4:30AM What are you doing today?

[heavyhitter]

Had a pretty good day yesterday too. Went for the hat trick and nabbed all 3

 

[OuchThatHurts]

Had a pretty good day yesterday too. Went for the hat trick and nabbed all 3
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Nice roundup!

 

[Durro]

Up and at ‘em! Today is Bi’s and Tri’s just took 5mg Cialis and getting ready to go. Supersets today one bi one tri etc. pump town here I come! Later we place 8yd of concrete enjoying this good weather seems like spring only had like two weeks of winter so far it’s going to be a short one.

 

[heavyhitter]

Still working. Off in an hour and then headed to the gym for push day. Will be taking a 1 gram sodium chloride tab pre workout and already had a half a cialis. This should lead to a pretty nice pump along with my intra shake. Looking forward to it and a good nights sleep

 

[pheenix]

Had a pretty good day yesterday too. Went for the hat trick and nabbed all 3
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Nice work Hitter.

 

[OuchThatHurts]

Up and at 'em. It's cardio time. Morning treadmill in AM, maybe hit the heavy bag tonight. EAT!

 

[fastlife]

Quad day!!

 

[OuchThatHurts]

My monthly bloodwork came in. There's the good, and the not so good. The bad point is lipids (obviously, 950mg test/week). My doc bro seems to think I should stop the Viberzi. He said it can cause problems in the gall bladder and bile ducts and can lead to pancreatitis. Although pancreas and kidneys are good he says play it safe. He said that may be causing the higher lipids with not digesting fats well enough. Still referred me to a lipidologist to make sure I'm not beginning stages of fatty liver disease just to be safe. Didn't want to do a male hormone panel said, "I don't even want to look at those numbers." I said, "No, you probably don't." I feel great.

Standard, comprehensive metabolic, and lipid panels:

Cholesterol Total: 262 High (definitely needs work)
HDL: 38 Low (a little low but not bad)
LDL: 224 High (this is for a limited duration but I'll still get some medication, don't like statins)
Triglycerides: 839 High (insane but around where my father's are at 84yrs-old, genetic)

Glucose: 96 (great)
Urea Nitrogen (BUN): 10 (great)
Creatinine: 0.98 (great)

Sodium: 139 (great)
Potassium: 4.1 (great)
Chloride: 101 (great)

AST: 42 High (a little high)
ALT: 57 High (a little high) like AST but doc says, "I couldn't give a shit about that with your exercise."

PSA: 1.67 (great) Doc says, "No wonder you still have your hair." LOL

 

[heavyhitter]

My monthly bloodwork came in. There's the good, and the not so good. The bad point is lipids (obviously, 950mg test/week). My doc bro seems to think I should stop the Viberzi. He said it can cause problems in the gall bladder and bile ducts and can lead to pancreatitis. Although pancreas and kidneys are good he says play it safe. He said that may be causing the higher lipids with not digesting fats well enough. Still referred me to a lipidologist to make sure I'm not beginning stages of fatty liver disease just to be safe. Didn't want to do a male hormone panel said, "I don't even want to look at those numbers." I said, "No, you probably don't." I feel great.

Standard, comprehensive metabolic, and lipid panels:

Cholesterol Total: 262 High (definitely needs work)
HDL: 38 Low (a little low but not bad)
LDL: 224 High (this is for a limited duration but I'll still get some medication, don't like statins)
Triglycerides: 839 High (insane but around where my father's are at 84yrs-old, genetic)

Glucose: 96 (great)
Urea Nitrogen (BUN): 10 (great)
Creatinine: 0.98 (great)

Sodium: 139 (great)
Potassium: 4.1 (great)
Chloride: 101 (great)

AST: 42 High (a little high)
ALT: 57 High (a little high) like AST but doc says, "I couldn't give a shit about that with your exercise."

PSA: 1.67 (great) Doc says, "No wonder you still have your hair." LOL

Viberzi definitely strains the gallbladder. It’s actually contraindicated in patients who have had their gallbladder removed as there is more than a 70% chance that it will cause pancreatitis. My GI prescribed it to me about 4 years ago to help my ibs and I did some research and found this. There’s actually a warning right on the medication

 

[heavyhitter]

My monthly bloodwork came in. There's the good, and the not so good. The bad point is lipids (obviously, 950mg test/week). My doc bro seems to think I should stop the Viberzi. He said it can cause problems in the gall bladder and bile ducts and can lead to pancreatitis. Although pancreas and kidneys are good he says play it safe. He said that may be causing the higher lipids with not digesting fats well enough. Still referred me to a lipidologist to make sure I'm not beginning stages of fatty liver disease just to be safe. Didn't want to do a male hormone panel said, "I don't even want to look at those numbers." I said, "No, you probably don't." I feel great.

