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I'm fairly convinced that Pathology lowers lifespan through a variety of mechanisms if left unchecked/unaddressed.
In a brainstorming fashion, what are folks out in practice doing to stay healthy?
1.) massive sedentary focus - I started setting a phone alarm to go off every 45 min, I get up and walk 5-10 min. Usually doing laps down the hallway of the hospital. It sucks because you will miss calls during this time, but I dont see another way to address this OTHER than going down the road of an actual desk treadmill system.
2.) posture - this is fairly concerning. I actually began assessing the degree of the kyphotic angle of our pathologists and now very concerned about this. I purchased wearable tech to monitor and signal excessive slouching and I hope this works.
3.) general lack of physical activity - this is heavily dependent on practice location. We have a full service gym literally right next to us. I do 60 min resistance training in the a.m. 5 times a week and al 60 min moderate aerobic session in the p.m. 2-3 times a week before I go home. But, I like the idea of doing actual in office resistance training. But I dont want to make my office look like Venice Beach with free weights everywhere...
4.) food..this is huge. I think the entire lab/pathology environment can be really toxic to trying to eat healthy. Hospitals have carby snacks literally everywhere, from fruit to rolls etc. Ive been rolling through every diet variation from keto/paleo to outright 2-3 day water fast. Every diet though is working around me drinking a crazy amount of coffee to stay awake as I lose energy around 2-3pm makes grossing and reading all the SO'd reports out clearly sometimes a challenge.
Are folks really doing a standing desk/treadmill desk in Pathology?
Do people bring only pre-planned food from home to prevent distraction from hospital food??
Im also doing a multi-vit, 5000 IU Vit D3, high potency B12 and 2000% Vit C but because I have kids, they are all in gummy form. All that is almost 80-100 calories in glucose..
Also doing low dose aromatase inihbitor (anastrozole 5mg, twice a week) with around 1200 units of HCG to support my T level, but the other guys I work with are recommending adding metformin for additional longevity advantage.
I havent read all the data yet, but supposedly metformin for non-diabetic purposes has a better anti-aging effect than $15,000 per year of HGH injection. Anyone doing met? And how much?
Doing rhodolia, CBD and melatonin at night but not religiously (need to clean this up a bit). I actually measure my melatonin level and found it to be quite low, so this should be a given.
Other stuff Im concerned about is organic solvent fume exposure. The research on this is quite clear, this is bad. I need to find out what patient assessments I can do monitor chronic effects.
In a brainstorming fashion, what are folks out in practice doing to stay healthy?
1.) massive sedentary focus - I started setting a phone alarm to go off every 45 min, I get up and walk 5-10 min. Usually doing laps down the hallway of the hospital. It sucks because you will miss calls during this time, but I dont see another way to address this OTHER than going down the road of an actual desk treadmill system.
2.) posture - this is fairly concerning. I actually began assessing the degree of the kyphotic angle of our pathologists and now very concerned about this. I purchased wearable tech to monitor and signal excessive slouching and I hope this works.
3.) general lack of physical activity - this is heavily dependent on practice location. We have a full service gym literally right next to us. I do 60 min resistance training in the a.m. 5 times a week and al 60 min moderate aerobic session in the p.m. 2-3 times a week before I go home. But, I like the idea of doing actual in office resistance training. But I dont want to make my office look like Venice Beach with free weights everywhere...
4.) food..this is huge. I think the entire lab/pathology environment can be really toxic to trying to eat healthy. Hospitals have carby snacks literally everywhere, from fruit to rolls etc. Ive been rolling through every diet variation from keto/paleo to outright 2-3 day water fast. Every diet though is working around me drinking a crazy amount of coffee to stay awake as I lose energy around 2-3pm makes grossing and reading all the SO'd reports out clearly sometimes a challenge.
Are folks really doing a standing desk/treadmill desk in Pathology?
Do people bring only pre-planned food from home to prevent distraction from hospital food??
Im also doing a multi-vit, 5000 IU Vit D3, high potency B12 and 2000% Vit C but because I have kids, they are all in gummy form. All that is almost 80-100 calories in glucose..
Also doing low dose aromatase inihbitor (anastrozole 5mg, twice a week) with around 1200 units of HCG to support my T level, but the other guys I work with are recommending adding metformin for additional longevity advantage.
I havent read all the data yet, but supposedly metformin for non-diabetic purposes has a better anti-aging effect than $15,000 per year of HGH injection. Anyone doing met? And how much?
Doing rhodolia, CBD and melatonin at night but not religiously (need to clean this up a bit). I actually measure my melatonin level and found it to be quite low, so this should be a given.
Other stuff Im concerned about is organic solvent fume exposure. The research on this is quite clear, this is bad. I need to find out what patient assessments I can do monitor chronic effects.