The health and fitness thread about random things

[mrcharly-YHT]

Ouch.
I'm not sure that 16 weeks would give full normal strength though. Hard calcification but not full strength.

[tonyh]

Best wishes HK. That's horrible news.

[Ruthie]

My innards are troubling me. I've been having intermittent bouts of Bristol stool chart 5s and 6s with noticeable urgency for ages now, but put it down to my sertraline. But I've been on the sertraline 18 months and the innards problems are getting worse - I'm shitting multiple times a day, I'm having unpleasant gnawing pain in my mid abdomen sometimes, followed by a 3-4 on the stool chart, crampy growliness in my lower abdomen at times, and lots and lots of urgency followed by more 5s and 6s. And when I say urgency, if I lived on the 3rd floor instead of the 2nd, I'd have a lot of cleaning up to do. So I'm off to the GP tomorrow.

Outpatient appointment is next week, but it's not a colonoscopy appointment, just an appointment.

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Good luck! Gut problems are horrid xxx

[Marmitegeoff]

Get well soon HK just remember that summer is on its way.

[Legs]

Eye lasering on Thursday to correct my -1.75 myopia and astigmatism.  Looking forward to it in a funny kind of way.

Amazing.  Best money I've ever spent.

[jsabine]

HK fractured a shoulder on ice yesterday. The previous break in September should have healed to normal strength by now but it has broken in the same place. Some bone density investigation or suchlike seems necessary IMHO.

Crikey - sorry to hear that. It's not been a good few months for the pair of you. Good healing wishes in any case.

[LittleWheelsandBig]

The voodoo dolls seem to be working quite well recently. This too shall pass.

[Legs]

Mend soon, HK.

[rogerzilla]

First cold this winter.  I suppose being cooped up on a coach for 4 hours and then attending a conference with 3,000 people was going to do it.

[Whitedown Man]

GWS HK - gutted for you

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

My innards are troubling me. I've been having intermittent bouts of Bristol stool chart 5s and 6s with noticeable urgency for ages now, but put it down to my sertraline. But I've been on the sertraline 18 months and the innards problems are getting worse - I'm shitting multiple times a day, I'm having unpleasant gnawing pain in my mid abdomen sometimes, followed by a 3-4 on the stool chart, crampy growliness in my lower abdomen at times, and lots and lots of urgency followed by more 5s and 6s. And when I say urgency, if I lived on the 3rd floor instead of the 2nd, I'd have a lot of cleaning up to do. So I'm off to the GP tomorrow.

Outpatient appointment is next week, but it's not a colonoscopy appointment, just an appointment.

Bloods taken and I have to send in some poo. Might mix a cat turd in there for a laugh. Consultant was really nice.

[Wowbagger]

I am on gabapentin for my sciatica. The bloody foil on the blister packs is sufficiently thick for me to have cut my thumb on it.

[Jakob]

Had my MRI scan yesterday and was amused by how loud those things are! Definitely not like on TV!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Aj2QspPf7s

[Kim]

Had my MRI scan yesterday and was amused by how loud those things are! Definitely not like on TV!

It's because they aren't using the magic sound-deadening curtains they make cubicles out of on Casualty.

[Jakob]

I wonder if I can get hold of the images...Would be neat to get a 3D model and then print it out

[Kim]

Take a USB flash drive to the appointment and ask nicely.

[De Sisti]

I wonder if I can get hold of the images...Would be neat to get a 3D model and then print it out

Ask at the hospital. There's a form to complete and a charge of £10. You'll receive it on a dvd.

[Wowbagger]

An old college friend of mine had a hip replacement a couple of weeks ago and is due another in March. I suggested that she ask for her old hip joints back, embed them in blocks of perspex and use them as book ends.

[De Sisti]

Still waiting to see consultant after having MRI scan on my left knee in Jan 2017 (awaiting 5th operation on it since 1996).
Also had xrays on arthritic joints in left hand a week after the MRI scan, and await advice on what happens next.

[rafletcher]

Hmm, presently suffering from (possibly stress induced as a result of jaw clenching) unilateral temporomandibular joint dysfunction. This is affecting my ability to masticate, and my enjoyment of the results of same.

[Kim]

Hmm, presently suffering from (possibly stress induced as a result of jaw clenching) unilateral temporomandibular joint dysfunction. This is affecting my ability to masticate, and my enjoyment of the results of same.

Sympathies.  I had that quite badly in my teens.  Saw a maxillofacial bod who poked around, blamed exam stress and told me not to chew gum(!).

Eventually cured by leaving home.

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

Having struggled with this bloody depression for about two years now, today I've given in and asked to be signed off. The emotional demands of the work are taking every last bit of me, and I need some time away from it. So I'm off for three weeks and with any luck by next week I'll have the reserves needed to start doing the things that help me get better.

[matthew]

Good luck EG, I hope the break gives you the chance to recover.

[tonyh]

Yes. Best wishes.

[barakta]

My audiology department are pretty brilliant!

Saw me within 5 minutes at drop-in clinic to hand in broken hearing aid.
Gave me useful info about hearing aid going out of production and upgrade path.
Agreed to book me in for a hearing test at my request as I haven't had a proper one for ~9 years and several organisations won't accept the last audiogram copy I have which is dated 2005.
Showed clue about balance problems and listened to me explaining my currently visual issues and were able to confirm I'm too complex for them and it's reasonable to ask GP to refer me to neuro-something.
Posted me a hearing test appointment letter within 4 days for early March.
Arranged a successful repair of one of my hearing aids in under 10 days.

I already sent a "compliment" through the hospital's main website. I'll be emailing them to confirm aid is successfully repaired and thank them for the astonishing speed!

I still remember the 90s when repairs took months cos the aids had to go back to Sweden!