Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 Sorry to hear of your AMD problems, Catfan. You could always write to the hobgoblin brewery and ask them to include the odd grain in the brew. You're such a good customer, I'm sure they wouldn't refuse! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 Hope all goes well for you catfan. I'm sure the hospital wont keep you waiting too long. We stopped cooking with salt years ago, and replaced the sprinklers with low sodium salt. Then Chris was diagnosed with Diabetes, and we discovered that it is not a good thing to use low sodium, back to sprinkling real salt. I very rarely use salt but Chris likes some salt on his meals. Watch the Vitimin K in the greens if you are on any blood thinners Miduck. Take care and i'm sure Mrs C will do her best to look after you. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 57 minutes ago, Jill Sparrow said: Sorry to hear of your AMD problems, Catfan. You could always write to the hobgoblin brewery and ask them to include the odd grain in the brew. You're such a good customer, I'm sure they wouldn't refuse! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,083 Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Parkinson's Awareness Week 10th April --16th April I must admit that I did not see any thing any were or hear it mentioned. Now in 2010 I was diagnosed with PD, what I found was about Sept having a good glass of wine in the afternoon left leg had a tremor, now this went on till Nov. The master advised me to see our GP, hummm "not sure what it is come back Jan if it's still the same" went back as it did not get any better, sent to see top consultant at QMC, now there is not a definitive test to diagnose PD. The consultant said "walk to the door and back again" Well you won't die from what you have you have "Parkinson's" ask how he knew "well you are not swinging your left arm when you walk " not knowing any thing about PD I was glad that in the other room was a volunteer, she had PD for 10 year as I looked and spoke to her, I thought well maybe it's not so bad. It is now 2017 and thanks to med's I don't seem to bad, but it's a very slow progressive disorder of movement, and there's a lot more to it than just have a tremor and spilling your beer, I have good days and bad days but "HAY HO" I wake up each morning, so getting back to Awareness Week, what did happen to it, were did it go? if any member did see any thing about PD please let me know. Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 I didn't see anything about it either, Mary. My mother was 'diagnosed' by a consultant who asked her to walk up and down the hospital corridor whilst hollering at the nurse for his coffee! He told mum she had a 'touch of Parkinson's' but he could soon make her feel better with medication. Put her on Madopar, one of the powerful Levadopa drugs. No benefits but all the nasty side effects! Then they tried Sinemet, same result. Finally, Amantadine which had no effect at all. In fact, mum didn't have Parkinson's at all. She had multiple system atrophy. It can be diagnosed via a brain scan but this isn't offered as it's expensive and the disease is untreatable.It doesn't respond to any medication, as we had discovered. It was the specialist Parkinson's nurse who spotted that it wasn't Parkinson's, although the consultant disagreed with her. Sometimes, nurses know more than the consultants. This one certainly did! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Some grim stuff above. My sympathies to all affected. I feel lucky. I reported some possible new Cardiac symptoms to my Doc a few weeks ago.... Tiredness... some pain and breathlessness. I've never had chest pain other than when I was actually having a Heart Attack and even then it was more like a very severe 'stitch'. Now.. I seem to get a bit on exertion and I'm getting more breathless. But then I'm also getting older.. so I don't know what to think. I've never had 'classic' Angina. Doc organised a 24 hour Cardiac monitoring, more 'bloods' and a Cardiology Appointment. Turned up tonight at 18:00 for the Cardiology. Results of 24 hour monitoring nowhere to be found at first but the Doc sent somebody on a mission and they turned up eventually. Doc: "So when you had your Heart Attack in 2010...".. Me. "I didn't have a Heart Attack in 2010 .. I had a small stroke in 2010 a bigger one in in 2008. The Heart Attack was in 1996." Doc. "Right. OK." I then had to go on and explain to him that I have a totally blocked Right Ventricular Artery which is effectively inoperable because whatever muscle it fed is now dead. What muscle remains is supplied with blood by 'collateral' arteries. Anyway 24 hour monitoring has apparently shown up nothing much. Which is good. So.. next is another Echocardiogram and .. new one on me.. a 'Cardiac CT Scan.' (Except he didn't call it that and I can't remember what he did call it...) This one seems to be a bit like an Angiogram but without the indignity of having a catheter shoved through an artery in your crutch while you watch your own heart being invaded on the telly. I think they inject Iodine or summat into a vein while they look at your heart on the CT machine. I've read up on it and am not entirely sure what they expect to find.. or not.. We shall see. But.. as the 'Incredible Shrinking Man' said in the classic 50s Sci Fi film... "I'm still here.." Which is nice.. Col 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 A few days ago I was trying to explain 'Anxiety'. Just doing that prompted me to re-visit the literature and the coping strategies I've learned. I probably haven't learned them well enough.. but I am much better than I was. I was a whole lot happier knowing my Daughter had moved on from Seoul to Hong Kong.. because she would be with colleagues in HK and not alone as in Seoul. I heard from her Monday morning. Just gettng up to set off for her HK office. Then nothing until what I knew was around midnight HK time.. So it starts.... Me.. to Me... "She'll be fine,.. probably catching up with old colleagues...." " But it's getting late... surely she's not still out at this time?.." " She's fine" " But maybe just Whatsapp her to be sure..?" " OMG!!.. shouldn't have done that. She's not replied..!!." " I'll try a normal text" " OMFG!!!! She's not replying to normal text.!!!!!.." Meanwhile I'll worry myself sick despite having no evidence whatever that anything is wrong... 1 hour later... " Hi Dad.. All fine.. just out with the Boss and everybody... ( Even sends a little video..) we are all safe... Couldn't get Wi Fi and tried to Txt but it failed..." Me. " Brilliant Stef!! Was just checking .. ( Wasn't worried at all,,, honest...)" To self.. " Get a grip Col!!!" I do wish is was as easy.. or as funny as it sounds. Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 #811 DJ360, had the cardiac CT scan last year, nothing to it really apart from you get a weird "I've wet myself" feeling when they inject the contrast, I did anyway and they did warn me about it. As for my other woes, my little forehead trapdoor seems to be finally healing and looking less like frankenstein than before. but they inform me it was successful and they managed to remove the nasty pretty well. So all good here at the moment. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 Thank goodness you are on the mend banjo, you certainly have been through it these last few months. Great to have the piece of mind that the treatment was successful. Best wishes for the future. I had my own visit to Hospital this morning, I am now wired for sound with a 72hr Holter Moniter attached to my bod again, which is due back on Friday morning, just in time for my 9.20am appointment in another part of the Hospital. I wont say what for but it serves me right for laughing at Chris's experience. #134 of the Tattoos and piercing thread. Roll on Saturday morning, it will all be a not so fond memory by then. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Middle of yesterday afternoon a sudden and excruciating pain in my lower abdomen.. pretty much dead centre about halfway between navel and 'nether regions'.. Although it didn't seem much like the IBS I suffered from for a while ages back, I swallowed some Mebeverine and a sachet of fybogel. Made no appreciable difference and the pain just kept coming and going in waves. Was starving by 8:00 pm so had a pretty normal evening meal which made no difference to the pain. Had some peppermmint tea. Made no difference. Barely slept all night and since 06;30 have had a couple of weak cups of instant coffee with skimmed milk and several mugs of boiled water. Still feel the same. Have managed to get an 'emergency' appt. at the Doc's. Me ( quite exited that I'd actually got through on the phone at the third attempt..): " Can I see a Doc today please?" Receptionist: "Is it an emergency?" Me: " Define 'emergency'.. I doubt I'm going to die but I don't want to feel like this for very long.. or at all..." Receptionist "What's the problem?" At this point I was moved to say:"Why do you need to know.. are you going to diagnose me over the phone.. or should we just wait and see what the Doc.. who is medically qualified.. has to say?" But.. I decided that discretion was the part of valour if I wanted an appointment so said. "Sudden severe abdominal pain.. since yesterday.." She: "10:30 this morning.." Me: "Thank you very much" So.. no change since... Just typed this to keep my mind off it a bit and pass some time. Best get up to the Surgery.... Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Right. Just back. Doc thinks it's a bladder infection and so do I. Oh well.. It's painful and making me feel pretty ropey.. but it could be much worse. A week of antibiotics should sort it. The antibiotic blurb warns about possible adverse/severe reactions to sunlight which is a bit unfortunate as the next few days are shaping up to be pretty warm and sunny...and I do like my Sunshine. But.. on the other hand, no admonitions to avoid the booze.. so at least I can have the odd slurp when I'm feeling a bit better. Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Sorry you're poorly, Col. Hope the antibiotics will soon clear up the infection... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,162 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Sorry to say Col,but you are like me..........whatever the pain I always think the worse.........like my voice went all gravelly like Ray Winstones,thought 'ey-up' whats this.?..........so Doc sent letter to Hospital for them to check it out,this was back in January....as time went by I got used to it,even had a couple of compliments saying it sounded 'sexy' lol................finally got my hospital appointment for July.............and low and behold my voice is back to normal...........so have cancelled appointment,..........now ive got this 'pain in the neck and shoulder'...........what do you reckon I ought to do?.........think i'll change me brand of fags it worked on the voice box.............theres alus summut int they..........lol 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Smoking can't be all that bad that it's made out to be. I once went to see my doc, many years ago & he sat behind his desk smoking ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,162 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 I also had a Doctor back in the 80s in Basford who smoked in his Surgery..........at the time I was a single parent trying to keep house and home together still working never claimed owt,but somewhat stressed out,thought he'd give me a pill or summut to help.....but no........all he gave me was this advice...............keep smoking.......keep drinking........get a dog..........forget about women.........took 50% 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 I think there used to be a commercial here years ago that said, "Drs. Recommend 'brand' cigarettes." Can't remember the brand now. Edited to add. Get a dog. Best advice he could have given you, Ben. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Or a cat ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,162 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Never got a Dog Loppy.............although used to borrow me Dads black Labrador and take him for walks down the Leen from Basford to Bulwell Hall Park............funnily enough my Dads name was Benjamin and he called his dog Benji...........there are a couple of deep Pools in the Leen and Benji loved it when I threw him in..........good days and very therapeutic for me at the time.......... edit............always had Cats 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 #820 Benjamin that doctor wasn't Keavney by any chance, both the old man and his son both drank like fish and old Dr Keavney did a good impression of a chimney stack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,469 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Smoking used to be good for you, apparently. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 ^^^^^^^^^And he made president.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,511 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Many many years ago, at the time when Doctors actually made house calls, my Dad was poorly in bed. Old Dr Furniss from the Arnold surgery came to see him. There was a packet of Parkies on the bedside table (!) and the doc took a ciggie out of the packet and lit it, whilst standing by Dad's bed. Cheeky bo99er never even asked if he could have one! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,162 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 you didn't in them days Lizzie,........like his bedside (manner) style.......lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,162 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 # NBL.824...........Indeed it was.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,144 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 I remember Dr. Furniss. He lived and had a surgery on Arno Vale Road. He was our family doctor back in the 50's. My old doctor at the Lowdham surgery, Mike Worrall, was a keen pipe smoker and surgery was always cloudy with strong pipe smoke. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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