Internet diagnosis is potentially dangerous; I'd risk it for you, knowing it's worth as much as you paid for it... ;) ;DWorth every penny! Have a 200% pay rise!
I didn't know that about Perthes!What's becoming clear (there are two major studies ongoing atm) is that nobody knows much about Perthes. They don't know why it happens. Preliminary results of a study into the effectiveness of treatments is suggesting that the treatment has little effect on outcome . . . Surgical interventions such as femoral oesteopathy, pinning and assorted scaffolding is as successful as massive reduction in weightbearing movement plus physiotherapy.
You learn something every day!
It's been discussed here previously that extreme endurance is potentially bad for the heart.
Gouty bastard. Ow ow ow. Two nights in a row woken up at 3am by pain in the ankle, hardly able to walk this morning. Got no good painkillers left, trying to survive on ibuprofen gel and paracetamol.
Ow ow ow. I've never had such bad pain in my life. It's like somebody has taken my foot off, and hammered a big thick nail into the ankle joint up my leg bone, then put my foot back on again. Walking feels like I'm pushing the nail further in. :'(
The only thing that cheers me up is my beautiful wife pronounces it "goat", and asks me, "how is your goat this morning" ;D
Much sympathy, Hulver! Your description makes it sound like my rheumatoid arthritis, and gout is indeed closely related to arthritis. Goat might be a well for all I know.
Cyclists' hamstrings get shorter (or summat like that) so it's more difficult for us.That is certainly reported frequently.
Well, Yoga class tonight! No doubt i'll probably be the stiffest unbendiest in the class! :-[good luck! I've been failing to get myself to one for the past three weeks. Hopefully I'll manage it tomorrow. What sort of yoga will you be doing?
Well, Yoga class tonight! No doubt i'll probably be the stiffest unbendiest in the class! :-[good luck! I've been failing to get myself to one for the past three weeks. Hopefully I'll manage it tomorrow. What sort of yoga will you be doing?
good luck! I've been failing to get myself to one for the past three weeks. Hopefully I'll manage it tomorrow. What sort of yoga will you be doing?
Well done Brian. You inspired me to go tonight. It's mindfulness/hatha yoga and involved breathing exercises and meditation. I enjoyed it. Some of the poses were tough, though! Looking forward to improving.
Well done Brian. You inspired me to go tonight. It's mindfulness/hatha yoga and involved breathing exercises and meditation. I enjoyed it. Some of the poses were tough, though! Looking forward to improving.
My back is killing me today. This happened the last time I tried yoga. I took it easy, too, on the advice of the teacher, missing out the harder poses and using blocks. I think I have a more structural lower back problem. Bother. >:(Sorry! :-[ Hope your back is better now!
athletes foot sounds healthier than ringworm ?
I've just been reading an article that refers to a study done in 1960 where three sets of lab rats were fed a variety of diets. The first (control) set were fed normal lab rat food and water, the second set were fed cornflakes and water and the third set were fed the boxes that the second set's cornflakes came in, plus water.
The control set lived a year. The rats eating the cornflakes died in a couple of weeks, but rather crucially, they died before the rats eating the cardboard boxes :o.
The (rather sweeping) conclusion drawn from this - there's more nutrition in the cardboard box cornflakes come in, than the cornflakes themselves.
Corn flakes used to be in waxed paper bags within their box.
Ridiculously high calorie meal at Hungry Horse.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30000934
I have just had a phone call.
Agent Picolax is due to visit next Thursday...
Wish me luck!
I have just had a phone call.
Agent Picolax is due to visit next Thursday...
Wish me luck!
I had Moviprep rather than Agent P last year. Managed not to leak.
Never trust a fart!
Good luck!
Toe is still sore, and still discharging teh green :o
Luckily day off tomorrow, and getting dressing changed with practice nurse at doc surgery.
Fingers crossed Aunt Biotics will work (flucloxacillin)
I've got plantar fasciitis :(
This definitely fits in the 'Annoying Medical Issue' section of the Venn diagram.
I lost my fitbit in Barcelona.Is that a song lyric by an ironic 21st century version of Pulp?
I feel naked without it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30494009
Isn't this article just stating the obvious?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30494009
Isn't this article just stating the obvious?
According to the NHS (http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cystitis/Pages/Treatment.aspx) there's no evidence that drinking lots of water is an effective treatment.
But they recommend it anyway?
According to the NHS (http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cystitis/Pages/Treatment.aspx) there's no evidence that drinking lots of water is an effective treatment.
But they recommend it anyway?
The fact that drinking loads of water really helps flush out your bladder and makes you feel better doesn't count as 'evidence'.
'Evidence' means enormous cohort studies and double blinding and boring statistical analysis programmes. Nobody's funding trials into tap water.
This grumpy post was brought to you by Boxing Day Headache Lurgies inc.
That page contains a link to advice on how to clean your penis properly.
Good.
It should be compulsory reading for men and those who care about them.
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/penis-health/Pages/how-to-wash-a-penis.aspx
I've got a bizarre knee pain. When I kneel on my right knee I get feeling like a plaster being pulled off under the skin on the lateral side of the knee joint. Depending on how bent the knee is I can vary the pain, it is worst at 80-90 degrees (where 90 deg is kneeling up and 80 deg is dropping towards a kneeling down position). It doesn't hurt at all when I am kneeling down.
What have I done?
Having tried to book an online GP appointment this morning, I've discovered that our surgery no longer offers this (Drat! This was the best thing about it!) and has changed to a system involving telephone triage called GP Access (http://gpaccess.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/The-system-works-only-as-a-whole-v3G.pdf). I wonder if it will work?
I spent New Year's Eve learning about intestinal intussusceptions and their treatment. If anyone here is advised to get a colonoscopy for screening purposes, do not put it off.
I spent New Year's Eve learning about intestinal intussusceptions and their treatment. If anyone here is advised to get a colonoscopy for screening purposes, do not put it off.
Been reading BMJ Endgames? ;)
I spent New Year's Eve learning about intestinal intussusceptions and their treatment. If anyone here is advised to get a colonoscopy for screening purposes, do not put it off.
Been reading BMJ Endgames? ;)
No, this was more of an experiential learning thing.
I did a spin class today. Dear $deity those bikes are uncomfortable. Very strange sensation too, it won't freewheel. Nearly bunnyhopped the thing the first time I tried!
I did a spin class today. Dear $deity those bikes are uncomfortable. Very strange sensation too, it won't freewheel. Nearly bunnyhopped the thing the first time I tried!
If you are used to riding fixed, it feels completely normal.
I've never ridden fixed, but that's what I was thinking. As I can't afford n+1, I guess the odd spin class might be a nice way of improving my pedal stroke.
I had to do that from half way to work and all the way home about 20 years ago. You tend to change gear a lot. Mostly down.I've never ridden fixed, but that's what I was thinking. As I can't afford n+1, I guess the odd spin class might be a nice way of improving my pedal stroke.
Best way to improve your pedal stroke is to pedal with one leg.
Thanks Helly, I've just read [ur=https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=80098.0l]this[/url] thread. I will book an appointment at the Docs on Mon. The pain I have is not great and has not stopped me doing anything. I thought it was chaffing on one of my big toes at first but then the other one started similar. Seems worse in the morning and there is nothing to see on the toe but it doesn't feel like in the joint either.
Get Well Soon, EG!In that it makes me vomit and that might force some of the lungcrud out? ;D
TEA can be helpful...
Mrs T just brought back some dried mango from the shops. Tastes bloody marvellous. Any way I can justify this as Audax fodder?
After getting annoyed with getting up from the floor like an old man (after playing with my young child) I have finally gone to the GP for a check up. They are very judgemental I think if you are male, not old and have a joint problem that has not incapacitated you. I've a history of knee complaints.
Anyway xray today and hopefully an MRI in the next month. Seems the fact my knee keeps locking up (bending back so it locks straight not locking up so I can't move it) and the way it collapses on me for no reason as I walk means there could be a loose body in my knee joint. That soft tissue needs MRI or arthoscopy I believe. So until then I am going to have to keep using chairs and tables to get up and have to be careful gowing down stairs. However one good thing, cycling helps a lot. I thought it would make it worse but after a ride I find there is less pain and that knee collapses on me less.
Anyone know what an MRI is like? I reckon I'll be in feet first but only up to waist so it won't feel claustrophobic for me. I have heard it is not a nice thing with a lot of noise, clicking and the tight space inside the ring. Didn't realise it takes at least 15 minutes, not a fast snap like xrays. Is that right? Anyone else have a MRI done on their legs/knees?? What was it like?
I've had one (or more) for my shoulder. I'd say it's about like being on a posh and comfortable sun-bed (and a lot less hazardous!)Thanks for that, like the sunbed analogy. I'll check out my tan lines after I get my leg scanned!!
I had my hip MRId. It's not pleasant, but once they'd rolled me through so my head was sticking out, it was better. I made the mistake of opening my eyes while my head was still inside and I shouldn't have done because it felt claustrophobic enough to be distressing. As soon as my head was out, I was fine. They'll play a CD to you to take your mind off things. I think it took about 20 minutes. It's noisy but it's not sore, and if you don't open your eyes while your head is in the thing, it's just a noisy lie down.
Anyone know what an MRI is like? I reckon I'll be in feet first but only up to waist so it won't feel claustrophobic for me. I have heard it is not a nice thing with a lot of noise, clicking and the tight space inside the ring. Didn't realise it takes at least 15 minutes, not a fast snap like xrays. Is that right? Anyone else have a MRI done on their legs/knees?? What was it like?
Frightened myself to death last night, thought I was pissing blood, then after a minute or two remembers the packet of Beetroot crisps I had on the train home ::-)Points fingers and laughs
Eight days is perfectly normal for bad flu, is it not?
Interestingly all the German websites on flu say go to the doctor straight away, all the english ones say treat at home. Which I guess ight be something to do with the fact that you pay for your doctor's visits.Or a different interpretation of flu? That is, maybe when Germans say flu they really mean flu, not a bad cold?
If your bilirubin were off the scale, you might be a FUNNYCOLOUR
(I'm now under standing orders to query the colour of suspicious bodily emissions with barakta. She gets all the fun jobs.)
@Helly: any idea how quickly mitochondrion population in skeletal muscle declines when we break training? Or in cardiac muscle, come to that, if it does at all?
I just started again after 10 days off for my eye op, and it feels as if I'd done zero km this year.
@Helly: any idea how quickly mitochondrion population in skeletal muscle declines when we break training? Or in cardiac muscle, come to that, if it does at all?
