Posts by Douglas Ramos2

Lawrence King572 said:Can I just soak it in bourbon? Is it okay to let the product sit in liquid, or does it need to be exposed to the air?

Good grief... does the average American household not have at least a few bottles of bourbon sitting around? And I've definitely never heard of Dermalogica before...

velvetwolf26 said:Metaplasia is basically when one type of mature cell gets swapped out for another mature cell. But I’m specifically trying to dig into nitrogen metaplasia—the whole process, what causes it, the potential issues... just everything. 🤷 I tried searching on Google, but I couldn't find anything that actually made sense (honestly, I'm starting to lose hope of finding answers online, so I'm really counting on you guys!)🙂

If I remember correctly, that's an early stage of cancer.😕

Man,🙏 😂 🙏 😂 ...
on topic: why isn't this modified so we can actually eat it?

jadesailor14 said:A real post, in the truest sense of the word, would be suggesting you don't eat at all during the day just so you can gorge yourself overnight 😕 since you mentioned even gaining weight during those hours

That’s exactly what I'm struggling with too.😕 Honestly, I feel like this topic doesn't belong in the Health section—it belongs in 😁Fantasy

The basic concept behind "total therapy" for fighting tumors and cancer is pretty straightforward:
It involves a 42-day fasting period where you're strictly limited to specific natural vegetable juices and certain herbal teas. The idea is to force the body to go through stages of consumption—first burning off fat deposits, then moving on to proteins. The theory suggests that by cutting out protein intake, you're essentially starving the cancer cells, since they rely on protein to grow and spread. Throughout the entire process, you have to drink plenty of tea and perform regular enemas to help flush out the toxins being released, which can otherwise build up in your kidneys, liver, or intestines. The goal is that after 42 days of this disciplined regimen, the body will have naturally cleared out the malignant cells.

Timothy Morgan38 said:Well, hmmmmm... I have the drive to fix my mobility issues... but my main thing is that I won't let anyone pressure me. I don't recognize authority or any kind of coercion...

But once I decide to do something on my own terms, it usually clicks perfectly...

The Orbitrek isn't really my thing... tried one at a friend's place and it just wasn't it... it started annoying me after two minutes...

Lifting weights, on the other hand, doesn't irritate me because I did it when I was younger and I still have the drive for it...

Anything but running...🤣

Well, lifting weights is great for building muscle, but it isn't really about cardio.🙄 You can't really compare it to cycling or using an Orbi-trek. If your goal is to lose weight and stay healthy, you probably shouldn't just stick to the weights. Heh, the reason you don't like running or the Orbi-trek is because they wear you out—and that just means you're actually working hard.😉 ...

Ethan Kelly4 said:So, my routine basically looks like this: I get up at 4:30 AM to eat, grab some coffee and juice, and then I don't touch any food again until sunset, around 6:35 PM.

Then it's just me, constantly lurking on the forums... I definitely tend to do most of my eating late at night.😁

Timothy Morgan38 said:I work from home.😍

I mean, I do stuff around the house—mowing the lawn, cleaning, helping out... but it doesn't even come close to the amount of steps she gets compared to me...

And as for that 200 meters, I think I overstated it😢

Sometimes it’s even less... it's terrible... I'm fully aware I need to do something about it, but I have no clue what... walking isn't really an option because my neighborhood is way too busy and not exactly pedestrian-friendly, and even if it were quiet, walking alone feels kind of depressing...

The only real solution I see is hitting the local gym twice a week to hop on a stationary bike, stretch a bit, and lift some weights... nothing crazy to "bodybuild," just enough to tone up and actually burn some calories.

Or maybe just buy a Peloton and grind on it every single morning and right before bed...

Anyway, I have to brag a little... I worked out a bit this morning, stretched out this afternoon, and now I’m planning another 15-20 minutes of movement tonight.

But will you actually have the motivation to go?😉 ...I feel like I've been saying "I'll start tomorrow" for ages now, and yet, here I am.

and maybe buy a stationary bike so I can ride it every morning and right before bed...

