tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555715.post7574219259371658397..comments2023-02-12T08:40:32.494-08:00Comments on Geoff's Two Bits: Second ChancesGeoff Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12361851625830195798noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555715.post-84068095392688648012008-02-18T23:05:00.000-08:002008-02-18T23:05:00.000-08:00Damn! I'm glad you're in such good spirits and ha...Damn! <BR/><BR/>I'm glad you're in such good spirits and have a great outlook. My toughts are with you and your new lifestyle! May I suggest breaking out the old bike when you get back on track.UnifiedTheoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15723620862554221803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555715.post-65723537350329270762008-02-18T11:21:00.000-08:002008-02-18T11:21:00.000-08:00Hello Geoff,It looks like you are on top of the si...Hello Geoff,<BR/><BR/>It looks like you are on top of the situation. Stay well and feel better soon. <BR/><BR/>- Mike Grohvizetellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05939825531229846118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555715.post-77998908762214937992008-02-18T07:05:00.000-08:002008-02-18T07:05:00.000-08:00Geoff, Jackie and I are so sorry to hear of your s...Geoff, Jackie and I are so sorry to hear of your stroke. We're sending positive thoughts your way--all the way from LA. Know we are rooting for you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555715.post-84725174876863765462008-02-18T06:58:00.000-08:002008-02-18T06:58:00.000-08:00Hi Geoff,You are indeed lucky! Your comment is re...Hi Geoff,<BR/><BR/>You are indeed lucky! Your comment is really very timely because I'm struggling with getting myself back on track with diet and exercise myself. Back in 1997, my father died. A few days later I went into Kaiser for an excisional biopsy on my left breast, then a few days after that did the music for my dad's memorial service (Cursillo music, of ocurse). In the hospital my blood pressure was off the charts (no wonder, dealing with my father's death, my breast, and playing the music). They brought my PB down on the operating table with Valium, then I got on my BP regimen. Luckily the lump was normal tissue. But I didn't embrace the meds like you have. I worked my way off them, then was caught again when I went into the docs for a very bad cold that had become walking pneumonia. They kept me imprisoned in that little exam room and gave me I don't remember what to bring the BP down immediately. My doc said I would have a stroke and that I had to stay on the meds for life. After a couple years of struggling to find the RIGHT meds, we have settled on a cocktail of Athenolol, Hydrochlorithiazide, and a newer med, Cozaar. I used to have Lisinopril but I got the nasty cough associated with it. The doc changed me to the Cozaar and miraculously several other bodily complaints disappeared and I felt better than I had in years. I went through the period of accepting my state, ate right, walked 2 miles a day, then got my current job at the elementary school. Then I fell on my morning walks and took over a year to get better. It was during this time the Lisinopril was replaced with the Cozaar. I gained back some of the 50 pounds I lost (20 pounds) and am now struggling to get back on track with exercise, stress reduction, and diet. I have a beginning yoga and meditation DVD that I'm beginning today, to deal with the stress of my job, which is hideous. I've joined the Bob Greene website (though I have to admit I'm struggling with sticking to the program, easy as it is). I've got to do this, Geoff, just as you do, and I thank you for sharing this right when I needed to hear someone else is doing it. I'll think of you actually HAVING the stroke and perhaps I can get real about this situation, quit belly-aching about it, and just do it. Thank you, old friend! <BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>Mary Beth (MacDade) Powellmacpicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07438246339262801226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555715.post-73145893531546308102008-02-18T06:16:00.000-08:002008-02-18T06:16:00.000-08:00The moral of the story, of course, is: Keep that f...The moral of the story, of course, is: Keep that finger away from your nose!<BR/><BR/>Stay well, friend.<BR/><BR/>GazAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com