Beernewb
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i dunno...i'm a BIG beer drinker, have been since i was in my teens...i love beer...no spirits, minimal wine....but love my beer....sometimes i 'll have the equivalent of a six pack in a day, i work two jobs, one from 5-9 am then a second from 10:30-6:30pm--i might have a beer in between (most of my beers are 16.9 oz 500ml bottles, both commercial for the bottles and homebrew although i do enjoy belgians bt won't drink them all at once) another at dinner and then maybe share 1 or 2 with my wife at night...maybe a bit more on the weekends, but never drink to get drunk. I can't tell you the last time i took tylenol or motrin or any other prescription drug for that matter...in fact, i just got over a cold (rarely ever sick and haven't been to doctor in 3+ years) and took the equivalent of 7 baby aspirin and two benadryl throughout the entire ordeal. I feel that if i'm going to pick my poison, i should be disciplined in other areas. I eat well and used to exercise regularly before separating my shoulder really bad in a snowboarding accident (that I never went to the doctor for btw). i am 15 lbs heavier than my high school soccer playing eight and had really clean bloodwork come back from a life insurance test in February 2008.
Here's my issue....I'm 43...I have a 5 month old that was a total surprise to my wife and I...well, not the birth, but the pregnancy...and i can't help but wonder if Greg's death was the result of pancreatic cancer....from beer. i've known about the "scientific" correlation for years, but never really paid attention to it...i guess now i have TWO reason to pay attention to it that I didn't have 6 moths ago...it comes on fast, and without warning....and it just makes me wonder.....and a bit nervous. his death is really impacting me for some reason and i don't even know if that was truly the cause. And I have to wonder, no matter how good i take care of myself, eat clean, take vitamins, etc, is beer reeking havoc on my pancreas, regardless of the other factors.
here's a pic of the snowboarding injury in April 2009, no doctor, no painkillers, no aspirin, but some beer afterward you can't tell real well in this picture, but the shoulder joint is pushed up under the clavical, which makes the it appear like my shoulder actually dropped two inches down. I'm deformed for life w/o major surgery. is anyone else bothered at all about his death? it's not that i had nothing to live for in the past, it's just that I felt i was balancing the risks with the pleasures...now i'm not so sure given my new responsibilities.
Here's my issue....I'm 43...I have a 5 month old that was a total surprise to my wife and I...well, not the birth, but the pregnancy...and i can't help but wonder if Greg's death was the result of pancreatic cancer....from beer. i've known about the "scientific" correlation for years, but never really paid attention to it...i guess now i have TWO reason to pay attention to it that I didn't have 6 moths ago...it comes on fast, and without warning....and it just makes me wonder.....and a bit nervous. his death is really impacting me for some reason and i don't even know if that was truly the cause. And I have to wonder, no matter how good i take care of myself, eat clean, take vitamins, etc, is beer reeking havoc on my pancreas, regardless of the other factors.
here's a pic of the snowboarding injury in April 2009, no doctor, no painkillers, no aspirin, but some beer afterward you can't tell real well in this picture, but the shoulder joint is pushed up under the clavical, which makes the it appear like my shoulder actually dropped two inches down. I'm deformed for life w/o major surgery. is anyone else bothered at all about his death? it's not that i had nothing to live for in the past, it's just that I felt i was balancing the risks with the pleasures...now i'm not so sure given my new responsibilities.