hippo girl 1,995 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Keep positive Chris, you are a strong, determined young lady xx 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Sorry to hear that report, Carni. I know you'll be fine though. Nottstalgians are made of strong stuff. You'll be into the cream cakes before you know it. ;-) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 I have a couple of friends who have been through this procedure, Carni. Both males, so wusses to start with (sorry chaps!). Both came through it with no adverse effects and now fighting fit. Well, may be not Fighting exactly, but you get the drift. You'll be fine! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Wusses indeed! Now if you'd said woofer's I might have overlooked it. Me a Wuss????? I've got Yellajacket stings to prove I'm Not. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,120 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 All the best Carni, thinking of you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Carni, I'm sure we will continue to see you at meet-ups for a long time to come. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 #409 Listen, no one can hold a candle to me when it comes to being a wuss! I admit to being the world's biggest coward and my dentist, along with everybody else I've ever encountered in the medical profession, will back that up. Even my optician has to prise me out of the corner every 2 years for the glaucoma air puff test!! My eye sight's A1 apparently...I could fly Spitfires...but I'm frightened of the eye test. What a wuss! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
freckles 196 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Im sure you will be fine us lasses have to be, sending some hugs (((()))) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Thank you to you all.x 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,893 Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 Sorry to hear your news Carni but positive you'll be fine and won't have to wait too long. I'm still in Scotland after the funeral and looking after mum. Still not sure what she's going to or wants to do but she knows she has the option of coming to stay with us. But she's very independent and also 94. I worry about her being on her own so don't know what she will do when I've gone back. I'm here til Thursday. It's cold and I only brought summer clothes with me, foolish I know but when you have temperature of 30 c it's hard to think of winter clothes. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Bin 'creased' with indigestion for more than two weeks now. I often have bouts of it but this has been bad. I've been taking 'Pantoprazole' at the lowest 20mg dose for years and am usually OK. Last time it flared up the Doc increased it to 40 Mg daily which worked well at reducing the inflammation. So, I requested more pills and Doc gave me 28 pills at 40 Mg. Then last Sat I woke up with severe abdominal pain. Felt like my whole abdomen was burning, mixed with a deep ache all over. At one point I was almost convinced I had a perforated ulcer, but I didn't get as 'sick' as that would have made me. Got an emergency Doc appt and he told me to increase to 80 Mg, Pantoprazole daily. Still much the same. Beginning to suspect I have an ulcer. Probably comes from me being such a cantankerous argumementative old Git but how can I stop when I know I'm always right about everything? Another trip to the Docs on Monday I think. Col 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 So sorry that you are suffering with abdominal pain, Col. I hope you will get an answer from the doctor tomorrow or a referral for tests. For what it's worth, I believe one's body, mind (and spirit) all need to be in harmony for us to be completely whole and well. As you probably are aware, one's stress levels, however caused, can seriously affect the workings of the physical body. I suspect it won't do any good telling you that you need to try and stop worrying about various things, but maybe that's PART of the answer to your problem. Anyway, I hope you will soon be pain-free..... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Went to the Docs last week & saw a young wench who looked no older than eighteen years of age ! Fully qualified she said, prescribed me some tablets & working very well, going back tomorrow for second helpings ! We have five Doctors all under forty years of age & i think younger Docs fresh out of training are very good, full of enthusiasm & well up on latest practices ! The young wench doctor said to me last week that I am still a young bloke, made my day 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 All that Skeggy air mick- you are getting younger! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Or the Epton's fish & chips & the Lime Kiln Hobgoblin ! If truth be known Ian it's Mrs C keeping her hawk eyes on what I eat these day's. ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 I follow you Catfan,my Mum wasn't exactly' buddy buddy' with my Dad...when he came in with his plate piled( fried in dripping!).."digging your grave with your knife and fork".she'd say. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Agree with you there, Margie. The state of our physical body is a reflection of our mental and spiritual health, in my opinion. I always try to spend some time each day in meditation and listening to calming music (in my case, Gregorian chant, plainsong or the early music of Byrd, Tallis, Palestrina,etc) and reading some inspirational writings (often Buddhist). I suffered from ulcers when I was 18. Terribly painful but I believe they were the result of stress which I didn't know how to deal with. Yoga taught me a lot. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Oh Lord, I wish I'd never started this blooming topic now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 I too agree with Margie's comments about illnesses brought about by stress Several years ago I was dealing with all sorts of stress from different directions, all family related. At that same time I ended up in hospital (first time ever apart from having babies). I was on an IV antibiotic drip for 2 or 3 days and diagnosed with Diverticular Disease. I had a major flair-up 3 years ago when we were taking the decision to put my Dad into a Care Home. Since then I've struggled at times but coped. That was until 3 months ago when I had to have major abdominal surgery which I'm still getting over. I'm a worrier, a Virgo, I care too much about others. Not bad traits really but I do think that my personality has seriously affected my own general health in recent years. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 I'm a Virgo too Lizzie, and I'm sure that I worry about things unnecessarily. Maybe we're just too sensitive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Believe me Lizzie caring about others is 'you all over'- an endearing quality that I admire. I worry too,mainly about money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 I was a virgo many years ago,......i'm now a Pisces...........but still a worrier..............lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 This young wench of a doctor, caftan, who is doing you a world of good, so much so that you are going back for more - did she tell you to drop your trousers, got hold of them and told you to cough? No wonder you're feeling well. lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 And say "99"? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 I'm an Aquarian. It worries me..... http://www.astrology-online.com/aquarius.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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