I bought an Orbi-trek and used it for a few days...😁 ...it’s honestly much better than a regular stationary bike.👍

Ethan Kelly4 said:On the flip side, some people just eat regularly during the allowed hours and try to stick to high-quality food, so they actually end up gaining weight.
If anyone thinks they can pull that off, be my guest!

But then how is that even a fast?... I don't get it... what does it matter what time you eat if you're eating the same amount or even more?🤷

1. I’m carrying about 65 pounds of extra weight...not
2. I don't get any exercise at all....me neither
3. I smoke...same here
4. My job is totally sedentary...so is mine
5. I don't eat nearly enough fruits and veggies...I eat way too much of those

It would be perfect if I could just quit smoking and start a sport to drop the weight...

But trying to do both at once is basically an impossible mission... you'll go crazy without the cigarettes and end up eating like you've never eaten before. Trust me, especially if you already have a bit of a sweet tooth or a habit of overeating. I ended up gaining about 13 pounds in just a few months... first it was the smoking, then the weight followed right after.

Are you talking about the Brojsov method?

Timothy Morgan38 said:As far as I know, nobody in my family has dealt with thrombosis...

My dad has some issues with blood pressure (it's slightly elevated) and general circulation...

When I checked my own pressure at Amanda Long30's place right after it happened, it was 125/85.

By the time I got to the hospital about an hour later, it was down to 120/80.

As for the whole blood clot thing... maybe... who knows...

Since I barely move from my chair, my circulation probably isn't exactly stellar...

The bottom line is that I need a total lifestyle overhaul, which is always the hardest part... primarily, I need to actually start moving more and quit smoking...

If it helps at all, I dealt with so much stress when I was trying to quit smoking... I'm being totally serious... I eventually realized that the little bit of damage from smoking wasn't actually worse than the massive stress of dealing with withdrawal.😁 ..

Carol Wright said:Yeah... whether it's typical or not... I mean, where would the stress even come from if everything is going perfectly? Back then, I didn't even know what stress felt like—none of that nervousness or fear of things going wrong... it was probably the most ideal period of my life. 😉 hehehhe
But you're right about one thing, and that's the worst part... being sent home like that without any real help.

Neurologists have actually found that about 95% to 99% of everything we do is handled by our subconscious. That’s why we rarely even notice how we're behaving half the time.
☕

Timothy Morgan38 said:Temporary blindness in my right eye lasting about five minutes... no symptoms, no pain, nothing...

It just suddenly started descending like some kind of curtain over my field of vision, and within 20 seconds, I couldn't see anything with that eye... though it wasn't pitch black, more like grayness

Then after maybe five minutes, the vision from the bottom started slowly creeping back up, returning to about 75%, except I couldn't see the upper inner quadrant... there was this little cloudiness there...

By the time I woke up in the morning, everything was fine; my entire field of vision seemed normal.

As soon as it happened, I rushed to the ER... the doctor was very kind and immediately wrote me a referral for neurology...

I went to neurology, the specialist examined me and said this was actually an ophthalmology case...

And naturally, my mind went straight to the worst-case scenario... a brain tumor... because I had no idea vision could just vanish like that without any warning signs... and the only thing I'd read online was that vision loss happens when a tumor presses against the optic nerve...

So I asked her, and she politely replied that she "didn't think so" since all my other functions were fine... balance, no headaches, coordination, reflexes—I haven't really dealt with headaches much anyway, just occasionally—so she told me she didn't think it was that...

I went straight to the eye specialist, who checked me out and scheduled me for the next day...

Woke up the next morning, vision was 100% back to normal (no more clouds)...

I went in for an additional exam where they found a tiny retinal detachment... so they went ahead and treated it with a laser immediately (said it was preventative)... the doctor wasn't even sure if such a minor detachment could have caused the vision loss, since it was barely visible; they had to look at it from every possible angle for a long time just to decide it was a detachment and not just "normal" anatomy...

