Recovering from surgery is not fun

I consume a lot of calcium in my diet.

I drink milk and eat cheese on a regular basis.

I also eat ice cream, and sometimes yogurt.

And then my multivitamin has calcium, though I know it's better to get it from food.

I have not heard of hydroxyapatite before, however.

I think my back is bad because I had muscle spasms years ago.

I used to have a chiropractor, then a physical therapist.

Now I just have a massaging chair, though I should get a chiropractor again.

Using pure hydroxyapatite is a far better way to get a bioavailable calcium compared to normal food. calcium from milk products are not well absorbed. Vitamin D3 and boron are also very important for bone strength.
Normally you body can only use a small part of calcium from food and even then it is the hydroxyapatite that is the useful part of that eaten calcium. You are much better of getting it the pure hydroxyapatite from supplements.

And lay off any kinds of fluoridation (tap water, etc.) if you can. Also try to use toothpastes without F, like Uncle Tom’s Of Maine or whatever else offers that. Distilled water works best, but can also leach good minerals out of you, too.

Fluoroapatite is the usual result of systemic F poisoning dosing. It’s denser than hydroxyapatite (ie, shows up nicer on bone-scans, ironically enough), but is also more brittle. Think broken hips, etc., in oldsters.

I had my roommate remove my a**hole baby mama without surgery. A local bar OPENS at 4 am because of some clause having to do with their limited hours. My co-workers and i all went to the bar to celebrate New Years and I walked in to see my roommate licking tequila shots off my topless ex, while the other guys were snapping pictures. She no longer lives in the state since she’s a gov’t employee and everyone passed around her pics at work. Just thinking of the cancer i dodged if I married her makes it all worthwhile.

Had to have my large intestine removed about 2 years back. Four total surgeries over a 2 year period was not fun. The resulting j-pouch aint much either.

Hope you have a speedy recovery

Sigshooter.

When you get to our “Mellow”. Yrs.
Things have happened and are still doing so.

I’ve lost around 4 or 5 of my primary teeth.
With all my Double/chewers having 3 roots.

LOTSA needles.
Drill side of tooth to put snapping point in right area.
Snap it off taking 2 roots.
Cut gum away. Drill out bone. extract last root.
Stitch it up again. x 4 so far.
I NEVER get afterpains from dental work. Never have.

Hey. I’m 78 yrs. Implants would be total waste of money with me.
I still each chocolate out of fridge. Chew apples and frozen icey poles.
And bite off, chew my steak.
Pain. Hmmm I’m on Fentanyl patches/Targin, Endone.
and an electronic implant in spinal chord.
so sorta used to it over last 29 uyrs.

Worst I’ve had that I can remember, recently.
Was a Colonoscopy. and getting Piles done.
5 there. did 3.

Some reckon it ain’t too bad.
I…. Was in pure agony for 3 weeks. Savagely so.

Going on that experience.
The other 2 will never be done while I’m breathing.

GRIN………

Come here mate. we have a little Philipina Dental surgeon here. arms and wrists like Garth (bodybuilder)
I don’t even feel her work. during or after.
I reckon she could rip my head off if that way inclined.
and I’m not small.

She’s a brilliant Dental Tech. Works at local Public Hospital Dental sect.

Pain is an individual thing. we all different.
I broke my Left forearm yrs ago. 2 weeks out to sea. (Single sailor)
I got back to harbour again. and don’t really recall much pain involved.
Though there were a coupla empty whiskey bottles involved.
in bilge rubbish bag.
Had it strapped with a coupla Stainless rods to hold together.

Yet the missus knuckles me playing. and it bloody hurts. Her.

Yeap Macka…as we get older aches and pains become normal. On the other hand the alternative (being dead) is far less attractive :partying_face:

I hope you recover well RC.

FWIW, my mandible (jaw bone) was broken into several pieces in an accident. The surgeons put it back together again using titanium plates and screws. Most of the mandible teeth had to be removed and eventually implants inserted. A long procedure complicated by a biofilm infection that required removal of some of the plates temporarily, during which time the jaw was wired shut for 6 weeks, then more surgery to reinstall new titanium plates. Everything works well amazingly now, though I would hate to go through it all again. I also have no nerves in much of the mandible anymore; everything is rather numb.

A regular impant procedure is a piece of cake. :wink:

My worst experience from a medical procedure was the forceful/relentless removal of a stint/shell keeping my sinuses open after polyp removal/sinus procedure. They neglected to remove them on releasing me and allowed 2 weeks of healing before ripping them out again.
TEARS/SHIVERS/SHAKES
Can you drive home dear?

Yoiks. Reminds me of this…

Decapitated with a chainsaw, only the non-dangerous way. 4wks in the hospital while everything healed.

To this day I hate shaving.

:smiley:

Well, today's the first day that I have felt good enough to not take caffeine.

I generally take caffeine when I feel tired or crummy, so that means I'm feeling better.

Yesterday the AC adapter for my laptop died, so until the replacement comes in the mail, no laptop for me.

Luckily I also have a desktop and my mom has a laptop, but I rely on my laptop for a lot of things.

When my laptop turned off and wouldn't turn back on, I was really worried.

But I took it to a computer repair shop, and I'm grateful that they were honest and let me know it was just the AC adapter.

:+1:

Another one.
4 days out on mate’s boat. Stopped pissin’.
Keep drinking he said. It’ll flush itself.
It didn’t.
Turn round and sail back into 25knots. 35ft yacht. Bouncy. Hmmm.

Hit the beach curled up in a ball. couldn’’t breathe without hurting.
Ambulance picked me up. 4 km Sand dunes in 4wd. Interesting.
Wrong doctor called out. 3 am He’d just finished a 12 yr stint in emergency.
1 x No 20 (BIG ONE) Cathater. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh. RElief.
Just over 1.25ltr wee wee. Half a step from Peritonitis he said, If it had burst.
56ish yr old.

Prostate. On Table. Reamer it out following day. Country Hospital.
All gud.
But damn It hurt for around 4 days, increasingly so.

NO warning as such. Just a coupla dribbly wee days beforehand.
Was at sea anyway.

Roto-Rooter was a walk in the park
That danm catheter and I had a love/hate relationship (mostly hate on my side)
After an emergency room trip, I ripped it out as soon as they showed me how.

I bought an AC adapter for my laptop on eBay, and they shipped me the wrong item.

So I ordered an adapter on Amazon, and received it today.

This time I got what I actually ordered!

My laptop is alive, but the battery is at 0%.

I think I'll shut it down so it can charge faster.

I am four weeks out from a rotator cuff repair I had three tears one a full thickness tear had a mini open arthroscopic and am doing well will be 60 soon and things are wearing out, did a complete knee in ’13 and am not looking forward to having three discs removed and fusing three vertebra in my neck. getting old sucks some times .
Chris

Looks like the AC adapter for my laptop is good, but my laptop battery is stuck at 0%.

I'll take it to the same repair place I did before, as I believe they know what they're doing, and I think they are honest.

My mom has a computer problem as well.

She fell for a phishing scam and now has to change some of her passwords.

I thought she was too smart to fall for such an obvious scam, but apparently she's not as tech-savvy as I had hoped.

The laptop I’m banging on right now is AC-only, no battery-pack even plugged in. Got the dreaded 4-orange-flashes (or whatever), shows the battery’s in but not charging. Tried all the tricks of pressing’n’holding the power button for 30sec, removing the pack, letting it sit unplugged overnight, you name it, but it’s still dead.

Ironically that’s supposed to happen when the battery’s plugged in forever running on AC vs being allowed to run down.

Wellp, the laptop’s much lighter now.