How is your Health? The State of Being Thread

I am overweight, and as a result I have the associated issues of blood pressure, blood sugar, slight knee problems, self esteem etc. I also have other mental issues. Though generally speaking I'm all right. Occasional calcific tendinitis in the shoulder, but it goes away.

I just turned 30 though, so the health problems are only going to increase from now on.

I've had a migraine every day since December. I think I'm going to donate this head to Shego and see about getting a new one.

-Low activity level, so poor muscle tone (not out of place in a tech, though).
-Depression (sucks)
-GERD (highly annoying, but manageable with OTC meds)
-Vision deteriorating (it was extra-good before, so now I'm probably 20/30 or something)
-Plantar Fasciitis (did too much walking last Summer, never recovered since I can't rest my feet for a few days and I can't afford the splints)

Except for the depression, it's all a rather low level of misery, more like an inconvenience, which is why I don't make too much of it.

--Patrick

- Um, finally got my Thyroid back under control after having about 3-4 months of pure day in day out horrendousness. Seriously, the symptoms of a bad thyroid are more than you can count on fingers and toes together on maybe 2 people. Ugh. Thankfully got my blood levels normal again.

- Fought a bad 4 days worth of food poisoning about a week ago. Feeling better now too.

Guess I can't complain? I mean even weight wise I just want to lose about 10 vanity lbs. I'm about 5secs from posting "White People Problems Lady".

I had a physical recently. Other than some minor joint problems attributed to a genetic bone disease, and the fact that I'm fat, I got a clean bill of health. Blood pressure, cholesterol, heart, lungs, prostate (thanks doc, not even a call afterwards?) and various internal whatever levels all came back good. It's actually inspired me to start eating healthier and exercising more in hopes of keeping things that way.*


*Of course, I've made that decision before in the past.

I love hearing guys whine about Prostate exams. I've been having my invasive exams since I was 15? 16?

Turns out I'm not diabetic. Blood pressure is trending down. Have edema in both legs; need to start wearing compression socks or something like that. Also need to lose quite a lot of weight, and am starting to see a nutritionalist about that.

Am ignoring the mental problems still.

My teeth are killing me right now. Two of them are in desperate need of repair, but funds are low and insurance is non-existent. Fortunately aspirin keeps the worst flare-ups to a dull ache.

The weather is putting the squeeze to me. 60s and 70s in the day and low 30s at night has me feeling like one of those stress dolls. Crushing weight on the chest and my head feeling like it's about to pop. At least I'm not really feeling the need to pop a nitro pill as often as that would sound.

And my elbow. I don't think there's been any cartilage in there since junior high. Sounds like a cement mixer when I rotate my right arm.

Other than that, I'm fine

Mediocre, but no spectacular illnesses going on.

After a bout of depression, which resulted in my takign poor care of myself, I have finally:
- Got back into a healthy weight range (after being under weight)
- Started excercising again (I lost some muscle during the depression, had trouble doing things I usually found easy)
- Actuall getting some sleep
- My blood has started clotting faster than it usually does so thats a plus (I cut myself all the time at work, normally bleed slowly for hours on end. Nothing major just a pain in the ass)
- Knee hasn't started playing up since the weather started to get cold yet (fingers crossed)

All in all I'm going from kinda crappy to excellent. Just have a few anxiety and self confidence issues to sort out and I'm fine

I think the biggest medical issue I've ever had was getting my wisdom teeth remove. Paragon of health. Wait, no, I forgot about that popped disk back in college. That sucked monkey balls. The MRI showed that I actually had a second one that I never noticed. My doctor told me to take it easy with the weight lifting.

And I'm really surprised my knees have kept up as well as they have. I played tackle in middle school through high school, and goalie in college. No knee problems ever (crosses fingers).

Terribly minor complaint: talking on the phone for 6-8 hours a day is really bugging my throat.

My main problems stem from my weight. I'm working to get it down but it seems like all I do is gain or stay in place, never lose.

