Ailments, Aches & Pains. (Let's hear them here)


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Always loved a drink,,but since my op two years ago tried twice early days,,and it tasted awful,, both the beer and a spirit,,so im now TT,,never thought id say to anyone,, ""dont smoke,""dont drink"", classed em both as great pleasures. 

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I once drank too much.  I used to make my own.  Powerful stuff.  The Lord took that desire away in 1981.  Never touched it since, don't miss it.  I'm not critical of anybody that enjoys one.  Just not for me anymore.

Had a good dose of Bach yesterday afternoon as suggested.  So uplifting.

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Just come in on this conversation. Oh dear I though poor  Loppy, hope he's ok. The same thing has happened to my husband. Then the next thing was you'd had the op so I didn't have time to wish you luck and happy recovery. Glad everything went well for you, enjoy your rest and before long you'll be playing the organ again , probably even better, hope so.

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Thanks Nonna.  Not feeling too bad.  A bit sore, and seem to be quite tired all the time.  Just got up so going to have a bit of breakfast.  Hope your husband is doing ok.

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On 7/9/2020 at 12:22 AM, Jill Sparrow said:

It's good for my heart, Lizzie! :P

 

Jill here they say (in the heart of vineyards and many famous wines) that red wine makes good blood and if you are breast feeding :Shock: that it s good for producing good milk for babies. Don't ask me if its true but living here has taught me many things about  red wine including what seems to me very weird but its custom!!!!

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Loppy thanks , my husband has to wait until Monday before he can get an appointment but his dr knows about it. He's still waiting for his hip op that was cancelled due to CV. He'd already got his bag packed the day he was due to go for pre recovery, he couldn't even do that . So hope both ops don't come at once.

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Right Loppy, he diagnosed it himself then rang his Dr who confirmed it was probable . But as at the moment appointments have to be booked he has to wait til Monday. 

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Had a similar issue, Nonna.  I diagnosed myself from the Internet.  Doc confirmed it a day or two later and booked me in to see the surgeon.  He was running behind because of depts of the hospital being affected by the virus.  So my surgery was three weeks later.  Normally it would probably be within the week.  Oh well! Done now and I'm glad.  Not something you can just live with.  Had to be tested for the covid as well before they would even do the surgery.

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Yes I would imagine you would have had to be tested before your op. I think that hospitals are being really and truly conscientious and may they continue this good work . They are up against a terrible enemy. I salute them all wherever they may be.

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Just got back from a post op visit with the surgeon.  He took out several small stitches at the incisions.  Said progress is looking good.  Come back in four weeks and we can probably sign you off.  Biggest problem now will be keeping this old hound from digging holes, carrying buckets etc.  :biggrin:  That surgeon is quite elderly, probably close to retirement.  One of the nicest natured doctors I've ever met.  Said the problem probably developed over months.  Only became noticeable in the last two months.  I tended to blame the stroke for any discomfort.  I would now advise anyone getting unexplained discomfort / pain in the groin to get it checked out.  Don't ignore it 'til it really hurts, like I did.

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Nor mine Jill.  I actually paid a company yesterday to cut and trim our lawns.  Broke me little Scottish heart it did!  Got 'em booked for the next couple of months.  I've always enjoyed doing that job.  Hard not to get my mower out.

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Had an X-ray last week on my hand. The verdict "arthrosis" now I have it in a support so I can't use it. The support is around my thumb and it's rigid. I can only stand it for so long then I just have to take it off. I have a softer support that I wear at night but even that last night was hurting me on the back of my hand. Hope I don't have to wear it for ages. Dr said " no tablets".:(

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I have just had the latest results from my blood test for my overactive thyroid. (Just an aside but when I hear that I always think I should be running around like Speedy Gonzales.)
I was hoping the hospital would be cutting down my medication again and I hoped to be tablet free by Christmas. Unfortunately one of my readings has bombed (TSH), one is in range and one is slightly over so I have had to go back to one tablet a day again. It is a big disappointment to be back at the beginning again, I had not been feeling “right” for a couple of weeks but put this down to being stressed about a relative going back to work at school with no protection at all. 
When I was first diagnosed a couple of years ago the condition was classed as “borderline” so not too bad, I was told it was probably the result of my husbands terminal illness, two family deaths (my mum and then my husband) within a week and my best friends step dad passing the evening after the second family death and should right itself. The tablets would help until it did. I am now wondering if it could be a similar situation and stress related which has caused me to go haywire again. 
I now hope the tablets will get me over this latest flare up and I can start cutting down eventually again as I don’t want to go down the radioactive route at all. 
Going to have to try and destress (is that a word) or alternatively the lottery could, finally, put my numbers in and then draw them, I have been practising for a long while! This would solve the main stresser of my relatives job as she could leave and we could then choose our interaction with other people. 

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I do sympathise, SG. Thyroid troubles appear to be anything but simple. Speaking for myself, the constant tinkering with my dosage is a pain. There are suggestions that different dosages are needed at different times of the year for some people. Not that most GPs know nearly enough about thyroid problems to address this side of it.

 

I'm due for a blood test again, so am probably going to get my dosage altered for the umpteenth time!

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Just a curiosity on my part but when anyone gets a prescription from the dr and has it dispensed, does it come in a labeled box with instructions or just in a brown bottle with chemist instructions on doses? Whenever I had to have medication it was always in brown bottles from what I remember. Yesterday I saw my GP and took my X-ray results of my hand. He seems to think it may be carpel tunnel. But to be sure he's sending me for an EMG. Meanwhile til I get the results he said to take paracetamol. It doesn't even touch the pain and I don't want to start brufen etc as I have to take lansoprozolo to counter effect on my stomach. The other day the pain was so bad and after using ice sprays and packs my daughter gave me a tablet called OKI. (Ketoprofene ) it didn't eliminate the pain but eased it considerably.

Returning to my question , our medication comes as you would buy a pkt of paracetamol or aspirin, complete with a leaflet that tells everything and is so long and is printed on both sides. It tells you what it is and what it's for etc etc and when you come to find out what the dosage is ( although the dr has told you ) its half way down on the reverse side of the leaflet. Then you come to what to do if you've taken too much and after effects . I thought " I can't remember this much info from when I had a prescription in UK"  and it just made me wonder if this is a foreign thing or whether nowadays it's compulsory to tell you everything.

Also when you have your blood tests or any exam for that matter does the result go to the dr or do you get it first and then go to the dr for explanations.? Here we have to do all the running ( you have a pain , you go to dr, he gives you a prescription, you go to chemist to make an appointment on line at hospital, on the day you go to get this appointment over with and they tell you when the results will be ready. We can either have it sent to our local health centre which takes a week or go directly to the hospital to retrieve the results. Then you can go back to the dr for him/ her to tell you what it is or what to do. It is a long process but we have got used to it and the joy is we don't have to stick to the recommended specialists, we can choose one over another and sometimes different hospitals have more options and therefore quicker appointments.In this area we have at least 5 hospitals and 3 clinics. My husband has to have hip replacement and he has chosen a hospital about 50 km away because last time his other hip,was replaced he was up and about the following day. Our nearest hospital is 15 km away but they do the op in a different way which takes longer to heal. 

 

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Nonna, I think most medication here now comes in prepackaged boxes, complete with a set of notes not far off loo roll length, folded up inside. Brown bottles are still around but it's mainly plastic!! blister packs.  I only take thyroxine but it seems that every month, it's a different manufacturer and sometimes in an enormous box, relative to the size of the pills. I suppose it depends which is cheapest at the time!

 

Carpal tunnel is extremely painful. My 90 year old auntie has had both hands operated on and says the terrible pain is now gone. So, chin up!

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All the possible side effects have to be listed - even the very rare ones - so that no-one can say they weren’t informed/ warned and therefore can’t sue the provider!!

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Nonna, hope you get your wrist pain sorted soon.

Here our prescription service works really well.  Both of us are on repeat prescriptions and all we need to do is phone the pharmacy (which we nominated to link with the doctor’s surgery) and the medications are ready to collect within 48 hours, but normally will be ready within 24 hours. We can only order repeat prescriptions every 2 months.   For one-off prescriptions we need to go to the surgery to collect then go to the pharmacy to pick up the drugs.  
 

in other news, I mentioned the other week that I’d got nowhere with the GP when I asked for a scan to try to establish why I’d had a pain in my left side for literally months. She told me she wasn’t permitted to send patients for an NHS scan unless there was evidence of Cancer.  I decided to contact my Private bowel consultant who operated on me a couple of times 3 AND 4 years ago.  I had a face-to-face consultation, examination, extensive blood tests and a CT scan and yesterday he phoned me to give me the good news that there’s nothing dreadful to be concerned about, all my internal organs are in fine fettle and the aches and pains are likely to be due to the surgery I’ve had, where muscle tissue has now become scar tissue.  He assured me that I’ve had ‘a good MOT’.  It’s cost a couple of thousand but worth every penny to have peace of mind.  

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There were lots of people being treated for CTS when I was at the Pulvertoft Hand Centre at the Derby Royal having my finger seen to. I think it’s a very simple and effective procedure. The hand centre itself is an enormous setup dedicated predominantly to hands and wrists. I was treated by a Dutch doctor who was on secondment. He took a skin graft from my arm to effect the repair. They did make me a prosthesis to stick onto the half finger but the novelty of pulling it off to frighten children soon wore off!

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