Author Topic: The health and fitness thread about random things (Read 476004 times)

Regulator · « **Reply #4500 on:** 07 September, 2023, 03:33:47 pm »

Mentioned to the LTC nurse at my LTC review last week that I hadn't had a bowel cancer screen for a while...

...guess what turned up in the post today?

Peter · « **Reply #4501 on:** 07 September, 2023, 03:57:40 pm »

Envelope from HMRC? That usually gets things moving. Right colour, too!

Regulator · « **Reply #4502 on:** 07 September, 2023, 04:00:35 pm »

Quote from: Peter on 07 September, 2023, 03:57:40 pm

Envelope from HMRC? That usually gets things moving. Right colour, too!

The only brown envelopes I get from those nice HMRC people tend to enclose rebates...

Peter · « **Reply #4503 on:** 07 September, 2023, 04:29:49 pm »

I think mine must be going to your house, then!

Beardy · « **Reply #4504 on:** 08 September, 2023, 11:01:16 am »

Due to the bilateral otitis externa I decided that I’d use my running headphones to listen to my audible book, as they are bone induction. I may have to revise my diagnosis, because I can only ‘hear’ the story in one ear, and that not very well. Well, either that or revise my understanding of how bone induction works.

At least only one ear is hurting.

Kim · « **Reply #4505 on:** 08 September, 2023, 11:25:12 am »

Yes, bone conduction should bypass any conductive hearing loss in the outer/middle ear. If you still can't hear that's an inner-ear (or brain) problem, and if that's new you probably want to get to ENT as a point of urgency...

That said, when I tried a set of Aftershokz, most of the higher frequencies arrived at my ear through the air. It's hard to achieve pure bone conduction when you have normal hearing, as bone conduction transducers leak, and they appear to be engineered to take advantage of this (hence the transducer in front of the ear, rather than over the mastoid as is traditional). I have to block my ear canals to listen to barakta's BAHA via a bite-bar, for example.

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #4506 on:** 08 September, 2023, 03:08:52 pm »

GP thinks clostridium difficile!

L CC · « **Reply #4507 on:** 08 September, 2023, 03:33:14 pm »

Quote from: chrisbainbridge on 08 September, 2023, 03:08:52 pm

GP thinks clostridium difficile!

I had that, BITD, and so did my 3 under 5. Fun times.

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #4508 on:** 08 September, 2023, 05:35:24 pm »

I can see why people die from it! I cannot remember ever feeling as week and tired as this.

hellymedic · « **Reply #4509 on:** 08 September, 2023, 10:09:43 pm »

I think it killed my great-uncle.
He was 104.5..

barakta · « **Reply #4510 on:** 08 September, 2023, 11:36:22 pm »

Chris, sounds nasty. Met isn't exactly fun either. I hope it kicks in pronto and you start to feel less dreadful soon.

Kim · « **Reply #4511 on:** 09 September, 2023, 12:53:18 pm »

Quote from: chrisbainbridge on 08 September, 2023, 05:35:24 pm

I can see why people die from it! I cannot remember ever feeling as week and tired as this.

The clue is, of course, in the name. Nasty stuff.

T42 · « **Reply #4512 on:** 09 September, 2023, 05:18:46 pm »

Quote from: chrisbainbridge on 08 September, 2023, 03:08:52 pm

GP thinks clostridium difficile!

Hell. Hope they can kill the bugger.

Beardy · « **Reply #4513 on:** 10 September, 2023, 12:56:31 pm »

I can’t hear ANYTHING. It really is most vexing.

I seem to be managing the infections, but neither ear appears to be improving so in the morning I (or rather Sarah) will be playing the trying to get an appointment at the GP game. :'(

barakta · « **Reply #4514 on:** 10 September, 2023, 02:23:08 pm »

Gah, that sounds very stressful. One of the downsides of hearing aids is the increasing risk of infection. Hope GP can be helpful tomorrow in shifting it.

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #4515 on:** 10 September, 2023, 03:54:17 pm »

GOOD LUCK BEARDY.

hope you heard me!

Beardy · « **Reply #4516 on:** 10 September, 2023, 04:43:55 pm »

Quote from: chrisbainbridge on 10 September, 2023, 03:54:17 pm

GOOD LUCK BEARDY.

hope you heard me!

PARDON?

(git)

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #4517 on:** 10 September, 2023, 08:02:58 pm »

I hoped to elicit at least a wry smile!

barakta · « **Reply #4518 on:** 10 September, 2023, 08:41:46 pm »

Beardy · « **Reply #4519 on:** 10 September, 2023, 09:52:31 pm »

It’s been agreed that Dr B will ring the surgery for me in the morning, but they are probably going to insist on a telephone consultation (the doctor will ring me some time during the morning). That’s all well and good if Dr B is here, but she has a dental appointment in the morning and won’t be here all morning. The doctor won’t only be unable to triage me, they won’t be able to set up a face to face appointment with me.

Can the surgery insist on a telephone appointment or should be be required to make a face to face appointment straight up.

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #4520 on:** 10 September, 2023, 10:37:31 pm »

I would immediately pull disability discrimination and pointless waste of time of telephone.

Kim · « **Reply #4521 on:** 11 September, 2023, 06:32:16 am »

Quote from: chrisbainbridge on 10 September, 2023, 10:37:31 pm

I would immediately pull disability discrimination and pointless waste of time of telephone.

They'll just say you should use TextRelay.

Beardy · « **Reply #4522 on:** 11 September, 2023, 08:10:54 am »

Start the day on a high!

Dr B delegated the task of ring the GP to Ms B the younger who is a little more feisty. She got me a F2F appointment THIS morn. I’m stunned.

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #4523 on:** 11 September, 2023, 08:20:59 am »

Excellent

T42 · « **Reply #4524 on:** 11 September, 2023, 08:33:21 am »

Quote from: Beardy on 11 September, 2023, 08:10:54 am

Start the day on a high!

Dr B delegated the task of ring the GP to Ms B the younger who is a little more feisty. She got me a F2F appointment THIS morn. I’m stunned.

What became of all the docs in the UK? Were they purged à la 1953 Russia or have they simply effed off to sunnier climes?