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zzyzzogeton said:
Back on line after a little weight reduction surgery - had a half pound gallbladder removed that was, to quote the doctor, "full of sludge". My pancreas got really pissed off when I had a gallstone get passed and had to spend a week in the hospital with pancreatitis.

I told him "So, my check engine light came on, huh?"

Belly is still hurting from the surgery, but now I don't have to worry about more gallstones getting hung up in the bile ducts. That gave me my new "10" on a scale of 1 to 10.
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Heal well man, good to see you back. :thumbsup:
 
zzyzzogeton said:
Thanks, Tanker.

Everyone hits a certain age when you fall apart faster than you can get healed - last August I had back surgery to chisel out a bone spur growing into a spinal nerve root at L5-S1, This year, I was diagnosed with gout back in August, now the gallbladder. Sometime after the first of the year I get my 12 inch abdominal hernia (been living with it since March 2004) and an inguinal hernia repaired. At some point, I'll need rotator cuff surgery on both shoulders, and during the CT scan for the pancreatitis, they found a 9 cm cyst growing on my left kidney.

But at least I'm still looking at the grass blades and not the roots. :thumbsup:
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Yeah they don’t make OEM parts anymore. Aftermarket or rebuild is all you can do.
 
MolokaiRider said:
Well that sounds awful. Any ideas on how they occur? Is it luck if the draw or from food/drink?
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The doctors don't really KNOW what causes gallstones, but they have a pretty good idea what aids in their formation.

There are 2 types of gallstones - cholesterol based and bilirubin based. The stones form when the bile stored in the gallbladder has too much of one or the other and starts to clump or condense into "stones". Cholesterol based are yellowish and bilirubin ones are dark brown to black.

Contributors to cholesterol stones are a high cholesterol diet, high fat diet (and the subsequent high cholesterol levels in the blood), lower fiber diets, sedentary lifestyle, having diabetes, being overweight or obese.

Bilirubin stones come from excess bilirubin, which is the result of old red blood cells being broken down in the liver. Contributing factors to these stones are liver diseases, cirhosis of the liver, blood disorders such as sickle cell anemia, general anemia, or leukemia.

And as with all diseases, heredity/family history plays a big part, as well.

Mine was most likely due to heredity. My mother and little sister both had their gallbladders removed. My mother's was full of stones, my sisters had crystalized. Mine was "full of sludge".

I have been on a low cholesterol diet/low fat diet for years. All my blood tests for years have been within normal limits. I don't drink a lot of alchohol, which is the leading cause of liver diseases. So I guess I just "got lucky" with the heredity factor.

The internet has a bunch of articles about gall bladder friendly diets, but they are all kinda BS speculation and boils down to loose weight slowly, eat a high fiber diet, limit saturated fats in your diet, exercise and maintain a healthy weight. The same stuff doctors always tell you to do anyway.
 
zzyzzogeton said:
The doctors don't really KNOW what causes gallstones, but they have a pretty good idea what aids in their formation.

There are 2 types of gallstones - cholesterol based and bilirubin based. The stones form when the bile stored in the gallbladder has too much of one or the other and starts to clump or condense into "stones". Cholesterol based are yellowish and bilirubin ones are dark brown to black.

Contributors to cholesterol stones are a high cholesterol diet, high fat diet (and the subsequent high cholesterol levels in the blood), lower fiber diets, sedentary lifestyle, having diabetes, being overweight or obese.

Bilirubin stones come from excess bilirubin, which is the result of old red blood cells being broken down in the liver. Contributing factors to these stones are liver diseases, cirhosis of the liver, blood disorders such as sickle cell anemia, general anemia, or leukemia.

And as with all diseases, heredity/family history plays a big part, as well.

Mine was most likely due to heredity. My mother and little sister both had their gallbladders removed. My mother's was full of stones, my sisters had crystalized. Mine was "full of sludge".

I have been on a low cholesterol diet/low fat diet for years. All my blood tests for years have been within normal limits. I don't drink a lot of alchohol, which is the leading cause of liver diseases. So I guess I just "got lucky" with the heredity factor.

The internet has a bunch of articles about gall bladder friendly diets, but they are all kinda BS speculation and boils down to loose weight slowly, eat a high fiber diet, limit saturated fats in your diet, exercise and maintain a healthy weight. The same stuff doctors always tell you to do anyway.
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences. I used to exercise regularly and be cognizant of my food/drink intake. Five years ago I left a comfortable career to launch a business. The increased work load and stress has all but eliminated that regimen, which is now manifesting as fatigue and a well pronounced gut.

Your story is another reminder to carve time out for personal health.
 
Grrr. My country in COVID Lockdown again...
Sigh...
Sorry, I know there's bigger problem but I need to vent.
 
1066vik said:
Too much work, not enough forge time!
One of my favorite bartender's bday is 12/23 and i need to make her a cap lifter or something.
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Oh, no! That's a priority!
I smashed some rebar into a brutish cap-lifter/dashi combo about 8" long (probably posted it here) and gave it to my local liquor store guy.
 
knoefz said:
Grrr. My country in COVID Lockdown again...
Sigh...
Sorry, I know there's bigger problem but I need to vent.
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Happening here too in New England.
State-wide mask ordinance just went into effect today. People are grumpy about it, but as a fed I've been doing it for the last 18 months, so no change for me. Word on the street is we'll likely be remote for at least the first week of classes next month until things settle down.

Our state case numbers are fixing to eclipse our 2020 peak. (deaths are down, fortunately)
RI stats: https://www.wpri.com/covid-19-tracking-timeline-maps/
 
daizee said:
Happening here too in New England.
State-wide mask ordinance just went into effect today. People are grumpy about it, but as a fed I've been doing it for the last 18 months, so no change for me. Word on the street is we'll likely be remote for at least the first week of classes next month until things settle down.

Our state case numbers are fixing to eclipse our 2020 peak. (deaths are down, fortunately)
RI stats: https://www.wpri.com/covid-19-tracking-timeline-maps/
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Hey Daizee -

You ever get down to Kingston for Mexican food at El Tapatio? I was at Newport NS when it first opened back in 1986. The food was blah, and they served the fajitas on stone cold ceramic plates. I told the owner that he needed to take a trip down to San Antonio (and gave him several establishments to go to) and see how they did it there. A couple of months later the entire menu was revamped.
 
daizee said:
Oh, no! That's a priority!
I smashed some rebar into a brutish cap-lifter/dashi combo about 8" long (probably posted it here) and gave it to my local liquor store guy.
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first piece of steel I found tonight was a piece of 1x1/8 mild.
I got the 1" hole punched, but one edge cracked. :(
tomorrow I'll dig out a piece of rebar or maybe some 3/4 x 1/4 and see if that works better.
if I go that route, I'm tempted to cheat and drill a starter hole before I start heating and stretching.
 
20 degree windchill is so much colder than just 20 degrees. The wind is always weaseling it’s way thru and exploiting every gap in my armor
 
Supposed to be 50° and sunny here on Christmas day. 60° and rain for Christmas eve. When I was young, there was always snow on the ground here for Christmas. We used to have snow all winter long, that's pretty much how we knew it was winter. Now, we're lucky if we get one snow per year.
 
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