He gave me a few possible causes for the vision loss:
1. That detachment they lasered
2. Poor circulation in the eye
3. High blood sugar
4. And he repeated that it wasn't a tumor, because the optic nerve would show signs of something that dangerous

Other than that, the eye looks perfectly healthy—no damage, no burst vessels, everything is a 5 out of 5...

It is true that my vision in that eye has been slightly weaker for a while now (the image is just a bit blurrier than the left) and my eye wanders a little due to the muscle...

But I’ve never had vision issues on this scale before...

And besides all that, the doctor asked me during the exam if I was under a lot of stress

She mentioned that, along with what we already discussed, stress can cause vision loss... whether it's by weakening circulation so the eye momentarily lacks blood flow or some other way, I couldn't quite get the specifics...

So now I'm stuck in this loop, wondering if it was stress, circulation, or the detachment...

Honestly, I was scared shitless (mostly just from the uncertainty)... and I'm still feeling pretty unsettled...

Because the doctor tells me there aren't any supplements that can actually improve ocular circulation (meaning they exist on the market, but they do more harm than good) and he can't say with 100% certainty if this will happen again... it might never happen again, or it could happen multiple times...

😲 ...that's just terrifying...
I know someone who woke up completely paralyzed and ended up in a wheelchair, even though there wasn't any nerve damage or anything physical wrong... they just woke up that way. As far as I know, they were participating in some medical studies over in the States, and I honestly can't make sense of it... the brain is just such a mystery.🙄

Carol Wright said:I’m actually quite curious about the answers to those questions
Timothy Morgan38 raised.
To be honest, I have this growing suspicion that our overly passionate doctors tend to blame everything on STRESS whenever they run into a medical mystery they can't immediately solve.
Take my own experience this past spring—one night, right as I was heading to bed, I felt this intense tightening in my throat, like I was being suffocated. I couldn't catch my breath. And, well, who can sleep through something like that? The next day, I went to the doctor, and of course, they just bounced me from one specialist to another. Eventually, they sent me for allergy testing. During the shots, I actually had a reaction to certain substances—nothing major, but enough to notice. They ran blood work and all that typical testing, only for other doctors to tell me, "Okay, we found high levels of histamine in your blood, but you aren't actually allergic to anything." Their grand conclusion? It's all just STRESS. They wouldn't believe me when I insisted it wasn't—I really wasn't stressed at all during that time; everything in my life was actually wonderful. Now, for instance, I *am* under a lot of stress... yet that choking sensation hasn't returned once.

That choking sensation is such a classic stress symptom... though allergies can feel similar too.
...I actually spiraled thinking I was suffocating... even after they found a tiny cyst on my thyroid that was way too small to be causing any actual pressure. But if you haven't felt it, you really don't know how scary it is. 😲..
It’s one thing for doctors to chalk everything up to stress—which I get—but it’s another thing entirely to just send someone home without any kind of relief or "medicine," regardless of how much it's affecting their life. 😠

Timothy Morgan38 said:So, here’s the thing... I’m trying to wrap my head around what stress actually *is*. How do you tell if your stress levels are spiking, and more importantly, if you’re actually handling it effectively?...

The reason I’m asking is that I keep seeing doctors chalk everything up to "stress." In way too many cases, they just stop there and don't bother with further testing...

Given that I've been hit with one thing after another over the last two years, I have no doubt I'm under massive amounts of pressure, but at the same time, I feel like I'm holding up pretty well...

How do you actually spot it? Does "poor coping" mean someone is slowly unraveling, or can you be under fire without showing any obvious signs of being on edge?...

Because my situation is a bit of a mess...

Last year was just a constant stream of inflammations, issues with blood in my urine (prostate inflammation), and having gum surgery performed across all four quadrants of my mouth... This year has been even worse. My mom was diagnosed with lung cancer, and my wife had some gynecological "mysteries" that—thankfully—turned out to be nothing serious... On top of that, we've been dealing with a financial crisis and a string of other stupid setbacks that only made things harder... I haven't had a decent vacation in three years, and this year, I didn't get a single day off...

