How are we getting through it?

[jimduncanuk]

I sympathise Steve. I also have a bad back, although not as bad as yours. I once asked Bruce Douglas what to do about it - he said exploit it. Was useful for skiving off night shifts.

Would this 'Bruce Douglas' be a wargamer?

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Very good 6th edition player was Bruce. He was a consultant Anethsits (SP)

[jimduncanuk]

Very good 6th edition player was Bruce. He was a consultant Anethsits (SP)

He's probably the same Bruce Douglas that I met 'down sarth' at the Nationals many years ago. Silver haired and also had a wargaming son whose name I can't remember.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Alan Douglas. Yes it would be.

[Techno II]

Sympathies from me, as well, Steve.

My problem is with two 'wedged' discs....so I tend to walk around doing Richard III impersonations....It's a real effort to stand with my shoulders 'level'....(So I tend not to bother.)
The hernia is being a complete 'pain' well...which is why I'm in such a foul temper, most of the time.

Cheers - Phil.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Sympathies from me, as well, Steve.

My problem is with two 'wedged' discs....so I tend to walk around doing Richard III impersonations....It's a real effort to stand with my shoulders 'level'....(So I tend not to bother.)
The hernia is being a complete 'pain' well...which is why I'm in such a foul temper, most of the time.

Cheers - Phil.

We'd noticed, it's not good having all the residual aches and pains is it.

[Steve J]

I can empathise with your predicament Phil on the hernia front. I'm glad I managed to get mine sorted via private health insurance, although at times the plastic mesh does irritate somewhat. Touch wood the back is OK today...

[Techno II]

Ian's right....For me (the majority of the time) it IS a residual 'nagging' pain.....Which seems to be almost constant....It drags you down when it's there virtually all the time.

Only time I get what I'd call a really 'nasty'...(Aw gosh* ! , that jolly well* hurts) pain is when the hernia 'gets stuck'......That ISN'T fun....and it seems to have gone from only happening once every two months to at least once a week, or more.

Hey, Ho.

Cheers - Phil.

*..Please insert more appropriate potty mouth words as you see fit 

[DecemDave]

pain is when the hernia 'gets stuck'....

Please get medical advice if you haven't already.  If its a certain type, gets stuck and then strangulates it can get serious quickly.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Think we are all reluctant to see doc's atm, given the pandemic. But it is very good advice.

[Steve J]

If its a certain type, gets stuck and then strangulates it can get serious quickly.

I was told the same when first diagnosed. Apparently you would know if it's become strangulated due to level of pain, which is meant to be unbelievable according to my Doc. Also you have a matter of hours before the trapped 'gut' dies and can't be repaired, talk less of you potentially dying! So as the others have said, worth getting it checked again Phil.

[Raider4]

Think we are all reluctant to see doc's atm, given the pandemic. But it is very good advice.

Ha! It was bloody difficult to get an appointment two years ago. Now its damn near impossible, at least at our surgery.

There was a piece on news couple of days ago about A&E depts. seeing a large increase in people with 'minor' problems, that would normally be seen by a GP. They didn't go on and ask the question 'Why?'.

[fred.]

At our GP's it is quick to get a telephone appointment with a GP.

[Techno II]

I've only had to phone the doc about this once, since the pandemic began.....She wasn't a huge help...it was basically "If the pain gets any worse, go to A&E."

I have to admit, on that particular occasion, I was starting to have a panic.
At that point in time, the last place I wanted to go was A&E....It seemed like hospitals were good places to go, if you wanted to catch covid.

I've found that when 'it' really gets stuck, a hot water bottle over it seems to help 'free' either the muscles around it, or the 'lump' itself.

I HAVE had notification that I'm on 'a list' to see a consultant (?)....So that's a step forward......(Yes, I know, that'll be months (at least) down the road.)

Not sure if our surgery is up and running properly again.... Maybe it's still the telephone triage service.

Cheers - Phil.

[Heedless Horseman]

Phil... from the sound of things, you are the 'type'to 'put up with it' until it knocks you out. I am similar... BUT I HAVEN'T GOT A HERNIA! Get it looked at!! NHS may be under stress, but so are YOU... and YOU are what they are there for. Covid worries, yeah... but better under 'controlled situation' than 'emergency'.

[Techno II]

H....

Nah.....The NHS has really got to 'catch up' with a lot more important things before my hernia.

The irony is that I was down to have the op 10 (?) years ago.....this  was at the time it was about the size of a small marble..(when it appeared...very infrequently)....But it had behaved itself for such a long period of time, I really thought it had managed to knit together.

Dragging dead sheep over the fields is what's really  made it tear. (I reckon)
Wretched 'fluffies' weighed more than me......'Dead weight' was really appropriate.

Cheers - Phil

[Ben Waterhouse]

Think we are all reluctant to see doc's atm, given the pandemic. But it is very good advice.

I'm not...

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Guessed that Ben what with the Marshalling.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Invigilating Year 10's all week - started with almost full rooms on Monday, a few down on Tuesday, Tuesday evening an Invigilator reports +ve test, 3 others isolated. Rest all tested -ve. Fewer kids though. Fewer again yesterday and several pulled out exams for isolation. Supposed to do 2 sessions today - two of us with 1 pupil in 1st, Nil pupils in second. Seems it's comon in most schools atm.

[Techno II]

I don't know about the rest of you....but I am getting slightly twitchy about the way the cases of Covid are going up & up, at the moment.

There's hardly any 'blue' on the map of the UK anymore.....and that particular shade of blue shows areas that have cases between 50 & 99 per 100,000 of the population.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51768274

(Then type in your postcode in the appropriate box...then scroll down to the map.)

Are hospital admissions going up 'alarmingly' yet ?......Are more folk starting to get 'dangerously' ill ?...Am I getting bothered over nothing ?

Cheers - Phil.