I just started again after 10 days off for my eye op, and it feels as if I'd done zero km this year.
I read in 'faster' that it's the drop in blood volume when you stop that causes the initial loss of fitness. This returns quite quickly when you start training again.
@Helly: any idea how quickly mitochondrion population in skeletal muscle declines when we break training? Or in cardiac muscle, come to that, if it does at all?
I just started again after 10 days off for my eye op, and it feels as if I'd done zero km this year.
I read in 'faster' that it's the drop in blood volume when you stop that causes the initial loss of fitness. This returns quite quickly when you start training again.
Hum. "Exercise training-induced hypervolemia appears to be universal among most animal species, although the mechanisms may be quite different. The hypervolemia may provide advantages of greater body fluid for heat dissipation and thermoregulatory stability as well as larger vascular volume and filling pressure for greater cardiac stroke volume and lower heart rates during exercise." - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1798375
I'd view that as just one of the adaptation mechanisms. But mitochondria are directly involved in intracellular metabolism and their population increases to about 200% of normal with regular training, so that the cells become twice as efficient as untrained cells. When you stop training the population drops towards normal again. I know that population rebuild is faster than the initial build and, I believe, faster than the loss, but beyond that I have no idea. Although my cardiologist did tell me not to lay off more than three weeks, so maybe that's the time for the pop to drop to normal.
I'm just home from a three day stay in hospital having L4/L5 decompression surgery now on the road to recovery, could be off the bike/trike for a while
Glass block UV (I think all wavelengths but no doubt other will know better ) quite effectively - you don't tan in a greenhouse, so I suspect that's the reason.
Short sleeves are a good idea if you don't go out much.
I am so looking forward to seeing my GP on Friday and finding out what is wrong with me. I am so tired. All the time.Hopefully he has an answer for you.
Work had a bod from Stroke Association in today, giving us a free blood pressure test if we wanted.
Got mine done, 138/89. Just a smidge below borderline of hypertension according to the bumpf I got given! :o :o
Work had a bod from Stroke Association in today, giving us a free blood pressure test if we wanted.
Got mine done, 138/89. Just a smidge below borderline of hypertension according to the bumpf I got given! :o :o
A smidge below "high normal" I think that would be, or "mild" hypertension. In the "practice a healthy lifestyle and check again in a little while" range. That I've been in for at least 20 years ::-). So less salt, less alcohol, more veg, more exercise for us! :thumbsup:
Work had a bod from Stroke Association in today, giving us a free blood pressure test if we wanted.
Got mine done, 138/89. Just a smidge below borderline of hypertension according to the bumpf I got given! :o :o
A smidge below "high normal" I think that would be, or "mild" hypertension. In the "practice a healthy lifestyle and check again in a little while" range. That I've been in for at least 20 years ::-). So less salt, less alcohol, more veg, more exercise for us! :thumbsup:
My bloods all came back normal, so we've agreed I have depression and started me on sertraline.I've a packet of these sitting in my coat pocket, the side affects look grim and I reckon as Spring is coming I'm not bad enough yet. I dunno. :-\
My bloods all came back normal, so we've agreed I have depression and started me on sertraline.I've a packet of these sitting in my coat pocket, the side affects look grim and I reckon as Spring is coming I'm not bad enough yet. I dunno. :-\
Some people get all the side effects. Some people don't get any. Some people get some they find intolerable, some people get some they can live with. The direct effects of the depression are enough for me to risk the side effects of medication.Aye. I reckon I'm unlucky enough to get lots of side effects, and not bad enough to risk them. Yet.
Wife's starting flu ("no, no, it's just sinusitis and a sore back"), I'm feeling a bit ropey, I have a 200k 12th April and my training's already shot to hell with time off for cataract op. Bugger.
I'm just home from a three day stay in hospital having L4/L5 decompression surgery now on the road to recovery, could be off the bike/trike for a whileTwo weeks post op back on the bike/trike and walking, I really can't believe it, I feel great and the best bit I have no pain at all, all thanks to Southampton General Hospital.
Two weeks post op back on the bike/trike and walking, I really can't believe it, I feel great and the best bit I have no pain at all, all thanks to Southampton General Hospital.
Current Sertraline side-effect: night sweats so bad I tossed and turned so much last night I ripped a big hole in the bottom sheet.
I had a little accident last week (mentioned elsewhere), which left me with several facial scabs. Most were shallow scrapes & had fallen off by this evening, when most of what was left fell off in the bath.
Unfortunately, the scab which fell off (to my surprise: I thought it was solidly rooted, & it was the only one A&E had taped up last week) the bridge of my nose left behind an oozing hole. I'm not sure what to do about this. Just put a dressing on it? If so, what sort would be best, taking into account that ordinary plasters irritate my skin if left on long? Ask the GP nurse to have a look at it tomorrow?
All advice gratefully received.
PS. I was thinking until I saw that hole that I might get away without any visible scars. :(
Nope, not on the invoice. I'll see the doc again in a couple of weeks for another test so I'll see if I can get the results from him. But German doctors tend to keep things closer to their chests, apparently.
Now you are better, your blood results are close to normal.I was tested for the following:
Viruses cause deranged liver function.
Were you tested for glandular fever?
There's a slight dent now, only noticeable because it's still discoloured.I had a little accident last week (mentioned elsewhere), which left me with several facial scabs. Most were shallow scrapes & had fallen off by this evening, when most of what was left fell off in the bath.
Unfortunately, the scab which fell off (to my surprise: I thought it was solidly rooted, & it was the only one A&E had taped up last week) the bridge of my nose left behind an oozing hole. I'm not sure what to do about this. Just put a dressing on it? If so, what sort would be best, taking into account that ordinary plasters irritate my skin if left on long? Ask the GP nurse to have a look at it tomorrow?
All advice gratefully received.
PS. I was thinking until I saw that hole that I might get away without any visible scars. :(
Tegaderm, or similar.
I know this is too late, but it's the answer for things like this. Put it on and forget it. Healing with virtually no scarring.
I'm just over 4 weeks into the sertraline just now and it's going great. It's definitely working, and the majority of the side-effects have passed. I still have sweaty hands and feet, deranged body temperatures, a bit of a clenched jaw, and intermittent jitteriness, those are all minor and tolerable. I think I've been very lucky.Me too. I think I'm a few days behind you and not only do I feel much better but not one of the terrible list has manifested.
Seems mine are a side-effect of migraines and and sign that my brain is not getting blood properly, or something.Experimentation has shown that I can't drink even on small glass of red anymore. :(
Eight weeks into the sertraline, and I'm definitely feeling the benefits. I'm cooking from scratch a few nights a week instead of living on pizza and bread, and I feel like I'm walking instead of trudging. I'm going back to see the GP on Friday.
Yeah, my bug-eyes were hilarious to see. My GP has warned me 3 times not to stop taking the pills just because I feel better because I'll almost certainly relapse.Eight weeks into the sertraline, and I'm definitely feeling the benefits. I'm cooking from scratch a few nights a week instead of living on pizza and bread, and I feel like I'm walking instead of trudging. I'm going back to see the GP on Friday.
Just been catching up on this thread, sertraline is doing me wonders as well. I left it for far too long before going to the doctor though.
I had the bug-eyes for a few days, although I think that was the worst of the starting side-effects.
I had to increase dose after the first month, as although my mood had improved I was still very unmotivated. I now have to remember to take the pills in the morning, as I'm feeling normal again.
I'm glad it's working for you.
Bowel cancer screening. Not only do you get a Special Free Gift in the post for "before", you get a souvenir photo to take away after, too. :thumbsup:.
Top value, NHS!
Bowel cancer screening. Not only do you get a Special Free Gift in the post for "before", you get a souvenir photo to take away after, too. :thumbsup:.
Top value, NHS!
Great fun!
I hadda polyp so had to go back for a colonoscopy; even more fun...
...and more pictures.
Still much better than consequences of polyp turning nasty!
Me: "So, find anything interesting?"
Doc: "Nope. Just a beautiful bowel."
You wonder why some decide to work in medicine, don't you?
And then there are the ones who are perfectly good doctors, as long as you conform to their prejudices of what constitutes a worthy patient...
And then there are the ones who are perfectly good doctors, as long as you conform to their prejudices of what constitutes a worthy patient...
Or, presumably, as long as they conform to your prejudices of a what constitutes a worthy doctor... ;)
Soluble/dispersible aspirin, oh how I love thee.Me too. Not to that extent, fortunately. Do you remember orange-flavoured 'junior aspirin'? Made to be palatable to kids, they stopped it because it was too tasty and some children treated it as sweeties. This would have been mid-70s, I guess. It always tasted horrible to me, and I was so glad when I was allowed to have proper grown-up chalky aspirin instead. Yes, it does taste good.
Beats the fuck out of swallowing some pills, can sip it over a period of time
(yes I actually like the taste. So much so, that as a baby I ate a whole bottle of 100)
Still it could have been a lot worse, at least I didn't fall from standing and smack myself off the ceramic sink or tub on the way down.
I am ill for the first time in almost a year . . . . . I got home from hols yesterday . . . I feel dreadful.::-) ::-)
Hmm, been prescribed low-dose amitriptyline, not for depression, for migraine-y pain. That's going to be interesting.
I came across this article. It almost made me cry, knowing I'm not alone or going insane.
http://migraine.com/blog/cognitive-dysfunction-during-attacks/ (http://migraine.com/blog/cognitive-dysfunction-during-attacks/)
I went back to the GP for a review today. I've been registered with that practice for about 20 years and I've never had a single complaint about them, but my appointment today was very rushed. They were over-running so they probably wanted to make the time up, and I suppose it's not like I needed a lot of time, but I'm sure I was in and out in under four minutes, with 2 months more sertraline and a reminder to go back in July or August.I had a couple of bad weeks in the middle of June where I felt like I was back to square one, so took a Friday as annual leave to make a longer weekend, and have been much better ever since. Last weekend I remember thinking to myself "I almost feel normal today." (Normal for me, not normal normal, obv). I am wondering if there is a hormonal element to the down patches, but it's hard to track since the mirena ate my periods. Feeling much more stable the past couple of weeks, and have booked some annual leave on one or two Mondays per month to give myself some longer weekends (and to use my leave up by end of September because we're not allowed to carry it over any more).
Factually incorrect AND oversimplistic.
1 gram fat is 9kcal anyway.
First rule of yacf:Factually incorrect AND oversimplistic.
