Out of the Hospital and Back at Home

John,
I agree about the carbs. I've been cutting out refined sugar and carbs (and that includes white rice) for many years now and by avoiding all the carbs, you don't get those spikes in sugar.

Lots of veggies, lots of lean meat and lots of green tea. Get well! Another thing which sounds odd but worked for me, is every-time I got gallbladder pain, the doctor told me to bear down and strain and it actually moved the stones out of the mouth of the gallbladder . Gross I know but it worked.

Our bodies are meant to live off food from the earth, not stuff in packages and especially refined sugar and empty carbs.

Sorry to hear about your accident and glad you can make it back John

Yeah, some days I feel the urge to tear myself away from the blogs, take my new iPod Touch to the gym and lift weights.

It really does wonders.

So does sitting in the sunny window in the winter whilst I blog.

Balance is key.

Thank GOD above that you're okay -- and getting healthier. Grace, grace, grace...

Good to best home sweet home..

I'm happy to see you back out there. Keep it safe.

Paul

It was good while it lasted, right John? Now you gotta stay healthy to stay out of the hospital. I'm glad you're ok, and good luck

Glad to see you are back @ home!

Hey John,

I'd be interested to hear what you thought of the medical care you recieved. I'm a BC guy too (Vernon, in the Okanagan), but living in Quebec now. I've always heard people complain about how bad the hospital care is in Canada with universal health care, but I've always found it great.

That being said, I'm from Vernon, and our hospitals serve MUCH fewer people than one like richmond would. You mentioned a little about it, but I think all your Canadian readers would be interested in your overall impression of the quality!

As for Healthy lifestyle, are you anywhere near the dyke in richmond? Whenever I'm there, I always walk the dyke to Steveston for coffee. I start out from near a little pitch n' putt golf course (not sure what street that is) and a round trip from the golf course to Steveston is a little over five miles, and very pleasant if the weather is nice.

Anyway, good luck with your recovery. Your health and family are the MOST important things!

well his health problem is a wake up call for me, so john chow just made an impact on many lives around the world

really john, this is definitely a Wake Up Call WUC for you and most of your readers. aging is not a pretty sight, it takes a lot of focus and determination to age gracefully. i am glad that you are not having surgery, it just means that the inflammation was not chronic enough to remove the stones from your gallbladder. the gall of it all, eh.

so what to do? i thought i was healthy, too, a couple of years ago. whammy, i was told i had high blood pressure. extreme. oh, so that was why i was a shaking piece of flesh. eating to cover up or self medicate my feelings which were never that great.

i was a health nut and a therapist to others. just shows you if you live long enough, we all fall into our own hard won holes. i defintely had to clinb back to altitude again.

may i suggest you call me up and book yourself an appointment to get on my Quantum Biofeedback device and see if you are going to say aha, like i did when i saw the information on this system. www.thequantumalliance.com

also to dilute all the toxins that produce the acids that make gallstones, kidney stones and lactic acid, i would like to direct you to www.trygoodwater.com and my webpage www.ionways.com/yeswater and see if you can understand how important this piece will be in yours and your families lives.

i am commited to be of service, always.

moneca yardley

WTH? Where did the newest blog post go? The one about affiliate competition and yaro's blogging product?

Welcome back!! :D

Glad you are back John - enjoyed the posts from the hospital, but as you said definitely better to be doing your blogging from elsewhere.

Take care!

Good to know your better.

Happy to hear that you are outta the hospital !! take care..!

glad to hear you're better john, take care!

nice 2 see u again,,...

What did market Leverage sponsor your hospital trip too? lol

glad to hear your healthy progress........I am waiting your tips and advice to be successfull blogger...thanks

John, i am glad to hear that you have been discharged from hospital. It is not really good that stay in the hospital for so long...and blogging there may not good things to do again...

Well since you are Chinese, perhaps it is time for you to eat vegetarian and it will bring you a healthy lifestyle with well balanced diet

It's great that now you realize that you have to be healthy. I was 200+ pounds about 1-2 years ago and after the results of my blood test, my wife pushed me into eating healthy. So far I've lost a total of 50-60 pounds and now I am eating a lot more, but not gaining the weight. However, I still need to exercise...thank god I can play Wii Fit :)

-Mike

John, great opportunity for more sponsors. I wrote about my gallstone ordeal at http://www.horizonsmagazine.com/2004Archives/12-04... and what I did to change my diet. Basically I ate a very heavy beef and pork and fried food diet for years and it caught up with me. I eat out 4-5 times a week so I now have to read everyone's menu online and get their nutritional info so I know how much fat is in every meal before I dine there. I cut back to 60 grams a day of fat and for 4 years have been symptom free.

