From the recent coments on Ithorials opperation and the violation of LH's "member" i an seriously wondering if a Medical sub-section is warranted.
From the survey recently, most of us are in the "middle age" range. Some nearer one end than the other. This seems to be the time when we seem to start to get the embarrasing and awkward problems.
Men are very reluctant to go and see a doctor or be seen to be worried about a proceedure. Consequently we don't ask questions and our imagination then multiplies our fears. However we seem to be pretty good at voicing them here .
As Ray said he was very worried about having a Stent fitted until some one just explained to him the procedure and that it was nothing to worry about. A few words of advice from a peer who has expreienced the problem goes an awful long way to allieviating you unnneccesary worries.
I also think that the general levity and banter about the more embarassing stuff, along with genuine concern and good wishes goes a long way to helping the "unfortunate victim"
THoughts please gents
Don't see why we couldn't have something like that in the 'Chat & News' part of the forum, at all !
Cheers - Phil.
I quite like the irony of it being posted under 'fun stuff'
Quote from: fred 12df on 22 August 2014, 11:35:00 AM
I quite like the irony of it being posted under 'fun stuff'
:-bd
Rob
Let me be the first to kick it off (Ouch :o).
It was a about 9 months ago I became aware that either I had lost the ability to count or I had gained a Bo""ock. Yes 1, 2, 3 which didn't seem correct and did worry me a tad.
This was either because I was being punished for talking Bo""cks so often or could be more serious.
This started a series of embarrassing medical visits.
!. First to my doctor who told me to hold my todger out the way while he investigated the offending bo""ock and came to the conclusion that yes I had gained one from somewhere. He arranged for me to have an ultrasound scan.
2. To the ultra-sound scan where a very jovial scanner doctor and a female :o nurse. They told me to take everything down and lie on a treatment couch. The doctor then produced a handful of what felt like cold swarfega and slapped it on my tackle and told me to told me to rub it all around my bo""ocks so he could proceed. I presume the nurse would normally do this but in this case she didn't. She didn't leave the room however and stood and watched. Being English I didn't complain. The jovial doctor then told me to hold my todger out of the way and proceeded for a good 15 minutes to examine the 3rd bo""ock from every angle he could reach.
He then announced it was full of fluid and was a cyst and nothing to be worried about (phew!)
I hope ther are no Centwuwions out there are waffing. I will tell my fwend Biggus Diccus to sort you out.
NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!
My turn:
Depression.
Tell someone.
I didn't and it nearly ended my teaching career.
Councilling and drugs. Still have 'black days' where I can feel the black tendrils creeping in, but I know the signs now.
Since I've 'come out' about it, so many of my friends have admitted to it. Let people know, it does make it easier. I spent three months being ashamed, don't be!
Hugs
Will
Given the abuse, sorry banter, I usually receive from Orcs across the table, I thought this was a piss take. Which is unfortunate, cause I can't so much take the piss at the mo, but spray it around a bit!
But it has been helpful to be able to say "This is what I've had to go through" Being able to pass on tips... um, I mean hints, to Ithoriel has actually helped me. He's right that the levity has helped- middle aged British blokes able to chat.
ROB
At any stage did you think you might be 'in the money?' I'm sure any museum would pay good monety to find Hitler's missing ball ;)
Not that I think you're Hitler, just that somewhere along the way you might have stumbled upon it.
I will shut up now before the hole I dig gets any deeper....
Lemmy - when it gets bad you can come here... and be reminded how much worse it can be!
Everything around depression is difficult. The sufferer doesn't feel they can ask for help, those around don't know how to offer support.
I get backache when I paint too many figures at one time.
I have gallstones. I still have them, they're mine and no-one else is having them. To cut to the end of the story a bit, I was told I have "Multiple tiny calculi" - the stones are too small & too numerous to remove, so kit's either the whole gall bladder, or leave them in. As it's not a constant problem, I get to keep them & avoid cheese & fatty dairy products... (and I so loved a bit of brie... :'( O
However, the funny bit was back when I first had my pains. The gall bladder extends, apparently, from the centre of the chest around the right side - just under the curve of the right moob, basically. My pains were in the centre of my chest... If you want to jump the cue at A&E, be a middle-aged fat bloke complaining of chest pain... :o
While still groaning & writhing in pain, a nurse was attempting to give me a morphine injection, and informed me, quite casually, "Relax, it's not a heart attack, heart attacks don't hurt that much".
That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me... :)
Quote from: mad lemmey on 22 August 2014, 10:29:07 PM
My turn:
Depression.
Tell someone.
I didn't and it nearly ended my teaching career.
Councilling and drugs. Still have 'black days' where I can feel the black tendrils creeping in, but I know the signs now.
Since I've 'come out' about it, so many of my friends have admitted to it. Let people know, it does make it easier. I spent three months being ashamed, don't be!
Hugs
Will
Depression came up big time' on another forum I frequent after the passing of Robin Williams was posted. I was and still am amazed at how many members -including myself for a short time- of that particular forum and maybe even here that either have suffered from, or are currently battling with depression.
