What RUINED your day today?

[KitKat]

A good friend has just been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease...upset and very sad...

Hugs for you V.

[JBRG]

Locked out of the dog park.  Took my little Basset Buddy Gus to the dog park as usual.  As we neared the park (It's next to the airport) an Airport Policeman stopped us.  He said the dog park was closed.  Someone had been spotted climbing the fence into the runway area and they were doing a search.

I turned the car around and as we retraced our route, I glanced over my shoulder.  His chin was on the back of my seat and his eyes looked so sad.  I found a place to park and we walked for awhile, until the rain started again.
Not a good dog park day, but Gus was happy.  Dogs are so easy to please.

I can understand why they closed it. The city built a dog park right next to where I teach motorcycle riding. When a dog "escapes", we stop what we are doing until the mutt has been rounded up. Thankfully it happens only 2 or 3 times per year.

[msslave]

No it wasn't a dog. 
A person went over the fence.  That's what they were looking for.  Just keeping everyone away while they searched.  The airport owns the dog park area and lets dog owners or walkers, in my case, use the area.

[Lois]

A good friend has just been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease...upset and very sad...

Here is a joke for you:

An elderly gentleman in a nursing home was dating an elderly widow. The gentleman would play with her pussy and spend the night in her room. One day the widow told him that she did not want to see him anymore, that she had found a new gentleman caller. 

He was very upset and asked her, "What does he have that I don't have?"

She replied, "Parkinsons."

Indeed, I dated a gentleman with Parkinson's for a time and it was very nice.

Now I know Parkinson's gets steadily worse, but there are some incredible advances being made to stop its progress.  Hopefully your friend will be one of the first to benefit from these advancements. 

[Lois]

Last week (forgot to mention it):  Had a webcam on a garden hose shoved up my ass; afterwards the doctor told me I was full of shit, AND HE PROVED IT!  Y'all suspected, but I have photographic evidence. 

This was the second attempt.  The prep didn't do much of anything useful the first time, and I'd THOUGHT that the 2-day prep worked the second try.  Nope!  Still have nearly a sixth of the bowel surface covered with hard, crusty crap that a pressure washer couldn't dislodge.  I'm now taking something to hopefully soften and release the built-up stuff that's fermenting in my lower gut, waiting for a THIRD round of bowel prep.  Oh, fucking joy.

DOes the doc have any idea what caused this? 

[ChirpingGirl]

Hawt. 

But soon mid 70's for a while.

[vinney]

A good friend has just been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease...upset and very sad...

Here is a joke for you:

An elderly gentleman in a nursing home was dating an elderly widow. The gentleman would play with her pussy and spend the night in her room. One day the widow told him that she did not want to see him anymore, that she had found a new gentleman caller. 

He was very upset and asked her, "What does he have that I don't have?"

She replied, "Parkinsons."

Indeed, I dated a gentleman with Parkinson's for a time and it was very nice.

Now I know Parkinson's gets steadily worse, but there are some incredible advances being made to stop its progress.  Hopefully your friend will be one of the first to benefit from these advancements. 

   and thanks for the wishes Lois...

[RopeFiend]

Last week (forgot to mention it):  Had a webcam on a garden hose shoved up my ass; afterwards the doctor told me I was full of shit, AND HE PROVED IT!  Y'all suspected, but I have photographic evidence. 

This was the second attempt.  The prep didn't do much of anything useful the first time, and I'd THOUGHT that the 2-day prep worked the second try.  Nope!  Still have nearly a sixth of the bowel surface covered with hard, crusty crap that a pressure washer couldn't dislodge.  I'm now taking something to hopefully soften and release the built-up stuff that's fermenting in my lower gut, waiting for a THIRD round of bowel prep.  Oh, fucking joy.

Does the doc have any idea what caused this? 

I have a meet & greet with him on Tuesday.  Yeah, I'll ask, but he'd already blamed it on my high-fiber diet.  You need fiber in your diet to keep things running smoothly, but on the AutoImmune Protocol I'm on, my diet is 80% veggies, 10-15% meat, and 5-10% fruits, berries and seeds.  BOATLOADS of both digestible and nondigestible fiber in the veggies, and the gut bacteria are overwhelmed with food.  Apparently constipation is a common result of the AIP diet, from what I've read.

<reply to Staci>  I'm not grouchy, I'm in better spirits than I've been in a long time.  

Oh, and my new (as of January) GP is finally coming around.  She still wants me to stop smoking, but the diet change impressed her.  I'm kinda/sorta following a path that her parents (Ayurvedic practitioners in India) would be supportive of, though she can't openly since she's a regular allopathic MD.  She approved of what I've been doing (full lifestyle change, including eliminating toxins in my home environment).

Herm.... one thing that Gina hadn't noticed about going Paleo (roughly the same as my diet) is that the total volume of semen from an ejaculation is down to half or a third of what it'd been on my former diet (organic vegetarian).  Not a girl thing, so it wouldn't hit on her radar.