1 gram fat is 9kcal anyway.
Yup, you're right.
What if she disagrees with teh Julian?That would be a bit like crossing the streams, wouldn't it?
My mental health is continuing to be better and I've had several days in the past month where I've felt almost back to normal. I know I'm not there quite yet, but it's coming. I'm seeing my GP again on Monday.That's great news :thumbsup:
What if she disagrees with teh Julian?
Try to catch a falling glass, I backhanded a cactus.
Got most of the spines out - but one has vanished into finger joint (that's what it feels like, anyway). Swollen lump on finger for a week so far. It was filled with pus on mon and I though the spine would come out with the pus. No joy.
Time to go to A&E. A old cycling buddy of mine came back from work in America. While in Nevada during his last week there, he fell against a cactus and got spined. He died of septicemia within six months.I'm keeping an eye on my wrist. If red lines start crawling up my veins, A&E it is. Bin there, done that.
Good news...
The guy is probably the best in the UK...
Night rides might be back on next year...
I appear to have or be developing an ear infection which is both making my balance worse than usual (baseline is pretty shite) AND painful and setting off TMJ pain I've historically had a lot of problems with.
*WHINGE!*
I am now eating all the drugs that might possibly help degunk that part of my anatomy and or kill pain. Even eating paracetamol which I don't usually bother with.
It was always my bugbear working as a doctor in an area where kids' home language was not English that the kids learnt good English at school but missed out on colloquial 'toilet' and 'body' vocabulary.
Mk 1 zit inside the nostril? Those can be unreasonably painful.
A 3/8 reamer might do the trick.
It was always my bugbear working as a doctor in an area where kids' home language was not English that the kids learnt good English at school but missed out on colloquial 'toilet' and 'body' vocabulary.I'd have thought they'd pick up most of that from other kids in the playground.
It was always my bugbear working as a doctor in an area where kids' home language was not English that the kids learnt good English at school but missed out on colloquial 'toilet' and 'body' vocabulary.I'd have thought they'd pick up most of that from other kids in the playground.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34290430
To the half who ignored the Special Invite. You squeamish bunch of Weiners - JFDI. It might just save your life.
Signed: A Squeamish Person.
PS: Strange that fewer women than men took up the one-off option. Usually, it's us blokes who are the weeds, when it comes to medical stuffs.
By now I am hardly surprised there's so much obesity. There is so much junk food everywhere and portion sizes of 'good food' are HUGE for sedentary folk.
Just had to vent...
According to at least two independent sets of research, man flu is real. Men really do feel worse than women when they’ve got a cold.
I've had this sharp, excruciating pain under my left shoulder blade for about a week. It goes away when the area is supported but is agony when I'm standing or moving about. A massage yesterday didn't help. Tiger Balm gives a tiny bit of relief, but mostly I'm hobbling about going owww.
Bloody Hell! Everything is LOUD now....
Bloody Hell! Everything is LOUD now....
Apart from the audiology receptionist, of course.
My favourite was the theatre nurse who described an ECG as a "special telly" about 2 minutes after I told them I was an electronic engineering student. I may have upped the sarcasm on principle at that point ("Yes, I built one when I was a kid, the grounding can be really temperamental."), but it wasn't really their fault.That might have been how it was explained to the nurse...
It's remarkably good today; I could probably read the top line on an eye chart with it despite the fact that there is still a pretty big air bubble in there (this is deliberately added during surgery to press the graft against the inside of my own cornea and make it stick, and is absorbed after a few days). All in all, it's amazing considering the usual timescales quoted for useful vision after this surgery. I don't think my father could see much for two months. I am right at the bottom of the age range for this procedure, with very early onset Fuch's dystrophy, so my eye probably heals quicker than the typical patient who would be in their 70s.
Post-op consultation is on Tuesday (train trip to Reading) when he can tell me to what extent it has so far "bonded".
In one of those "small world" surprises, my cat's opthalmologist knows my opthalmologist ;D
I am banned from any kind of work for two weeks, even hoovering!
I sometimes have a reaction to Chinese food and I'm sure it's not the carbohydrates. It's likely something to do with high levels of MSG.
I got pneumonia three times as a very young child and, perhaps as a consequence, all my life have suffered from a propensity for chest infections. Just spent two weeks recovering from my last one.
These are brought on by (a) lack of sleep, (b) being cold, (c) lack of food, and (d) exertion, in that order of importance. I can get away with any one factor (except lack of sleep for several days running) but in any combination they kill me.
I have come to accept that cycling increases my risk.
Does anyone here suffer from cycling-related chest infections and have you found a way to reduce your risk?
Seems at my previous exam, just 3 months ago, the exam showed I needed reading glasses. Since then there has been a major deterioration in my close-in sight and the optician's opinion was that this would be contributing to migraine issues.
Due to my other eye issues, the cheap off-the-shelf reading glasses would be worse than useless. Bah effing humbug, here goes a major expense I could do without.
Ouch! I went to the doctor, yesterday, for my B12.
Ended up having that, 'flu jab AND pneumonia jab.
My left arm now is really hurty!
That is weird, I convinced myself that our boiler was leaking CO, too.
The only thing I noticed after my 'flu jab 9 days ago was a sticking plaster which caught my T-shirt.
That is weird, I convinced myself that our boiler was leaking CO, too.
Comforting to know it's not just me - it might have been our flue, after all. But I roasted a batch of coffee this afternoon & it smells just the same. :(
Asked my doc about the 'flu jab' and he said "You don't need it."
pmslAsked my doc about the 'flu jab' and he said "You don't need it."
Well done, you evidently chose the right parents.
I'm pretty sure I'm developing arthritis in my first metacarpalphalangeal joint on my non-dominant hand. I have a friend who is a hand therapist so I will ask her to look at it.I am seeing the GP tomorrow. The joint is very painful and there's quite a lot of swelling and what might be new bone growth.
The news recently talked about bowel cancer being linked to processed meats (salami etc).
Purely anecdotal evidence but here in Germany I know of three people with bowel cancer but in the UK none of my direct contacts have it. Here the consumption of sausage and salami etc is colossally high. So maybe.
The news recently talked about bowel cancer being linked to processed meats (salami etc).
Purely anecdotal evidence but here in Germany I know of three people with bowel cancer but in the UK none of my direct contacts have it. Here the consumption of sausage and salami etc is colossally high. So maybe.
The wurst news.
IGMC...
The news recently talked about bowel cancer being linked to processed meats (salami etc).
Purely anecdotal evidence but here in Germany I know of three people with bowel cancer but in the UK none of my direct contacts have it. Here the consumption of sausage and salami etc is colossally high. So maybe.
The wurst news.
IGMC...
I will put that post in my Spam folder.
A very long time ago, a primary school classmate's father died of bowel cancer.
He was a Kosher butcher.
The consultant copied me into his letter to my GP, and he suggested my hypochromic microcytic anaemia with a serum ferritin level of 10 might be due to 'intense physical exercise'.
My hols in Scotland didn't involve that much exercise, did they? If they're going to stop me riding my bike I'm going to sulk quite a lot.
I'm fairly sure 12 days of cycle touring round the Highlands doesn't count as 'intense exercise' ???
Perhaps your consultant thought you looked like an elite athlete :)
Had 8am GP appointment, seen at about 10 past, GP sent electronic referral for Xray, wandered over to Lauriston building in time for 0830 opening, Xrays taken by 0855. Not bad, NHS, not bad. Now I just need to wait for the results.I'm seeing the GP again on Thursday, and it can't come soon enough.
Good news and bad news from the opthalmologist today. The good news is that the corneal graft is completely stuck and there is no risk of it ever detaching now. The bad news is (1) slightly high pressure in the eye, probably a reaction to the anti-rejection steroid drops. He prescribed some drops to relieve the pressure and I am to start reducing the frequency of the anti-rejection drops now anyway. (2) Slight cataract, a side-effect of the surgery due to the air bubble being inserted into the aqueous humour, which holds the graft in place for the first day or two but doesn't so the lens much good. He's not too worried about it though.
Is lemsip not basically just paracetamol, sugar and hot water?
Is lemsip not basically just paracetamol, sugar and hot water?
Is lemsip not basically just paracetamol, sugar and hot water?
Is lemsip not basically just paracetamol, sugar and hot water?
Yeah, pretty much, but the smell is dead comforting and it's a nice hot drink with drugs in it :thumbsup:
Is lemsip not basically just paracetamol, sugar and hot water?
It's worse than that, it's liquid paracetamol. That stuff is only okay after a general anaesthetic, and only because everything tastes like that after a GA. :sick:
I prefer my paracetamol in capsules that can be swallowed quickly and efficiently with minimal tongue contact.
My GP's surgery has called me for a fasting blood sugar. I am not diabetic. Getting me to the surgery for this will, no doubt displease the partner.
I am minded to push my sugar down to the worrisome out of spite.
I am not nice.
I will aim for 2.9...
I'm off for a vaginal ultrasound scan in a minute. I'm actually quite excited. It's the closest thing I've had to a date in years.Is this POTD?
X-ray shows no bony abnormality. GP has no idea what is causing the pain and swelling, and oh, did I mention the PAIN? I'm trying diclofenac gel for 2 weeks and go back if not better.Gel has reduced the soft tissue swelling, but the bony swelling and PAIN are still there. I'm going back to the GP next week.
X-ray shows no bony abnormality. GP has no idea what is causing the pain and swelling, and oh, did I mention the PAIN? I'm trying diclofenac gel for 2 weeks and go back if not better.Gel has reduced the soft tissue swelling, but the bony swelling and PAIN are still there. I'm going back to the GP next week.
The contacts are in for my first trial day. This feels a little weird. Hopefully I won't end up in A&E this time :-[
A&E? Well better safe than sorry I guess.
I had a worrying bloodshot look one evening a couple of weeks ago, after a trainer session in the garage. I had my contacts in, it stayed after they were out but was gone the next morning. I suspect fatigue (long hours recently) was a factor and maybe raised blood circulation from the exercise. The motorbike trip home from work may have added to any stress levels as it was dark, and very busy on the M5.
I'm due a contact lens check up so I'll bring it up then I guess. I used the contacts again for riding the motorbike, to get to the rowing club, and did a very high intensity erg session, without any issues so I'm inclined to think it was tiredness.
I had drunk about 2/3 of my second pint at this time. Would that have helped to keep me hydrated.
I had drunk about 2/3 of my second pint at this time. Would that have helped to keep me hydrated.
