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While life is far from perfect. I still have exhaustion issues. Sleep issues to a lessor degree. And a few other problems now and again? I realized, even with the accident, and eating poorly for a while, and other than the direct consequences of the accident, I am doing better.
I mean, I used to just hurt, arms, ribs, anywhere. For no particular reason. I kept painkillers around, two bottles of two sorts. Of the highest potency for otc stuff. And, I'd use them, usually, once a week. Sometimes twice. There were many weeks, even days, when I wanted (and sometimes did) use more.
I have lived a brutal little life. There is no part of my body, or it's systems, which haven't hurt to as close to tears as I can get. And for decades. I just realized, today, that I haven't needed painkillers since a few weeks, or maybe months, after starting carnivore.
Even on keto, and for years. Though, too, I wasn't able to stay on keto well. I would always end up eating more carbs, invariably, through time. I could stick with it for a few days, weeks, even months. Sometimes running up to six months at a time. But, even then, the carbs I was getting ended up being too much. And, even when on a stricter form of the diet, I hurt. In various ways, and places.
Oh, well, my ribs do hurt, on carnivore. As I lose weight especially. From time to time. But that... makes sense. That is my form not fitting my frame, as I change, lose weight. They hurt today. But I just lost over five to six pounds in the last two days, and am fasting (real fasting, not just eating only one or two small meals a day). So, yeah.
Even with the ribs hurting, today, and in the past, I haven't reached for the painkillers. I know what the problem is, and just... let it go. I can't even remember the last time I needed painpills. It's been... a very long time. Perhaps after the accident, but even that makes sense. But not really very often even if so. But, more, thinking to when I needed painpills for causes that just didn't make sense? Months, many months. It's nice to be really and truly healthier.
To live a life that doesn't hurt, isn't brutal, small, painful.
Blood sugar is down to 123 this morning, fasting of course. Back to my recent lowest again. Not below it, for whatever reason. And, with a few days of higher reads? Something. I'll take it. That, in part, is the goal of the fasting. To get the blood sugar down much lower, much quicker.
I may see about the price of sirloin today. Thick cut. Now that I know how many grams of protein are in various steaks? And have a solid way to adjust fats coming into my diet? Yeah. I... will try to reach that 155 mark, perhaps higher. It won't be net, just gross. Hmm? Well, even if a steak has 156 grams of protein? Only 30% of that (being meat) is bioavailable. So, really, all you are actually taking in is around 45 grams of protein that your body can use. Eggs offer 48%, plant based and powder proteins only offer 17%. So... yeah. Still, I'm going with the base number, not the bioavailable number. But, for that, won't mind eating a bit more protein than even the 200 number recommended for my actual/probably recommended weight?
Some day I will try to do a more accurate estimate of how much meat, and how many eggs, from several various sources, would be needed to provide the bioavailable numbers for both the 155 and 200 gram goals. Ugh. Look, I do most math in my head. Not up to it this morning. Just a bit sleepy.
Oh, look, it's down to 73 here in the front room, at 6:34. It has dropped through the night, and is still dropping. All good. Later.
Epic 7000+mi. road trip with my sons in 2018 (story for another time). Had to have an emergency tooth extraction, Lubbock,Tx. They gave me a script for 800mg motrin and another for codine... took 7 motrin (out of 30) and 3? of 16 codine (don't remember taking any codine, but I just counted). I don't get bad pain, and I've found over the counter and some script painrelievers to be lacking "potency", so never used them even in pain. (Brother, on the other hand, ate tylenol like candy, annnnd, resulting liver failure much worse than mine).
ReplyDeleteOh, I had my ribs cracked. Was given tylenol with something much more potent. I did take a few, but hated the feeling, or lack of it? The pain was preferable. Oh, they gave me... many, and I had refills. But, you are right, for that otc did no good. So I just suffered, for months. Took six to eight months to recover from that. Breathing hurt.
ReplyDeleteNow, as to over the counter? What I use is a mix acetaminophen and aspirin, as much of either as is generally allowed, with caffeine. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't. Or... when I was needing it. I had some other stuff too.
