[AT] O. T. - Really tired today

[Dave Johnson]

No problem, Gene...nice (!) to see I'm not the only one with a reaction to statins.
In all fairness, statins really did bring down my numbers, but the cure was much worse than the 'disease''...
Best
Dave


      From: Gene Dotson <gdotfly at gmail.com>
 To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com> 
 Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 7:03 PM
 Subject: Re: [AT] O. T. - Really tired today
   
    Dave, sorry I posted almost identical as yours, but I sent that before I 
read yours.

                    Gene




-----Original Message----- 
From: Dave Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 9:02 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] O. T. - Really tired today

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

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