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Tony the Tigger

Tony the Tigger

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Goofyernmost said:
I once bought a pair of no slip Sketchers for older folks. I determined that Sketchers had a secret agenda to kill all of us people of a certain age. It took me awhile to figure out what was happening. When I could walk better I used to mall walk every morning. I didn't immediately connect Sketchers to the fact that after never falling down, while just walking, in my life, I fell face first to the floor twice within a month in the mall. Later that winter I was in WDW and Universal. I fell once in the queue for Soarin in WDW and once while just walking between attractions at Universal three days later.

I noticed on my last fall that as I took a step forward my foot started scuffing the ground. However, instead of scuffing, my foot stopped dead and I fell forward to the ground all four of those times. I finally connected the dots and figured out that they did what they advertised they were absolutely non-slip shoes. I stopped wearing them, that was probably 8 years ago and I haven't fallen since then or even close to falling. I'll give them credit, but there are times when slipping a little is beneficial.
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Iā€™ve fallen twice in the last couple of months, but lost consciousness first, so nothing to do with my shoes. Currently wearing a heart monitor for 2 weeks. šŸŖ©
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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Tony the Tigger said:
Iā€™ve fallen twice in the last couple of months, but lost consciousness first, so nothing to do with my shoes. Currently wearing a heart monitor for 2 weeks. šŸŖ©
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I didn't lose consciousness, I watched myself fall each time from beginning to floor closeup. Even when I got my pacemaker, I never had fainted, felt dizzy or had anything but a really strange feeling in my chest. I had it constantly for many months and decided I should probably check it out. Sure enough I had a slow heart rate, 40 bpm which is great for an athlete, but not so good for an old, fat guy. That fixed my problem and I am monitored 24/7. I sometimes leave my phone behind just to see if anyone notices if my heart stopped or not. No one seems to have gotten overly alarmed at this point. Either they aren't watching or are aware of my expendability. My situation is called bradycardia which is the exact opposite of Tachycardia.
 
Tony the Tigger

Tony the Tigger

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Cesar R M said:
darn, that sucks D:

Hopefully nothing serious?
blood pressure problems or sugar levels?
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Blood pressure. Both times were after going from reclined to standing, feeling dizzy and thinking that was normal and would go away in a few seconds, but it didnā€™t and I woke up on the ground.

My concern was that being under anesthesia for three hours at a time in both September and October may have stressed my heart to reveal some exacerbated issue. But my EKG yesterday was pretty much the same as before the surgeries. Iā€™ll be doing a full Echo next week.

With the cuff on, reclined on the table, BP was 120/80. She asked me to sit up and it dropped to 115, then she asked me to stand up and it dropped to 110. I guess that kind of explains something.

She also advised me to add a little salt, so I wonā€™t feel bad eating Disney restaurant food again in a few days. šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

Dad died of a heart attack at 45. His dad at 57. His dad at 41. Iā€™ll be 54 in August. Iā€™m going for the family record. Hate to get this close, all in shape and everything, and drop dead lol.
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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Tony the Tigger said:
Blood pressure. Both times were after going from reclined to standing, feeling dizzy and thinking that was normal and would go away in a few seconds, but it didnā€™t and I woke up on the ground.

My concern was that being under anesthesia for three hours at a time in both September and October may have stressed my heart to reveal some exacerbated issue. But my EKG yesterday was pretty much the same as before the surgeries. Iā€™ll be doing a full Echo next week.

With the cuff on, reclined on the table, BP was 120/80. She asked me to sit up and it dropped to 115, then she asked me to stand up and it dropped to 110. I guess that kind of explains something.

She also advised me to add a little salt, so I wonā€™t feel bad eating Disney restaurant food again in a few days. šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

Dad died of a heart attack at 45. His dad at 57. His dad at 41. Iā€™ll be 54 in August. Iā€™m going for the family record. Hate to get this close, all in shape and everything, and drop dead lol.
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I see.

Your doc might be right, you need to be more salty ;)

In the other hand. Yeah.. know the feeling. Almost all of my family (men) on my side, had cancers.
 
StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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Goofyernmost said:
I once bought a pair of no slip Sketchers for older folks. I determined that Sketchers had a secret agenda to kill all of us people of a certain age. It took me awhile to figure out what was happening. When I could walk better I used to mall walk every morning. I didn't immediately connect Sketchers to the fact that after never falling down, while just walking, in my life, I fell face first to the floor twice within a month in the mall. Later that winter I was in WDW and Universal. I fell once in the queue for Soarin in WDW and once while just walking between attractions at Universal three days later. I noticed on my last fall that as I took a step forward my foot started scuffing the ground. However, instead of scuffing, my foot stopped dead and I fell forward to the ground all four of those times. I finally connected the dots and figured out that they did what they advertised they were absolutely non-slip shoes. I stopped wearing them, that was probably 8 years ago and I haven't fallen since then or even close to falling. I'll give them credit, but there are times when slipping a little is beneficial.
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That's no good.

Fortunately I'm not old. Yet.
 
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wdwfan4ver

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Goofyernmost said:
I once bought a pair of no slip Sketchers for older folks. I determined that Sketchers had a secret agenda to kill all of us people of a certain age. It took me awhile to figure out what was happening. When I could walk better I used to mall walk every morning. I didn't immediately connect Sketchers to the fact that after never falling down, while just walking, in my life, I fell face first to the floor twice within a month in the mall. Later that winter I was in WDW and Universal. I fell once in the queue for Soarin in WDW and once while just walking between attractions at Universal three days later.

I noticed on my last fall that as I took a step forward my foot started scuffing the ground. However, instead of scuffing, my foot stopped dead and I fell forward to the ground all four of those times. I finally connected the dots and figured out that they did what they advertised they were absolutely non-slip shoes. I stopped wearing them, that was probably 8 years ago and I haven't fallen since then or even close to falling. I'll give them credit, but there are times when slipping a little is beneficial.
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My younger brother wears a work version of non slip Sketchers and he never fall down at work.
 
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wdwfan4ver

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Wisconsin got its highest temp of the year so far this year with where I live was 54 degrees. Hopefully these from the local zoo wasn't complaining too bad:
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ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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StarWarsGirl said:
I have not. I know Sketchers work for my feet and I end up with minimal blisters, so I stick with those.

Speaking of blisters, this stuff is the bomb. If you get a blister, you apply it and the blister goes buh bye. What I do is drain the blister the night before with a needle (sterile, I put alcohol on it or use something to clean it) and then the next morning, I put it on before going out. Blister doesn't come back. I used it in California when I was walking every day 20k+ steps for two trouble blister spots. Blisters never came back.

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I use that on my feet all the time at Disney or when I'm going to more than average walking. And I have found that running socks with the blister block works great.
 

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