I know its different, but I was off work with stress (properly - Had a note). I found the worse bit was my self image - I felt a fraud, because I didn't have a bandage/wound/etc. I went back after 2 weeks, after a couple of days my boss casually enquired 'Are you ok?" and I just burst out crying. He sent me straight home- no questioning and I ended up taking a full month off.
Quote from: Nosher on 23 August 2014, 04:49:08 AM
ROB
At any stage did you think you might be 'in the money?' I'm sure any museum would pay good monety to find Hitler's missing ball ;)
Not that I think you're Hitler, just that somewhere along the way you might have stumbled upon it.
I will shut up now before the hole I dig gets any deeper....
;D ;D
The wittle wascle has spiwit.
Stwike him centwuwian, vewwy woughly.
Oh yes, and thwow him to the fwoor, please.
Classy Cas for the cup! :) :)
Quote from: Last Hussar on 23 August 2014, 10:53:35 AM
I know its different, but I was off work with stress (properly - Had a note). I found the worse bit was my self image - I felt a fraud, because I didn't have a bandage/wound/etc. I went back after 2 weeks, after a couple of days my boss casually enquired 'Are you ok?" and I just burst out crying. He sent me straight home- no questioning and I ended up taking a full month off.
Quite a few years ago I had "stress induced glucose intolerance" :-\, it was very interesting how differently people reacted to that compared to someone with "stress" ;)
On Wulf's gallstones; had them too! Got the whole bladder removed and though I've heard horror stories about the possible complications afterwards (complete with people dying from them!) I actually had a walk in the park... Got the bladder removed at about 09:30 under full aneastethics, was eating a sandwich with coffee at 12:00 and had a full portion of pork with mashed potatoes at 17:30! At the same moment the surgeon who operated on me walked in and he was amazed... All he said was 'Well sir... if it feels alright; please finish your meal, just don't overdo it...' and so I finished it! Also; have been eating everything I wanted since, no problem what so ever.
Only have some slight pain when sitting leaning over for a long time (painting for example) from a small bit of scar tissue that formed afterwards but that's really it.
If you can have like I had I'd say get the thing out a.s.a.p.
Cheers,
Rob
Quote from: Ace of Spades on 23 August 2014, 10:44:27 PMIf you can have like I had I'd say get the thing out a.s.a.p.
Well, at the moment I avoid fatty dairy products. Frankly, I should be avoiding fatty everything a bit more... So I'll keep my insides inside, thanks...
Quote from: Rob on 23 August 2014, 01:27:00 PM
Classy Cas for the cup! :) :)
Seventh Heaven, Marching on Together.
The tigers were a bit toothless except for a ten minute spell at the start of the second half...
Quote from: Wulf on 23 August 2014, 11:19:15 PM
Well, at the moment I avoid fatty dairy products. Frankly, I should be avoiding fatty everything a bit more... So I'll keep my insides inside, thanks...
Yeah, me too. Pure hell for a registered cheese addict. :'(
Fortunately, due to a dyslexic dietician, I only have to avoid recording my daily activities. Yes, I am diary free.
OUT - OUT - OUT
IanS
Well, this thread took longer to degenerate than normal.
No we don't need it.
I think I'm coming down with a cold >:(
Quote from: DanJ on 11 September 2014, 04:00:50 PM
I think I'm coming down with a cold >:(
It which case to reverse the trend you need to "get it up with a hottie"
Attendant!! - My coat please ;D
Techno!
You called, Sir ?
Sorry I'm a bit slow.....My back hurts !
I wish sheep would keep bloody still when you're trying to clean fly eggs out of their feet.
(Well.....this is the medical subsection, isn't it ?)
Cheers - Phil
hmmmm medical subsection eh :-\
Well can't complain right now, hiatus hernia sort of under control, and haven't had a migraine attack since december 2013. And i got so used to the pills i stopped forgetting them al the time.
That's good news Peter.
Indeed it is! You hang in there yourself!togheter we are strong ;)
Nice to see Phil maintaining at least one racial sterotype.
IanS :d
Quote from: petercooman on 11 September 2014, 11:27:16 PM
Indeed it is! You hang in there yourself!togheter we are strong ;)
Together we're a composite basket-case, by the sound of it. OK, whose turn is it for the wooden leg today?
Cold degenerated into full manflu but I can't take time off work due to a report deadline.
Taking decongestants to stop nose dripping on keyboard
Quote from: DanJ on 12 September 2014, 08:31:26 AM
Cold degenerated into full manflu but I can't take time off work due to a report deadline.
Taking decongestants to stop nose dripping on keyboard
Too much information, Dan. :-&
Quote from: DanJ on 12 September 2014, 08:31:26 AM
Cold degenerated into full manflu but I can't take time off work due to a report deadline.
Taking decongestants to stop nose dripping on keyboard
Wimp ;)
In the words of one Bruce Douglas - Exploit IT
ianS
I signed up yesterday to have my Gallbladder removed. I had problems 4 years ago and had the tube down the throat operation twice. They put in a stent and I thought had removed all the stones. Apparently I was supposed to have the chat I had yesterday about 4 years ago but was forgotten by the system and I was too stupid to realise this. =)
Anyway, 3-4 months until they do the job.
