The Original Old Farts Club

[pute]

Morning OFC. I just had all that **** done and I am good to go got another year. Walk time.

 

[WeedHopper]

soldiers have a 25-35% higher rate of hep c than civilians

my theory was all the vaccines we got in bootcamp , they lined us up like sheep and sent us through the vaccination line with air guns going on each side of us , guys who flinched usually left a trail of blood and the docs giving the shots never wiped the guns....NEXT!

dirty air guns = hep c

Yep. I definitely remember those fking air guns and my *** didnt move. Fking hurt worse then a regular shot..

 

[ROSTERMAN]

Well i got my blood work done everything looks good except my Liver Enzymes were a little high. My score was 51. Supposed to me a little lower although high is 3 times that. Some ppls are past a 1000. Told me to watch my fat and alcohol intake. My Limpid panel was good. HDL was 54,LDL was 98,and Triglycerides was 145.
Anybody here know their Enzyme count. Just curious.

Mine are in the 30's so yours are not that bad. I believe anything less than 40 is normal

 

[ROSTERMAN]

I found this may explain better
https://progressyourhealth.com/podcast/what-does-slightly-elevated-liver-enzymes-mean/

 

[ROSTERMAN]

I had to stop drinking...well, for "best results" and it paid off. The estimated by fibroscan that I had stage 4 cirosis. Enzymes 4x normal.

Today, levels are normal and after my gall bladder surgery, (biliary surgeon who normally does heart liver and kidney transplants) examined it is and took numerous biopsy. No cirosis could he find.

The liver can heal itself, only organ (unless you count the spleen) capable of this.

All you guys out there, if you are a boomer, get a hep C test. Totally curable these days and it will kill you otherwise.

Viet Nam vets at high risk, and anyone who snorted coke in in the 80's should test. I know at least 3 people who tested positive and have no idea how they caught it.

Bubba

Hep C is not that hard to get, most medical workers follow some simple rules
I was tested once a year for it.

Can Hep C live outside the Body.

The hepatitis C virus can live outside the human body — and for quite some time. If blood containing the virus ends up on a surface, the virus can remain viable for up to 3 weeks .

This contamination is most likely to occur if blood is spilled or splattered during an accident. That’s why it’s important you clean up after yourself if you have hepatitis C and cut yourself, or if you live in a house with someone who has the virus.

Hepatitis C is rarely spread through casual contact with an infected surface, but these extra precautions are helpful:

• Be sure to wear thick rubber gloves.
• If you have an open cut on your hand, consider wearing an extra glove for added protection.
• Combine 1 part bleach with 10 parts water.
• Use a disposable cloth or paper towel to wipe the area several times with the bleach solution.

 

[user 60606]

(*sigh*)

Outsider... lookin' in the window at all the magic train sets...

Why sigh ?

 

[Hippie420]

Got tested for C four years ago when I was in the hospital with a diverticulitis attack. Doc wanted to know why I wanted the test. I told him, "Just because." Came back negative. Last time I saw the doc until this June when the lungs plugged up. Wouldn't have gone then except the OH and Pullet begged me and did the teary eyed crap. Always was a sucker for my girls when they looked scared.
The best way to stay healthy IMHO is to stay away from doctors. They kill more people each year than anything, and still get paid.

 

[Bubba]

I get a liver panel every year for about the last 10 years or so....I tested positive for hep-c about 20 years ago and since then I have been on a comprehensive health strategy to get rid of the hep and it worked....I no longer test positive for the virus...

doc said I was one of the first people she has examined who has eradicated a hep-c virus from my system..I can donate blood now if I wanted to

best part of my regimen was taking a lot of milk thistle

I did harvoni. Beginning viral load was 3500, 1/2 way through I was down to 13. First time I ever thought 13 to be lucky. By finish, no sign period. Harvoni and similar drugs have 98 percent success...I figure it higher, many don't follow instructions, keep on with behaviors that got them infected.

I just did everything they said and Bob's your uncle.

Bubba

 

[Bubba]

Hep C is not that hard to get, most medical workers follow some simple rules
I was tested once a year for it.

Can Hep C live outside the Body.

The hepatitis C virus can live outside the human body — and for quite some time. If blood containing the virus ends up on a surface, the virus can remain viable for up to 3 weeks .

This contamination is most likely to occur if blood is spilled or splattered during an accident. That’s why it’s important you clean up after yourself if you have hepatitis C and cut yourself, or if you live in a house with someone who has the virus.

Hepatitis C is rarely spread through casual contact with an infected surface, but these extra precautions are helpful:

• Be sure to wear thick rubber gloves.
• If you have an open cut on your hand, consider wearing an extra glove for added protection.
• Combine 1 part bleach with 10 parts water.
• Use a disposable cloth or paper towel to wipe the area several times with the bleach solution.