My working overnights on the weekend followed by a full time school schedule is really starting to get to me. I'm finding that I sleep longer and longer monday after classes, and have started getting pretty bad headaches. I'm sure the stress isn't helping with that either.

My exercise stamina is awful, but otherwise I'm healthy enough. I should start running again or something.

Bad. Made a mistake with diet and I've been having stomach cramps for the past little while. Finally getting that under control. Worried because some of the other problems caused by it haven't started to improve yet. Going to give it a couple of days and then give my doctor a call if it still hasn't gotten completely under control.

Did you know that if you get colonoscopies twice in one year, you get treated like a regular by the nurses?

I am cancer free, but I am still feeling the effects of being cooped up for so long. I have not started working out yet, so my stamina is basically gone.

I am doing pretty well health wise. Granted my blood pressure is probably a little higher than it should be for my age and I occasionally have back issues (such as sciatica) but for the most part I am doing fairly well. I am not overweight but and in hopes of keeping it that way (if not improving it) I recently joined a gym for my overall health and I have also been trying to eat healthier since I tend to feel better when I don't eat as much junk food.

Dave said:

I guess I'll find out Thursday. I have a mondo checkup planned to go over every inch of my body to see what's what.

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Maybe they'll find the remote!

Overweight and stressed. Physical health fine, mental health in danger.

Physically I am the same as always. Allergies making me miserable. Mentally thought I am really losing it. Stupid school stress it'll be over soon.

Ohh, I wish I could hug everyone. I didn't realize just how much everyone goes through...I hope virtual hugs will suffice.

And yes...I just hugged everyone in this thread...even if you don't want one from me. Ha!

My health: I think I'm doing well, I've had all of this extra energy lately so I've been exercising twice a day - just a light run in the early afternoon and interval training in the evening. And mentally, I'm probably the happiest I have ever been, life is good and lovely. I mean, I guess..I'm still blind (yes, I really am legally blind without corrective lenses..), but I've been this way for years, so it doesn't bother me. I'm happy that I can be in good spirits and be there if anyone needs some bolstering up. =^^=

I'm a little out of shape but not that heavy. I may have arthritis though, I drank a lot of soda in Elementary and it runs in my family. My joints crack more than old styrofoam.

I'm realizing my post sounds self pitying. Weight should be one of the easiest things to change but for me it's like fighting the god damn hydra.

My sister and her friends have convinced me to start the Couch to 5K plan. I went with them the past two nights...the first night I nearly died. The second night was actually a tiny bit better...but they still left me in their dust.

My husband has reminded me I am losing a itny bit of weight since igave up chocolate (for discussed ethical reasons) and started to learn how to cook at home even more.

SO maybe it's not all that bad?

So far my health has been pretty good. I have a bit of a belly but the doctor told me my weight is right around where I would want it for my height. I had one scare nearly a year ago where I went swimming, over-exerted myself in the deep end and nearly passed out (thankfully, only when I actually got out of the pool, would have been much worst if it happened in the water). I got a checkup and they said it was likely a mix of heat stroke combined with the fact I never really exercise, so my body was not ready to handle prolonged swimming like that. Scared the shit out of my wife though, because she was walking with me when my eyes suddenly went black and I tumbled over into the hillside to lay down and control my breathing. I will spare people the details of what happened when my sight returned.

Ever since then I have the occassional dizzy spell, usually really quick and not all that distracting. I asked the doctor about it, and he told me it's likely just a lingering effect from the swimming event that can go on for another year or two. I was skeptical but the dizzy spells are growing farther and farther apart, so now I only get one a week rather then before, when it was like twice a day.

Just in case though I have been working out more, half an hour on the elliptical every day after work.

I'm in generally good shape except that both of my kids (3 year old and 5 month old) have the chicken pox right now and dealing with the two of them while trying to take care of business and spend time with my wife has the two of us at our wits end.

So yeah... stressed out to the max (though still small potatoes compared to a lot of people here).