Standard, comprehensive metabolic, and lipid panels:

Cholesterol Total: 262 High (definitely needs work)
HDL: 38 Low (a little low but not bad)
LDL: 224 High (this is for a limited duration but I'll still get some medication, don't like statins)
Triglycerides: 839 High (insane but around where my father's are at 84yrs-old, genetic)

Glucose: 96 (great)
Urea Nitrogen (BUN): 10 (great)
Creatinine: 0.98 (great)

Sodium: 139 (great)
Potassium: 4.1 (great)
Chloride: 101 (great)

AST: 42 High (a little high)
ALT: 57 High (a little high) like AST but doc says, "I couldn't give a shit about that with your exercise."

PSA: 1.67 (great) Doc says, "No wonder you still have your hair." LOL

Also, do you take tudca? Newer research seems to be showing that it can condition your own bile salt to be less caustic on your digestive system, while also aiding your ability to break down fats and reversing some damage to the gall bladder system. Something to think about maybe. And since you still have your gallbladder, might not be a bad idea to use some ox bile to help digest fats and remove some of the load your gallbladder has to carry

 

[OuchThatHurts]

Also, do you take tudca? Newer research seems to be showing that it can condition your own bile salt to be less caustic on your digestive system, while also aiding your ability to break down fats and reversing some damage to the gall bladder system. Something to think about maybe. And since you still have your gallbladder, might not be a bad idea to use some ox bile to help digest fats and remove some of the load your gallbladder has to carry

This is good. Because you know I'll be obsessing over that triglyceride number until my next blood panel. 3 more bottles of Liver Well just arrived yesterday. I'll check out TUDCA/UDCA.

 

[OuchThatHurts]

Viberzi definitely strains the gallbladder. It’s actually contraindicated in patients who have had their gallbladder removed as there is more than a 70% chance that it will cause pancreatitis. My GI prescribed it to me about 4 years ago to help my ibs and I did some research and found this. There’s actually a warning right on the medication

Dude, I'm going to miss that Viberzi. Any lower abdominal cramps, even like when you do a lot of crunches, it's gone in 5 minutes. I'm allergic to almost every opioid. They work but I get violent nausea and puke and dry heaves. It's been decades. But that element in opioids that relaxes the muscles of your intestines and get's rid of cramps and the squirts was what it was originally for. Paregoric that's been sold in pharmacies since the 1800's is morphine!

Viberzi has all the GI effects but nothing else. It's an amazing piece of chemistry and I will miss it. Immodium now. Great...

 

[heavyhitter]

Dude, I'm going to miss that Viberzi. Any lower abdominal cramps, even like when you do a lot of crunches, it's gone in 5 minutes. I'm allergic to almost every opioid. They work but I get violent nausea and puke and dry heaves. It's been decades. But that element in opioids that relaxes the muscles of your intestines and get's rid of cramps and the squirts was what it was originally for. Paregoric that's been sold in pharmacies since the 1800's is morphine!

Viberzi has all the GI effects but nothing else. It's an amazing piece of chemistry and I will miss it. Immodium now. Great...

Ya man, I was pretty devastated that the only fda approved treatment for ibs in existence, that also seems to be effective, is something I can’t lose. I struggled for a long time at that point wondering if I could go on doing this any longer. I was being hospitalized for dehydration once or twice a month. Violent diarrhea and fermented vomiting a couple times a week. The last time I was in the hospital the GI told me he thought I should use thc to help my symptoms, and when I told him I couldn’t do to working in the prison system he said I should consider finding a new job. I was so frustrated that all the tests were doing were showing nothing they could pinpoint. I was in the hospital for 5 days. They almost removed my appendix (it was very swollen on mri) until the surgeon actually came and asked me some questions and determined that wasn’t it(my guts were swollen because of all the execess bile being leaked into my lower intestine)At one point the nurse told my wife while I was in the restroom
that if I didn’t calm down they were going to put me on a 72 hour psyche hold. I’ve really been struggling the last week or two also. I’ve gone to the bathroom probably 15 plus times a day for over a week now. It causes me a lot of anxiety at times. I guess it’s time to try again with the gi and see if there’s any answers

 

[Durro]

It’s Sunday I’m getting ready for the gym. It’s leg day for squats three plates is standard weight I will add twenty pounds per side each set if I feel good I will work up to four plates 405 but lately not so much I’m pulling back on intensity this month I’m staying at 335 - 355 higher reps of course so am I really backing off intensity? Then I will decide what other exercises I will do as I go and after training rest and do a few things around the house and meal prep of course

 

[pheenix]

Up and at 'em. It's cardio time. Morning treadmill in AM, maybe hit the heavy bag tonight. EAT!