If you do get your gall bladder out in a few months, simply take Pancreatin with each meal and it will help you assimilate your fats. I take it with every meal now, it does for my food what my gall bladder used to do. Without it, the smallest amount of oil in your food will go right through you embarrassingly fast, but that will only happen the first few weeks until your body gets used to the new internal re-routing. It is not a permanent condition, promise.

The best change I made to my diet was to begin eating Asian soups and salads, which I do 4-5 times a week now. I personally cut out beef and pork and only have chicken or fish 2-3 times a week. I found the easiest way for me to cut down on fats was to cut out meats. An acupuncture physician may be able to dissolve your stones using a laser. Good luck.

Welcome back John!!!

Luckily, all of the healthy lifestyle choices (including physical, mental and emotional) have associated affiliate programs, so you can easily turn your pursuits into more blogging income! :-)

Haha, you definitely need to cut down on all those restaurant visits! Glad to hear you're well, John. ;)

Haha, that's the result of having too much steaks. John chowed down too much steaks.

Glad to hear you're out of the hospital John : )

John,
Glad to hear that you are on the mend. You may want to take a little while and realize just how important exercise and eating healthy are. When you've lost your good health, nothing else matters.
Best,
Coop

Yay!!! You got to go home! Plenty of water, John. I see that you did have time to reflect on a few things. I know that my Dad did and so did I. Love and live every moment. But for you, its love and blog every moment!!

Nice to hear that all things are good for you and hope you will recover fast and continue blogging. Maybe can try out my health blog for some health tips .:P

Take care.

Cool to hear your out , now tell us what was the first thing you went for ?

Drink ? Meat ? Junk food ? ;-)

Good to hear. Stay healthy.

You know that Dot Com Pho Crew special directive is in place: Smack you upside the head if you eat something bad. Your willpower will also be tested by watching me consume the tower of meat at Kam Do (I still have no clue how I can do shit like that).

We've bugged you for years about your eating habits and we'll continue to bug you because we don't want you to croak. At least not unless it is by the hand of a Kung Fu Panda or by a flock (?) of lobsters looking for revenge ;)

I figure all us computer guys need to eat better and exercise more. With New Years right around the corner, a good time to start.

Thought it funny to end your video with a close-up of the ML gym bag.

Really happy to hear you won't be needing surgery John!

Just because you CAN work from anywhere you want doesn't mean we want you to be blogging from the hospital ;)

John, glad to hear you're doing better, and I wish you the best.

But, ahem, speaking of your will...have you thought about who would get your traffic if something awful happens? May I suggest myself as the beneficiary?

Although, that would be the most awesome contest of blogging history...get put into John Chow's will as the beneficiary of johnchow.com's traffic.

But, I hope the winner will only benefit far, far, far into the future. All my best.

Sounds like you've been eating too much fois gras :(

Good news John! I'm glad you won't be needing the surgery and look forward to seeing you blog from better surroundings again.

Glad to hear that you are out of hospital. Hope you will take care of your diet

John- Good to see you out of the hospital. Good luck with the life style change. I just started mine! If you need any tips let me know and I can definitely give you some pointers.

Glad to see you out of the hospital John,and wish you all the best with the gall bladder.

Welcome back home. Wish you all the health.

welcome back home..
we want more updates now :D

You must be quite relieved about that. What kinda exercises are you looking to do?

Could have given you the health advice months ago. I thought the restaurant reviews were just for occasional dine-outs!

Unfortunately most chinese food, dimsum places in vancouver serve very fatty food, and the ingredient quality is very poor. That's why I avoid dimsum or anything of the sort for the most part. When I eat out I tend to stick with simple dishes that taste good, and sushi. And if I'm going to have some fat, i'd rather take in some fat from good cheese (hence I like Italian food).

Hey John, glad to see that you're gonna be ok. I'd seriously consider full detox and master cleanse if I were you dude. I know first hand what that will do for you.

Terry

p.s. Hey Ian, that apple juice cleanse sounds pretty good. My last one was 16oz of cold pressed olive oil and 7 days of natural detox and cleansing supplements. Oh yes we kicked out a few stones with that one.

But glad you're ok!