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Laparoscopiccholecystectomy/Pages/Introduction.aspx (http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Laparoscopiccholecystectomy/Pages/Introduction.aspx)
Anybody want a used Gallbladder? :-& One not very careful owner. :)
Cheers, Rob :)
Quote from: Rob on 12 September 2014, 11:50:36 AM
Anybody want a used Gallbladder? :-& One not very careful owner. :)
Cheers, Rob :)
Save the Gall stones and use them on some bases as terrain. Interesting talking point mid game :D
A few years ago, I had gall stones. They were painful. My doctor said that I could have the gall bladder removed, or I could keep it. I erred on the side of cowardice and kept it. One gall stone got stuck opposite the pancreas and blocked the pancreatic duct. This led to pancreatitis, which the surgeon described as "the pancreas digesting itself." I was in intensive care, with one of those "50/50", "next 24 hours" conversation went on around me. I didn't get it, I was off my head on morphine.
Suffice to say, after being starved of food, but lavished with attention by the lovely nurses in Halton Hospital, I was released some weeks later with very skinny feet. I don't know why the feet went skinny, but none of my shoes fitted properly.
Months later they whipped Mr G Bladder away and I've been fine ever since.
Subsequently, I was talking to a woman who had gall stones. She said the pain was worse than childbirth. Pancreatitis knocks gall stones into a cocked hat, so I now feel two up on womankind in the bearing-of-pain stakes.
The removal of the gall bladder was a comparatively benign affair. It was done with keyhole surgery, leaving 4 tiny scars. The worst was in the navel, as it itched abominably.
Did you die?
na, just smells like it. ;)
;D :D ;D
Blimey! All coming out tonight! Literally! :o :D ;D
I'm loving this thread but can't help thinking that one comment from a woman will kill it off. Wait, no, it's still a wargames forum, so more likely to get a response from a hen's tooth.
That aside, I'm less than half a year off the big 4 0, I have the mind and outlook of a much younger man (I'm still mature, if a little daft at times), but I have ailments of an older man. To name a few, ME, high cholesterol, type II Diabetes, IBS & I'm dyslexic. The ME ended my last career but lead to me starting my painting business, so silver lining. My tuppence worth.
Quote from: Rob on 12 September 2014, 11:50:36 AM
I signed up yesterday to have my Gallbladder removed. I had problems 4 years ago and had the tube down the throat operation twice. They put in a stent and I thought had removed all the stones. Apparently I was supposed to have the chat I had yesterday about 4 years ago but was forgotten by the system and I was too stupid to realise this. =)
Anyway, 3-4 months until they do the job.
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Laparoscopiccholecystectomy/Pages/Introduction.aspx (http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Laparoscopiccholecystectomy/Pages/Introduction.aspx)
Anybody want a used Gallbladder? :-& One not very careful owner. :)
Cheers, Rob :)
I got a surprise letter inviting me for pre-op tests, which happened last week, and I am due in for the OP this coming Tuesday. Gets it out of the way but it means I may not get to Derby next weekend. :-S
Hope it all goes well Rob. Better to get these things done sooner rather than later.
4 years is nothing! Apparently the previous discussion with a doctor about my possibly needing circumcision took place when I was 4, 57 years ago!
My own op has snookered plans to bus down overnight to Donington and back up the following night so I can empathise on that front too.
i've got a chest infection i can't shift, dose that count
take care
andy
Dose it wi more alchohol
IanS
Quote from: Womble67 on 29 September 2014, 08:55:16 AM
i've got a chest infection i can't shift, dose that count
take care
andy
Best thing for a chest infection is Vick vapour rub, rubbed into your chest by a twenty something naked virgin female :d So looks like your stuck with the infection ;D
Actually, forget the Vick, just stick with the twenty-something.
Quote from: fsn on 29 September 2014, 05:19:25 PM
Actually, forget the Vick, just stick with the twenty-something.
Actually, for get the virgin as well - some skin to skin with a twenty something would cure mosty of my ills :d :d
Got the wife to give me a good rub, but still chest infection tho :)
Take care
Andy
and Orcs has a lot of skin. Has to really, he's a wargamer, so has a lot to cover.
Quote from: Last Hussar on 01 October 2014, 02:52:17 AM
and Orcs has a lot of skin. Has to really, he's a wargamer, so has a lot to cover.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Yes we know with your b ;Duild your not a "proper" wargamer LH
Quote from: Ithoriel on 28 September 2014, 11:28:32 PM
Hope it all goes well Rob. Better to get these things done sooner rather than later.
4 years is nothing! Apparently the previous discussion with a doctor about my possibly needing circumcision took place when I was 4, 57 years ago!
My own op has snookered plans to bus down overnight to Donington and back up the following night so I can empathise on that front too.
Thanks Ith... :)
Actually I did the starvation bit, arrived at 07:00 and waited until 15:00 to be told I was cancelled. :( Next appontment is 17/10/14 so a couple of weeks.
However do you believe in fate? I am looking for a job. I had to turn down an interview for this week as I couldnt predict my post-op condition. I rang the agent and Tues PM when I got home. He rang back in the evening and said can you be there Wed at noon. I did the interview and managed to impress enough for the agent to ring me this morning saying I had go the role.
