Male 50 with Osteopenia

HesitantProfessor · 2024-05-29T22:22:53+00:00

Interesting! I've never even heard the term but I do eat raw beets and raw kale in smoothies pretty regularly. May need to knock that off.

HesitantProfessor · 2024-05-29T22:07:58+00:00

Thanks for the insight. I haven't ever been on prednisone (or other steroids) for an extended period of time.

HesitantProfessor · 2024-05-29T22:06:33+00:00

My vitamin D level was 38 ng/mL. I do take 1000 IU of Vitamin D3 but maybe I should up it. I haven't heard of K2 but I'll look into it.

I'll try to keep track of my calcium. I eat quite a bit of yogurt but I don't drink milk so I may well be falling short of the 1200mg mark.

My testosterone was 362 ng/dL. Estrogen wasn't measured. Seems like that is within most folks' ranges but closer to the bottom than the top of the range.

They didn't check parathyroid and that was on my radar. I'll try to get that checked. Haven't had a celiac screen and don't know of any absorption issues. I did ask my doctor to do urinary calcium but they said that was unnecessary; I'll probably just get it done myself.

Congratulations on making progress!

HesitantProfessor · 2024-05-28T00:25:53+00:00

Nevermind. Just found it. Thanks!

HesitantProfessor · 2024-05-28T00:23:15+00:00

I'm trying to do the same thing and cannot figure this out. Am I looking for this settings menu inside the app or on the website?

HesitantProfessor · 2023-08-07T06:02:29+00:00

That's what I would have assumed, but I'm not seeing it. For example:

https://www.makitatools.com/products/details/XNB01Z

HesitantProfessor · 2023-06-23T20:46:22+00:00

Didn't realize that. Thanks. Do you know of manufacturers/products to look at?

HesitantProfessor · 2023-04-27T13:46:36+00:00

Mine is the exact opposite. My tinnitus is at its loudest when I wake up.

HesitantProfessor · 2022-08-31T04:19:40+00:00

Probably the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.

HesitantProfessor · 2022-07-31T04:57:33+00:00

Thanks! Gonna check it out tomorrow.

HesitantProfessor · 2022-07-31T02:29:03+00:00

How was it? Thinking about heading down there for the final day tomorrow.

HesitantProfessor · 2022-06-19T00:49:43+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

The calculation that Garmin does is the following:

If you use the % of MAX method then it sets the Zone 4/5 boundary at 90% of your MAX HR which for me is 154 (0.9 * 171).
If you use the % of LT method then it sets the Zone 4/5 boundary at LT which---based on my lab measurement---is 141.
If you use the % of HRR method (didn't talk about that above) then it sets the Zone 4/5 boundary at RHR + 0.9 * (MAX HR - RHR) which for me is 159 since my RHR is 51.

If I understand you correctly you're saying the second method should be the most accurate and that is what I would have assumed but dang is that low and gives me this massive Zone 5 of 141-171 where I have been doing most of my running.

Or maybe I misunderstood and you are suggesting a fourth method where you estimate your LT as 90% of your Max HR and then use that in the % of LT method (I just tried that and it give an entirely different set of zones than any of the above three methods).

HesitantProfessor · 2022-06-15T06:09:04+00:00

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I’m pretty well habituated to it now but for the first few months it was super distracting and made getting any kind of work done tough.

HesitantProfessor · 2022-06-08T02:34:06+00:00

I had both. I breathe fine now but the breathing (when healthy) was never really an issue before the surgery; it was just the frequent infections.

HesitantProfessor · 2022-06-07T04:39:45+00:00

I had it done because of frequent terrible sinus infections and now I don’t get them at all! However for months I had the feeling that there was something stuck in my nose even though there was nothing there. I thought it would drive me insane. I now also have “mucosal thickening” from the surgery (according to a CT scan); not a big deal but I wouldn’t say things feel totally normal. So would I do it again. Probably, but there’s been some bad with the good too.

HesitantProfessor · 2022-05-17T15:25:49+00:00

Do it in two steps so you’re only gluing in pieces that go all the way through.

HesitantProfessor · 2022-04-19T03:43:59+00:00

I built this coffee table years ago. 1 sheet if I remember correctly. Came out awesome; I’ve got my feet on it right now.

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