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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #325 on: 20 May, 2015, 10:58:00 pm »
So, after waiting months, I finally see the consultant in the Balance clinic. I have diary of health with food etc printed out.

He asks how I've been. How often am I getting the headaches (well, daily). Then tells me "We need to treat these headaches if you are getting them daily, I will write to your doctor. Contact her in a week or to to make an appointment to discuss what medication you will take."

Well, ok. Um what are you treating me for? Yeah, that's right, at no time did he say what he thought might be the problem. So I say
"Last time I saw your colleague, Sally, she said she conferred with you and you thought I had vestibular migraines. Is that what you are treating me for, or just treating the symptoms, the headache?"

"Yes, we will be trying to treat the vestibular migraines with medication."

He had to be the most unforthcoming medical person I have ever met. At the time I was suffering a dizzy/spaced out episode that made it hard to speak. He didn't examine me, he didn't ask about the current state I was in or what I was feeling. A 10yr old with Google would have done a more thorough job. You know how they talk about doctors who aren't actually interested in patients? Yeah, one of those.

The physio who was in the room was a bit different, checked I was ok to walk, checked I didn't have far to go and wasn't driving.
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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #326 on: 20 May, 2015, 11:17:09 pm »
A tale of two hospitals

I've had two hospital appointments this week, one in Queen Square and one in Central Middlesex. Both were late afternoon appointments and I was seen close to my appointment time each time.
Queen Square: queue for reception, tiny cramped, crowded waiting are, not enough room to swing a wheelchair, seemed BUSY.
Central Middlesex: HUGE deserted waiting area about 50 seats, of which we seemed to be the ONLY occupants. No queues for reception as no other patients!

CMH felt very underused...

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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #327 on: 21 May, 2015, 10:12:55 am »
Sorry to hear that, Mr C, I have had similar experiences, and opposite ones too.  If I could choose where to go and see the gastroent specialist, I would go back to Halifax everytime.  The specialist there treated me as human being, took interest in me and my condition and was, generally, a nice bloke.  At the Friarage I feel like just another number, get through the appt as quick as possible, pile more medication on me and tell me to go home.  No interest in reviewing my notes BEFORE the consultation (I had to give him an overview and I suspec the first time he opened my notes was when I was sat there going over the past 15 years with him).  He even managed to get the dosage of one of the medications wrong when I was speaking to him, luckily the pharmacy tech picked up on it and queried it.  He, during the consult, said I would need to start on 15mg for 4 weeks, then increase it to 20mg.  He also said he would write to my GP to outline the same.  He did write to my GP, but only to say I was on 15mg, nothing about increasing it, so when I went to see said GP about a repeat script and increasing the dose, he wouldn't do it!  Obviously I fully understand that but it annoys me that one thing was said in the consult and another actually done.

I have it all to repeat shortly with a repeat visit to ENT to get a different hearing aid (I have broken 5 in 7 years, all the same way, through water ingress)
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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #328 on: 21 May, 2015, 11:10:55 am »
You wonder why some decide to work in medicine, don't you?
I was really disappointed. The contrast with some of the other staff (in multiple departments) was stark.
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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #329 on: 21 May, 2015, 12:25:23 pm »
You wonder why some decide to work in medicine, don't you?

Some say "I want to be a doctor when I grow up" at age 7, are clever enough and their parents hold them to it.  Sometimes they discover they'd much rather do SCIENCE, and move sideways into that.  Or specialise in a field where the patients are mostly dead or unconscious.  But not often enough.

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...

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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #330 on: 21 May, 2015, 12:55:13 pm »
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...  ;)

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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #331 on: 21 May, 2015, 12:56:44 pm »
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...  ;)

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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #332 on: 21 May, 2015, 01:34:10 pm »
Doctors' personalities are as variable as those of the general population, though most doctors are better at passing exams at an early age.

Not all have empathy though many do.
All doctors are human beings, subject to error, bad temper and bad luck.
Some are understandably demoralised and depressed by increasing workload and constant criticism.

I think there are enough different specialties within medicine to accommodate the variations in personality and aptitude.

Exhaustion does not a good doctor make.

Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #333 on: 22 May, 2015, 11:12:00 am »
Soluble/dispersible aspirin, oh how I love thee.