Yet, despite all that, I’m not falling apart. Most of the time, I’m calm, I handle problems well, and I don't panic...

Recently, I had some pretty serious health issues, and my doctor's first question was whether I was under stress... and if these symptoms could be caused by stress...

My response was simple: "nothing out of the ordinary"

Her comeback? "you are one of the rare ones"

So, now I'm wondering... how do you know if stress is actually messing with your daily life and your physical health?

Like I said, I think I'm doing fine (in my own opinion). I don't bottle things up; I talk about my problems immediately and deal with them right away instead of waiting for them to "cool off," and generally speaking, I feel mentally solid, despite all the nonsense and misfortune we've faced...

Is my good mental state a sign that I'm managing well, or are there non-psychological indicators that stress is present and slowly taking "control" of my body?

I hope I'm not overcomplicating this, but it really threw me when my doctor suggested she didn't believe I wasn't stressed. She told me that the signs of stress aren't just "shaky hands" or "wild eyes with a manic stare"—she meant you don't need visible symptoms for the stress to be actively impacting your overall physical condition...

What kind of "scary" problems? I'm genuinely curious.
For me, it started with heart palpitations (sometimes hitting over 180 bpm) and PVCs, along with this heavy pressure in my chest—I honestly thought I was having a heart attack😲. My hands were tingling, my back was aching, and then they found a cyst on my thyroid😲. On top of that, my cholesterol was high (which was weird because I'm not overweight and I eat pretty healthy with very little meat), plus I had GERD😲 and my esophagus was in really bad shape. I also had a slight fever that lingered for months without any clear cause, and my white blood cell count was elevated for no apparent reason... and the thing is, I felt mostly fine, or at least that's how it seemed to me🤣... nothing quite as extreme as what you went through🤷... and all of this happened within just a few months. Eventually, I just gave up on running from clinic to clinic and wasting money (partly because seeing so many bad test results was starting to freak me out a bit)🤣. Now, I'll probably only see a doctor when I'm on my deathbed😁, even if I do need to go in for regular checkups once in a while.

Timothy Morgan38 said:So, here’s the thing... I’m trying to wrap my head around what stress actually *is*. How do you tell if your stress levels are spiking, and more importantly, if you’re actually handling it effectively?...

The reason I’m asking is that I keep seeing doctors chalk everything up to "stress." In way too many cases, they just stop there and don't bother with further testing...

Given that I've been hit with one thing after another over the last two years, I have no doubt I'm under massive amounts of pressure, but at the same time, I feel like I'm holding up pretty well...

How do you actually spot it? Does "poor coping" mean someone is slowly unraveling, or can you be under fire without showing any obvious signs of being on edge?...

Because my situation is a bit of a mess...

Last year was just a constant stream of inflammations, issues with blood in my urine (prostate inflammation), and having gum surgery performed across all four quadrants of my mouth... This year has been even worse. My mom was diagnosed with lung cancer, and my wife had some gynecological "mysteries" that—thankfully—turned out to be nothing serious... On top of that, we've been dealing with a financial crisis and a string of other stupid setbacks that only made things harder... I haven't had a decent vacation in three years, and this year, I didn't get a single day off...

Yet, despite all that, I’m not falling apart. Most of the time, I’m calm, I handle problems well, and I don't panic...

Recently, I had some pretty serious health issues, and my doctor's first question was whether I was under stress... and if these symptoms could be caused by stress...

My response was simple: "nothing out of the ordinary"

Her comeback? "you are one of the rare ones"

So, now I'm wondering... how do you know if stress is actually messing with your daily life and your physical health?

Like I said, I think I'm doing fine (in my own opinion). I don't bottle things up; I talk about my problems immediately and deal with them right away instead of waiting for them to "cool off," and generally speaking, I feel mentally solid, despite all the nonsense and misfortune we've faced...

