Vertigo needs to be Vertigone!
It has been an interesting couple of weeks as my vertigo has intensified. I spent Thursday afternoon in the emergency room prooving via a battery of tests that I was indeed NOT having a heart attack. I was freed after four hours with the promise of a referral for a test for which “insurance likely will not pay.” Well kids, that was Thursday and this is Monday and prepare to put on your surprise face….no call to let me know if said test is or is not happening. While the quadrillion dollar medical establishment continues to discard me, tomorrow I am seeing a chiropractor and then an essential oils guru who will be doing a “30 minute balancing session.” No. I have no idea what the hell that means.
Did not make it to the gym last week. Not once. So irritated that I bought a bodyweight workout book by Mark Lauren to make up for it. Read the man’s bio on marklauren.com cuz the dude is a beast. The workouts in his book plus the weights and bands I have at home leave me no excuse. If I topple over in my own basement, no harm, no foul. I hope to return to the gym at work.
Diet? Spot on. Down to 198 from 216. Ever look at those height/weight charts? Seriously? They must want us all to look like tongue depressors in tennis shoes. The chart would have me at between 165 and180. I am nearly 6’4″. Oddly enough I don’t want to look like a Middle-Schooler.
Protein. Turns out I am not eating enough? Mark Lauren suggest 1.5g per pound of desired bodyweight. Just try finding Paleo-approved supplemental protein (beyond toting a side of buffalo to work each day). I bought four different types of protein drinks today.
To wrap up this rant…. vertigo has got to git, scoot, vamoose! My job wants to fly me to Memphis in two weeks for a meeting. Vertigo on a plane….won’t that be a good time? “Flight Attendant….yes…is it too early for a bloody Mary???”
Hope you feel better soon! Very true about those hieght/weight charts, they are ridiculous. lol
Thanks and thanks for reading.
Sounds like a 3 times a week deep-tissue Shiatsu is in order (sorry it’s just my thing). But seriously on the weight and your current situation- why and what exactly is your impetus or driver on this? Other than of course you’re wanting to be the best you can be and the healthiest you can be? Not that I ask as I don’t support those efforts but here we’re talking about your overall health right?
I wasn’t happy with how I looked at 216 pounds – that annoying deep gut fat that is very unhealthy. Otherwise, I was a slim Jim and thanks to a paleo diet and workouts I have shed the visceral fat. I would like to drop a few more pounds and then add some additional muscle for pure vanity and to increase my resting metabolism.
How painful is deep tissue massage? Sounds it! I think my vertigo is a result of a friend backing into a utility pole several months ago with me as the hapless passenger.
It’s not painful at all. And I hope you feel better. Pain’s not the point it’s the “finding” of the conflict in the body and the “reharmonizing” of everything head to toe sort of thing. I believe in it and of course it feels great haah Good luck string bean.
Wow! You’ve worked so hard and I think it’s awesome that you’ve seen such progress. Those height/weight charts are clearly only meant for teenyboppers.
Also, I think a chiropractor might really be able to help – I’ve been going to the same guy since I was a kid and he’s worked all sorts of kinks out for me, from whiplash to pinched nerves to minimizing scar tissue. Just make sure to tell him/her everything that’s been going on! =]
Thanks for the insight into your experience with the chiropractor. Gives me hope.
Congrats on the weight loss man! Praying for rest from the vertigo.
Thanks man.
My friend, you of all people should know that it is never too late, nor too early, for a bloody mary. If you take a fish oil pill in advance it’s practically a sports drink.
I love your power of rationalization.
One thing to consider with vertigo is tension in your anterior neck muscles (specifically the sternocliedoidmastoid muscle ~ see how much I learn on youtube
) REally though – if you have trigger points in these “strap” muscles — you will get symptoms of vertigo … if you do a search on the SCM muscle trigger point symptoms and treatment – — just a slight chance you can massage them out and be good to go for your journey ~ of course can be other things — and I’ve had all the tests (don’t let them pour water in your ear!!) ~ sending love RL
Thanks for the info. Very, very much appreciated!!
Tuna, Jerky,Nuts, Muscle Milk, Almond Milk, Beef, Eggs, Peanut Butter, one small Yogurt, and a side of Buffalo are all you need. LOL -Luke