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[nidge64] 08/12/2001 14:41

Royce,

Very sorry to hear about your troubles, and thanks for warning us to this danger. There are a number of excercises recommended for plane travel which should be suitable to avoid this - the other solution is (I believe) half an aspirin per day.

Nidge

[treborbob] 08/12/2001 14:35

HERES THE SOLUTION :
1,EXERSICE AT LEAST 5 DAYS A WEEK (THE BEST TIME IS FIRST THING)
2,DRINK AT LEAST 3 LITRES OF GREEN DRINK A DAY,MUST MUST MUST
(CALLED WHEATGRESS POWDER/JUICE ABSOLUTLEY FERNOMINAL, IT ALKALIZES
YOUR BLOOD,TAKES AWAY ALL THE ACID IN THE SYSTEM THAT IS CAUSED
BY STRESS AND WORREY,CLEARTHINKING,VIBRANT ENERGY LEVELS-MIX THE
POWDER WITH MINIRAL WATER ITS UNBELIVABLE TRUST ME!)
3,HEALTH IS WORTH MORE THAN ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY.
4,I MAKE AT LEAST 1K A WEEK TRADING WITH THE ABOVE
AND SMILE :-)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

[velocity] 08/12/2001 13:53

Horrific. Thanks for sharing the experience and advice - hope you make a very quick recovery.

[limousine] 08/12/2001 13:26

Sorry to hear about your troubles, hope you get well soon.......had a bit of a health scare myself with the lungs......had all the breathing difficulties you go on about....turned out i had a disease called sarcoidosis, got put on steriods then the lungs collapased , had to go under the knife for some repair and i am recovering like yourself.......not related to sitting at a pc all day though but i now how you must have felt.

P.s all those that are worried about this ......taking half an asprin a day thins the blood and prevents clots ......check with your G.P first as usuall

[nur0mancer] 08/12/2001 12:48

Truly sorry to hear of your horrific experience royce. Plenty of food for thought there, thanks for sharing with the board.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[crocodile] 08/12/2001 11:35

royce
Very sad to hear the bad news. Statistically our small bunch of traders seem to be very accident prone at the moment! All the best to you.
David
PS Many thanks for the warning..

[mad4it] 08/12/2001 11:30

royce, glad to see you're on the mend, wise words and I recognise some of what you describe, especially during the winter and busy trading periods. Now, where's that number for the gym!

[dr agon] 08/12/2001 11:08

blimey royce,are you trying to frighten the pants of the trading public?.
well its worked on me,thats it,ill now put the wifes geri halliwell yoga video on whenever im trading that should keep me active!
on a more serious note im glad things have got better for you.
moneys no good without your health!

regards dr agon.

[martini] 08/12/2001 11:00

royce
I did not realise it was that serious.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery from what must have been a very distressing experience.
M

[royce] 08/12/2001 10:55

DAY TRADERS BEWARE (DVT)
pasted from the pbb

Dear fellow day traders

a word of warning, DVT or deep vein thrombosis which for the layman is blood clots; newspapers call it economy class syndrome. It happens when you sit for hours, the blood thickens causing swelling and then blocked veins

people at major risk are people who:-

smoke
have high blood pressure
family history
physical inactivity
high cholesterol
obesity
high alcohol intake

so having read this far you think to yourself thats not me why should this bother me thats what i thought I will tell you my story as a warning to everybody else.

2 months ago i would swim every day, day trade between 7am and 5pm, 5 days a week, weekends 4or 5 hours checking internet sites/research etc. I do not smoke, I do not have high blood pressure my cholesterol level is 4.2(national average 4.8) im not obese have no family history do not consume large amounts of alcohol.

6 weeks ago started to get pains in my knee cap, thought this was a pulled muscle, went to the doctors was given cream to rub on, took aspirins as a pain killer pain seemed to go away was also starting to notice lack of brain power and tiredness.

5 weeks ago pain continued to return to my leg muscle taking aspirin seemed to cure this gave up swimming as too tired trading starting to get affected. Number of trades dropping off.

4 weeks ago pain starting again in my leg, I feel more tired becoming less mobile taking the weekend off to rest, just sitting watching TV. Tired before lunch falling asleep in the afternoon in front of the computer. Number of day trades dropping, brain struggling feeling run down feels like i need a holiday.

