Johnny Hammersticks

Thank you for the reassuring words. This is hitting me like a brick, and it has been a bit alarming given my Father's recent aneurysm. I am sort of snapping out of the "shocked" stage, and am hitting the "I gotta do what I gotta f$&@in do stage because I want to walk my daughter down the aisle some day" stage. I'll get it done.

The doctor said I didn't need meds yet, but that they'd re-evaluate in 6 months. I'll probably ask the cardiologist when I go for the Echo. Not a big fan of medications. I did read about the CoQ10 and I think I'll give it a try, thanks. Beets, eh? First I've heard of that. I do like beets. Wow! That's tremndous, JR. I think I could easily get down to 180 and that would help things I believe. I do eat pretty well already though, but I suppose I could use that $3000 treadmill in my basement a little bit.

What was most shocking to me is that I have always had a cholesterol screening done as part of my annual physical. Never been an issue in the past. Just snuck up on me.

Haha...turmeric and green tea. Got it. Doc said no meds yet. She did say to take omega 3 and whey protein. Gonna give those a try.

So, I'm 38 years old...5' 11" 190 pounds. Not in the best shape of my life, but I'm relatively active and have always been in good health. Also, I eat very well, in large part, due to my wife's dietary needs. Mostly lean meats grilled or baked with gluten-free rice and fresh veggies usually steamed. I do have the occasional pizza or sub sandwich, but I very rarely eat fast food. I do light weight training 3-4 days per week, and we do a lot of walking/hiking with the kids. The last couple times I've seen my doctor my blood pressure has been pretty high. I believe it was 138/80 this most recent time. My doctor decided to do some lab work, and she just called me with the results. My Tryglicerides (sp?) are off the charts, and my cholesterol was moderately high (total was 229). My family history is very significant for heart disease. My maternal grandfather died at age 48 of heart disease, and my Father was just diagnosed with an aneurism in his Thoracic Artery. I'm totally FREAKED OUT!! My doctor is saying that I need to eat better (I don't even know how I could do this), and she wants me to give up alcohol all together. Any words of wisdom? Encouragement? Advice? My doctor scheduled me for an Echo Cardiogram at the end of April.

Funny you bring this up. My son (first grade) had his first school performance last night. These kids don't exactly have their "theater voices" yet, so everyone was struggling to hear their kid's lines. Well, this little girl came strolling down the middle of the auditorium aisle screaming "no!!" repeatly at the top of her lungs. No parents followed her or tried to stop her. The principal had to pick the girl up and bring her to her parents who were laughing about the whole thing. They were kind of WT though, so it was not too shocking.

Hahaha...

Worse draft pick ever...

He'll be comfortably laid back in commonsense's recliner petting his dog and drinking his good bourbon.

Wait until a big DT like Dareus wraps up those get away sticks. Snap, crackle, pop!

Looks like he skipped "leg day" a few too many times.

Worse. Greg LeMond

Mitchell Trubisky. A nice man named Ryan told me so in the shoutbox. He also offered to send me a large bag of candy if I would mail him a pair of my dirty socks. Weird.

What these millenials need is to get smacked in the head with a 9 iron a few times. That will get them up and moving around the room...locate their socks maybe (I stole that from George Carlin). Haha.

1st in flight, 49th in education! J/K...I loved living in Charlotte. Kids on their iPads at dinner drives me crazy. This could go in the pet peeves thread. Lazy parenting, IMO. Interact with your kids once in a while...the little pricks will thank you for it in the future. If they can't make it through a meal at a restaurant without disrupting others, then they're not ready to go to a restaurant yet.

Had some delicious beef tongue "lengua" tacos at this amazing Mexican restaurant in Burlington. Tender and delicious meat.

What if you have a pre-existing condition?

There is a local hiking/biking trail that is owned and maintained by the city. I take my kids there all the time, and these mountain bike dorks with the spandex pants and the extra fat tires are constantly coming close to running over my kids. They seem to get pissed off when hikers are on the trail, and they have to slow down and maneuver around them. I'd love for one of those algae eating bike hippies to stop and give me crap just once. I'd punch them right in the snot locker like I used to do back in high school. They always curse and "gesture" as they're speeding away.

Ah missed that... I coach lacrosse, and one of my players tore his meniscus wrestling. He tore it near the end of the season, had arthroscopic surgery, and just got cleared today by his doctor for full contact. I think his recovery from the surgery was about 5 weeks.

Weird. I wonder what went wrong? Torn meniscus is a relatively common procedure, right?

Thanks for mutton!

TSW has become unreadable.

You are quickly becoming one of my favorite new board members.

My pants just got a little snug in the front.