Possibly not. Alcohol is a diuretic. That's why, colloquially, drinking it can be described as 'getting pissed'. Quite often, even with dilute alcohol, eg in beer, you can lose more water than you gain.
Here's the thing. There is a 'managed' condition and 'treated'.
So, medication review today. What I was hoping for was a discussion about whether a different medication might be better or some other assistance. I'm currently missing about 1 day off every 2-3 weeks.
What I got was a blood pressure check.
Next time I take my buggered shoulder to the doc I'm planning to scream "if it was a sore tooth I'd take it to the dentist and he'd FUCKING WELL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!"Cue doctor to lift SDS drill, tube of No More Nails and say "No problem sir, we can fix that. Now, where did you go on your holidays?" Whiiiirrrrrrr <scream>
Hmmm. I suppose dentists do have a rather more direct approach. Fed up with doc piling platitude on conjecture and doing SFA, though.
I wrote on this thread a year ago about me going to an xmas party where I fainted. I hadn't fainted before and didn't find any reason why. I saw my GP and had blood test done, etc. The GP said that if this happens again we will need to look into it more and maybe stop me driving and cycling. Anyway, I have had no problems all year until I went to exactly the same party last night. I had stuffed my face with the party food and was stood talking when I became light heading and went down. I didn't drop as suddenly as last year and when I came round I was on my hands and knees. I knew that after eating the junk party food my blood sugar was high and maybe put it down to that, just like last year. I was thinking about it again today and just before fainting I was telling a guy about what happened to me last year. Did I talk myself into fainting?
Hmmm. I suppose dentists do have a rather more direct approach. Fed up with doc piling platitude on conjecture and doing SFA, though.
The approach I hate the most is the, "Yes well, at your age - normal wear and tear - to be expected"
Just get me back on my bike!!!!!!
I know my measly 5 - 6000 km pa is nothing here, but it does seem to impress the GP.
Actually, I'm probably more in need of a psychiatrist than a GP to get me riding more atm. :(
Something in the air conditioningwater,or David Cameron trying to kill us all off?
Had you gone from sitting to standing, or made any sudden change on body position?
I get that occasionally, and can go light headed when standing up quickly. Seems to be postural hypotension, which is not uncommon in fitter individuals with a low RHR. Essentially the BP doesn't catch up quick enough when you make those changes in posture.
No, I had been standing and chatting for a few mins. I'm still going with the idea that i may have talked myself into it. I was telling somebody all about what happened last year. I remember when I came round (this year) my biggest worry was other damage had I done. When I collapsed last year I hurt something in my chest which was quite painful for the following two weeks.
At this stage I want more investigation and less experimentation.
waking up and suddenly a heart rate around 130 bpm, or more! Muscles tensed and totally aware of it. could be 5 minutes or 50 minutes, I can't figure that part of it, and, when it's calmed down, the rest of the day is a new and mighty headache, aching arms and legs. I have vague memories in my head of Adrenal and Cortisol stuff. I will try and see doctor as this has been 3 days in a row and I'm starting to get worried.
Anybody got an idea of what it might be?
Last ride was 30th Dec. Had severe angina and haven't dared since. Cardiologist Thursday. :(
Last ride was 30th Dec. Had severe angina and haven't dared since. Cardiologist Thursday. :(
Eeek!
I wish you well!
Woke up on Dec 28th with severe back pain, in between the shoulderblades. Never experienced it before and cannot think of a reason ( meaning cannot recall twisting or lifting or any sort of twinge). Cannot lay flat on the bed but it gets better as the day goes on. Had a sports massage and got marinally better but had to sleep on the floor for a couple of days, now graduated to sleeping on a futon. Question is, do I bother going to the doc or do I not bother until it happens again (hopefully it does not)?There is actually very little the doc can do.
Last ride was 30th Dec. Had severe angina and haven't dared since. Cardiologist Thursday. :(
Eeek!
I wish you well!
Thanks Helly. Stress test this afternoon. I'm just beginning to panic.
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Woke up on Dec 28th with severe back pain, in between the shoulderblades. Never experienced it before and cannot think of a reason ( meaning cannot recall twisting or lifting or any sort of twinge). Cannot lay flat on the bed but it gets better as the day goes on. Had a sports massage and got marinally better but had to sleep on the floor for a couple of days, now graduated to sleeping on a futon. Question is, do I bother going to the doc or do I not bother until it happens again (hopefully it does not)?There is actually very little the doc can do.
If you can get a swiss ball then sitting on that will help.
A basketball or football can be used for upper back. Stand back to a wall, about 1.5times ball diameter away. Place ball behind you, a little below where the pain is (say, a little less than the ball diameter). Lean on the ball. Carefully bend your knees, leaning on the ball, until the ball roll up past the painful bit. Straighten knees and repeat for a while.
a nursie-know-it-allWow.
a nursie-know-it-allWow.
a nursie-know-it-allWow.
Some Nurse Practitioners are excellent.
Others have opinions beyond their knowledge and education.
But the same is true for doctors.
Some Nurse Practitioners are excellent.
Others have opinions beyond their knowledge and education.
Some Nurse Practitioners are excellent.
Others have opinions beyond their knowledge and education.
Oh the arguments I've had with my sister (a nurse) about bike helmets...
Oh the arguments I've had with my sister (a nurse) about bike helmets...
Some Nurse Practitioners are excellent.
Others have opinions beyond their knowledge and education.
Oh the arguments I've had with my sister (a nurse) about bike helmets...
Rice, and most breads are sugar spiking little ba$tards. Potatoes though, curiously not.
Rice, and most breads are sugar spiking little ba$tards. Potatoes though, curiously not.
Interestingly, that's not my experience. Maybe depends on the manner of the cooking; mashed potato really spikes my blood sugar (and I'm not diabetic).
I am stuck in hospital again😢 . I went into retention around 5.30 and as I arose from the throne my lower back went into spasm . I managed to drag myself through the house and knock the patio doors open and woke the neighbour who called the ambulance.. So I am stuck in hospital with a cathier and rattling with pain medicine for my back ::-). I will be here at least overnight . bother !.
They plan to stick me into a MRI tube for a hour tomorrow before pulling the cathier out and seeing what happens :oBetter than "They plan to stick an MRI tube into me for an hour......"
Woke up on Dec 28th with severe back pain, in between the shoulderblades. Never experienced it before and cannot think of a reason ( meaning cannot recall twisting or lifting or any sort of twinge). Cannot lay flat on the bed but it gets better as the day goes on. Had a sports massage and got marinally better but had to sleep on the floor for a couple of days, now graduated to sleeping on a futon. Question is, do I bother going to the doc or do I not bother until it happens again (hopefully it does not)?There is actually very little the doc can do.
If you can get a swiss ball then sitting on that will help.
Thanks for the replies. Saw osteopath yesterday, a bit better last night. Hopefully it keeps improving, it really only troubles me at night.
Joaquin
A basketball or football can be used for upper back. Stand back to a wall, about 1.5times ball diameter away. Place ball behind you, a little below where the pain is (say, a little less than the ball diameter). Lean on the ball. Carefully bend your knees, leaning on the ball, until the ball roll up past the painful bit. Straighten knees and repeat for a while.
I wouldn't do that in the acute phase, wait till it's calmed down a bit. Football/basketball may be a bit big, something nearer tennis ball size and hardness tends to allow more local pressure and deeper pressure.
Also if you can find one, a physio/sports injury specialist who might be able to see if there is any underlying imbalance causing this. Lower back pain as an example is often a symptom of something like tight calves, hamstrings, or over developed quads etc.
I had a sardine salad for supper and peach slices for pudding and am now enjoying the ambience of ward 11 :)
Then there's brother's diabetic pin-thin MIL, who can eat sweetcorn with impunity...
No just water and three small cups of tea during the day . seeing as I drink my tea out of a liter mugs at home and I am not fond of plain water thing's could be better :) .I had a sardine salad for supper and peach slices for pudding and am now enjoying the ambience of ward 11 :)
Are you getting the urology "lashings and lashings of tea" treatment? (For best effect, this comes when you're trying to sleep.)
No just water and three small cups of tea during the day . seeing as I drink my tea out of a liter mugs at home and I am not fond of plain water thing's could be better :) .I had a sardine salad for supper and peach slices for pudding and am now enjoying the ambience of ward 11 :)
Are you getting the urology "lashings and lashings of tea" treatment? (For best effect, this comes when you're trying to sleep.)
The trapped nerve in my neck, which has stopped me from cycling, walking, or doing owt much at all for the last two years, seems to have resolved itself. Dunno why I got it in the first place, nor why it went away - doing my usual yoga class before christmas, Something Happened at one point to make it better down my left hand side (where the pain was all along), but suddenly worse down the right (where it wasn't).
Over a couple of weeks, the worse bit gradually improved and went away completely, and the better bit stayed better. A decent gym session last Friday, a 3 hour ride yesterday and a 3 hour walk on the fells today and all seems to be well. I think I'm better :D
Now, just the small matter of 2 years-worth of lost fitness to catch up on.
Asian genes dictate that fat is laid down in the abdominal area.is a clue.
I suspectQuoteAsian genes dictate that fat is laid down in the abdominal area.is a clue.
She might have a profile that looks 'slim' if viewed from the front, but viewed from the side looks to have significant belly fat.
As always, the pinch test can tell us a lot, as long as we are honest with ourselves.
pressure test's of the bowels and bladderThat sounds excruciating
I know I am blessed with a small waist but whenever was a 34" waist on a woman 'slim'?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35280028 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35280028)
My Dad self-catheterises four times per day and is happy doing this.Ditto my Dad. It is largely about motivation - being fitted with catheter and bag would impede some of his activities (cycling to get his paper, playing tennis, skip-diving for firewood - all the things 86 year olds normally get up to)
My Dad self-catheterises four times per day and is happy doing this.Ditto my Dad. It is largely about motivation - being fitted with catheter and bag would impede some of his activities (cycling to get his paper, playing tennis, skip-diving for firewood - all the things 86 year olds normally get up to)
Cystitis, like hearing aid malfunction, has an uncanny knack of happening onOr is that just me?weekends and bank holidaysbike rides....
Cystitis, like hearing aid malfunction, has an uncanny knack of happening onOr is that just me?weekends and bank holidaysbike rides....
Cystitis, like hearing aid malfunction, has an uncanny knack of happening onOr is that just me?weekends and bank holidaysbike rides....