;D ;D
So I am looking forward to Derby this Saturday. I'll recognize Mad Lemmy because he will be wearing a fez in flames! :o And DP is carrying a lance and longbow. :o
No problem, they will be easy to spot. I will be the one with a pencil up each nostril, underpants on head saying wibble! :)
Fezzes are sooooooooooooo last year dhaaaaarling!
This year I'm sporting a bowler! 8)
Congratulations on the role and enjoy Derby. Looks like your cancelation cloud had two silver linings ;)
Mad Lemmey explaining the finer points of logistics in the Seven Years War to a twonk from Games Workshop.
(http://www.secoloditalia.it/files/2012/12/arancia-meccanica-sergio-zavoli.jpg)
Perfect my dear Droog! ;D
Felt like that the other day when I wanted to find out how much their primer spray was...
Never ever ever again!
A tribute to Magritte...
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/madlemmey/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsd95c2707.jpg) (http://s214.photobucket.com/user/madlemmey/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsd95c2707.jpg.html)
Just stumbled upon this thread and thought it may be helpful if I relate my recent experiences. In 2011, I had a stroke, brought on by high blood pressure. I was very, very lucky as it was only a small bleed. The result is that I am on two types of tablets for the rest of my life, no great shakes. Also, I have trouble sometimes pronouncing my worms. Some people say I'm just still talking bo11ocks as in my pre-stroke days. Whilst recuperating at home, I was made redundant. Not good company/employee relations when it's a stress related illness. The point is, I was home alone (wife had just flown to Spain lucky cow) and my daughter phoned. It was then that I realised something was up, because I had problems with my speach. Didn't feel too bad otherwise. My daughter ran me to A&E who checked my BP which was so high, they thought their machine had bust. Moral to this story, don't go all English chaps and think it will pass, get yourself sorted.
Then in 2013 I had to have a pacemaker fitted. Never new I had a heart problem, until I started getting what appeared to be something similar to blood rushes (feeling dizzy for a mo') to the head. Again, I went to the docs fairly sharpish. The same day I had the 24 hour monitor taken away for the results I was asked to come straight back for the pacemaker operation (which is horrible). "Are you sure you're not blacking out, only that your heart is stopping for a very, very long time". Moral to this story, don't go all English chaps and think it will pass, get yourself sorted.
One extra bonus from this, is that with various recent job losses and time off, I haven't half got a load of 10mm SYW painted. #:-S
Blimey!
And blimey, again ! :o
Hope all's well now civvy.
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: civvycivvy on 20 October 2014, 06:16:04 PM
Just stumbled upon this thread and thought it may be helpful if I relate my recent experiences. In 2011, I had a stroke, brought on by high blood pressure. I was very, very lucky as it was only a small bleed. The result is that I am on two types of tablets for the rest of my life, no great shakes. Also, I have trouble sometimes pronouncing my worms. Some people say I'm just still talking bo11ocks as in my pre-stroke days. Whilst recuperating at home, I was made redundant. Not good company/employee relations when it's a stress related illness. The point is, I was home alone (wife had just flown to Spain lucky cow) and my daughter phoned. It was then that I realised something was up, because I had problems with my speach. Didn't feel too bad otherwise. My daughter ran me to A&E who checked my BP which was so high, they thought their machine had bust. Moral to this story, don't go all English chaps and think it will pass, get yourself sorted.
Then in 2013 I had to have a pacemaker fitted. Never new I had a heart problem, until I started getting what appeared to be something similar to blood rushes (feeling dizzy for a mo') to the head. Again, I went to the docs fairly sharpish. The same day I had the 24 hour monitor taken away for the results I was asked to come straight back for the pacemaker operation (which is horrible). "Are you sure you're not blacking out, only that your heart is stopping for a very, very long time". Moral to this story, don't go all English chaps and think it will pass, get yourself sorted.
One extra bonus from this, is that with various recent job losses and time off, I haven't half got a load of 10mm SYW painted. #:-S
Thats a bit drastic to get time to paint your figures :). hope you are all ok now
Arthritis since i was 8 years old (Still's Disease, or juvenile chronic poly arthritis - non-rheumatoid).
Sciatic for the last 8 years.
Quote from: civvycivvy on 20 October 2014, 06:16:04 PM
One extra bonus from this, is that with various recent job losses and time off, I haven't half got a load of 10mm SYW painted. #:-S
Wow...every cloud & all that, eh?! :o ;) 8)
Hi All.
Bit of advice needed.
The silver haired M-I-L seems to be suffering rather badly today with rheumatism/arthritis in her knee. (Quite swollen this morning).
While Mrs T & I try and sort out if she's allowed some 'different' painkillers form the Doc's....I was just wondering if heat (little hot water bottle) or cold (cool pack) would help alleviate the suffering for a while, until we get these painkillers sorted.
Any hints from anyone that suffers from the 'same thing'.....Gratefully received.
Cheers - Phil.
Amputate, at neck - generally cures all. no serious advice except may be drink more alcohol.....
