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Hey Andy, how’s the arthritis? I had some in my back and started taking boron a few years ago and it has improved it significantly, even stopped it for a time to see if it was truly helping and it came back after a month, restarted and it improved again.
When I went keto all the arthritis symptoms went away. I was able to give up the anti-inflammatories after more than two decades of counting down the minutes to my next dose, just to be able to perform basic functions.
Interesting about your reaction to boron. I’ll noted it in my little list.
What kind of boron (chemical, not brand) were you taking? Did you see any EQ benefits? I was using sodium tetraborate decahydrate, common borax, despite the impressive name.
When I went keto all the arthritis symptoms went away. I was able to give up the anti-inflammatories after more than two decades of counting down the minutes to my next dose, just to be able to perform basic functions.Interesting about your reaction to boron. I’ll noted it in my little list.
What kind of boron (chemical, not brand) were you taking? Did you see any EQ benefits? I was using sodium tetraborate decahydrate, common borax, despite the impressive name.
Boron I’m taking is Albion Bororganic Glycine.
I have really bad knees. As in, on the X-rays, you can see where the bone ends on the left knee are worn, because the cartilage departed long ago. That’s the main reason I was using a cane and (occasionally) crutches.
For bad knees you might want to check out Kneesovertoesguy. He has videos on Youtube. I don’t know what to make of him. He has some good ideas, which make sense and seem to have helped some people. His is big on working the negative movements, such as stepping down instead of stepping up and rearward walking and dragging.
I’ve tried walking backward, and it definitely works different muscles than walking forward.
Stepping down is an eccentric movement which would further destroy joints. One need to focus on concentric movements. That will be going up stairs and take the elevator down. Climbing a hill but not going down etc.
The clogged lymph vessel was gone this morning. I celebrated with a short pump session, 15min at 3" Hg. I’ll do a few of those before going back to my standard 30min at 5" Hg.
Before I got the clog I had done a lot of pumping with a cock ring, plus a more-than-usual amount of edging afterward. I’m guessing I reached some limit there, for it to happen after years of pumping.
I had been kicking around the idea of taking another decon break. The last time was October of 2022, for 30 days. I was planning to ramp PE down in mid-January anyway, since I want my testosterone level as low as possible when I see the endocrinologist on February 2nd. Much as I hate to stop while I’m gaining, it seems like an ideal time for a decon. [sigh]
The decon turned out to be quite brief; 18 days. I resumed pumping to see if the vessel would clog again. All seems well so far.
I still think it was a combination of wearing a ring in the pump, plus leaving the ring on for extended edging later. The developed over the week or so that I was doing that routine.
The decon turned out to be quite brief; 18 days. I resumed pumping to see if the vessel would clog again. All seems well so far.I still think it was a combination of wearing a ring in the pump, plus leaving the ring on for extended edging later. The developed over the week or so that I was doing that routine.
Nice, back from the break 🙌
Yeah… I need to decide how to approach the new PE cycle. I haven’t totaled the numbers for last year, but I’d guess >90% was pumping and the rest would be vacuum extender, vacuum hanger, and "other."
I’m apparently an easy gainer, and unscheduled pumping at modest intensity is still paying off. Plus it’s easy, feels good, is hands-free, and my glans doesn’t get beaten up by vacuum or compression devices.
I think I just talked myself right out of changing things up.
So… I’ve been steadily getting better on the treadmill. In October I could shuffle along at 1mph for about a quarter mile. A few weeks ago one mile at 2.5mph was a regular thing, sometimes more.
The civic center where the gym is, is sponsoring a Valentine’s Day 5K run. You can also walk the course. 5K is 3.1 miles.
Hm. I managed 2.4 miles on the treadmill, then bailed out at 0.5 miles two days later. A few more days rest, and I was able to make it for a mile. Okay, that indicates overtraining. Remember, I’m 65 and was barely mobile a year ago, and I already ran into overtraining with the barbell. I took a week off, then yesterday I pushed through 3.1 miles. My knees were sore, but I didn’t have big leg cramps last night, and they’re mostly okay this morning.