I fell off (low-sided) more than 4 months ago, landing squarely on my hip - followed by knee and elbow and sundry other bit's. Everything has healed up, but the hip STILL feels bruised when Ipoke itlie on it in bed >:(
A Bursa is part of your body - a cushioning pad. They are found in most joints, but I'm not aware of one on the outside of the hip.I fell off (low-sided) more than 4 months ago, landing squarely on my hip - followed by knee and elbow and sundry other bit's. Everything has healed up, but the hip STILL feels bruised when Ipoke itlie on it in bed >:(
I had a similar experience a few years ago. Apparently it is called a Bursa and was sore for a year or so I was threatened with a steroid injection so just shut up. it is better now about 3 years later.
There is the trochanteric bursa which often takes a hit when a cyclist lands on the hip, sometimes causing a bleed.
Still, that's preferable to a hip fracture.
There is the trochanteric bursa which often takes a hit when a cyclist lands on the hip, sometimes causing a bleed.
Because the tip is sore I am to scared of pain to pull it. I tried and the tube seems to stretch and it hurts a bit and I wimp out again .I know I should MTFU but a wimp I remain ::-) :'( :'( . I am using a gel called optilube which is making things a bit more comfortable . I suspect that I will have to put up with it as I have bothered doctors to much this week and I cannot afford to upset them ..
@mrcharly sympathy, but G^%&*$"£ so does mine. Extensive inflammation of tendons from the pressure bandage they put on my wrist last week. It seems that every night when I'm asleep they fuse to their sheaths, and when I move them in the morning the pain is just short of making me vomit. That goes on until they're free to move again, usually a few hours, then the next night it starts over again. One is not happy.hey it gives you something to look forward to, each morning, right? :facepalm:
ELEVATE, ELEVATE, ELEVATE!!!
I think you can wait until Monday but be prepared for a very rapid escalation of care and investigations. Certainly that would be the case in the UKI beg to differ. Blood in urine has been ignored as an expected side effect of cystitis every time I've asked my GP. Even when we're discussing obvious clots in a urine sample.
I still have a cathier in 😢 . I have phoned both wexham and heatherwood hospital s and have been promised replys since Thursday .I am seeing the doctor tomorrow so I will see if he can get any sense out of them .this is getting very frustrating and depressing. If it takes this long to get the cathier out I hate to think how long it will take to do the tests to hopefully sort the problem out :(
re-plastered, xrayed and assessed
another check next week - if progress continues then "I wont need srgery and probably only need a cast another 4 weeks"
I admit that it's not the most fun I have had . it is proving to be more comfortable than the leg bag so far ☺
I am on day 15. Came back from holiday having exercised, rested, etc. 2 days later on the Friday came home and collapsed. In bed all weekend but went into work on Monday. Struggled through to Thursday when I was practically comatose and have been off work ever since, temperature swings, sweating, etc!! Just managed 20 minutes on the turbo today and will try for an hour tomorrow. I have 2 days in court on Monday/Tuesday so that will not be too bad although 2 hours on the train to Newcastle is a bit of a faff.
Doctors aren't very good at taking time off when they are sick are they?Hi Hellymedic, don't let my wife know! After 35 years of being married I have just about persuaded her that everybody else is a skiver and i am normal. Although she did wonder wonder when I was pouring sweat, shivering uncontrollably and slightly confused last Sunday and refused to call the doctor. After all what would they know that I didn't?
QuoteDoctors aren't very good at taking time off when they are sick are they?Hi Hellymedic, don't let my wife know! After 35 years of being married I have just about persuaded her that everybody else is a skiver and i am normal. Although she did wonder wonder when I was pouring sweat, shivering uncontrollably and slightly confused last Sunday and refused to call the doctor. After all what would they know that I didn't?
I feel so ill. I had to drag myself home from work tonight, I felt so awful.
I'll still be going to work in the morning though. As you do.
Sore throat, whole body aching, can hardly move. Yeah, that'd be a cold then ::-)
Interesting. Some gastroenteritis viruses carry surface proteins very similar to those on the surface of beta cells, and antibodies against the former can take out the latter as well, leaving you diabetic. Happened to the 4-year-old son of a friend of mine - explaining to the poor wee chap why his parents had to start sticking needles into him was harrowing.
Any chance of a beta-cell implant?
Achievement unlocked: Improved BMI by being 3cm taller than at last year's annual being-told-off-by-the-asthma-nurse appointment. :o
No, I haven't a clue how that happened. Either I've been wrong about my height for years, or I've grown since I was last measured by a competent healthcare professional. We checked, and left leg vs right leg weight bearing only accounts for a little under 1cm difference, so it can't just be that.
I'm wondering if someone made a mountain bike tyre size cockup and converted 5'6" instead of 5.6'. But who the fuck measures anything in decimal feet? More likely someone applied an overenthusiastic fudge factor for shoes.
I still feel like poo. My throat still hurts and for the first two hours after taking paracetamol or ibuprofen I can function reasonably normally. But once they start wearing off I feel like I'm going to die and just want to sleep. My whole body hurts and I'm so tired.Could you get over it soon please? I want you to come and visit us in our new house!
*whimper*
Really very bad at being ill.
A friend of mine got glandular fever and "pushed through it" to work, ended up in ICU nearly dead and came out with type I diabetes and since then has developed all manner of nasty things like epilepsy and myasthenis gravis... Not good news. :/
Oh, he did say to stop doing "extreme" events. Audax isn't extreme, is it?
I see the British Heart Foundation will run a 'Dechox March' initiative to raise funds and encourage 'good habits' next month.
I am not participating...
Any sort of cocoa is a no-no
Flavonoids contained in dark chocolate may have a protective effect on heart health
GWS! PenV (phenoxymethylpenicillin) has to be one of the 'best value' medicines in the pharmacopeia, as well as the ibuprofen, but ICnBA to find out how many pennies your medicines have cost the NHS. I doubt it's more than £1.
Staff costs are another matter.
Pen V is very good for throats (and sadly neglected cos Newer 'Better' medicines were invented).
I see the British Heart Foundation will run a 'Dechox March' initiative to raise funds and encourage 'good habits' next month.
I am not participating...
Does being ill make you clumsier?Yes
Does being ill make you clumsier?Yes
Dear oh lor'. First session on the turbo after six weeks of doing SFA. 10 rousing km on the second resistance notch from the bottom, heart on 130 most of the time, and it felt like the hills before Villaines on the way back from Brest. Doused in sweat. This is going to take a loooooooooooooooong time. :(
My experience of being privately insured just for two years, with the requirement that I pay for my treatment first and get the money back later, plus pay this 500€ excess, is that it is an unwelcome extra stress when you are concerned about health. I have no idea how people cope in the USA!
Makes me wince, just thinking about it. I've had a cystoscopy and getting tube past the prostate hurt.
On another topic, how long does it take bones to heal? 4 weeks now and I can feel the break exactly, still burns and aches like it did when I snapped the bloody thing! The ligaments and tendons damaged from the dislocation have improved hugely.
can't remember how much sodium is in the High-5 ones, that would be the main concern if you upset sodium balance, you may end up pi$$ing out what you're putting in.
I think the rest of what they have is a bit of magnesium, potassium, can't remember the rest.
What is your current blood glucose? Long term control of that will be the key, as you're probably aware and will reduce that thirst. I went from downing consecutive pints of water, tea, coffee, beer,ginto just normal thirst almost overnight.
I've suspected for a while that the rise in diabetes can't really be explained by diet, and other environmental factors play a role.Interesting one! I put on around 90lbs in a couple of years after I moved to my current Pit, (next to the A6 on a bottleneck of traffic with the bridge being the only main route out of the area only 100 yards away).
http://www.sciencealert.com/exposure-to-air-pollution-makes-rats-put-on-weight-and-messes-with-their-metabolisms
Saw the consultant hand surgeon today about the lump on my thumb. She doesn't know what it is, has referred me for an ultrasound with the words "bizarre lump" on the referral, and thanked me for coming in with something moderately interesting.
has referred me for an ultrasound with the words "bizarre lump" on the referralDo we get a photo so we can all do our own online diagnosis for you?
Hmm, I took citalopram for a while. Stopping taking it abruptly was NOT advised+1 (actually +lots&lots) - even reducing it gives me the eebies
...It takes me 3 months....
I'm slowly coming to the unfortunate conclusion that a longer than usual bike ride at the beginning of the week will lead to a resurgence of depression symptoms by the middle of the week which subside by the end of the week.
...It takes me 3 months....
Any tips about minimising it would be valuable (of course), but it's likely to be a mystery.
Not been caught in the statin-trap yet.QuoteI'm slowly coming to the unfortunate conclusion that a longer than usual bike ride at the beginning of the week will lead to a resurgence of depression symptoms by the middle of the week which subside by the end of the week.
This sounds like the endorphins are kicking up but then you are getting a rebound.
Any chance of doing an hour on the turbo on Wednesday to just boost the endorphins again? Alternatively are there any dietary changes you could make or a vitamin supplement that might help. If you are on statins then a lot of people (with no scientific evidence) swear by Co-Q.
It is difficult though to maintain the bliss of a long ride for the rest of the week.
;D .
I am worried that there something wrong with my leg's. I was not cycling for 6 weeks but was able to build my fittness back with no real discomfort but since I have had 3 week's of in January I am getting muscle pain in the top of my thighs .I have ridden a few25/35 mile ride's with Jonathan notp and while not pain free it hurt's when. I try and put the power in.
Yesterday I rode 42 mile's at a reasonable pace for me and today I am finding painful to ride to the local shop :( . long itchington is not that far away but if I am struggling unloaded now I am scared that I will fail to do the 77 miles .
Ever since the cold I had in mid-December, I've had a permanently snotty nose. Steam inhalations haven't helped. So I bought a neti pot and it seems to be doing the trick.
Saw the consultant hand surgeon today about the lump on my thumb. She doesn't know what it is, has referred me for an ultrasound with the words "bizarre lump" on the referral, and thanked me for coming in with something moderately interesting.Ultrasound today. Radiologist no more certain than the hand surgeon but thinks possibly a displaced sesamoid. So I have to go back to hand clinic.
BN Fri night I had a seizure in my sleep. Allegedly (I don't remember). Second time in last 6 months, worse than previous one.
I had a witness, both times. Justv started on topiramate.BN Fri night I had a seizure in my sleep. Allegedly (I don't remember). Second time in last 6 months, worse than previous one.
Bugger. But how do they know - blood test?
I had a witness, both times. Justv started on topiramate.BN Fri night I had a seizure in my sleep. Allegedly (I don't remember). Second time in last 6 months, worse than previous one.
