My body has hurt like heck for many months. I had my blood test for Diabetes and it was negative. I finally changed my Diet, so I’m eating lots of vegetables, chicken and rice. Stopped drinking pop and now I drink diet green tea. (NO MORE EXCEDRIN!!!) My feet feel better and my head feels better. For my B-Day, my Sister scheduled a Massage for me. I was nervous, since I’ve never had a Massage. The Massage was great, but it showed how tight my muscles are. 
My poor feet and ankles have hurt like crazy for months! The MOST important info I received from the Masseuse was how to do stretching exercises. I have to stretch EVERY DAY!
After preparing my first dinner from scratch (Ever) I can see how much better food tastes, FRESH!
Learning new things is like having an impacted wisdom tooth pulled!!! :lol:
So don’t rest until you are on a Healthy Path!!
Doug
Be careful Doug. Cooking can be almost as addictive as fly fishing and not a whole lot cheaper. Actually I think I cook more than I fish. I must go fishing again at the first opportunity and redress this imbalance.
This is my first new smilie! A healthy purple fish!
Doug is using smilies from other places now???
Look who finally joined the train Mr." Do you know how much time you wasted to put in that little green character?" 
Check this one out!
Doug is 
Sign me,Christopher the silly.
GO TEAM GO!!! :lol:
Douglas;
You are a hopeless case. You posted a great topic on health and well being and then Hi Jacked it after Jim’s (rainbowchaser) response. I will make an attempt to return to your original thoughts. Jim’s soups are to die, or kill for!! He is a very good cook!! (Also a great Grouse Hunter!! We’ve tread a few stream and wood togather)
Have you tried Glucosamine/Chondroitin/MSM for those joint pains? It is an organic compound found in health food stores that can help rebuild/lubricate joint tissues and has been proven to retard arthritus. It is made from shark and cow cartilage. It takes about 2 months for it to become effective. A 2 month supply will run from $19.00 to $26.00. My kid brother tipped me off to this a few years back. He had hip and ankle problems from hiking along the sides of hills (He’s a Forest Ranger for the State of Idaho). After taking it for a couple of months his problems went away!
I’ve also started the diet green tea and have a banana every day! Banana’s may be better than any other fruit!
Remember as we approach advanced age we must target diet and exersize as a means to overcome what age brings!
Now go run up the stairs a few times!!
Jack,
I understand that it was Columbus Day yesterday and Canada’s Thanksgiving, BUT Where is my Glow In The DARK Furled Leader??? I’ve been BUMPING into the door casings! :shock:
About my joint pain, The Lady that massaged me told me about STRETCHING my poor tight muscles, which, because I got in a terrible rut, I had forgotten about. The daily stretching is working wonders! I feel 53 instead of 54! :lol:
Doug P.S. Yes I’m Hopeless! :lol:
Douglas;
I will ignore your atempt to Re-Hi Jack this thread. Try the Clucosamine treatment along with the streatching and you may be 50 in a couple of months!!
When you get your Glow in the Dark leader you may start another thread. This one is about getting healthy!! Slap, Slap!!
Jack,
I can actually TRAVEL back in TIME??? Is that HEALTHY??
Thanks,
Doug P. S. (Health in the right side>>>>>>>>) 8)
Jack,
The LAST thing I want to do is UPSET you by Hi-Jacking my OWN Post, so here is a medical, Doctor Joke for ya!!! A guy walks into a psychiatrist’s office and says, “Doctor, I feel like a pair of curtains!” Come on now says the Doctor, “pull yourself together.” :lol:
Ya can’t be mad about that can ya???
Doug
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Jack,
I understand that it was Columbus Day yesterday and Canada’s Thanksgiving, BUT Where is my Glow In The DARK Furled Leader??? I’ve been BUMPING into the door casings! :shock:
About my joint pain, The Lady that massaged me told me about STRETCHING my poor tight muscles, which, because I got in a terrible rut, I had forgotten about. The daily stretching is working wonders! I feel 53 instead of 54! :lol:
Doug P.S. Yes I’m Hopeless! :lol:[/quote]
Gentlemen
I will wade in on this one, not with a highjack, but with a backing, for both of your takes on the staying healthy issue, Psle take it from someone whom is younger the you both but has been a train wreak with regards to injuries. STRETCHING, gentle exercise and the Glucosamine/Chondroitin/MSM, are VERY IMPORTANT, I have a great Doc here, he was my Doc in the Army and now is on civie street and drilled it into my head that those, plus some basics, eating right, not too much booze etc are the foundation to staying healthy as we get older,
My grandfather died when he was 85, and I believe he may still be alive today if he did not fry his lungs with smoke, all the Docs said that everything else was fine but his lungs. He walked and took the G/C/M pills and eat really well until the pain from no air caused him to go into the hospital. Thanks for letting me tell you this part, it is hard to miss him and I hope it causes you both to stay on the right healthy path.
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Doug
Doug
Not to throw a wrench in all of this. But! A frined of mine recommended Glucosamine. So I started taking it. To make a long story short, it caused my blood sugar to go up. To the point of being border line diabetic. So at the suggestion of my doctor, I quit taking it and my blood sugar returned to normal.
Just my $.02
Hey folks,
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GREAT BOOK!!! Steve has a great site too!
anglerdave,
Do you know if Glucosamine will help my Brain work better??? :lol: (Just kidding) Anyway a few months ago I had my first appt. with my NEW Doc and because I like thinking outside the box, I took a bag of everything I had tried and was using and pulled each bottle out One after the other, asking my Doc whether this med or natural supplement was going to make me feel better. One of the bottles was Joint Supp. and he said Negative!
It’s HARD to be a single older stubborn as a mule, MAN that has spent his WHOLE Life doing and learning the Hard Way! But I want to be Healthy & Happy, so I’m through beating myself up about making mistakes!!!
It seems I FORGOT (Brain Switched OFF) that you have to STRETCHHHHHHHHHHH!!! After you exercise or before. My Muscles were ROYALLY M A DDDDDDD!!! At me. So thanks to my Cousin arranging for my Massage last Sat., I did a review with the Lady Masseuse on Stretching. After a few days of stretching, I feel much better, but in the back of my mind I am tempted to Go Off on myself, because of all the pain I’ve gone through, but I’m moving forward not backward!!! 
So Here’s To Being a MAN!!! (Women Can’t Have All The FUN!!) :lol:
Doug
Stretch Stretch Stretch!!!
Doug
Could you plse explain this string of funny things for a less sublime folks.
I think it means something important that I do not want to loose in the translation.
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Doug
Could you plse explain this string of funny things for a less sublime folks.
I think it means something important that I do not want to loose in the translation.[/quote]
Ray,
Those are a ‘SELECT’ Group of our members!!! I’m having a Contest to see if anyone can guess which member matches which Smilie!! Pretty good idear HUH??
Thanks,
Doug
That is a Kool idea …