May 14, 2019
Special thanks to The Oh-Be-Joyful Race for sponsoring the show! In this episode, we bring Tom Sherburne from Shred Ready Helmets on the show to discuss helmet technology. In particular to answer why MIPS technology is not used in whitewater helmets? From there we, unfortunately, had to dig into a little paddle offset and feather talk. Finally we expose IR as the manufacturer of High N Dry. Enjoy and thanks for listening! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN Hammer Factor Subscription Options: Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/amongstit-inc/id1095013227?mt=2 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/john-grace/the-hammer-factor?refid=stpr RSS Direct Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/HammerFactor Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfNW1jev8xx84dc05QZGqKA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hammerfactor/? Dane Cobra Flip off Spirit Falls: https://www.facebook.com/TheAdrenalineRush/videos/2364806570236092/ Email On Lymes Disease: From: Amos Ludwig Subject: Lyme and Dr. Rocco Message Body: Dear John, I listened to the Lyme Disease episode that you did last year with Dr. Rocco and was just going to keep my thoughts to myself, until Dr. Rocco responded to the dissenting email by hiding behind the title of scientist to support his position. I am by trade a scientist and have performed and published research. The research that has been performed that suggests that Lyme cannot persist long term is very limited in scope, and his argument about symptoms being general and vague is the epitome of anecdotal and hardly scientific. I’m going to provide you my personal experience with Lyme not because you asked for it, but because I’m grumpy about the whole thing. My experience is also anecdotal, but I’m not ruining people’s lives with my anecdotal experience. Refusing to perform proper scientific research on lyme persistence is leaving a lot of people suffering and in some cases ruining their lives. It also dawned on me that Weld may have even been referring to me as the paddler he knew that had a long battle with Lyme. So maybe I am also defending myself and experiences. I could write a book from my experience, but I’ll do my best to be as succinct as possible. Here goes... I picked up Lyme disease backpacking on the Appalachian Trail and at the time knew little to nothing about it. I was diagnosed with several other ailments before a doctor finally tested me for Lyme Disease. I tested positive and was given two weeks of doxycycline. I initially felt better but after the treatment course concluded my symptoms came roaring back. I returned to the same dr. who prescribed the same dose and duration of antibiotics. This time my symptoms resolved enough that I was able to finish the Appalachian Trail. Unfortunately after I returned home the symptoms returned. This time oral doxycycline was not effective and I was referred by a friend to a Dr. that treats persistent lyme with prolonged antibiotic therapy and I was given an IV Rocephin. Improvement was slow but I could tell over time that it was making a difference. I was then taken off of the IV and returned to oral treatment with antibiotics. My improvements were slow but marked and I remained on antibiotics for the next year and a half. I was feeling well enough that my dr. and I agreed to end antibiotic therapy. Unfortunately, after a couple weeks without antibiotics my symptoms came back stronger than ever. Each of these relapses proved to be more and more difficult to recover from. So here I am now 7 years later and have been on some form and dose of antibiotics ever since. I take an incredibly small “maintenance” dose at this point which seems to be enough to keep the Lyme from thriving in my blood stream. So here are some of the things that I’ve learned from this terrible experience: The Infectious Disease Society of America has claimed that Lyme infection cannot become chronic and that long term antibiotic use is ineffective and dangerous.