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)
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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #334 on: 22 May, 2015, 12:43:18 pm »
Liquid paracetamol, on the other hand, only tastes okay if you've got enough anaesthetic left in your system that everything tastes like that.  That's a fairly narrow window, that usually expires about halfway through the cup of liquid paracetamol...

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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #335 on: 22 May, 2015, 08:50:08 pm »
Soluble/dispersible aspirin, oh how I love thee.

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)
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.
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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #336 on: 22 May, 2015, 10:10:12 pm »
Oh god, this thread has just reminded me how vile some childhood medicine was. I think it might have been Calpol. It was orange and bloody disgusting.

And a few years later, I couldn't swallow tablets so I decided to try eating a paracetamol at the same time as a PppppPenguin.
That worked, not.
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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #337 on: 22 May, 2015, 10:20:23 pm »
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.
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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #338 on: 22 May, 2015, 11:31:34 pm »
I was fine with Junior Disprin, tolerated Penbritin (ampicillin) but got furious with Panadol cos IT DIDN'T WORK!

An 8 year old with toothache is not a happy bunny, especially as Disprin worked and Panadol didn't.

I have had little time for paracetamol since 1966...

Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #339 on: 22 May, 2015, 11:40:59 pm »
hmm, I twice woke in the small hours of thursday, as first one then the other calf cramped. Unfortunately I can still feel the tightness in my right calf when I walk and tenderness if I rub / massage it. As I cycle commute with no real alternative at the moment it has been a case of gearing down and winching my way up the two climbs in the hope that I don't cause more problems.

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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #340 on: 22 May, 2015, 11:46:26 pm »
Just don't ankle!
The muscles operating your hips and knees have more than enough power to propel your bike!

Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #341 on: 25 May, 2015, 12:46:13 pm »
After about three weeks of feeling bloody awful with cold and cough derived exhaustion, suddenly this morning I woke up feeling almost 'normal'.
I've been doing the 'snorting saline' thing for a few days, and I suspect that I've shifted something from my sinuses.
What a relief, whatever it is.
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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #342 on: 28 May, 2015, 10:11:33 am »
Well I managed to pass out whilst having a wee last night  :-\

Luckily I realised what was about to happen so managed to stop weeing mid flow and sit on the floor before I actually passed out, just. Woke up some period of time later (I think only a few seconds or so) with my neck nicely twisted where I landed wedged up against the bath and a nice lump behind my left ear where I hit something.

Called out for my other half and sod's law this was the one time in a blue moon that I'd locked the bathroom door when just going for a wee.  ::-)

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.

No idea what caused it but as I'm home alone today I think I'll sit down when using the toilet just in case.

I hate that waking up wondering how the hell you got there feeling.
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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #343 on: 28 May, 2015, 10:20:41 am »
that sounds scarey! Has this happened before?
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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #344 on: 28 May, 2015, 10:26:22 am »
Not really. I sometimes have a little spinny head when I get up from a crouch or if I've been lying on the sofa with my legs up on my partner's lap but the Dr reckons that's a little bit of postural hypotension (checked out a year or two ago). Normally walk it off though sometimes sit back down again just in case. I've never fainted from it though.

But I hadn't just got up in this case. I'd had a few beers but spread out over the day with dinner and snacks in between. I wouldn't say I was sober but not really drunk either.

Dunno, shant go to the Dr for a one off but will take it easy today and if it happens again I will get myself checked out.
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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #345 on: 28 May, 2015, 12:12:01 pm »
I did that once. First visit to the loo following a GA.

The nurse caught me.

Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #346 on: 28 May, 2015, 12:25:05 pm »

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.


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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #347 on: 28 May, 2015, 12:30:00 pm »
In cyclists...

Bradycardia-induced Syncope.

Join the club.

In the old days, we took 'pep pills' from a bloke round the corner to stop this happening.

Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #348 on: 29 May, 2015, 09:27:09 am »
Pah! Wife due in for hip op today, went for blood test on Tuesday. Last night at 9pm we got a call from the staff nurse who'll be looking after Mrs F. "Has any called about your blood test?" No. "Ah, well it coagulated before they could test it, can you come in an hour early tomorrow so we can do another?".

As a paying customer (literally in this case) I shall be having a moanette to BMI about that.
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Re: The health and fitness thread about random things
« Reply #349 on: 02 June, 2015, 09:11:56 am »
Had a few weeks off spinning, too knackered after the exertions of qualifying . Punishing this morning.
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