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[Terri]

Okay, I took a nose dive yesterday in my pantry and crashed into a wall hanging I had leaning up against a shelf out there and it just so happened to be made of metal and it jabbed me in the knee and left a gaping hole. I thought, oh great, I can't remember the last time I had a tetanus shot and so I decided I had better get one. Went to the Dr. They took my temp and blood pressure and the nurse commented that my BP was perfect (76/114) and my temp was normal. Now this is wonderful news to me because the last time I had my BP taken, it was a little high and my temp was low and has always been low which is indicative of thyroid symptoms. Now it is normal!!! Yeah!!! I am very happy. Could it be that the ELOO is helping even my thyroid function better? Obviously it is working good because of the weight loss. Just wanted to share my good news. And the Dr. who looked at my knee was pleased that I had cleaned it up real good and she said I did a fine job!! And it is feeling fine today so alls well.
Also another thing that I have noticed.  Knowing that my body temp use to normally run a little low (like 96.6) I use to take my tongue and feel in the bottom of my mouth, kinda under the tongue and it would always feel cooler there than the rest of my mouth.  Now when I feel under my tongue, it is warm and the same temp as the rest of my mouth. Just one more interesting thing that has happened since starting SLD. And I just found out today!  Wonder what is going to work better next???
Terri

[lvivianka]

be careful, Terri!!! I am so glad your fall was not worse. hope there won't be too many aches from it.

[Magpie]

Every cloud, sliver lining and all that!  Sorry to hear about your frap - but what great news about your BP and the rest.  Well done!

[frenata]

Good idea about the tetanus shot. They used to say one shot lasted a zillion years, but they decided that's wrong. They do them more often now.

[losing-it]

Glad you are ok and suffered only a little damage in the fall, Terri. And glad your stats are looking good!

[TalkingRat]

Too bad for the people who helped them realize one tetanus shot wasn't enough, Frenata.  :shock:  I was horned about 45 years ago, and my mom called the doc.  He didn't want to play the odds, so  I went in for another tetanus, even though I'd just had one a month earlier.  It was a good thing, because it turned out to be  a very deep puncture wound, and since it hadn't bled much, it would not have gotten clean.   

Terri, amazing that your BP could be normal, under the circumstances.  But low temp isn't necessarily bad, I've always been sub, as has my doctor.  It makes fighting disease a bit easy, since I am perfectly capable of spiking a fever when there's bugs to be killed.   

[bookgirl]

Terri, Don't you mean 114/76? ... not 76/114?  The reason I'm doing the "diet thing" is because of elevated blood pressure and high cholesterol ... AND I've been taking and recording my blood pressure for the last week +.  Today I was 134/78.  Do you find that you are all over the place with your blood pressure readings??  I've been anywhere from 127 to 148 for the top number and 75 to 84 on the bottom.  I'd be interested to know your results.  Thanks!

[Magpie]

I was horned about 45 years ago

Please explain?

[TalkingRat]

Ah, Magpie, nothing interesting like running with the bulls.   Julie was one mean 2 year old heifer my parents had bartered for beef, and my brother's responsibility.  But my mom begged me to go feed her because my brother had forgot.  We had no gates, just barbed wire access.  Once I gave her the grain, she knocked me to the ground and at some point horned me in the outer calf.  No pain, but I remember being somewhat hysterical and my mom was upset because I forgot to take off my muddy boots.  :shock:  Hey, I was standing on linoleum, LOL.  I pulled them off where I stood and out plopped a couple thick splats of blood, surprising even me.  She was going to send me to the tub, changed her mind and called the doctor.  It was Saturday, office closed in ten minutes.  He stayed to give me that extra tetanus, and told me it was the deepest puncture wound he had seen in 17 years of practice.  I believe it, he gave me a local and probed, and the pain level was beyond description.  Maybe he saved my life with the extra tetanus, but he sure was stingy with the stitches, I don't know that he did any stitches on the inside, and just two on the outside (1" scar).  That thing still bothers me.

Is it time for more scar stories?   

[frenata]

Terri, Don't you mean 114/76? ... not 76/114?  The reason I'm doing the "diet thing" is because of elevated blood pressure and high cholesterol ... AND I've been taking and recording my blood pressure for the last week +.  Today I was 134/78.  Do you find that you are all over the place with your blood pressure readings??  I've been anywhere from 127 to 148 for the top number and 75 to 84 on the bottom.  I'd be interested to know your results.  Thanks!

I've had very difficult to control BP. It runs in my family strongly, and getting fat sure didn't help. I've been on a number of different medications, and two at once for the last few years.