3 weeks ago out of breath climbing the stairs pain in the legs now moving to the groin, hot and cold sweats, go to see the GP again with a long list of my ailments have blood, urine, prostate tests and chest x-ray told to come back in 5 days for results.

2 weeks ago go to see GP now out of breath just walking across car park and it brought my pulse rate to 140. GP examines me again x-ray urine everything OK but blood pressure low, pulse very high. He is not happy at all sends me straight to hospital was connected to an ecg machine machine it immediately says that I have had a heart attack. Rushed into cardiac intensive care placed on oxygen wired up injected with various drugs etc. For those chartists out there my charts looked like a profit warning.

13 days ago now in quite a bad way specialists have worked out that as my heart has not released a specific enzyme I have not damaged it, various tests all day from which i never left the bed they were all brought to me eventually they discover i have 24 blood clots on my lungs and they then gave me dambusting drugs to clear my veins and thin my blood.

1 week ago can now breath without oxygen recovering well have slight heart murmur told my breathing will continue to get better but will never be 100% again.

So why? research is still going into DVT i was interviewed by 6 different specialists all eager in researching this new condition they was amazed that I could sit 10 hours in front of a computer only to get up to get a cup of coffee. Is this you?

Do i walk? no just to the car Do regularly excercise? no, not in the winter. Working from home you tend to decrease in physical activity I was told in the hospital that i was lucky that i had a strong heart and that it was able to survive what i had put it through.

In conclusion this may not be you if I was reading this I would think fool did he not know what was goign on. I thought i was clever and knew my body well but when this hit it was quick, how could you ever get something that was supposed to be to do with flying in aeroplanes obvously it's to do with inactivity with day trading the brain may be going but the body isn't and if the body is not going the blood does not get enough oxygen the brain slows down and from there it is a slippery slope.

BE WARNED
royce

www.bnf.org.uk

[sdawson] 08/12/2001 09:32

royce, best wishes for a speedy recovery - off to do some exercise now...

[jonc] 08/12/2001 08:02

A salutary warning royce.

Thankyou for posting your experiences and I hope you make a full recovery.

regards

Jon C

[biker] 08/12/2001 07:10

royce...

For many years I have avoided exercise with few ill effects, but perhaps I have just been lucky. I have been conscious lately that I ought to do something about it and your experience is probably the jolt I need. Thanks.

Best wishes for a complete recovery.

Regards - b

[gazza] 08/12/2001 07:01

Hope you get better soon. I can only echo what the others have said - many thanks for sharing your experience and giving what may be a timely warning to many of us.
Gazza.

[llucky] 08/12/2001 06:55

royce

I hope you make a full and speedy recovery, thankyou for highlighting the dangers of inactivity.

A treadmill at home is a good idea, using it an even better one! I will dust mine off now.

Regards and have a good xmas

[ahkeen] 07/12/2001 23:52

Royce,

Hope you enjoy a speedy and complete recovery.

Well done for sharing this experience with your fellow BBers, I'm sure we've all got something to think about after reading about this.


MT Glass,

LOL!

Regards,

Andy.

[m.t.glass] 07/12/2001 23:38

Plato - don't worry; I hear advfn are going to start labelling all outages as exercise breaks. In order to demonstrate how much they care about their customers wellbeing these will in future occur at least every hour :O)

[clem] 07/12/2001 23:34

Background aplenty:

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[plato] 07/12/2001 23:20

royce

Thanks for sharing that and warning us all of the risks. Glad you've come through it OK and I wish you a speedy recovery.

From now on I shall jog in circles while waiting for ADVFN streaming to actually display something, that should be more than enough exercise.

Look forward to seeing you in Taunton.

Nick

[mr euro] 07/12/2001 22:49

Royce, I am TRULY horrified by your experience.

My very best wises for your recovery.

[goforit] 07/12/2001 22:48

Royce - thanks for sharing your problem with us and look forward to seeing you tomorrow.

[priscilla] 07/12/2001 22:48

royce; that is a truly scary tale. It makes us all stop and think. How about pasting your header to the FBB? Several on there seem to spend hours watching the screens too. I really hope you recover soon and thank you for warning us.

[bones] 07/12/2001 22:38

Stable :) but try the ADVFN Xmas thread!

Cheers
Bones