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6430. RickNelson - 3/30/2005 4:57:46 PM moderate thoughtful. I've cut back on anything that isn't whole grain with the exception of occassional spaghetti. I will eat a potato once in a while. I eat mostly chicken for meat, sometimes beef and pork. I eat almost no egg yolk, but will consume as much egg white as I wish, along with fresh mushrooms. I like some ketchup and non-hydrogenated spread for my toast. I also use Splenda if I want to sweeten something.
I think I've been good for a diet, but my exercise has suffered because of winter, and I don't have machines at home, nor inspiration to bring my 9 mos. old to a gym. I have however, set up a weight bench and once in a while give my arms a working over. I think more of that will be a good thing.
6431. Magoseph - 3/30/2005 5:19:24 PM <... I eat almost no egg yolk...>
May I ask why you don't eat egg yolks? 6432. RickNelson - 3/30/2005 6:45:40 PM Cholesterol is the sole reason I've taken egg yolks out of my morning eggs. 6433. thoughtful - 3/30/2005 6:46:24 PM good. brown food in general is better for you than white food. I would suggest that it is important for you to get a balance of fats in your diet including some saturated fats, though you want to limit those. Make sure you're getting in your omega-3 fats...I didn't see fish on your list. You might check out fish oil and flax seed oil as both are high in omega-3.
Next question...how often do you eat out vs. eating at home? 6434. RickNelson - 3/30/2005 6:55:05 PM I'm eating at home a good 90%. Rarely fast food. Though Arby's had the 2 fish for 4$ all of March and I took them up on that about 6 times. Not that fried fish is good for me. But the cost was a major factor.
Sometimes I eat fish that my wife cooks, such as Talapia, which I love. When we go for Chinese food, we like to order a whole fish, sometimes Waleye, sometimes Chinese Yellow Fish, most of these are quite fresh. Though I don't have a lot of fish.
I do take a men's multi-vitamin and a B-complex. For the most part I've been feeling pretty good. 6435. arkymalarky - 3/30/2005 8:16:59 PM Thoughtful, those are hilarious!
The lump was a cyst, the radiologist took a lot of time talking with Bob and me, and the bottom line is that I will have them to deal with in the future but he has to check them out, rather than just assume a spot is nothing, with which Bob and I both wholeheartedly agree. There were actually a lot of them, but only one large enough for the mammogram to flag. And it's important to continue yearly screenings because my breast tissue is so dense (sort of like my cerebral matter). In fact, the radiologist a few years ago told the lady who did the mammogram that my breasts were just "trashy." He didn't know the half of it. ;-)
This is I think the third time now, if not the fourth, in just a few years (less than ten), that I've gone through this, but having just found out a few days before that I was going to have surgery, my mind couldn't block out all the possible nightmare scenarios. It doesn't help that I haven't had surgery since I was 8 and had my tonsils out.
Tomorrow I schedule the hysterectomy for ASAP, and then leave early Friday for WV, which I hate is such a there-and-back trip, but one I'm very much looking forward to. 6436. arkymalarky - 3/30/2005 8:18:53 PM I think I will do just that, Judith. When I was watching Spanish-language tv a while back I found the news and soaps were easiest to pick up words from. The soaps are hilarious, and just like American ones you can pick up where you left off of one five years later and not miss a beat. If anything, they seem to go to more extremes with the drama than American ones do, if that's possible. There are a lot more channels to pick from than last time I looked, too--five or six, I think. 6437. arkymalarky - 3/30/2005 8:27:27 PM Rick, aren't you under 50? I hope things level out for you with the changes in diet, meds, and exercise. I know Mags hs said her husband has seen dramatic changes, and Bob went from 230 lbs to 160, his heart rate dropped to "a runner's rate" as the doctor told him, and his blood pressure is actually a bit on the low side.
But we don't have a baby, his chronically ill father passed away last year (who he'd give anything in the world to have back, but whose quality of life for at least two years was extremely bad and required a lot of care), and he now has time and energy to concentrate on his diet and walk four miles a day. So you have more obstacles, but it sounds like you're working to overcome them and get where you need to be.
