Like most, as I've gotten older I've gotten a few more health ailments that I'll be living with for probably the rest of my life. A few I've head forever.
Probably the biggest one I have is a skip beat of my heart. It's called a PVC. It's not actually a "skip beat" but an early beat and the heart stops beating for a beat and then kicks in hard after. It's a weird feeling. Since I'm very aware of it I feel it far more than the average person. Most don't have a clue they have one. The estimation is that 80% plus people actually have one and only a small percentage actually feel it. I've had it forever but in the past few years it's become more prominent. I would only feel it like once or twice a year and last year it got so bad that it was happening 5000+ times a day. Every beat it would 'stop.' Turns out that I had gotten high blood pressure as well over the past few years also. Add into the fact of horrible family genetics and my carotid artery had calcium buildup even though my cholesterol numbers are beyond fantastic. The skip beat can be cause by a million different things. In me we're not sure. They didn't see anything terribly wrong with the structure of my heart. I have a soft valve that sometimes leaks blood back in and that can be a cause or it could be acid reflux irritating the vagus nerve. It could also be stress, etc. which the past few years have been filled with. So I'm on a beta blocker for the forseable future to control the high blood pressure and hopefully curb the skip beats. I probably average 100-200 skips per day now. I don't feel them as much as I've gotten used to living with them. I always feel them when I'm most relaxed and I can focus on them.
Then there's a knee issue. Years of physical activity and lifting heavy weights have taken their toll on my left knee. There's degradation behind the kneecap and a very sensitive MCL leads to knee pain and limping for a few days if I overdo it. The good news is that if I stop the strenuous activity the pain goes away. Plyometrics and very heavy deadlifting and squatting aggravate the sh!t out of it. Weather changes is a big b!tch also. When it gets raw outside the pain flairs up. It's damn true you can feel weather changes in your joints!
So, I take a beta blocker daily, in the morning, along with a baby aspirin at night in addition to fish oil capsules and a probiotic. That's my daily medicine/supplement routine.
What do you live with?
Probably the biggest one I have is a skip beat of my heart. It's called a PVC. It's not actually a "skip beat" but an early beat and the heart stops beating for a beat and then kicks in hard after. It's a weird feeling. Since I'm very aware of it I feel it far more than the average person. Most don't have a clue they have one. The estimation is that 80% plus people actually have one and only a small percentage actually feel it. I've had it forever but in the past few years it's become more prominent. I would only feel it like once or twice a year and last year it got so bad that it was happening 5000+ times a day. Every beat it would 'stop.' Turns out that I had gotten high blood pressure as well over the past few years also. Add into the fact of horrible family genetics and my carotid artery had calcium buildup even though my cholesterol numbers are beyond fantastic. The skip beat can be cause by a million different things. In me we're not sure. They didn't see anything terribly wrong with the structure of my heart. I have a soft valve that sometimes leaks blood back in and that can be a cause or it could be acid reflux irritating the vagus nerve. It could also be stress, etc. which the past few years have been filled with. So I'm on a beta blocker for the forseable future to control the high blood pressure and hopefully curb the skip beats. I probably average 100-200 skips per day now. I don't feel them as much as I've gotten used to living with them. I always feel them when I'm most relaxed and I can focus on them.
Then there's a knee issue. Years of physical activity and lifting heavy weights have taken their toll on my left knee. There's degradation behind the kneecap and a very sensitive MCL leads to knee pain and limping for a few days if I overdo it. The good news is that if I stop the strenuous activity the pain goes away. Plyometrics and very heavy deadlifting and squatting aggravate the sh!t out of it. Weather changes is a big b!tch also. When it gets raw outside the pain flairs up. It's damn true you can feel weather changes in your joints!
So, I take a beta blocker daily, in the morning, along with a baby aspirin at night in addition to fish oil capsules and a probiotic. That's my daily medicine/supplement routine.
What do you live with?