IanS :d ;)
Techno - Have you considered a TENS machine, it emits small electrical pulses (the strength of which can be manually controlled) to alleviate pain, my wife uses one for back pain and I have used one when I broke my wrist a few years ago. They generally seem to deaden the pain considerably as far as we are both concerned. Most chemists stock them now I think, though perhaps online rather in the shop you might get a better price (I think our present one cost a little over £10 online from a reputable chemist about two years ago).
Hope this helps.
At the moment I wouldn't use either a hot or cold compress though as it depends type of tissue damage suffered, perhaps a call to your local doctors and speaking to one of the practices nurses might be able to advise on which would be best before applying either.
Oh, and of course rest with the leg horizontal is an almost sure requirement.
Bill
I have a touch of arthritis in my fingers and I find moderate heat soothes them when they get sore. Worth a try, I'd think.
Although hopefully by now you've had a more medically informed response!
Quote from: Fig.ht on 23 January 2015, 12:14:33 PM
Techno - Have you considered a TENS machine, it emits small electrical pulses (the strength of which can be manually controlled) to alleviate pain, my wife uses one for back pain and I have used one when I broke my wrist a few years ago. They generally seem to deaden the pain considerably as far as we are both concerned. Most chemists stock them now I think, though perhaps online rather in the shop you might get a better price (I think our present one cost a little over £10 online from a reputable chemist about two years ago).
Hope this helps.
At the moment I wouldn't use either a hot or cold compress though as it depends type of tissue damage suffered, perhaps a call to your local doctors and speaking to one of the practices nurses might be able to advise on which would be best before applying either.
Oh, and of course rest with the leg horizontal is an almost sure requirement. Bill
Thanks 'lots' for that, Bill.
That sounds a
definite possibility.
Never sure with a 'condition' like this to what advise her to do for the best......Keep moving, as much as poss, or keep still.
Her mobility can best be described as
awful, so exercise is a bit of a 'no go' anyway.
Waiting for the Doc to call back, to see what the answer will be, regarding her taking some other pills we've already got here.
A real shame, as it's her birthday today.
Quote from: Ithoriel on 23 January 2015, 12:18:15 PM
I have a touch of arthritis in my fingers and I find moderate heat soothes them when they get sore. Worth a try, I'd think.
Although hopefully by now you've had a more medically informed response!
Thanks to you too. I
Hopefully won't be long before they ring back.
Cheers - Phil
In early summer 1991 I developed a cough, nothing too drastic so I left it for a while and carried on smoking. When it didn't go I went to the vets and he diagnosed a chest infection. After another four weeks and two different types of antibiotic -neither of which seemed to work- the cough was getting thicker and more painful so I said to Ma Subs that I was going for a lie down. At half two on August 11th, 1991 I tried another cigarette and nearly brought a lung up. Ma Subs phoned for a vet to come out. Within five minutes of his arrival an ambulance had been called for and I was diagnosed with severe bronchial pneumonia. I spent the next three days on a drip in what was then Dudley Road Hospital in Brum where I was a captive audience to an old Jamaican fellow who insisted on talking about the 1950's West Indian cricket team.
Obviously it was caught in time but it could have been a lot worse...like terminal. I was completely off work for four weeks and only on very light duties for another three until a chest x-ray showed clear.
Needless to say I have not had a cigarette since nor ever wanted one so some illnesses can turn out to be beneficial in the long run.
Another moral, if you think your vet has got it wrong, get another opinion...they are not always right.
Quote from: Fig.ht on 23 January 2015, 12:14:33 PM
Techno - Have you considered a TENS machine, it emits small electrical pulses (the strength of which can be manually controlled) to alleviate pain, my wife uses one for back pain and I have used one when I broke my wrist a few years ago. They generally seem to deaden the pain considerably as far as we are both concerned. Most chemists stock them now I think, though perhaps online rather in the shop you might get a better price (I think our present one cost a little over £10 online from a reputable chemist about two years ago).
Hope this helps.
At the moment I wouldn't use either a hot or cold compress though as it depends type of tissue damage suffered, perhaps a call to your local doctors and speaking to one of the practices nurses might be able to advise on which would be best before applying either.
Oh, and of course rest with the leg horizontal is an almost sure requirement.
Bill
Seconded...
Another option Subs is just to change your vets, I did and I went from Hypoing and hypering with no rhyme or reason to it to a nice steady 7.0 with just a change of Insulin (obviously the new stuff is the dearer stuff) so all in all I'm satisfied with the new vet,
Second Saturday of February our waqlking group is doing a local walk so we won;t be needing our coach driver then.
Quote from: GordonY on 23 January 2015, 04:21:33 PM
Another option Subs is just to change your vets, I did and I went from Hypoing and hypering with no rhyme or reason to it to a nice steady 7.0 with just a change of Insulin (obviously the new stuff is the dearer stuff) so all in all I'm satisfied with the new vet,
I think the trouble is that we generally put a lot of faith in what professionals -especially medical professionals- tell us. To be honest, it wasn't until we moved here that I noticed how much better the overall service of the NHS is. Don't get me wrong, I'm not making a blanket statement about the NHS in Brum, I'm just saying the constraints they are under in a big city means that sometimes things do get missed. I will say that after that, I never had a problem with the local vets.
Yesterday, a nice young lady kept telling me to swallow.
