 24). All in all she was quite positive. My BP caught her attention, it was 106/66. I was something lik...

Those scores look much better. Congrats. ... Thanks, Scott. Yeah, they gave me an estimated average glucose number and it was 103, so it must use essentially the same calculation. I also learned that my Keto Mojo glucose readings are higher than lab tests. I checked myself right before I left, with...

Hey Dave, thanks for the kind welcome over in the introduction thread. Just catching up on your journal and getting lost in northwoods dreaming! Hey goldenpath, glad you stopped by. This particular journal meanders quite a lot. I think it might turn 10 years old this year! (curiosity got the better...

Today I got my test results from the annual tests ordered by my regular doc. They are pretty much back in the range they were last fall. Compared to what I got a couple of weeks ago through Function Health: Measure: Function (4/24) -> regular doc (5/7) Total: 225 -> 185 HDL: 41 -> 50 LDL: 158 -> 111...

Hello and welcome from another Midwesterner and part-year Minnesotan. I to have derived a lot of benefit from spilling the beans as it were, and the ensuing dialogue. I was in the salarymen cocoon for a long time and it's now been almost 3 years since I wriggled out and took flight. I started my jou...

I'm already getting there! Intellectually, I understand some of the realities of advancing age and padded my nest egg accordingly. The other way I am addressing future health is by present lifestyle (nutrition and movement/exercise). The time between the end of my healthspan and end of my lifespan i...

Cholesterol numbers aren't necessarily reflective of either diet or body composition. I have a very skinny friend who has never been obese who has had cholesterol readings in the 400s since his 20s and has taken medication for decades. No shame in managing issues with the available tools. Statins h...

I'm with you on integrating all sustainable lifestyle changes, before pulling the statin lever. Unless there's an acute risk (ie uncontrolled diabetes + high cholesterol), build the strong foundation first. Don't bury your most useful metric with a drug. Use it to learn. Backing off ketosis looks l...