It really can be a trick to not get it. Regular bodily fluids don't see have it, only blood, and that blood must be mixed with another's blood. Is not sexually transmitted, unless you are REALLY rough, and cause blood to mix.

Roommates transmit it,by way of borrowed razors, snorting coke with others through the same straw/bill. Nasall interior is mucus membrane, easy to draw blood, next sniffer up...

 

[WeedHopper]

Yeah mine wasn't very high at all but it does concern me. Im told an ALT at 52 isnt very high.

 

[yooper420]

About 30 years ago I went to give blood and got told no because you test positive for Hep C. My Dr. did all the tests and they were negative. 20 years ago my Dr. sent to a specialist and he tested me, all negative. He did a liver biopsy to be sure. It came with no detectable virus. No Hep C.

 

[user 60606]

The best way to stay healthy IMHO is to stay away from doctors. They kill more people each year than anything, and still get paid.

yep .. regular docs are paying off their loans and exwives. give them a little power and you have Josef Mengele and now Fauci on a grand scale

 

[user 60570]

Got tested for C four years ago when I was in the hospital with a diverticulitis attack. Doc wanted to know why I wanted the test. I told him, "Just because." Came back negative. Last time I saw the doc until this June when the lungs plugged up. Wouldn't have gone then except the OH and Pullet begged me and did the teary eyed crap. Always was a sucker for my girls when they looked scared.
The best way to stay healthy IMHO is to stay away from doctors. They kill more people each year than anything, and still get paid.

well it does seem that way at times but overall , there are some good doctors out there who take the Hippocratic Oath seriously....it is just difficult to find them

for example , the Frontline doctors who are standing up against the establishment and offering alternative treatments for covid victims

i had a good doctor once , he even hit me up about some magic mushrooms...lol

 

[pute]

My Doc is a Fauci supporter....found that out last week. May change ..... Never had Hep C

 

[user 60606]

I just canceled my gastro doc appointment in two days .. he just wanted to shove a gopro up my arse a few feet .. no biggie .. reschedule for right before halloween or later .. going to do the hernia mesh doc first


pute your doc has to play their game or he'll likely be reported to your state's medical board ..... kinda like all the judea/christian churches that played the 501 c
tax exemptions for years and then had to close down at the beginning of the planndemic or they would lose the exemptions and possible have a few past year's audited .. greed trumps truth at times

 

[user 60570]

no more probes up the arse for me , it’s p o o p on a stick, cologuard works fine along with a regular PSA

don’t get me started on hernia mesh....I’ve had one side repaired twice and it needs redone and the other side done once.....feckers

 

[pute]

Break time....I hate fricken dirt work. I am worn out and not noon yet. As soon as I rest my arize a few minutes it's time to chop down a Lemon Betty. At least I will be sitting down. All the beans I popped a week or so ago are now in 1 gal pots. All but one made it.....hopefully all are female. ha ha!

@ patwi.....I agree Doc's have to follow a script. But, some say it with conviction and some kinda go through the motions. My Doc was preaching to me and I let him have an ear full. DON'T EVER TRY AND OUT ******** AN OWNER OF A MAJOR DOWNTOWN CAR DEALERSHIP.

I told him a couple of years ago i smoked marijuana.....I thought he was gonna fall off his stool. I asked.....you mean to tell me that NOBODY has ever owned up to smoking before? No! He said. I just laughed and said I guess we all lie to our Doctor..... He said "he might have a beer at Thanksgiving". What a *****.

 

[pute]

My working day is over....time to get wasted.

Today's Harvest. Lemon Betty #4 Good shiit!!!

 

[user 60606]

looks like I need to look deeper into this mesh stuff

 

[Unca Walt]

Hey Walt, I thought you have a Med/weed card.
If not you should get one , I bet I would be a kid in a candy store if I was able to get one.
Morning
Don't tell me they would come for your Hammers if you applied for the card.

Fact is, they would. It is the ONLY reason I do not have a card.

Since I am receiving a stipend from Uncle Sugar due to my helmet getting dinged, the ONLY ACCEPTABLE REASON for me to apply for a card is to claim PTSD.

Dinged-helmet GI's with PTSD get their guns confiscated. There's more: Your abode will be gone over -- "for your safety" to make sure you are "OK". So there goes my swords, cannon, and bayonets.

Do I sound bitter? Stay well the ffuck back... do not bring that up again. I cannot put folks here in trouble by asking for gifts, or even trading some of my novels for weed.

So I look with my nose up against that plate glass window... at the train sets.