Bugger. But how do they know - blood test?
My new recumbent will be along in due course, but in the meantime and on the turbo, I've been having a lot of pain in my thumbs, and a tennis or golfers elbow type pain in my forearms up towards the elbow,mostly rightUlnar nerve?
Any suggestions?
My new recumbent will be along in due course, but in the meantime and on the turbo, I've been having a lot of pain in my thumbs, and a tennis or golfers elbow type pain in my forearms up towards the elbow,mostly rightBeen wielding a screwdriver a lot lately?
Any suggestions?
@ElyDave: Gout.
My own reason for coming in here: it looks like our club prez has come up in the heart attack sweepstake. Intense pain behind the sternum and loss of energy. Still ambulant and articulate but on the fast track to the cardio dept. OK, I'm a client there already, but I had to be diabetic for 30 years to manage it; he did it all on his own. Well, his wife helped.
Meantime I'm off to the gastropod tomorrow to have a tube shoved down my throat. 3rd time in 9 years: first two I elected to stay awake, this time they're going to put me out. Haven't had a general since I was 6. That time I awoke spitting blood; this time probably not.
What a wunnerful year this is.
It's 2-30am and I can't sleep. TEH BADD HEDD is making me too nauseous to lie still without crying over the 19 year, 361 day long Migraine. Sitting up however makes me feel sea sick with the Meniere's making "Up" a moving direction. I'm starting to get the "Opt out" thoughts again and it feels more thought through this time. Sorry to whinge, miserably, at anybody stuck reading this.
I've gone nearly a week without alcohol - six days, to be precise. This is easily my longest dry spell for over two years. I had started the year with the intention of cutting booze consumption down drastically but I have singularly failed in that.
I don't think I am what you'd call 'dependent' but my drinking has certainly been in the realms of 'misuse' over the last couple of years. This has largely been driven by stress - both at home and at work. Or maybe that's an excuse. I don't know, but I do know that my health has suffered - I've put back on most of the weight I lost and I'm not sleeping well (one of the vicious ironies of drinking to help you relax).
My base fitness is still there but my stamina is massively depleted, cycling uphill is painful and running has gone back to being not fun, like it was before I lost weight.
I've got to the point where something has to give. And I don't want it to be my heart.
I'm also hoping that cutting out the booze will help me finally shake off this lingering chest infection that I've had for a couple of months, put an end to the recurring gastric reflux pain (the cause is a hiatus hernia, but the symptoms are brought on by excessive eating & drinking), and general feelings of weariness.
One day at a time...
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If you're into reminders and validation the Dry January app allows you to record your non-drinking and calculates money saved as well as offering not - drinking tips and factoids.
(I know, but I'm still 'in' in April and I think the daily tally / check / reminder helps)
Good luck.
I find excuses very easily if it's in the house so I don't have it in the house Mon-Thu. I don't crave it, or miss it, but I'll drink it if it's there.
I try to keep it to a Fri-Sun thing and even then I've cut back a bit. I think as I get older I'd prefer to have more weekend and less hangover.
If you're into reminders and validation the Dry January app allows you to record your non-drinking
I'm now making it a principle of having absolutely no alcohol at all before driving.
I'm now making it a principle of having absolutely no alcohol at all before driving.
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I don't know but would guess that:6) LURGY!
1) New skin is very sensitive.
2) New skin is flexible and mobile.
3) Scabs are rigid and rigid vs flexible will cause some shearing, which is irritating.
4) Scabs may not allow heat and sweat to escape as well as normal skin, causing a 'heat rash' type itchiness.
5) inflammation is part of the healing process and some substances produced by inflammation are known to cause itching.
7) Scabs often result from repeated scratching of already itchy skin.
7) Scabs often result from repeated scratching of already itchy skin.
Actually, thinking about it - the scabs in question were indeed the result of previous scratching. Bullseye by Kim, I think!
I realised the end of my ulna was waving around in 'mid air'. Pushed it back to where it should be. Regained about 10degrees of hand movement immediately. Just need to work on strength so things stay where they should be.Bugger it's gone out again. Holding veg while chopping. very distinctive, the bone bulges out. Had to do some more veg prep again and it bruised in a couple of minutes.
I realised the end of my ulna was waving around in 'mid air'. Pushed it back to where it should be. Regained about 10degrees of hand movement immediately. Just need to work on strength so things stay where they should be.Bugger it's gone out again. Holding veg while chopping. very distinctive, the bone bulges out. Had to do some more veg prep again and it bruised in a couple of minutes.
I'm going to see if I can get seen by the hospital again. It's basically dislocating and I can't see how the joint willbdevelop stability if it is constantly moving.
That should not happen. i would get a second opinion from a competent wrist surgeon.
It's a known that all the supporting structures were torn - my ulna and radius head came past the carpals. They were confident that they'd relocated it all successfully. I was always concerned by a bulge in that place and kept being told by the nurse, then the physio that it was just swelling (which there was present). When the swelling went down the bulge was obviously solid but I could push it around. None of them have seen that.
I'm in York. I have a direct number for the fracture/ortho clinic and will phone them tomorrow, see if I can get directly in rather than via GP again.
Seems fair to try to go straight back to fracture clinic.I got the "You've been discharged therefore you need to see your GP to get a referral" routine. So I'll need to wait a week to see a GP, then 3-6 weeks for a non-urgent referral to orthopedics at best.
Failing that, try to ask your GP to get you back to see the orthopaedic people. It seems evident to all here that your wrist is unstable and needs stabilisation.
Hand clinic no more certain that radiologist, but have agreed that as a) we're not sure what it is and b) it's bothering me, we will chop it out. So I'm going for chopping-out surgery sometime. I've said I'm not available before mid-July, so fingers crossed asap after that. Stitches and no work for two weeks following, then stitches out and back to normal. I am so excited about 2 weeks paid sick leave, it's unseemly. It might help me get a grip on my depression too.Saw the consultant hand surgeon today about the lump on my thumb. She doesn't know what it is, has referred me for an ultrasound with the words "bizarre lump" on the referral, and thanked me for coming in with something moderately interesting.Ultrasound today. Radiologist no more certain than the hand surgeon but thinks possibly a displaced sesamoid. So I have to go back to hand clinic.
Anecdotally, there seems to be a growing awareness amongst the medical profession that pissing off and losing weight is significantly easier if your mobility isn't afflicted. Long may it continue.
Anecdotally, there seems to be a growing awareness amongst the medical profession that pissing off and losing weight is significantly easier if your mobility isn't afflicted. Long may it continue.
Rather annoyingly, body composition is mostly determined by kitchen-based choices, not gym-based. Proof once again, there is no god. >:(
There is probably a hierarchy to this:Anecdotally, there seems to be a growing awareness amongst the medical profession that pissing off and losing weight is significantly easier if your mobility isn't afflicted. Long may it continue.
Rather annoyingly, body composition is mostly determined by kitchen-based choices, not gym-based. Proof once again, there is no god. >:(
Clearly the worst case is where you have enough mobility to get to the pies without trouble, but going out and doing something more interesting than sitting around eating them is an epic undertaking.
(Chris is of course right. I only lose weight through cycling because exercise is an appetite-suppressant, and you're not going to achieve anything with that by cycling for transport.)
Ultrasound exam & stress ECG tomorrow. Yay.
Any idea if they can be retrofitted?
E-bikes are becoming common here. Several times recently I've gasped up hills only to see very unathletic-looking types cruising up ahead, sitting upright and putting no visible effort into it. Galling, that.
Oh aye. The point is that you don't (usually) try to overtake the 4-wheelers.
:thumbsup:
Just back from the doc, who called the cardiologist who's calling the hospital, and tomorrow he'll call me to tell me when they can put in a stent.
My doc looked at the options and said the only viable one was the stent. And when I said I'd already decided my long-distance career was over he replied "don't be so sure".
I like that.
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Just back from the doc, who called the cardiologist who's calling the hospital, and tomorrow he'll call me to tell me when they can put in a stent.
My doc looked at the options and said the only viable one was the stent. And when I said I'd already decided my long-distance career was over he replied "don't be so sure".
I like that.
I wouldn't be quite so pessimistic. The last time we rode together, you were going fine and UAFs mostly avoid the really lumpy stuff. Besides, we tested a nice Fleche Velocio route for next year and a 361km total would suit us.
Alternatively, tandems have completed PBP Audax before now, so other UAF brevets would be a piece of cake. A Fleche de France on solo at touriste pace would also be fun.
It can take a while for the meds to stabilize. Patience, youngling.
P.S. Youngling indeed. Second childhood, OK, but youngling is downright insulting. <sickly grin>'tis a Star Wars reference, m'lud. No, they are not a popular beat combo.
Just burst into tears at work.Is that not an occupational hazard, in your line of work? There must be only so much serious down a person can be around before getting a bit sniffley.
Mary bought boots without realising one was a 6 and one was a 9 and then wondered why they felt different.
Wondering vaguely if a 15mg/day nitroglycerin patch wouldn't make an emergency tyre boot. They look big enough.you HAVE to try.
Wondering vaguely if a 15mg/day nitroglycerin patch wouldn't make an emergency tyre boot. They look big enough.you HAVE to try.
" ... and so I stuck a nitro-glycerine patch on it and limped home."
Having the first of three appointments for a root canal, crown and (different tooth) filling replacement in an hour. The rest over the next month. This is going to suck.
my.. "may" pressure test is confirmed for the 17 July ::-)
two weeks ago today: root canal.
today: temporary crown.
two weeks' time: proper crown, and a filling replacement.
:'(
does it need calibrating?
The next question is 'Which one is right?'
Fiddling around with Bronchiectasis meds - omeprazole gives "gastric distress", but covers up symptoms reflux, sore mouth and loss of voice from carbocisteine. Gastric distress is shitty, but also, I am anaemic, and other than a pre-op blood test, no one has discussed my VB12, magnesium, calcium or iron levels.
Right now, one dose of omeprazole is enough to "get the party started", so I'm steering clear, but my mouth feels like it's covered in paper cuts, espresso is off the menu, and my voice goes weird if I talk too much, which I am prone to do.
On the upside, coming off omeprazole has gotten rid of the feeling of chronic fatigue.
New blood glucose meter consistently reads ~20 mg/dl higher than the old one. Shit.mg/dl - blimey that's a bit old fashioned. I started using mmol/l in the 1980s (or are you in USAnia?)