To put this in context, I was in the Endoscopy unit at Wishaw General Hospital, and the nice young lady was ramming three feet of garden hose with a camera on the end down my throat. Not one of the more pleasant experiences of my life, but actually entirely painless. Made my eyes water a bit though.
Apparently I have a hiatus hernia. I was going to enter it for Crufts, but I'm told it's not that sort of thing at all...
;D
Brave man, Wulf. I've had the camera down the throat (and the other way) a few times now but always take the coward's way out and go for the sedative - usually the best sleep I have had in ages. Anyway guys, the procedure is nothing to worry about and I'm sure Wulf will agree. I presume you went for the spray? Now that they've found out I'm sure everything will be fine. All the best.
Throat spray, yes. Disgusting taste.
Quote from: Fig.ht on 23 January 2015, 12:14:33 PM
Techno - Have you considered a TENS machine, it emits small electrical pulses (the strength of which can be manually controlled) to alleviate pain, my wife uses one for back pain and I have used one when I broke my wrist a few years ago. They generally seem to deaden the pain considerably as far as we are both concerned. Most chemists stock them now I think, though perhaps online rather in the shop you might get a better price (I think our present one cost a little over £10 online from a reputable chemist about two years ago).
Bill
Mrs T & I eventually ruled out the TENS machine for the M.I.L......Basically because we felt she wouldn't have bothered to use it, or found it 'confusing'/too much bother. (She's like that ! ;) ;D)
Furthermore......The different painkillers seemed to have helped her.
BUT.....I'd had a good read about the machines, and looked up lots of reviews.....So I bought one for myself, for my back problem....It arrived yesterday.
Had a 'play' with it, just for a short while, last night.......Good grief !!.....If it does that much good, when I don't know what I'm doing with it properly yet.....Goodness knows how useful it's going to be in future.
Got to phone the manufacturers this morning, to check on one thing that isn't mentioned in the instructions. (Mrs T couldn't find it in the instructions either.....So it can't be there ! ......Not just me doing the 'man thing' of not reading the instructions properly ! ;D ;D ;D ;D)
Ray.....If you read this, I'll send you an update in the next few days.
Bill !......You may have helped stopped me slowly poisoning myself, with all the painkillers I've been shoving down my neck for the past few years !...Hopefully be able to cut those down to the bare minimum now !!....Thanks, Matey !! :) :) :) :-bd
Cheers - Phil (Who hasn't been moaning and groaning every time he gets up out of the chair since last night !.......Huzzah !!)
Cheers - Phil
Great, Phil. I'll await that with interest.
Ray
Techno - Glad the M.I.L. is sorted out. :)
I hope you get the query sorted with the manufacturer. By the way a little tip is to use pieces of micropore sticky tape to keep the pads on if you are going out anywhere and going to be 'wearing' the TENS machine, especially if the pads are somewhere inconvenient to adhere back onto should one fall off such as on the back.
Anyway, glad it seems to have helped. Just remember to take note of the warnings that seem to be in all the leaflets about not attaching the pads to the lips, tongue, or genitals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I can imagine some idiots now trying it out - did I only use the word 'idiots' there!) ;D
Quote from: Fig.ht on 27 January 2015, 09:07:25 AM
I hope you get the query sorted with the manufacturer. By the way a little tip is to use pieces of micropore sticky tape to keep the pads on if you are going out anywhere and going to be 'wearing' the TENS machine, especially if the pads are somewhere inconvenient to adhere back onto should one fall off such as on the back.
Done and dusted.
It HAD to be what we thought.....But I wanted to check to make absolutely certain !
(Bloomin' weird sitting here with strange little pulses of electricity 'zapping' my back ! ;D ;D ;D ;D)...Thanks again, Bill !
Cheers - Phil.
Electro-Techno!
Slightly worried that the quality of your sculpts may suffer a bit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnCcSFZw9lM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnCcSFZw9lM)
Just in case anything goes wrong, maybe you should hasten to complete a major outstanding range. Remember Bach, Mozart, Dickens....
Quote from: FierceKitty on 27 January 2015, 10:39:12 AM
complete a major outstanding range. Remember Bach, Mozart, Dickens....
Leon's not said anything to me about making those chaps.
Maybe one of my colleagues is working his way through that range. ;)
Cheers - Phil
I once got a full strength belt from a Tens Machine while my wife was in labour!
Threw me across the room!
Quote from: mad lemmey on 27 January 2015, 02:35:47 PM
I once got a full strength belt from a Tens Machine while my wife was in labour!
Threw me across the room!
;D ;D ;D ;D
Why were you the one wearing the TENS machine? Or come to that, are you sure it wasn't the wife just hit you and then blamed the TENS machine! :-\
I've only used the 'zappometer' up to strength 13......It goes up to 99. :o :o :o
Don't think I'd fancy that level much !!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
It MIGHT wake you up.....
IanS
More likely make my hair stand on end...... be even messier than it normally is, Ian ;)
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 27 January 2015, 03:51:49 PM
I've only used the 'zappometer' up to strength 13......It goes up to 99. :o :o :o
I've just hacked the zappometer. Hang on, let me just organise everyone to look at the webcam ... Little to the left, Techno ... little more ... strength 99 - ENGAGE!