Is my good mental state a sign that I'm managing well, or are there non-psychological indicators that stress is present and slowly taking "control" of my body?

I hope I'm not overcomplicating this, but it really threw me when my doctor suggested she didn't believe I wasn't stressed. She told me that the signs of stress aren't just "shaky hands" or "wild eyes with a manic stare"—she meant you don't need visible symptoms for the stress to be actively impacting your overall physical condition...

Stress isn't really a specific event itself—it's more about how you perceive that event. It doesn't matter so much what’s happening in your life, but rather how you interpret it. Psychologically speaking, stress kicks in when someone feels like they won't be able to meet certain demands, whether those are coming from the outside world or from within, simply because those requirements exceed their current capacity.

The reason is that I'm seeing doctors attribute all sorts of different issues to stress more and more often, and in many cases, they don't even bother running further tests...

Because that's honestly the reality of it.

Since I've had so many bad and stressful things happen over the last two years, I have no doubt I'm under a lot of stress, but at the same time, I feel like I'm coping pretty well with it...

Our brains use unconscious ways to distort reality to protect us from anxiety—basically defense mechanisms. It might be denial in your case... or maybe not.

How do you recognize stress? Does "not coping" mean a person is slowly falling apart, or can they go through it without showing any obvious signs of being on edge...

Stress can't exist without some level of agitation. If there's no agitation, there's no stress, even if potential stressors are present. What I mean is that something might be a massive stressor for one person but nothing at all to someone else. You can't judge if you're stressed just by looking at the events themselves.
You recognize stress through psychological and physiological reactions.
PSYCHOLOGICAL:
- intense emotions that interfere with cognitive processes
- difficulty concentrating or thinking logically
- feelings of anger, depression, aggression, or anxiety accompanied by fear, tension, and worry
- frequent panic attacks
PHYSIOLOGICAL:various psychosomatic reactions
- we can "measure" physiological stress via glucocorticoid levels (adrenal cortex hormones) and adrenaline and noradrenaline levels (from the adrenal medulla); high levels of these hormones are linked to numerous physical ailments
Adrenaline speeds up your heart rate and raises blood pressure, which can lead to hardening of the arteries, strokes, heart attacks, angina pectoris, and so on.
Stress is also linked to diabetes, asthma, allergies, certain skin conditions, various types of cancer, stomach ulcers... and more and more diseases as time goes on.
Stress weakens the immune system's response through T-cells and B-cells, which in turn makes you more susceptible to infectious diseases.

Is feeling mentally okay a sign that I'm actually handling stress well, or could there be physical symptoms creeping in that show stress is starting to take over without me realizing it?

Take a look above. You might be experiencing some somatic symptoms from stress. I went through a phase where I felt perfectly fine mentally—or at least, that's what I told myself—but my body was absolutely falling apart. I honestly didn't believe my doctors when they said it was all stress. It just goes to show that you can be under massive pressure without being consciously aware of it; maybe you are, you just haven't admitted it to yourself yet.
If you’re feeling off, whether physically or mentally, and you suspect stress is the culprit, you’re probably right.
Sorry for the long post.🙂

..eyes look just like😲 🤣

Peter Myers29 said:Should I try to get back in shape through things like running, hiking, or cycling, or is it better to just skip physical activity altogether?

Actually, people have told me the same thing—that I really should work on my fitness. It's true that athletes tend to have lower resting heart rates, but honestly, you should probably check with your cardiologist first before jumping into anything too intense.

Peter Myers29 said:What else could it be? 🤔

It’s usually psychological... just don't let it get to you and walk away if it’s really bothering you. If it’s messing with your daily life, maybe see a therapist or try helping yourself with some relaxation techniques like autogenic training. Or, if you’re feeling particularly lazy like I sometimes am, you can always just take beta-blockers... they work fine for me.😁
..I had the same issue up to 180 (recorded)... but 220😲 I don't think so