Blimey!

And blimey, again !
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.  

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. 

Wow...every cloud & all that, eh?! 

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 

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.