Ooooh! He's flipping about like a landed trout.
Taking it off my wife's for an epidural, she hadn't turned it off! Yowie! :'(
Ouch!!!!!!!
So she turned it on full whack instead of off! Hmmmmmmmmm, wonder whether she realised? :-\
(Must admit I have accidently turned the level up instead of off, you soon learn to check what you are doing, for some reason 'Pavlov's dogs' comes to mind. :) )
Strange - I keep reading the title of this thread as "Do we need to be medically sectioned". Quite possibly. :D
Well I dont - got a certificate to prove I'm sane.
IanS
Certificates written in crayon don't count, Ian. ;)
Cheers - Phil
I used very good quality crayons!
Every letter a different colour.
No - printed on watermarked paper with a 'ospital crest ont.
IanS
Quote from: fsn on 27 January 2015, 04:54:14 PM
I've just hacked the zappometer. Hang on, let me just organise everyone to look at the webcam ... Little to the left, Techno ... little more ... strength 99 - ENGAGE!
Ooooh! He's flipping about like a landed trout.
That smarts !.....You
oik !! ;)
Cheers - Phil
I did have a friend who had a certificate to prove that she was sane. A proper one.
120 Pikemen for ECW (plus one coach driver - thanks Leon) - Check
Bases filed - Check
Undercoated in light grey - Check
Conjuctivitus - Che... Oh bugger. :(
Poop!
Quote from: Last Hussar on 02 February 2015, 03:03:47 PM
I did have a friend who had a certificate to prove that she was sane. A proper one.
Me too; he'd suffered from extreme bi-polar and was "cured".
Quote from: mad lemmey on 22 August 2014, 10:29:07 PM
My turn:
Depression.
Tell someone.
I didn't and it nearly ended my teaching career.
Councilling and drugs. Still have 'black days' where I can feel the black tendrils creeping in, but I know the signs now.
Since I've 'come out' about it, so many of my friends have admitted to it. Let people know, it does make it easier. I spent three months being ashamed, don't be!
Hugs
Will
Hey Lemmey, hope everything is going well for you on this front. I lost my best friend last year to depression, no-one had any idea he was suffering, he managed to hide it form everyone. It had such a devastating effect on everyone close to him and the one thing we all said was "why didn't he say something" but I guess you don't know what it's like until you've been there.
Thank you for asking. :D
Sorry for your loss.
Sob-story warning! Feel free to skip this next bit!
There were times when thoughts like that flitted through my mind, but I would never act on them, it's just stupid ideas creeping in. I knew it, and it was one of the things the doctor and I were glad I was able to contain.
That's probably the first time I've ever talked about this outside the friends and family.
The depression is still there, but I know it's there. I could spend a lot of time telling myself I'm hopeless and not worth it, then I get home and my smallest daughter launches herself at me and all is good!
Plus I know what to do, sort of. :-\
It makes such a difference talking. Never be afraid to talk.
It's a good bunch of lads here who do look after you, emails ping behind the scenes. Friends from old rallied round, friends of new shared their advice.
It's all good really! :D
Being one who makes the "sofa bear" in the Virgin Media advert look positively hyperactive I was pleasantly surprised to find that exercise ( "taking the Black Dog for a walk") worked very well to counteract Hamlet's suggestion "To die ... to sleep, no more; and by a sleep to say we end the heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to: 'tis a consummation devoutly to be wish'd."
I'd sooner be walking and talking than popping anti-depressants.
SOFA BEAR (for those who haven't seen the ad :) )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkMX3YJvc-U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkMX3YJvc-U)
(http://about.virginmedia.com/images/press_releases/Sofa%20Bear.jpg)
Yup
I've got heart and kidney trouble - heart lazy and kidnae be bothered ;)
Just noticed the sign in the background that says "out"! :D :D :D
I'm in medicine I could help out although if your offered a sigmoidoscopy I think that's best left as a surprise, no amount of supportive preparatory narratives are going to help you prepare yourself and the words "a small prick" is an out and out lie!!!!, perhaps the words " think of amputation without anaesthetic" and "remember the piggy scene from deliverance" might help you pucker up
Quote from: Ironduke on 11 February 2015, 03:15:08 PM
the words "a small prick" is an out and out lie!!!!,
Its not always. ;D ;D
Just finished a pack of antidepressants; found myself checking the box for a free toy.
Disappointed. :(
Quote from: mad lemmey on 02 April 2015, 08:02:57 AM
Just finished a pack of antidepressants; found myself checking the box for a free toy.
Disappointed. :(
I don't know whether to laugh or cry at that one. :-\
If you're being serious, Will.....Hope it lifts soon, Matey.
Take care - Phil
Quote from: Ironduke on 11 February 2015, 03:15:08 PM
I'm in medicine I could help out although if your offered a sigmoidoscopy I think that's best left as a surprise, no amount of supportive preparatory narratives are going to help you prepare yourself and the words "a small prick" is an out and out lie!!!!, perhaps the words " think of amputation without anaesthetic" and "remember the piggy scene from deliverance" might help you pucker up
That's interesting. Sounds like a close one (for me) because I had one booked for the 8th April but now cancelled because my doc recommends I should go all the way. Have had a colonoscopy before and always opted for 'the sedative' - usually the best sleep I've had in ages! Fingers crossed (but not legs!)
