[AT] O. T. - Really tired today

[Dave Johnson]

I'm amazed that a growing number of doctors are thinking that way - without the caveat that the side effects can be debilitating!
I'm a case in point - signed with a doc some years ago who said right out he was a 'pill pusher'..fine by me if that happens to cure me!
Quite some time later I noticed that the joints where hurting, and at the time, was operating an open cab D6 and D7 in a local quarry ( at night yet...burrr!) And simply getting on the dozer was painful. Being in my mid fifties at the time - and with a work history of tile setting - I thought , well, this is what getting old is all about, quit whining and got on with things.
Fast forward a couple of years and I was getting cramps all over, at weird times... and the doc ( now a very young Chinese woman)  was of no help, prescribing something that was to relieve the cramps - which it did not. After a couple episodes of waking up in the middle of the night with cramps in my back(!!) I finally got serious and did the research, finding that my symptoms matched known side effects. 
Quit the statin and in 2 days the cramps left, and in a week was feeling MUCH better overall, including joints. Now the doc was back in the loop, trying different statins, with the bad stuff coming right back pronto.  So now my chart says I'm allergic to statins, and I've promised to cut back on the red meat....can't say with certainty that I've actually done that, but my levels are below Kaisers max...
Along similar lines, there was a years long study released last year that indicated that the thinking about cholesterol was simply incorrect, but I've not heard any more about that....
Tractor reference / question...did I see that the Tulare (California) Ag show was last week?? If so, it slipped by me once again.... there's a Ford 8600 locally that would make a nice project but that might be a little more than I want to tackle, size wise, at the moment...so I'm looking!
BestDave in Gilroy, Ca

      From: David Bruce <tractor57 at gmail.com>
 To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com> 
 Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 3:33 PM
 Subject: Re: [AT] O. T. - Really tired today
   
Exactly. My cousin is one that has to have a statin - and in that case 
it is great. I've been reading a lot of research when some doctors 
advocate all adults should take a statin - on that they have not 
convinced me.

David

NW NC


On 2/21/2017 6:03 PM, Mike M wrote:
> The human body does need some cholesterol, it's there for a reason.
>
> Mike M
>
>
> On 2/21/2017 5:47 PM, David Bruce wrote:
>> Some Dr's think the lower the cholesterol the better - regardless of the
>> level and that ALL adults should be taking a statin. My Dr is not quite
>> so strident but he is being pushed to write more scripts for statins. My
>> levels are well below the maximum values (actually close to the minimums
>> so when I bucked the idea he backed off.
>>
>> David
>>
>> NW NC

_______________________________________________
AT mailing list
http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at