Since I've lost this weight, my doctor has had to reduce my medication twice. And I think he's going to have to do it again. I felt all swimmy and light-headed this weekend. I thought maybe I had a bug. But then I checked my BP and it was 100/65 -- I think "perfect" is something like 115/65.

[Clarinette]

Talking Rat,

Not a scar story but a story inspired by yours.

At my parents house when I was young, there was a nice dish cabinet that was coming from my Mom's Mom. It was at the bottom of the strairs in the Kitchen. There was very precious peaces of dishes. Memory of my Grand Mother. The house was a old house and the stairs where not large enough. Being young and clumsy, I trip and I went flying right into the window of my Mom's beautiful Antique Dish cabinet.... She just came to me very wondering if I got hurt! Both looking to see how hurt I was, she realized that I wasn't hurt at all ......Then I recieved the speach lolllll  I am still laughing about it today because it was so funny in a way to see her so mad after knowing that everything was allright with me. It become a real joke for all of us after. Nothing was broken in the cabinet except for the window !:)

[losing-it]

I'm using a supplement which reduces blood pressure and helps libido at the same time (Oxegen BP) -- it's based on Nobel prizewinning science for stimulating Nitric Oxygen release and circulation with the peptides. It employes C-12 peptide (a milk-casein product) and L-arginine (as Arginine Alpha-Ketoglutarate), an amino acid. I added it to my regimen of supplements to help increase oxygen and circulation flow even to the cellular level last year when I was feeling very fatigued and terrible with CHF - before I started fat-loss and found SLD.

During my last visit to my GP, my BP and heart-rate has been so good, he cut one of my diuretics (for BP and fluid) in half and stopped one med altogether. He said that the L-arginine is contributing to increased libido (which was made null and void over the past couple years by overweight, symptoms of CHF, medications for heart, low-thyroid). I feel that it is one factor (along with ECP therapy for heart) in my revived energy, also. I still feel amazingly great - even younger and very alive. For my self-help, I had added supplements which I felt would increase cellular oxygen (including Lumina CellFood drops). I'm not promoting the brands, just using them -- I don't know about other brands which might do the same things. It's worth talking to your doc about trying it, I think, for anyone interested.

http://www.oxegenakg.com/

[Terri]

Oh my gosh, bulls are very dangerous and I am glad you lived to tell the story, TalkingRat!!! Whew ~ close call!
Bookgirl BP numbers were 114/74!    That's what I meant to write! Anyway, the nurse was happy with my BP! I meant to tell everyone here that she wanted to weigh me but I said "I don't need to be weighed" and she was very nice about it and said ok. I am still aiming for June 1st to get on the scale and nothing is going to get in my way of weigh in day!!! I am totally not wanting to weigh myself before that day. And I really am going to have to be ready for June 1st. Most of you know I have an aversion to scales. Too much of an obsession with them a few years back. But I am going to do it on June 1st. I am planning on buying a new scale and make my dh weigh himself first to see if it is even close to accurate and then I will step on it in total privacy!!!
Frenata, in working with people in the Zone support group, we had older people who were on BP meds and they had to be taken off the meds. This one man did it himself by cutting back 25% a week till he was taking 1/8 a tablet. He was almost 80 and very happy to be off his. I imagine that your weight loss and use of ELOO has had a wonderful impact on your BP. I am happy for you!
This morning in the newspaper, there was an article on what affects cholesterol and one thing that said didn't have any affect on cholesterol was eating fruit. But I know different. I had a man in the Zone support group who was a total athlete and he ate very healthy following the Zone diet and taking Omega 3 and just doing everything he could to be healthy. He never ate sugar. But his dessert twice a day was an apple. He continued to have high cholesterol. It wasn't until he cut back to half an apple twice a day that his cholesterol came down. The reason his cholesterol came down was because of lower blood sugar. So I think fruit can affect cholesterol. Just thought I would mention that situation if anyone is having cholesterol issues. But then with all of us taking good ELOO, we are all less at risk of high cholesterol. Yeah!! Thank you Seth!!
Terri

[Terri]

Okay, my dh is taking L-Argenine and now Losing-it, I am going to start taking it!! You have  me convinced! I am glad it is working for you. Anything to help us feel younger and more energized!  There is nothing going to stop us baby boomers!  We will be booming strong through our 80's!!!!
Terri

[TalkingRat]

Clarinette, isn't it funny how a parent's emotions can change, once they know their child is all right.  I'm glad you weren't hurt, too!