Sage Canaday hospitalized

You think Sage post that and thinks the clowns on LetsRun will have all sorts of takes on this?

I wouldn't give this XY the time of day. Literally not one shred of medically accurate info.

Purdue Pharma has never in any way been "big pharma." Which big pharma company are you suggesting was involved in pushing oxy?

Here is a "shred" of medically relevant information for you, loco mosquito:

justice.gov

Justice Department Announces Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in Its History

American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. (hereinafter together “Pfizer”) have agreed to pay $2.3 billion, the largest health care fraud settlement in the history of the Depa...

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Thought this thread had moved to #1 because of some development with sage. But lo and behold, it's yet another thread turned into arena for the covid warriors.

Unless you're here to talk about sage, how about you stfu and go argue in one of the other 50 threads you have hijacked.

Excellent point.
Next thread they intend to hijack, the posts should be reported and deleted as off-topic.

I'll address this.

Yes, I have paid to have some routine blood tests done in the past 20 years. I would not call them "needless though." Like many athletes (in college and at the pro level as well as athlete's we've coached) it is a well known science that monitoring things like your iron, vitamin D, vitamin B12 and other basic vitamin/nutrient levels can be a great thing to dial in your training/rest/recovery as well as dietary needs. Over the years I've usually gotten a CBC as well as these basic blood value tests. It's also good when you live and train and high altitude and can see adaptations with blood cell count. I'm actually sponsored now by "Athlete Blood Test" so I get some comped. It is really not uncommon for runners to check their blood a few times a year when training and racing really hard.

Running is hard on the body (especially the 120-150miles a week I used to do). There have been times my iron has started to get "on the low side" and as a vegan of course I monitor things like vitamin B12 (and I take a vitamin supplement for that). I've run with lots of guys (who ate lots of red meat in their weekly diet) that would start "having a bad season" and then they'd get a blood check and their iron (usually ferritin measure) would be on the low side. They'd take some iron supplementation and then they'd start running better again because their ferritin wouldn't be in the 20s. You wouldn't know that without a blood test.

I'll admit to being maybe a bit of a "hypochondriac" as well, but I'll tell you this: I'd rather be on the "safe side" and "get things checked out" now then let them fester and stay undiscovered. After my pulmonary embolism experience (not going to the ER in the first week because I was "being tough" with the pain and worried about the cost) this is especially true. This past week they were searching for chronic/residual clots deep in my lungs as well as high pulmonary artery pressure. This was also due to a more recent "indeterminant V/Q scan" and my continued breathing issues. Trust me, it's usually better to try to get some quantitive data and good imaging done to prevent serious health complications from getting worst and worst. I made the call to take the hit financially and with the radiation risk/exposure to get these tests done because the consequences of not knowing (if I had high PA or chronic clots) were a much higher risk to my life expectancy with much more dire consequences.

Love you mr Canaday

You are exercising your medical freedom. A topic that has been vigorously debated these past 3 years. I applaud you for making health care choices that are in YOUR best interests. That is what the Covid vaccine question came down to. Each person age 18 and over making their own medical decisions without the threat of force or penalty.

I wanted to say that I really appreciate Sage taking time and replying in this post and in other mediums and sharing whatever parts of your situation that you do and talking about your health. That's definitely not something you have to do. I'm a recent PE survivor (like it happened in January to me), and reading about your experience did provide comfort to me in that I had similar symptoms, reacted similarly, and...idk seeing your story did help me feel not so alone. So honestly, thank you so much.

I also think it's hard for people to comprehend how much something like this can impact a person. The 6 pages of speculation abt why this happened? That is going around constantly in my own head right now all. The. Time. Wondering about damage, if it will happen again or if something else is wrong? I mean. Yeah that's there too. So. Opting to find out more about one's situation in order to find comfort and control..it seems pretty normal. Not over the top at all.

I'm sad it's not covered by your insurance. And I'm super happy you are doing well.

Not sure why this is getting downvoted. There are plenty of negative things that could be said about Big Pharma, but Big Pharma was simply not involved in oxycodone.

Dude take care of yourself. I remember the day when running was snatched away from me due to a 90% blocked LAD at age 33. I went from 2:20's in the marathon to stented and just happy to be alive. I started to realize that the most important thing in life is to be around for the ones you love. Running is an amazing sport today I am happy that I can still run sub 6:00 at age 40 which is a great indication that I am still very physically fit and healthy. Try and find other enjoyments in life that are similar to competitive running if it is becoming dangerous to your body's limits. I myself do tournament poker which is similar to making it through the rounds of a championship series track meet as players disappear and are on the sidelines to watch while you play on. You have done amazing things in the sport of ultra marathoning, but the most important thing is your life and growing old to talk about and teach others about the importance of pushing the limits of the sport. Be healthy prayers to a strong recovery and all the best!