For me, outdoor exercise is somewhat problematic because of my allergies, though I'm not so bad I can't walk some--I refuse to live in a bubble. But for indoors, I chunked the treadmill, which I wasn't using, and I got a neat stepper for about $40 which has no rails--just the pedals--so you have to balance yourself. I also bought a mini-trampoline, a jumprope, dug out a GREAT exercise tape that I've had for years and has done wonders for me in the past, and I bought different sizes of small handweights. So I hope to walk a mile or two outside and do anything else I decide to do indoors, no matter the season or weather.
Diet is my problem--not so much total calorie intake as empty calorie intake. Pixy Stix are non-negotiable, but I might cut back on them some. I will have to reassess my other indulgences. 6438. RickNelson - 3/30/2005 8:35:26 PM Pixy Stix eh, could be worse. I'm only recently back on track. My Jan. saw way to much chocolate. I indulged.
Arky, I'll be pullin' for yah for WV. It's gotta be one of those things. Just a routine deal.
OOOps the boy just woke up. 6439. arkymalarky - 3/30/2005 8:42:10 PM Awww. Have a fun afternoon with him!
Thanks for the support on the WV trip. The conference will be very fun and productive, and I really don't mind the drive. Bob does, but I don't mind his whining, either. ;-) 6440. thoughtful - 3/30/2005 9:00:10 PM Arky, I know other ladies who have also said that the recovery from surgery was soooo much easier than what they went through before the surgery. I'm sure it will go well. Things that we used to worry about like anesthesia are so high tech these days that people rarely have trouble with it any more. I'm sure you'll do just fine.
I'm glad the cyst was just a cyst. Now that you've had it checked out you can relax about that.
6441. thoughtful - 3/30/2005 9:08:40 PM rick, that's good. Eating out is a huge risk factor when it comes to nutritious eating. Yesterday's NYT had an article entitled "Diabesity" and the combo of diabetes with obesity and the impact on health. The stats start getting really scary when you see the increased incidence of diabetes, esp among children. A lot seems to be related to the cost factor, esp as fostered by things like supersizing meals ... as one doc put it, we focus too much on quantity of food rather than quality.
Exercise is absolutely critical to heart health, bone health, muscle strength and even mental health. I suggest you wrap that baby up in a papoose or pop him in a stroller and take him for a walk with you. No excuses with the weather improving. 6442. arkymalarky - 3/30/2005 9:08:57 PM Very true. I feel great now, just knowing I'm going to get all this taken care of and not have too much guilt since my kids are going to have an enthusiastic, certified teacher. Though I made it clear he needn't get any ideas about next year.;-)
And it helps that the hospital I go to for testing is very prompt, very efficient, and very caring. I really can't praise them enough. When the radiologist came in for the breast ultrasound it kind of surprised me, and before I thought I said, "You're not the same one who looked at my uterus the other day." 6443. arkymalarky - 3/30/2005 9:18:37 PM Mother just called and her regular mammogram was scheduled for today at the same place, but she told them she'd felt a tiny knot about the size of a pinhead and had forgotten to tell her doctor about it (he didn't feel anything) and they made her reschedule for Tuesday when the radiologist would be there, since he'd already left for today, so they can directly to the diagnostic procedure right then if they need to. 6444. arkymalarky - 3/30/2005 9:19:09 PM go 6445. Magoseph - 3/30/2005 9:46:24 PM Arky, have you asked your doctor if after your operation you might have fewer tendencies getting cysts? 6446. arkymalarky - 3/30/2005 11:37:17 PM Ha! I just told Bob today to be sure to remind me to ask tomorrow. I certainly hope so. Besides the mammmogram issue, they're painful. This one's been hurting me for several months now. When I saw today where the cyst was located, before they did the diagnostic mammogram, my worry level went WAY down--and when they did it, my pain level went WAY up. ;-) 6447. Magoseph - 3/31/2005 12:00:50 AM This one's been hurting me for several months now.
They were hurting for several months and you waited until now to take care of them?
6448. Magoseph - 3/31/2005 12:01:20 AM I mean, this one was hurting. 6449. arkymalarky - 3/31/2005 12:06:00 AM Cysts are often painful, but there's nothing they can do about them. Not mashing them would be nice, but....
Malignancies aren't, and you can also feel them. You can't feel cysts, generally, because they're filled with fluid. I'd just been checked by my doctor and he didn't feel anything. I have cysts almost all the time, some painful and some not, but one that shows up on a mammogram just looks like a mass, though usually round or oval, which is a good sign, but like the radiologist said, it still has to be checked out. Most don't show up at all.
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