Quote from: mad lemmey on 22 August 2014, 10:29:07 PM
My turn:
Depression.
Tell someone.
I didn't and it nearly ended my teaching career.
Councilling and drugs. Still have 'black days' where I can feel the black tendrils creeping in, but I know the signs now.
Since I've 'come out' about it, so many of my friends have admitted to it. Let people know, it does make it easier. I spent three months being ashamed, don't be!
Hugs
Will
Been there. It's no joke. You have my sympathy. >:< Sorry not to have noticed this before.
Before anyone else chips in...
Actually I'm good! New job after Easter, Piat my folks with intermittent internet.
Antidepressants are a lot of long term, low dose, to stop the silliness in my head.
I was just thinking about how cool it would be once in a while if, like the 70s, there was a free toy car...
;D
All good. :)
Quote from: mad lemmey on 02 April 2015, 03:11:24 PM
I was just thinking about how cool it would be once in a while if, like the 70s, there was a free toy car...
And flared trousers !! :)
That's excellent news, Wil.
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 02 April 2015, 03:56:48 PM
And flared trousers !! :)
Matron, they were never cool!
People thought they were and they were
WRONG!
Quote from: getagrip on 02 April 2015, 04:51:27 PM
Matron, they were never cool!
I liked the breeze round your wotsits.
I liked them because you could get them on without having to take your trainers off first.
Loon pants....I did NOT like.
They strangled your wotsits.
Loon pants were NOT cool.
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 02 April 2015, 07:22:30 PM
I liked them because you could get them on without having to take your trainers off first.
Do you sleep in trainers? :o :o :o
No.....It was when I was still young and mobile enough to play football.
I couldn't be bothered with a tracksuit.....And I wasn't going to walk up to the local 'rec' in a pair of shorts in case I scared small children.
"Ooh...Look, Mummy...There's a skelington walking up the road."
Cheers - Phil
Flaired trousers.
Quote from: getagrip on 02 April 2015, 04:51:27 PM
Matron, they were never cool!
People thought they were and they were WRONG!
Yep. Wish I could airbrush or somehow CGI my wedding photos - velvet suit! Frilly shirt and tie! Nooooooooo! :-[ :-[
Quote from: Techno on 02 April 2015, 07:22:30 PM
I liked them because you could get them on without having to take your trainers off first.
Also great for smuggling cans of beer into Scottish football matches - one in each sock. :-[ :-[
Quote from: Westmarcher on 02 April 2015, 09:48:59 PM
Flaired trousers.
Yep. Wish I could airbrush or somehow CGI my wedding photos - velvet suit! Frilly shirt and tie! Nooooooooo! :-[ :-[
:o
Quote from: Westmarcher on 02 April 2015, 09:48:59 PM
Also great for smuggling cans of beer into Scottish football matches - one in each sock. :-[ :-[
Smuggle? I thought that was the minimum entry requirement for a Scottish football match! :D
Quote from: Westmarcher on 02 April 2015, 09:48:59 PM
Flaired trousers.
Yep. Wish I could airbrush or somehow CGI my wedding photos - velvet suit! Frilly shirt and tie! Nooooooooo! :-[ :-[
=O =O =O =O =O =O.............Snap !!!.....Dark Blue/Navy ?......Though not the frilly shirt !
Mine were SO wide & flared, I could
almost get both legs down one side. :-[ :-[ :-[
Cheers - Phil
;D ;D ;D
Yep. Suit was Dark Blue / Navy as well!* #-o :D
.... with matching velvet bow-tie! B)
* actually, other than black, that was one of my better decisions.
Quote from: Techno on 03 April 2015, 07:15:49 AM
=O =O =O =O =O =O.............Snap !!!.....Dark Blue/Navy ?......Though not the frilly shirt !
Mine were SO wide & flared, I could almost get both legs down one side. :-[ :-[ :-[
Cheers - Phil
Your fashion sense aint improved
IanS ;D ;D
You're right! :o ;D
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,6575.0.html (http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,6575.0.html)
Quote from: Westmarcher on 03 April 2015, 08:55:06 AM
.... with matching velvet bow-tie! B)
Matching 'kipper' for me
Quote from: Westmarcher on 03 April 2015, 09:22:53 AM
You're right! :o ;D
I go for the practical, 'scruff' look, nowadays......That's a lie...... I've been doing that for
at least the last 30 + years. :-[ ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
Sunjester has just rung me to decide a dress-code to go down the pub.
SOME of us still have standards.
Depends on the code.
(http://media3.s-nbcnews.com/j/ap/6701b2ec-f4a3-4924-8c23-59c0c0089221.grid-6x2.jpg)
That's one for the Soapbox;
PULL YOUR BLOODY TROUSERS UP! >:(
No.....He's just got very short legs & a long torso. X_X
Cheers - Phil
He's keeping his new delivery from Pendraken in his pockets.
Quote from: fsn on 03 April 2015, 07:01:12 PM
He's keeping his new delivery from Pendraken in his pockets.
Nah, wouldn't be able to walk.