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I hate to take pills and so far, thank God, I have kept good health and avoided them.
For a period a while back the Dr. had me on Pravachol for cholesterol but stopped it when it started to affect the liver enzymes.
Around the same time I was in training for a hike overseas, drinking plenty water and exercising regularly with 40 pounds on my back.
For a period back then I was a lean mean machine!!
My cholesterol level sunk to below the lowest level of the range of numbers the Dr. was using.
The Dr. could only rush in during the check up and ask me what I did because I was no longer on the medication and getting results way beyond his expectation.
He nodded his head when I told him and told me “keep it up”.
Diet and exercise beat pills anyday.
I am not so strict in diet as anyone looking at me would know but try to get strenuous exercise regularly, or just any exercise.
Side effects are associated with most medications and sometimes they are harmful.
I have noticed the ads for various medicines on the TV in the US and often wonder how the drug companies get sales because every ad contains a list of harmful side effects as required by law ….
eg for medicines to help with erectile disfunction the ad warns you that “you should consult a Dr. for any erection lasting more than four hours”
… and for others “this medicine has been known to cause heart attacks or strokes in patients suffering from ….”
….. how I interpret what I hear when I listen to them is “if you take so and so medicine you will die”!!
So, I’ll try and avoid pills as long as possible but I accept that there are situations where they do help.
Pat
nabody in fartin pun we. ya realize? stupseeeeeeeeeeee
Dear Bobby the peppery one
I have no plans to fart on either you or Pat(rick) LOL.
Re Dr.Porgie, what are the benefits/dangers of a colonic cleanse? I mean when they insert a tube in the rectum and flash out the faeces. It lasts as much as 30-45 mins.
I have a cousin who graduated from Ross Medical school in Dominica, but who practices alternative Medicine, who does them and swears by them.
One major nenefit of regularly flushing out the bowels is that it prevents stasis of the bowel contents in the colon. Such stasis especially if there are carcinogens in the faeculent material at this stage can possibly lead to cancer of the colon.
As you know, we Bajans grew up with the regular use of Epsom salts, or senna pods in sea water , castor oil etc which were used to “purge ya”. Was that a stupid practice? Probably not? Unpleasant perhaps, but sound.
The disadvantages of these pratices could be losing a lot of fluid from the body. But this could be overcome by drinking extra fluids.
In recent times I found by chance that sweetening my home made ginger beer/ginger tea with zylitol sent me to the toilet just as regularly as using Epsom salts in the good old days.
A major complication of the colonic would be tearing of the mucosa if the operator is not careful.
Hope this helps.
Dear Pat(rick) for a day
Sorry for the delay.
Pat // January 2, 2010 at 10:11 PM
@ Dr. Georgie Porgie
With regard to impotence in men, who still want to do the business, can you elaborate/indicate, using probably the opening slide, where they place the two rods in the penis?
A penile prosthesis is another treatment option for men with erectile dysfunction. These devices are either malleable or inflatable. The simplest type of prosthesis consists of a pair of malleable (bendable) rods surgically implanted within the erection chambers of the penis. With this type of implant the penis is always semi-rigid and merely needs to be lifted or adjusted into the erect position to initiate sex. Today, many men choose a hydraulic, inflatable prosthesis, which allows a man to have an erection whenever he chooses and is much easier to conceal. It is also more natural.
A penile implant is usually used when there is a clear medical cause for ED and when the problem is unlikely to resolve or improve naturally or with other medical treatments. Sometimes a penile prosthesis is implanted during surgery to reconstruct the penis when scarring has caused erections to curve (Peyronie’s disease).
OK referring to the opening slide, the rods would be placed in the areas in red
Re What would it be like for a man walking around all day with a “hard” penis.
Aparently the penis is always semi-rigid and merely needs to be lifted or adjusted into the erect position to initiate sex. However, I have never performed the proceedure, seen it done, or had it done to me, so I cant speak with authority on how it “feels” LOL
It appears, however, that the chaps get along quite fine. And the presence of the implants are not noticeable to their peers in the rest room.
Re Is it also true that an impotent man’s penis extends (is longer than normal).
NO it is not.
Hope this answers your questions.
Thank you very much Dr. Porgie. I still use epsom salts at least once a month. Haven’t had a colonic in recent times. A lubricant is used to guide/slide the instrument into the rectum so I don’t think that any tearing is likely to occur.I will try the zylitol with my ginger-tea if available here in the health shop.
Thanks again.
Yours truly
Bobby Peppa alias Bonny.
LOLllllllll
Pat
That procedure seems very painful to me. I would prefer to see de sex n leff it bosey. LOL
@ Dr. Porgie
Thanks a million. You always comes through for me.
Pat.
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More plantain and Brita water for the stones, to much LIME in the water,more fish ,
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