I’m going to try for about 3.5 miles a week from now, to handle miscellaneous queuing, standing around, etc. If it ever stops raining I’ll walk the actual course instead of using the treadmill or indoor track.
AndyLand again:
Normally the endocrinologist’s office blows up my phone before an appointment. Since she moved to a different office downtown in sucktastic traffic, I called a few moments ago to verify the appointment for day after tomorrow. Nope, they don’t show an appointment, but they do show me as a ‘no show’ for an appointment last month that they never bothered to inform me of.
[sigh]
Something like that seems to happen at least once a year now. In fact, it’s not even the first time for the endo’s office. They’re supposed to call me back with a new appointment date.
Every now and then that lymph duct feels stringy after a pump, but it goes away after a few hours. I’ll just keep an eye on it and make sure it keeps doing down as expected.
No call-back with an appointment yesterday, so I called again. Spent fifteen minutes listening to silence after the lengthy, annoying "if you have a medical emergency, call 911" thing ran, then hung up and tried again. All I got were some clicks on the line.
Around 1600 I tried again, sat through the annoying message, and then was told I was number 6 in the queue, while a crackling low-res recording (probably tape, from the drop-outs) played on a loop, tinkle-dinkle-binkle-doo, over and over. Finally someone picked up. Nope, they had no record of my call yesterday, and their records showed I was a "no-show" in December. They had no record of calling and rescheduling for February 2. New appointment? The closest would be April. I asked for a refill on my prescription; apparently the pharmacy information didn’t transfer between offices. After going over that and hanging up, I realized she’d never said *when* in April. Mrs. Andy volunteered to call tomorrow and try to get that information.
Arrrgh.
I asked for a refill on my prescription; apparently the pharmacy information didn’t transfer between offices.
Mrs. Andy picked up the refill at the pharmacy this morning. The endo had cut my dose in half back in July. Refills after that were all for the new dose.
The new refill is for the original dose. It’s kind of scary, considering this is two difference offices from the same company, likely sharing the same IT infrastructure.
Anyway, I’m going to STFU and see what the blood work looks like in April.
The fun never stops…
So, sitting at my desk this morning, my cellphone rings. I look at the number - it’s something ridiculous, like 1-401-400-4001. I push the button to silence it. In a moment of curiosity, since I’m at my computer, I did a search on the number. It’s a real number; a rheumatology clinic in the next town. The urology place had mentioned they were going to set up a rheumatology consult back last year. So I called them back. Yes, they were calling to verify my appointment for - wait for it - 0700 tomorrow morning.
Yeah.
This isn’t the first medical-related call I’ve gotten on my cellphone. There were eight people who had that number; other than one time in 2009 when I gave it to my insurance carrier so they could call me back about an insurance authorization while I was in the Emergency Room with a kidney stone. Within the hour, the phone - which normally got maybe one spam call every three months, blew up with spam calls. Aetna, you shit-eating bastards.
I have never given that number to anyone else, but the endocrinologist’s office called me on it last year. I asked them to remove that number and gave them the land line number *again*. And now some other clinic has it.
That’s "electronic medical records" for you. Tomorrow I’ll give the rheumatologist the correct number.
I’ve already butted heads with the Electronic Medical Record system before. There isn’t really any way to get bad data purged; it’s sort of like a credit report, except you have even less control over what’s in it. Even if you get bad data corrected, new data gets merged as different companies sell or trade data with each other, like the default on a car loan I never took out, in a state I’ve never been to. Someone - there’s apparently no way to tell who - told the EMR that I’m diabetic. I’m not. But when I’m at a consult and tell them that, they just give me a pitying look. The computer says I’m diabetic, so I’m obviously in denial.
[sigh]