New blood glucose meter consistently reads ~20 mg/dl higher than the old one. Shit.mg/dl - blimey that's a bit old fashioned. I started using mmol/l in the 1980s (or are you in USAnia?)
Moles: https://www.google.fr/search?q=moles&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&ei=4VVpV7DZPJalVOmckIAK
Decilitres: https://www.google.fr/search?q=decilitre&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&ei=alZpV8fAF5alVOmckIAK
The obscurity of decilitres is cultural. In some places they're probably more familiar than millilitres.
The obscurity of moles is scientific. Only the scientifically literate know what they are, and diabetes is not limited to them! For a start, what's the difference between a mole and a mol?
I'm probably exaggerating the spread of decilitres, but I'd be amazed if a lot of people don't confuse mol(e)s with millilitres, especially considering ml are often abbreviated to mils.
Sure, for patients and carers the units don't probably matter as long as they give easily handleable numbers – so ideally integers less than 100 – and they know to keep it between a and b. The danger is going to be when comparing with other systems, whether that be Nameronians or French.
Thou and thee..I'm probably exaggerating the spread of decilitres, but I'd be amazed if a lot of people don't confuse mol(e)s with millilitres, especially considering ml are often abbreviated to mils.
I confuse mils (leftpondian for 'thou') with millimetres on a regular basis. :facepalm:
especially considering ml are often abbreviated to mils.THAT is an awful habit
mils are something else entirely. A thousandth of an inch.
It was the fave abbreviation of school biology teacher.especially considering ml are often abbreviated to mils.THAT is an awful habit
mils are something else entirely. A thousandth of an inch.
When I did it I thought I'd ripped the tendon. Feeling better today and I can hobble so it must be the muscle - I have no idea why. I was loping along on the flat on a good surface.
I'm starting to wonder if the omeprazole I've been taking for the past 5 years has weakened my connective tissues. Previously I had a reputation as being nearly indestructible. The fall that did my wrist in was minor but did a huge amount of damage, displacing bones, rupturing ligaments. I've been trying jogging and I'm struggling to get over 3.5km without tendon strain; yes I have done any running for years, I'm an experienced runner and used to rebuilding toughness and fitness.
I've had a real struggle building up from a bout of Achilles tendonitis, from ultramarathon training last year to be struggling at 4k earlier this year was very disheartening. I've done it slowly and I'm now up to 2 x 7km this week on non-consecutive days.It's possible - I started with v slow small jog steps for 1km, 2twice a week for two weeks, upped that to 2km. Then got proper shoes and took it to 3.5km and I'm stuck there.
Are you just trying to ramp it up too quickly?
Glad you have answers Mr C, I have had something very similar surgery wise on my left ulna once I outgrew the pins keeping my arm straight (no radius means arm grows bendy). They took a wedge and badgered it straight and bashed more pins in giving me great wolverine like X-rays.All this positive feedback; I'm glad I signed up then.
I concur with Chris about pain relief, I had to have pethidine Intramuscularly cos it was bastard painful immediately post op. Fine 24hrs later tho, but I attribute that to my legendary pre-adult pain threshold of win!
Glad you have answers Mr C, I have had something very similar surgery wise on my left ulna once I outgrew the pins keeping my arm straight (no radius means arm grows bendy). They took a wedge and badgered it straight and bashed more pins in giving me great wolverine like X-rays.All this positive feedback; I'm glad I signed up then.
I concur with Chris about pain relief, I had to have pethidine Intramuscularly cos it was bastard painful immediately post op. Fine 24hrs later tho, but I attribute that to my legendary pre-adult pain threshold of win!
Do you have an adamantium radius now you've stopped growing?
A good set of X-rays of radial club hand with wrist fusion and an interesting pollicisation.
^^^ Reading that hurts. Bloody way to spend childhood. :(
The problem with surgery in 1986 was that inevitably the growth area was damaged leading to a very short forearm. These days we use an external fixator to pull the wrist apart and lengthen the soft tissues so that the hand just slides across on top of the ulna and can then be stabilised more easily. This leads to preservation of the growth plate and much less requirement for fusion.
my views of pollicisation are very much on whether the child wants pollicisation. The child has to demonstrate that they are already functionally using the index finger in a fashion analogous to a thumb before I will even consider it. Hence I do somewhat less than my colleagues!
^^^ Reading that hurts. Bloody way to spend childhood. :(
Still made me wince, though.
I don't think I'd ever heard the word "pragmatic" when I was 10.
Didn't the coins appear before the switch? I was a lowly programmer at the time and my progs were all written for £sd.
Didn't the coins appear before the switch? I was a lowly programmer at the time and my progs were all written for £sd.
Wow. I'm showing my youth, but I tend to think of pre-decimal currency as being one of those things that happened "after Jesus died and before computers were invented". It hadn't really occurred to me that it coexisted with financial software for ages, even though it's obvious with a moment's thought.
I'm sure there are systems out there somewhere still working in £sd internally...
I can! '11+', first decimal coins, Paris riots, parents moved to London...
I can! '11+', first decimal coins, Paris riots, parents moved to London...
I don't know what day it was but I clearly remember my form teacher bringing in new decimal coins after dinner one day in school. We had the new coins next to old coins and even notes (ten bob!) and we did a huge conversion chart on the blackboard.
I also remember the launch of the £1 coin as my mother gave me a bag of £200 of them.
I seem to remember that the ten bob note was taken out off circulation before decimal day. Although that would mean we had a ten bob coin for a while . That can't be right.The 50 (new) p coin was legal tender before decimalisation.
I remember spending a lesson in school learning addition and subtraction of pounds, shillings and pence. I'm not sure why they felt the need to teach us this, given that none of my class were born until well after decimalisation...
I seem to remember that the ten bob note was taken out off circulation before decimal day. Although that would mean we had a ten bob coin for a while . That can't be right.The 50 (new) p coin was legal tender before decimalisation.
And one was used for the toss in the FA cup final before they were issued to the public.
I remember spending a lesson in school learning addition and subtraction of pounds, shillings and pence. I'm not sure why they felt the need to teach us this, given that none of my class were born until well after decimalisation...
Probably a way to introduce the concept of different number bases?
I remember spending a lesson in school learning addition and subtraction of pounds, shillings and pence. I'm not sure why they felt the need to teach us this, given that none of my class were born until well after decimalisation...
Probably a way to introduce the concept of different number bases?
That makes sense. I'm sure we were better at mental arithmetic as kids when we had to think in 12s and 20s.
I can! '11+', first decimal coins, Paris riots, parents moved to London...
I don't know what day it was but I clearly remember my form teacher bringing in new decimal coins after dinner one day in school. We had the new coins next to old coins and even notes (ten bob!) and we did a huge conversion chart on the blackboard.
I also remember the launch of the £1 coin as my mother gave me a bag of £200 of them.
In 1968, my 10/- note bought Corgi Toys GS13. Still got it, although in many pieces. I managed to buy another mint example in the box recently for £249.
In 1968, my 10/- note bought Corgi Toys GS13. Still got it, although in many pieces. I managed to buy another mint example in the box recently for £249.
Mine bought four pints of McEwan's Export. Tuppence-ha'penny a pint and 2/3½d in tax.
Take it easy and don't worry. One of the TdF bods lost 3 months after having a finger chopped off earlier this year, and he's in the pack.I tried doing that yesterday, but with hedge-cutters rather than bikey parts. :facepalm: Aiiiieeee!
Take it easy and don't worry. One of the TdF bods lost 3 months after having a finger chopped off earlier this year, and he's in the pack.I tried doing that yesterday, but with hedge-cutters rather than bikey parts. :facepalm: Aiiiieeee!
What is it with members of this forum!I suspect those who post to this board and this thread might just be unrepresentative of the forum as a whole...
Whee doggy. Artery was 100% blocked, but brilliant surgeon lady blasted through (heparin?) And shoved in a stent. Wound took ages to staunch afterwards, nurses taking it in relays. Ok now.
Whee doggy. Artery was 100% blocked, but brilliant surgeon lady blasted through (heparin?) And shoved in a stent. Wound took ages to staunch afterwards, nurses taking it in relays. Ok now.Oh my goodness, how on earth where you still going? Good to hear it worked. You sure it was a surgeon and not dyno-rod?
Gasping for a coffee.
Thks again all for good wishes.
Whee doggy. Artery was 100% blocked, but brilliant surgeon lady blasted through (heparin?) And shoved in a stent. Wound took ages to staunch afterwards, nurses taking it in relays. Ok now.
Gasping for a coffee.
Thks again all for good wishes.
I am in a bit and b in Llanwrtyd Wells and my back has gone again :'(. I am not sure how I am getting home.
I am in a bit and b in Llanwrtyd Wells and my back has gone again :'(. I am not sure how I am getting home.
Home again, feeling great.
And I am in Carmarthen hospital watching the rain falling. I doubt I will get out before Tuesday ::-)Blimey.
Is it nervous eczema or is it dermatitis from too much 'soap', too little rinsing, drying and hand cream?
Is it nervous eczema or is it dermatitis from too much 'soap', too little rinsing, drying and hand cream?
Fair question, but it does wax & wane with stress. It started up in 1996 when the Social Security, bless them, dunned us for 141,000 francs just before we went on holiday, and has come & gone thereafter in inverse phase to our fortunes. And my hands get lots of lanolin from dogs' fur.
Getting my thumb surgery 11th August.The last thing you said about your thumb was that Boris stuck a claw in it. An operation seems extreme . . .
That was my other thumb, and it was Pete, not Boris. ;DGetting my thumb surgery 11th August.The last thing you said about your thumb was that Boris stuck a claw in it. An operation seems extreme . . .
Did a whole 8.9 km, round the village & up a neighbouring hill, heart up to 153 bpm with no pain. One is chuffed. :thumbsup:
Why are broken ribs not accompanied by swelling like other bones?Actually you don't always get much swelling with a broken bone. Swelling comes from damage to the surrounding soft tissue.
essexian
Remember soft tissue injuries take longer to heal than bones!
You will have certainly jammed the acromioclavicluar joint and possibly damaged the rotator cuff. I would find a good local physio before going the medical route.
Bother, another cathier caused infection. It was bothering me on the London ride last Saturday and has not improved since. Back on antibiotics again :'(.
My understanding is that cycleman struggles with keyboard input at the best of times for disability reasons (he's a lot more verbose in person ;)). He also seems to fall foul of autocorrect on a regular basis.Back of the class for that, Kim.