Ive been adding in heavy bag rounds for a few years now. keeps things sharp

 

[pheenix]

Ya man, I was pretty devastated that the only fda approved treatment for ibs in existence, that also seems to be effective, is something I can’t lose. I struggled for a long time at that point wondering if I could go on doing this any longer. I was being hospitalized for dehydration once or twice a month. Violent diarrhea and fermented vomiting a couple times a week. The last time I was in the hospital the GI told me he thought I should use thc to help my symptoms, and when I told him I couldn’t do to working in the prison system he said I should consider finding a new job. I was so frustrated that all the tests were doing were showing nothing they could pinpoint. I was in the hospital for 5 days. They almost removed my appendix (it was very swollen on mri) until the surgeon actually came and asked me some questions and determined that wasn’t it(my guts were swollen because of all the execess bile being leaked into my lower intestine)At one point the nurse told my wife while I was in the restroom
that if I didn’t calm down they were going to put me on a 72 hour psyche hold. I’ve really been struggling the last week or two also. I’ve gone to the bathroom probably 15 plus times a day for over a week now. It causes me a lot of anxiety at times. I guess it’s time to try again with the gi and see if there’s any answers

Seen brothers with similar symptoms down range. Alot of it was stress related. Get better bro.

 

[joos23]

Meal prepped and tried to get a little workout in. Recovering from covid ughh

 

[goback2013]

Ya man, I was pretty devastated that the only fda approved treatment for ibs in existence, that also seems to be effective, is something I can’t lose. I struggled for a long time at that point wondering if I could go on doing this any longer. I was being hospitalized for dehydration once or twice a month. Violent diarrhea and fermented vomiting a couple times a week. The last time I was in the hospital the GI told me he thought I should use thc to help my symptoms, and when I told him I couldn’t do to working in the prison system he said I should consider finding a new job. I was so frustrated that all the tests were doing were showing nothing they could pinpoint. I was in the hospital for 5 days. They almost removed my appendix (it was very swollen on mri) until the surgeon actually came and asked me some questions and determined that wasn’t it(my guts were swollen because of all the execess bile being leaked into my lower intestine)At one point the nurse told my wife while I was in the restroom
that if I didn’t calm down they were going to put me on a 72 hour psyche hold. I’ve really been struggling the last week or two also. I’ve gone to the bathroom probably 15 plus times a day for over a week now. It causes me a lot of anxiety at times. I guess it’s time to try again with the gi and see if there’s any answers

Maybe look into a CBD/CBG tincture.
Or make your own from isolate.
Only gotcha is that whatever get doesn't contain traces of D9

 

[OuchThatHurts]

If not already in, I would recommend you look into crypto (if you can handle the volatility). Very bullish on ADA and have a lot invested in it. My likely pick to be a 2022 top coin. Although riskier, I have a good amount of money also invested in meme coins like DOGE and SHIBA also. I bought low, so I’m just HODLing.

Own $BTC, $ADA, $ETH, $LINK, and $DOT
Had 4.0023 $BTC sold 2 a week ago at $50.5k I bought those in 2017 and had to dig out my old ASUS laptop because I forgot about them in the was over $60k but fell to $30 by the time I found my old password. Still own 2. It's too much to lose. Bought all 4 for just under $1400 bucks. I have too much crypto exposure.


> p.s.:
> I'm glad I reduced my holdings. Had I not sold those 2 BTC, I'd have $30k less $ in just this couple
> weeks.

 

[OuchThatHurts]

Weighted chins, close-grip underhand pull-downs, t-bar rows, rack deads. I am cooked. 40g whey isolate, 10.5 oz chx breast, 2 cups jasmine rice. Still hungry. Going to add in 1.5 cups dry cream of wheat (+150gm carbs). After that hopefully I'm feeling pretty lit.