Now, the way it worked wasn't that I used dosage. I went with 2k grams of two types of painkillers, together, with caffeine. That'll do it. But, if used too often, will kill the liver, maybe kidneys too? Which is why only once a week, mostly. I'll bet that would work for you, if you had too do something, for reasons. But most people will start to use it too often. So I wouldn't advise it. I was pretty good at once a week thing. Though, often, less, more like once a month real average.
But, yes. I get that. My brother has a really bad back. He's lucky to be walking. I'm not sure what all they have him on, but I'm surprised he is still gimping around, to be honest. Though, with that and some other other things, I understand why he is liberal. He... can't afford to be otherwise, in his mind. He couldn't get out of that, as things stand.
It's a bugger to watch your people kill themselves, or poison their minds. But can't do much about it. Just try to avoid some of the splash, danger of that mindset, or such? Bleh.
We may have doppelganger brothers, similar, mirrored, or the N.American male condition? "In the church of the poisoned mind". My Dad checked out of his skull long before his body, don't know who was in there... Brother going there too, hope I caught me in time.
ReplyDeleteAspirin, surest way to give me a bloody nose. Only time I'd take any is when I could feel my BP spike with heart pounding.
Caffeine may be part of my "shakeup" no appreciable intake for a year. The 3-4 doubble fatted coffees over as many days, wean... to single "buttered an milk Chai tea.
having to fix too many mistakes, bye before I smash keyboard!!!
Yes. I think many men, in America, are not just gone, but societally suicidal. Kill the country before checking out? I keep coming back to Invasion of the Body Snatchers (any of the movies).
ReplyDeleteAh. You know, I should have known that. But, yes, now that I have stopped taking aspirin, in various forms, right. I knew that, and yet... Still, sometimes, it was the lessor of the evils available. I forgot because that was a lessor issue. I do keep aspirin, just... for the reason you suggest. Though, if it's really harsh? Chew the damn things, and a small handful of them. F' the taste, if you need it, now, chew, a bunch.
Hmm? Caffeine? Out of my cold dead hands! I am a known quitter... dames by the armful, booze, carbs, tobacco(s), and more. But... you keep your hands off my cuppa, or you'll lose some hairy fingers. :p
Male elders in my family taught us to chew aspirin for sore throat (kinda "enjoy?" the taste).
ReplyDeleteFingers still bald, but I do need to shave and, trim the goatee. Coffee, I un-cerimonisly quit, gut issues, dosing changes to sleep or wake, more variables to juggle, remove variables to baseline if possible. But those few cups I had were fantastic tasting. Also, my teeth and jaw don't hurt when I wake from the caffeine "grind". Back to LBL won't do a "Heavy Phat DUBBLE" every day.
My brother took a hard left turn years ago. Funny the more Govt handouts they get, the more they support the govt taking from others to fund "their" programs...
Never even heard of chewing them for a sore throat, but could see it. And, I get the taste thing. It's like math, in engineering. You don't natively, naturally, like math. But, if you choose engineering, you learn to love it or go into business school. Or med school.
ReplyDeleteYes, if you must, I can see that too. I had to quit carbs. I couldn't negotiate those. I tried, for years. I've been struggling, and failing, keto for five or ten years now? Now I'm struggling with carnivore, but getting places at least.
Oh, I used to grind my teeth. I chewed off the buck of my front top and bottom teeth, straight grind around. And, used to always have a sore jaw. Not just when sleeping, but that was probably the worst of my grinding. I just "decided" to quit grinding. And, after... six months? A year? I made it. I quit grinding my teeth about twenty years ago. You can do it... with great focus.
Yes, and no. As a 100% dVet? I'd give up all of my income and medical, if they would also kick out foreigners here without allowance, and end the ebt card and all other social programs. So... no, not as it seems, and not true for all. Some cucks simply would sell the world for their toilet paper. Some of us would fall on our sword for a return to some semblance of sanity.