[Lois]

I would have thought a high fiber diet would keep the colon clean.  Strange indeed!

[RopeFiend]

Damn, I'm getting forgetful now that I'm off caffeine and the low thyroid is predominant.

The ORIGINAL reason I meant to post today:  I sat down, and it still hurts.

I'm unusually skinny... WILDLY so.  So much that I have to special-order my jeans here in Dallas.  Then 10 weeks ago I went sorta-Paleo and lost another 8 pounds in about a week.  I lost about a pound off the belly, 1 to 2 off the hips, and MY ASS IS GONE.  I went from a cute little bubble-butt to just FLAT GONE.  So, no more padding.  Nada.  Zip.  There's maybe a half inch or more of muscle between the pelvic bone and the ground.  I plopped down on the floor like I've done all my life and damned near broke my pelvis.  The kitchen is tiled, no bounce, and I ain't got the cushion I used to have.  I have to be careful from now on.   

[Lois]

A big bowl of brown rice will clean you out and add a few pounds 

[_priapism]

I'm on a diuretic, which pretty much makes my colon Death Velley Days.  So, I ate two cans of Hormel chili recently.  Took four days to come out.  Try Uncle Sam's cereal.  It's like eating ground glass mixed with sand, but at 11 grams of fiber per serving, it will clean your alimentary canal.

[Athos_131]

You live in Texas and you eat canned chili?

My digestive system would revolt as well.

#Resist

[RopeFiend]

I'm not sure what 'Uncle Sam's cereal' is, but it's probably forbidden on my Autoimmune Protocol diet.  I get plenty of fiber... BUTTLOADS of fiber.  
Two weeks ago the doc said that was the problem (excess fiber causing my little bacterial friends to go berserk).

So, not enough fiber = constipation, and too much fiber = constipation.  I'm screwed either way, 'cos I'm not changing my diet for at least 6 months.  I'm staying almost pure AIP until then to give it a realistic chance at working, and then I'll have the TPO antibodies retested to see if the immune response is lowering.  If it's working, then I stay on the AIP diet until the antibodies are down in the 'no further damage' stage, then I'll start adding SOME of the currently-forbidden foods (like eggs, nuts and cheese) back in.  However, I'll be gluten-free forever, whether the AIP diet works or not.  There's just TOO much evidence that gluten caused the initial autoimmune response, and I can't afford a flare-up.


Google to the rescue!  Here's the poop on 'Uncle Sam's cereal', and yep, it's got gluten:

Uncle Sam High Fiber Breakfast Cereals
An American Original since 1908, Uncle Sam high fiber cereal has nourished families for over 100 years! With two varieties of Uncle Sam high fiber breakfast cereals to choose from, it's easy to find a flavor to love. Hard red winter wheat berries with flaxseeds make this a wholesome high fiber & heart-healthy cereal. Stay fit, full and feeling your best with Uncle Sam breakfast cereals featuring all the benefits of high fiber.

Hmmm... the flaxseed should be ground before eating to get the benefit, or else it passes through the alimentary canal virtually undigested.  If you like seeds in your poop, cool for you!  I grind my flax, but it spoils REALLY rapidly after that.  I grind what I'm going to use right at that moment.

Uncle Sam's 'gluten free' cereals are also forbidden, as they're either rice or corn based.  I'm not allowed ANY grains, although the Celiac crowd says that gluten-free rolled oats don't cause them any GI issues, and Celiacs are the Gold Standard for GI problems.  I've had a few bowls of GF oatmeal in the last 10 weeks or so.  Takes about 10 minutes to cook the Old Skool way.

[Lois]

I am sad because I just found out that a co-worker died on Sunday. Probably from a heart attack. He was very obese and working hard to lose the weight required so he could be approved for geriatric surgery.

I liked the guy. He was very kind and thoughtful.

Farewell my friend.

[IdleBoast]

Ouch, that's rough.

(((Hug)))

[vinney]

My thoughts are with you and for his family...

[Lois]

Food is a necessary addition.  That is what makes dieting and  loosing weight so hard.  If it was easy, it would not be such a problem.

I am overweight and would like nothing better than to loose weight, but ever diet I've started has been marked by weight gain.

[Katiebee]

Weight gain is normal, even when combined with vigerous exercise.

My dad says the only time he really lost weight was during Ranger training. And that combined extreme exercise, lack of sleep, and lack of food.

[MintJulie]

I am sad because I just found out that a co-worker died on Sunday.

That's so sad, Lois.   I'm sorry to hear this.  *hugs*

I'm not going to push diets on anyone.   I'll say what I do.   I eat a lot.   Small portions, but all day long........8 times a day, it might just be an apple, but I'm always putting something in my mouth.    I also drink lots of water.   I go potty once an hour I drink so much.   12 ounces in, 12 ounces out.    Those two things combined keeps the metabolism going.   I exercise more than most people, which obviously helps, but my sister didn't exercise and would eat and drink similar to how I did and it would keep her weight down.