Good morning!!!!

[LS Tractor Owner]

Quote - RNG --"Hope you got some good news, too, Ted. You're too long overdue for some."
--------Well, I posted the outcome of my ortho appointment Thursday afternoon....not the news that I was expecting...not in a good way.... I don't want to repeat it all again.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 25, snowing right now, supposed to go up to 50. What a change...numerous times over the last few days...nice and warm / sunny, then crazy wind and dust storms, calm but very cool yesterday, now snow today!

This morning on the news, it was reported that Minnesota got "SNIRT"....a combination of dirt and snow. Guess where that came from? They are reporting that the dirt kicked up by the wind here in NM and NW Tx traveled 1300 miles up into Minnesota and mixed with the snow! I believe it.

Today's agenda is to finish getting all the misc. / spare parts for the VW bugs together in one spot. Guy is coming tomorrow to buy my 2 bugs along with everthing that goes with them. Sorry to see them go, but no time and no desire for them anymore.

I hope everyone can get what they want to accomplish done today without any difficulties! Prayers sent for all as usual.

 

[PJSprog]

44°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 60° today.

Thinking I'll wait until it warms a bit today before going out to mow.

 

[RoyJackson]

2019-04-13, 0556
Dump run and haircut are the first orders of business. I need to get a 9/16th's socket and combination wrench to finish up assembling the aerator assembly I'd started last weekend...then attach a hitch to the Z920 (which is probably what I'll tow the aerator with. As we're looking at almost an inch of rain tomorrow (Sunday), I hope I get these chores completed today.

Got the dump run and haircut...and picked up a 9/16ths combination wrench (found the 9/16th's socket).
However, change in plans...nice sunny day and wifey wants to go for a ride...so, that's the plans. Haven't determined a destination yet...if we decide a specific destination.
So, drive somewhere today, complete the aerator assembly tomorrow. We still have too much snow (25-35 percent of the lawn) to use the implement anyway...

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Oh, forgot the pic of the snow.

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Morning Everyone!!!!!!

A rainy/foggy 45ºF; 59ºF presently with the fog lifting and the cloud deck thinning; and if the sun does appear, temps my approach mid to high 60ºF's.

Don- Thank you for providing the CoQ10 information and link. I've never been on statins, but do take the supplement "semi-regularly". I am med compliant with prescribed meds; supplements not so much. I agree that proper diet can negate the need for most of the supplements.

Actually I am learning a lot about CoQ10 from all the posters. Thanks

Ted- Thanks for sharing your world. I never saw/heard the weather term SNIRT before. Good luck with the VWç—´. Reading about your knee makes my knee seem almost normal. I really hope the pain and swelling can be addressed without a knee replacement.

The Orthopedist basically told me to let pain be my guide as to activity. This does not work too well for me; I usually discover after the activity that it was an activity to avoid. As of this AM I am discovering that stairs still create a challenge but I was able to move vehicles around in the driveway and did my first dump run since midJanuary. Brogen scored like a bandit with all the treats he got at the dump. Mr Knee is really complaining at the moment, but no swelling so far. Today will be a day of off-on activity. I really need to address Brogen's driveway deposits. It was a major miracle that I was able to avoid every deposit. Everywhere I look around here is a project waiting. Self-regulation will be a challenge this PM if the sun comes out. The tractor has not been operated since January. I should see if it starts, but itç—´ too wet to do much around here yet.

GM is a great help. Thanks everyone.

I hope that everyone is having a decent weekend and plans and projects are successful.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[txdon]

In that case you shouldn’t need statins either then. !

The Dr. was first talking about getting off statins by diet so you don’t need the coQ10.
LDL less than 90 is needed. I can get that number on this diet but if you have high risk heart disease the number should be less than 70 LDL.
In other words if I would have been plant based earlier in life I could have avoided the statin and side effects. At least with the diet it’s the only med I take.

 

[toppop52]

The Dr. was first talking about getting off statins by diet so you don’t need the coQ10.
LDL less than 90 is needed. I can get that number on this diet but if you have high risk heart disease the number should be less than 70 LDL.
In other words if I would have been plant based earlier in life I could have avoided the statin and side effects. At least with the diet it’s the only med I take.

You know I was pulling your chain?

My cholesterol has only tested over 200 once in my life, and it was back down three months later, I’m ver fortunate with that, never been skinny in my life. I was very athletic as a younger man, but never looked the part.
Last exam about six months ago, my LDLwas mid 80’s and total was 189.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning to all! Low of 25, snowing right now, supposed to go up to 50. What a change...numerous times over the last few days...nice and warm / sunny, then crazy wind and dust storms, calm but very cool yesterday, now snow today!

This morning on the news, it was reported that Minnesota got "SNIRT"....a combination of dirt and snow. Guess where that came from? They are reporting that the dirt kicked up by the wind here in NM and NW Tx traveled 1300 miles up into Minnesota and mixed with the snow! I believe it.

Today's agenda is to finish getting all the misc. / spare parts for the VW bugs together in one spot. Guy is coming tomorrow to buy my 2 bugs along with everthing that goes with them. Sorry to see them go, but no time and no desire for them anymore.

I hope everyone can get what they want to accomplish done today without any difficulties! Prayers sent for all as usual.

More on the dust storms from Space ...... courtesy of NASA.

Storm System Stirs Up Dust

 

[txdon]

You know I was pulling your chain?
.

Yes I saw your grin.
Posted for other people who might have thought of that question, which is a legit question if you don't know my medical history.

Edit: another thought - on the plant based diet the Cholesterol number is about always constant. Your cholesterol level does increase when you eat meat/animal products and then decreases back to a fasting normal when you take a blood test. It takes about 4-6 hours for your cholesterol level to go down after a meat meal - of course then you eat another meal and your average cholesterol number stays high. That is why people with good fasting cholesterol numbers can still have plaque build-up, have a heart attack and die.

This was pointed out to me with graphs and everything by the research Cardiologists at Houston Herman Memorial Hospital in the Century Study.