Recent content by psweath

Give 'em up, unless you suffer from PIP (Previously Important Person) syndrome.

Grew up with a love for biking and working on bikes, so at age 65 I now am a volunteer mechanic one day a week at a local non-profit used bike shop. Love it. I also work in my basement on friends' bikes from our community bike club. I know the owner of a local for-profit bike shop, and he was in...

Since you said, "We are Christians", have a look at Celebrate Recovery (celebraterecovery.com). It's a Christ-Centered 12-Step recovery program based on the AA model, but with more (much more) of the spiritual component. You can find a group finder on the website which will direct you to a local...

From another forum I belong to - this article is lengthy but some good thoughts for consideration in here. Finding A Doctor Edition: 2016-04-29 Top recommendation: adopt a lifestyle that minimizes the need for interaction with the so-called healthcare system...

Searched the thread -didn't see anything about whether the restaurant rebate applies to Starbucks purchases? Anyone know? Thanks.

3 yrs. cash at Sallie Mae and local CU. The rest of my 50/50 allocation is split between previous employer's 401K and Fidelity. I like the Stable Value fund at the 401K, and it also has many fund choices, so the only plans of moving out of there are partial withdrawals to my Roth IRA at...

"he will be going to AA meetings this Sat and Sun." Make sure he understands that AA is not a weekend program. For someone like him, he needs something more like 180 meetings in 90 days. As others have said, you're a great friend, but you're wasting your time if he's not admitting he has a...

FYI, Denver metro, my Farmers 2M Umbrella is $189 annually. One house, two vehicles, just me and wife, no kids. From the sampling, yours looks way higher than national average.

Hi Ian - I think you have a good plan to get another scan. As far as the muscle aches on a statin (that you are gratefully not experiencing now), these are often alleviated by supplementing some CoQ10. CoQ10 is a naturally-occurring substance in our bodies that produces energy for cell growth...

I too had neck/back and knee issues. One day after the regular exam and treatment, my PA says to me, "Pete, have you ever considered Yoga?" He went on to say, "I've been doing it for about two years now...." and so then the guy had immediate credibility with me. He wasn't just lecturing me about...

Geez, why do docs say things like, "as high of a score as I've ever seen!" He just hasn't seen a whole lot of scores then. The preventive cardiologist and internist that I help specialize in this stuff and have many, many patients with higher scores than that. Heck txtig, it might be ALL hard...

Yes! Radiation levels have dropped! Depends on the scanner, but the EBT scanner I use is the same level of radiation as a mammogram, so I have no qualms about doing it yearly.

If you follow a prevention model, the guideline is age 40 for men and age 50 for women (heart disease affects more women than men, but it affects them about 10 years later). If you've got additional risk factors, you would get scanned earlier. If you follow the allopathic (conventional) model...

Being in the 95th percentile equates to a >4.5% annual risk of a heart attack. Not bad for one year, but multiply that X10 for your 10-year risk, and we're at 45%. "the cardio guy said "Oh you're doing great! That stuff takes decades to build up!"" .....I would run away from this guy. This is...

Wow, great to hear that folks have found some doctors for whom the cath lab isn't their only response! And yes, diet is (almost) everything! (actually I think it's about 80% diet/lifestyle, and 20% genetics). My diet differs than those above in that I embrace Low Carb/High Fat. I did Low Fat for...