As for catheters, the speed at which they seem to be addressing the underlying issue is surely taking the piss?
I've been for a pre-op assessment. It was useful - the paperwork I had said to stop using Aspirin before the op, but not when. Turn out I need to stop taking it two weeks before. I also found out I'll be in plaster for 6 weeks post op.
Got weighed. I'm back up to 80kg. That is a surprise, mostly because my trousers are falling off me, I'm hungry a lot of the time (but food is unappetising - topirimate side-effect). When I was 83kg I had trouble doing up the same trousers and Tshirts were tight. So I dunno where all the Kg are hiding.
The scales at home agreed with the hospital . . .I've been for a pre-op assessment. It was useful - the paperwork I had said to stop using Aspirin before the op, but not when. Turn out I need to stop taking it two weeks before. I also found out I'll be in plaster for 6 weeks post op.
Got weighed. I'm back up to 80kg. That is a surprise, mostly because my trousers are falling off me, I'm hungry a lot of the time (but food is unappetising - topirimate side-effect). When I was 83kg I had trouble doing up the same trousers and Tshirts were tight. So I dunno where all the Kg are hiding.
How do normally get weighed & on which/whose scales?
Very few are really well-calibrated. I would not be surprised if you are lighter in other circumstances.
Good luck with the op!
lifting anything heavier than a phone book
lifting anything heavier than a phone book
A modern phone book, or a proper one from the 1980s?
Sending healing vibe MrCthat sounds great. well done
I've just done a 10 mile pootle. 5 miles out, a latte and 5 miles back. :-). As its my first post op pootle I'm a bit sore now.
Leave the steristrips till they drop off. After three days or so you should be okay to have a quick shower, so long as you don't soak the wound. Don't lie around in bed, don't be an invalid. But rest is important.
Lie on your right side in a ball before you get up. Support the sore bits with your hand when you need to cough.
Eat protein.
Don't do stupid things like repairing boats, cleaning up after teenagers, or lifting anything heavier than a phone book. Your body is using its resources to heal so don't put further demands (like bike riding or hiking or housework) on it.
Get enough sleep. This should be a high priority.
Cystitis. Again.
No 400 for me this weekend. I think I'm up to 3 bouts this year - I really should start keeping a tally.
My more conservative colleagues occasionally put those with the worst Achilles issues into below-knee casts.
Just do your very best to reduce ankle movements; your hips & knees can do most of the work and get well soon!
I've had some major Achilles issues in the last few years to the extent that I'm really not running much at all this year, only target being a New year's eve 10k I always run. No ultra's, no HMs, all very easy.
My experience
1) find a sports injury/sports rehab specialist, they will focus on keeping you moving AND the underlying issue if they are any good. Specifically get them to look at the rear chain, which is chronically tight/shortened in cyclists and runners. I could probably get a contact for you if you want from therapists I trust, let me know where you are.
2) Do the exercises
3) have you got a sit/stand desk? If not worth getting one, rear chain tightness, hip flexor degradation all influenced by prolonged sitting
4) start doing yoga
5) lots of calf raises
He has the dry MD. He says the damage in one eye covers about 3x the area of the other. Is to go back next week for another imaging session so they can assess the initial rate of degradation.
I finally got the pressure Test done on Thursday .the result is I no longer need the Catheter ;D.
I finally got the pressure Test done on Thursday .the result is I no longer need the Catheter ;D.
I finally got the pressure Test done on Thursday .the result is I no longer need the Catheter ;D.Blimey that's been a long haul.
I finally got the pressure Test done on Thursday .the result is I no longer need the Catheter ;D.
I've an appointment at the dentist next Thursday at 9am.
And have just pulled out a crown (lower R5).
Will it wait?
(I feel sick)
My question.I finally got in to see the doc on Tues this week (yes, a week and a half after I phoned them saying I had slight concerns).
Three weeks post surgery. Most things going well, except if I don't take care about how I move, my ulna dislocates (I can tell this by feel, this is happening under the cast).
Also, I'm getting bruising at my elbow. There was a lot to begin with, that started to go, but this looks persistent. It's still blue/black and is tender. The surgery was up close to my wrist, so I'm kind of surprised I'm getting bruising down at my elbow still.
MrsC thinks I should call the hospital and ask about it. What does the panel think?
The splint I've been given is comfortable, but is a rubbery sponge substance and sweaty. After only 4 days (and I've washed my arm every day), it stinks like my son's socks (and they were declared illegal under the convention banning chemical warfare).
If I butcher an old sock or similar to wear underneath (so it can be washed) do you reckon it would lesson the tendency of the splint to stink?
Hands don't usually smell cos you wash them about 10 times a day. When you treat them like feet, they pong like feet...
It took me a long time to understand measles. I had it when I was about 8 and, well, it was just a week or two off school with a temperature and spots. Like chicken pox and lots of other things. Just part of growing up. Deadly for the malnourished and doctorless in darkest third world shanty towns, I could see that, but not a thing to worry about here. It was only when I met people who'd caught it as adults I realised it can be quite nasty.My grandad (born 1918) had infant measles. It left him partially deaf, partially sighted and with severe facial scarring, and he was considered to have got off lightly.
The seasonal flu vaccination isn't a live virus; it won't kill cells. The effects should be purely down the the immune response, and physical effects of the injection.
Maybe pester Woolly for a fecal transplant? ;)Er, thanks Chris! Some things are not meant for sharing. :sick:
Sounds like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scintillating_scotoma to me.
It's only happened to me a couple of times, and on the first occasion the initial symptom was much like you describe with the clock: There was a gap in my visual field that the brain was filling in, which only became apparent when I tried to read, and was there irrespective of what part of eyes I used. Over the next ten minutes or so it developed into textbook scintillating scotoma (much like the second two animated examples on that page), then suddenly disappeared, replaced by an acute headache.
I'm glad it's not something I've made a habit of.
I remember reading about pain thresholds years & years ago - that non-serious low-level pains are blocked by "gateways", otherwise we'd feel them all the time, but when we're ill, or when a bad enough pain to get through the gateway occurs, then the low-level ones get through as well. That would be something like 1960s science, though, there might just have been some progress since. ;DNo silver jumpsuits yet though.
As for the audiology test it was the basic listen for the beeps at 600Hz, 1kHz, 2kHz, 3kHz, 5kHz, and 8kHz so not the most sensitive of tests but the indication was that my hearing is 15 years younger than I am :thumbsup:
As for the audiology test it was the basic listen for the beeps at 600Hz, 1kHz, 2kHz, 3kHz, 5kHz, and 8kHz so not the most sensitive of tests but the indication was that my hearing is 15 years younger than I am :thumbsup:
Age related hearing loss could reasonably be defined as the point where your loss of high-frequency hearing finally reaches the point that audiologists bother testing for.
I've lost loads of sensitivity to high frequencies over the last few years (I'm now immune to flyback transformer[1] whistle, teenager repellent, bats, minor disc brake rubbing, probably some SMPSU whine too) but it's all above 8kHz so doesn't count. My audiogram is healthy.
Anyway, for the avoidance of doubt, standing orders to fellow cyclists in anticipation of old age: If my chain and/or brakes[2] are squeaking and I don't appear to have noticed, please tell me. Hopefully this will avoid the oh so British dilemma of wondering whether it's impolite to secretly lubricate another cyclist's chain for the good of humanity while they're in the cafe queue.
[1] Remember those?
[2] Unless it's the Kool Stops on the Dawes, which I've grudgingly accepted are *supposed* to do that. Pedestrian warning system, innit.
I don't know which would be worse - no cheese or no cake?!Got the bloods done. Going back in half an hour to get the results and discuss next steps.
GP has asked me to get bloods done, and then go back when we will discuss the need for further investigations, likely to involve tubes and cameras and loss of dignity.
I don't know which would be worse - no cheese or no cake?!Got the bloods done. Going back in half an hour to get the results and discuss next steps.
GP has asked me to get bloods done, and then go back when we will discuss the need for further investigations, likely to involve tubes and cameras and loss of dignity.
Bloods are all normal. I'm not anaemic, not coeliac, no signs of inflammation, no signs of anything that can be shown in bloods. Next step: colonoscopy referral. ::-)
Bloods are all normal. I'm not anaemic, not coeliac, no signs of inflammation, no signs of anything that can be shown in bloods. Next step: colonoscopy referral. ::-)
Ewww, I had one of those, this time last year. Get someone to take you home afterwards, if you're anything like I was you'll be a bit shaky afterwards.
If they offer you gas and air, I suggest you take it. It's bloody fantastic.
Managed to quite deeply cut a finger, so off to A&E to get is superglued.
Was supposed to get a dressing change after three days but could get an appointment so after 4 days I took the dressing off and at 5 days took the strips off. The finger looks gory and is super sensitive.
Is there anything I can do to speed the healing process, diabetic so I heal slowly :(
but my skull feels a size too small.
Hands and fingers are precious and advising without examining is not clever.
I think you should see if your GP's Practice Nurse can review and dress your finger.
Injured hands are usually best elevated and mobilised.
I hate the smug from people with good immune systems. It's not a morality contest. It helps my disability adviser colleagues recognised this kind of commentary as disablism and the sort of thing our students also get a lot of. Some commenters did buy clue when I explained the problems with their words, but others never did.
I've had crap managers and HR give me (bad) medical advice claiming if I followed it, I wouldn't be ill despite my medical letters saying otherwise - they get the full on "well I didn't die as a baby, this is the body and health I get instead" line which upsets them terribly but it's true, I didn't die and their feelz aren't my problem.
I don't ride on ice anyway, diabetic bones don't heal well.
Thanks barakta. Get well soon, you!
It doesn't help that some colleagues have cast-iron immunities to bugs and enjoy gloating/ making snide comments.
"Oh, is Peli off sick again?! I grin and bear it when I'm sick - you've just got to get on with it, haven't you?"
>:( >:( >:(
Kissing cousin to "oh, come on, you're not going to let a teensy little [xxxx] keep you home, are you?"
I think it's probably best if I remain clean shaven, rather than my usual 3-4 day designer "stubble". Had a shave yesterday to make myself presentable for Xmas day. Big sore patches on my left jaw line, where I seem to regularly pick at the beard hairs, which generally results in them ending up ingrown and infected, which I then dig out with tweezers... Perhaps I have some sort of weird beard trichotillomania?
.... where I seem to regularly pick at the beard hairs, which generally results in them ending up ingrown and infected, which I then dig out with tweezers...Use these, and you'll never have ingrown hair problems again: