I have a medical condition which will be tough to treat, and it means the end of radio (for now)

Goddammit! All this talking about what *Druff* needs to so to get healthier has put a burr under my ass to take my own advice. Mind you, I can’t get a treadmill to take with me on the road, but I *can*, FFS, moderate my quite-considerable daily calorie intake...



...and get to walking to more than just the bathroom and buffet line.



So, as soon as I run across a scale in a truck stop bathroom, I’ll officially get my “starting” weight, then shoot for 20 lbs less than that in 2 monthss. Because if Druff can lose 17 lbs in just 3 weeks, and chinamaniac can lose another 40 in 4 months (?), I should be able to Jedi-mindtrick my way into doing 20 in 2 months.

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If you're not worried about being unproductive and just focusing on being comfortable/not in pain why not just put a little THC in your system and see if helps?

I promise you won't turn into Micon.

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THC will make my situation worse.

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You just gave it away. Unless you have lung cancer, smoking dope will not worsen any life situation except for anxiety in some

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I find it both funny and sad how cocky Druff still is about his excellent health. The cholesterol was a guess and I'm also guessing you're on drugs to keep it low. How's the sodium levels?

100% is a between the ears issue. If it wasn't the Xanax would have had zero effect. The guy either has anxiety or is depressed or both.

But self medicating and diagnosing is def the prudent thing when one has a dibilitating illness.

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I have been to several doctors. Idiots on the forum are just assuming I am self diagnosing/medicating. You also need to take charge of your own health situation and not just blindly do what doctors tell you, because they basically see you for 15 minutes, take a guess, and walk out.

It is mostly agreed what I have, but treating it is the hard part.

I have not taken any cholesterol meds in my life. Cholesterol levels are mostly hereditary. Many people refuse to admit that because they like feeling in control of their health. Sodium levels have never been a problem for me, though blood pressure is moderately high (also mostly hereditary, btw).

I am not being cocky about anything. I wish I didn't eat so much this year, which possibly caused the chain reaction of issues I'm having now.

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I dont get why people are giving Druff shit for self diagnose and self medicating. This isnt the 1950s. We have a lot more resources these days to figure out what is going on with our own bodies. In many cases, the the only reason to see a generalist is to get a referral for a specialist. Your typical doctor ( non specialist) is in his first few years of residency and doesn't know shit. NEVER trust a non specialist doctor to treat anything but the most basic shit. I am talking about super basic like i have the flu and need Tamiflu.

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THC will make my situation worse.

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You just gave it away. Unless you have lung cancer, smoking dope will not worsen any life situation except for anxiety in some

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If Druff is honest to god suffering from anxiety issues/depression/mid life crisis bs then he should be thrilled with the diagnosis. Anyone over 35 goes through this shit whether they want to admit it or not. The hardest thing for me was to acknowledge as much because I thought I was a weak faggot for being affected by this shit. While you may never be 100% the same as prior it does subside and you live life pretty much the same. The xanax I speak of is not even close to a regular occurrence. I took the crazy pills route for around five years (lexapro) then the doc and I decided to ween off earlier this year due to it not working any more. Not sure it ever really worked to be honest. Pretty much fine now. Still have anxiety but everyone does. No panic shit though. That was what put me on it in the first place.

Dark times for sure and I don't wish that shit on anyone.

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I have been to several doctors. Idiots on the forum are just assuming I am self diagnosing/medicating. You also need to take charge of your own health situation and not just blindly do what doctors tell you, because they basically see you for 15 minutes, take a guess, and walk out.

It is mostly agreed what I have, but treating it is the hard part.

I have not taken any cholesterol meds in my life. Cholesterol levels are mostly hereditary. Many people refuse to admit that because they like feeling in control of their health. Sodium levels have never been a problem for me, though blood pressure is moderately high (also mostly hereditary, btw).

I am not being cocky about anything. I wish I didn't eat so much this year, which possibly caused the chain reaction of issues I'm having now.

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I dont get why people are giving Druff shit for self diagnose and self medicating. This isnt the 1950s. We have a lot more resources these days to figure out what is going on with our own bodies. In many cases, the the only reason to see a generalist is to get a referral for a specialist. Your typical doctor ( non specialist) is in his first few years of residency and doesn't know shit. NEVER trust a non specialist doctor to treat anything but the most basic shit. I am talking about super basic like i have the flu and need Tamiflu.

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Because when you self diagnose aka webmd.com then you will think you have cancer by a tooth ache basically. Sites like that are what cause the anxiety in the first place. Trust me on this one. That place is satan. Druff's brother is a big shot doctor. He doesn't need to self diagnose.

My throat issues were so bad that I couldn't eat a fucking french fry one night. Couldn't drink water. It was baaaaaaad.

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I dont get why people are giving Druff shit for self diagnose and self medicating. This isnt the 1950s. We have a lot more resources these days to figure out what is going on with our own bodies. In many cases, the the only reason to see a generalist is to get a referral for a specialist. Your typical doctor ( non specialist) is in his first few years of residency and doesn't know shit. NEVER trust a non specialist doctor to treat anything but the most basic shit. I am talking about super basic like i have the flu and need Tamiflu.

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Because when you self diagnose aka webmd.com then you will think you have cancer by a tooth ache basically. Sites like that are what cause the anxiety in the first place. Trust me on this one. That place is satan. Druff's brother is a big shot doctor. He doesn't need to self diagnose.

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Druffs brother is a big shot doctor in his own field. The best thing Druffs brother could do is to guess what is going on and refer him to a highly competent specialist in the field he thinks is applicable and go from there. Chances are Druff's brother isnt equipped to tackle the problem Druff is having. And Druff should not even listen to his brother in this matter if it is anxiety /depression related. He should only listen to him in regards to a referral of another doctor he respects.

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Because when you self diagnose aka webmd.com then you will think you have cancer by a tooth ache basically. Sites like that are what cause the anxiety in the first place. Trust me on this one. That place is satan. Druff's brother is a big shot doctor. He doesn't need to self diagnose.

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Druffs brother is a big shot doctor in his own field. The best thing Druffs brother could do is to guess what is going on and refer him to a highly competent specialist in the field he thinks is applicable and go from there. Chances are Druff's brother isnt equipped to tackle the problem Druff is having. And Druff should not even listen to his brother in this matter if it is anxiety /depression related. He should only listen to him in regards to a referral of another doctor he respects.

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I knew a top surgeon in Canada was in my dad's wine tasting group. At the time I was deciding whether to apply to med school and asked him his thoughts. I remember him telling me how a good chunk of time he would have no fucking clue what was going on with a patient and you had to just take a shot in the dark. But that's also what he loved about it because it was one hell of a rush to find yourself in that situation and succeed. Then again he also told me the best way to get Dr's to stay in small communities was to get a bunch of young hot chicks there.

http://youtu.be/mnYcEoXRVOI

If you're ADD go to a minute ten

Oh you poor baby, you've been diagnosed with anxiety issues. How special.
Anyone on this forum could have diagnosed this.
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Oh you poor baby, you've been diagnosed with anxiety issues. How special.
Anyone on this forum could have diagnosed this.
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lol. What a let down. If anxiety really is the main issue I'd wager shutting this thing down for a month minimum would be the proper way to go for him. This is basically a free speech hate type messageboard where people are constantly fighting over stupid shit. It's a stressful place by definition. Entertaining nonetheless.

go to the fucking gym and stop eating like shit and you will be fine druff.

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go to the fucking gym and stop eating like shit and you will be fine druff.

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Not that simple.

People like to say, "Live a healthy lifestyle, and you'll be healthy", but that often isn't true.

FYI, I've lost 20 pounds and eaten much better since this started, but I haven't gotten better yet. In some ways I've gotten worse.

I have two separate things which are not easily cured, and neither is understood particularly well.

be like your idol druff 85 exercising and still going strong

https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/06/healt...rnd/index.html

Regarding the LPR, here is a 2008 document from the National Institute of Health claiming that several studies debunked the use of PPIs (Nexium, Prilosec, etc) being effective to treat LPR. They are effective for GERD and other reflux symptoms, but not LPR. They showed that placebo and PPI medicines were “curing” LPR at approximately the same rate.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2503658/

This paper in 2017 claimed that a “plant based diet” and Alkaline water were more effective in treating LPR than the PPIs: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28880991 (abstract only)

Yet you go to the Ear Nose and Throat doctor, and he will put you on Nexium when LPR symptoms seem to be presenting.

In reality, little progress has been made in LPR treatment since that 2008 NIH paper above, and it's still likely being treated incorrectly. It has also been poorly studied in general, and there are websites all over the place from years-long, frustrated LPR sufferers who insist that nothing they do can solve the problem.

For certain conditions, going to the doctor and following the doctor's advice to the letter (and taking all prescribed medication) is a must.

For other conditions like LPR, you're getting a lot of guesswork from your doctor (even a specialist), and very likely a treatment plan proven 10+ years ago not to be effective.

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be like your idol druff 85 exercising and still going strong

https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/06/healt...rnd/index.html

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She is a small woman, so she has a huge edge over me in health just from that. Look at who typically lives to 100. Hint: It's typically not tall men.

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go to the fucking gym and stop eating like shit and you will be fine druff.

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Not that simple.

People like to say, "Live a healthy lifestyle, and you'll be healthy", but that often isn't true.

FYI, I've lost 20 pounds and eaten much better since this started, but I haven't gotten better yet. In some ways I've gotten worse.

I have two separate things which are not easily cured, and neither is understood particularly well.

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are you exercising?

I wish you the best Druff. @ least do some walking if nothing else. godspeed

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Regarding the LPR, here is a 2008 document from the National Institute of Health claiming that several studies debunked the use of PPIs (Nexium, Prilosec, etc) being effective to treat LPR. They are effective for GERD and other reflux symptoms, but not LPR. They showed that placebo and PPI medicines were “curing” LPR at approximately the same rate.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2503658/

This paper in 2017 claimed that a “plant based diet” and Alkaline water were more effective in treating LPR than the PPIs: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28880991 (abstract only)

Yet you go to the Ear Nose and Throat doctor, and he will put you on Nexium when LPR symptoms seem to be presenting.

In reality, little progress has been made in LPR treatment since that 2008 NIH paper above, and it's still likely being treated incorrectly. It has also been poorly studied in general, and there are websites all over the place from years-long, frustrated LPR sufferers who insist that nothing they do can solve the problem.

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Presence of moderate-to-severe GERD disqualified patients in some studies (Havas et al 1999; Vaezi et al 2006). Excluding patients with frequent heartburn or severe esophagitis might be problematic as the study population may not reflect daily clinical practice.

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Also, see this one from earlier in the article:

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An association between gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms and laryngeal symptoms such as hoarseness, cough, globus sensation, throat clearing, laryngitis and pharyngitis is supported by observations of frequent occurrence of these symptoms in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD). In an Italian study, 74.4% of GERD patients had at least one extra-oesophageal symptom and throat symptoms were reported by 19.9%–38.7% of the patients (Dore et al 2007).

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Now answer this question: Did you have *any* gastric reflux? Or *only* LPR symptoms in your throat? Because if you also had gastric reflux, the results of the first study you linked to do NOT apply to your case, which would be one of co-occuring symptoms, not LPR casused by some other factor (such as smoking cigarettes or exposure and inhalation of toxic fumes in a home or workplace accident,, etc.).

I ask this because I recall you mentioning that you had gastric reflux and started taking Gaviscon to keep the additional bouts of it from re-activating the pepsin in your throat.

So, while you are correct to note that LPR *by itself* is not treatable with a PPI, for those with gastric reflux, or at risk of it recurring, taking a PPI can help to reduce the likelihood that the LPR condition is prolonged by additional exposure of the throat to gastric fluid pushed up into the throat by reflux.

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go to the fucking gym and stop eating like shit and you will be fine druff.

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Not that simple.

People like to say, "Live a healthy lifestyle, and you'll be healthy", but that often isn't true.

FYI, I've lost 20 pounds and eaten much better since this started, but I haven't gotten better yet. In some ways I've gotten worse.

I have two separate things which are not easily cured, and neither is understood particularly well.

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He is right. If it is a panic disorder brain thing (i have no idea) exercise is going to do little to help right now. In fact, if we are dealing with panic disorder all exercise is going to do is increase heart rate and potentially create new panic attacks. The problem needs to be fixed and then you can add in all these other things. I used to get rolling panic attacks. It was like a bad drug trip. You would feel as if you were dying and then it would sort of go away only to come back. If this is what he is going through you basically cant do anything.

NO supplement is going to help cure it but supplements can help to not make it worse. For example, potassium , magnesium and a B and K multivitamin. Especially since it doesn't sound as if you are eating much.