QuoteIf 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.

Quote from: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 23 June 2021, 05:10:56 AM
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?'.

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

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.

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'.

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

Quote from: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 23 June 2021, 05:10:56 AM
Think we are all reluctant to see doc's atm, given the pandemic. But it is very good advice.

I'm not...

Guessed that Ben what with the Marshalling.

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.

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.

Phil - looks like the cases are much ;less serious, far less hospitalisation. Didn't catch the news last night but was over 60% with both jabs, and in the high 80's for first ones. Info seems to say that this is giving a very high level of protection. So DONT PANIC] to be read as nice and freindly !

Thanks, Ian.

Can you tell me, though.....I've never really got my head around what the 'correct' answer is.

I'm double jabbed...and for the sake of argument, we'll say that I'm completely immune to any of the variants.....I assume that I could still catch the wretched thing and pass it on, before my immune system 'kills it' ?

Yes ??

Cheers - Phil.

Sort of - the vaccines give 95-99 percent imunity and reduce your ability to infect by 85-90 % So yes you could infect and or catch it, but it's very unlikley. The other effect is to reduce the severity of an attack, as you already have the anti-bodies. Hence the much lower number of peps being hospitalised with an even lower percentage going into ICU. Overall the situation is far better than in January. We are getting there, honest.

Chatting with a healthcare professional friend last night, we have two cases in Bristol, where the adults are 40, have been doubled vaccinated but are on ventilators. However both are obese, so underlying health issues continue to be one of the main factors in whether you get hospitalised or not. Also her husband went to the Euro final on a minibus with friends, two of whom then tested positive! She is expecting the final to become a super spreader event, but we will have to wait and see .

Our son is CEV and the latest guidance is to carry on as if the current restrictions are still in place. Most friends and neighbours we've chatted with are carrying as present for the foreseeable future.

I don't think its panic.  Being "slightly twitchy" seems about right.  Cases are clearly rising fast everywhere (ten fold here in two months)  and as the prevalence increases more and more people are told to work from home/isolate/test etc.  So disruption spreads and it gets near impossible to arrange or expect anything to be done on time.   I trust my chances of getting seriously ill if infected are now very much reduced (assuming the jabs worked with my supressed immune system which is an unknown) but as the prevalence keeps rising , I become more likely to be infected.  And since I am a wimp who needs no more illness at all thanks very much, I shall continue to avoid crowds and busy indoor situations. The shame is I qualified for a bus pass during the pandemic and now dont want to use it.  I even had a tip ready for the conductor. (its been a long time)      

Oh and 40,000 cases mean 40,000 more opportunities for the little b....r to evolve into the Omega variant.

We are where we are so each of us has to weigh up the risks for our own situations.