loppylugs 8,429 Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 Visited the doc this am to get blood test results. All numbers right where they should be. Made me wag me tail. Came home with a new BP med prescription. Hopefully this one won't make me feel like a drunken bulldog. 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 Well I’ve got a full-blown ‘summer cold’. I’ve not had a cold for at least 3 years and I have no idea where I picked these germs up. We’ve been down on the Dorset coast for a week or so, lots of fresh sea air and exercise, didn’t do me a lot of good. Anyway, our youngest son had surgery on his right ankle yesterday. He damaged it a year ago whilst doing some DIY at home. He stepped down from a step ladder and stood on a dog toy. He went to A & E , had an XRay and the doc said it wasn’t broken. 6 weeks later he went back to hospital still in pain but they again said it wasn’t broken. A couple of weeks ago he saw an orthopaedic surgeon privately and yesterday he had keyhole surgery where the surgeon had ‘a good suck out and scrape out’ (surgeon’s words) and is fairly confident he’s cured the painful ankle. Andy is now on crutches for 2 weeks and can’t travel for a month. But that’s not all ...... on 15th August he’s booked in for surgery on his left elbow. He broke it when he was playing rugby 25 years ago and it’s been paining him for some time. This problem is likely to be arthritis, which seems so unfair for a 40 year old. He lives alone and I wish he lived closer so I could help him more. I’ve offered to go and stay with him in Hertfordshire but I don’t think he wants his Mummy fussing over him! 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 That's hard on a relatively young guy. Hope he gets it fixed. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,418 Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 6 minutes ago, LizzieM said: I don’t think he wants his Mummy fussing over him! If it helps assuage your maternal instincts Lizzie you can come and fuss over me to your hearts content.. 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 Lizzie, so sorry to hear about your boy's problems, also your summer cold.... can't you just go over to his house anyway? I think I would, AND stay for a few days.. If he makes any protestations, just tell him YOU NEED to be there because he's your son and that doesn't stop just because he's grown up...!! But you know him best,of course, and maybe you're not as pushy as me! ('Pushy is the wrong word, but I can't think of another suitable one at the mo) Hope he (and you) improve soon anyway xx 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,418 Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 Now there's a concept to wrestle with Margie being pushy..... No offence Margie but it does seem a bit of an oxymoron... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 Brew, when it comes to my children, I'm a lioness! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 I hurt my toe last year, it hurt like hell when I did it but it soon settled down. I had an X-ray which revealed it wasn't broken but now after a year it looks dislocated so that's next on the agenda. It never finished does it. Things didn't happen to me when I was younger it's all happening now. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 Gave you a like, Nonna. For your positive attitude. Sorry about your toe. What you said about stuff happening is so true and especially as we age. I never thought I'd get to be this old. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted July 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 Other than a couple of hernia ops, I'd had nothing whatsoever wrong with me. I get to 70, and everything starts aching, sagging, dropping off. If i'd have known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself ! No I wouldn't, it's called living ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 Seems like a lpt of things go that way Fly. Our cars work great for years then it seems like everything breaks at once. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 4 hours ago, loppylugs said: Gave you a like, Nonna. For your positive attitude. Sorry about your toe. What you said about stuff happening is so true and especially as we age. I never thought I'd get to be this old. We are not old Loppy , its the others that are old. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 I'm a happy Bunny tonight Went for my oncology visit after I had the P.E.T. scan and T.A.C. a couple of weeks ago and all is clear after the scare I had. The next process is due in 6 months after I had had visits and scans every 3 months for a year and a half. 15 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 Excellent news, nonna! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 So pleased everything went well for you, nonnaB. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 Fantastic news Nonna, quite a relief for you. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 Great news Nonna. All the best Miduck xx. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 Thanks everyone , yes it's a relief. Coming back home we spoke about the news I had 10 yrs ago and the emotions we went through. But, I'm still here and I intend to enjoy the rest. 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 Brilliant news, nonna x 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,418 Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 Good news indeed nonna... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 Glad to read that, Nonna. Wishing you many more happy years. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 Go Nonna!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 Very pleased for you, Brenda, excellent news. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 Thankyou all again . It's good to have friends like you even if I've never met some of you. This to me is what NS is, informational, friendly and caring. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 Been with Paul to the vascular clinic this morning. The clinic doctor said that they'll see him in 6 months to review the situation with his blocked femoral artery, but for now he should just 'work and walk through the pain' as that is a good thing. !!! (Presumably to encourage more peripheral arteries to take over from the blocked main one) He said that unless the lower leg and foot are severely compromised i.e. the beginning of gangrene and pain all the time, even at rest, then they would prefer NOT to perform a bypass (which would have to be from the groin to below the knee) as the op isn't always that straightforward.. So, a bit of an anticlimax...... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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