FLY2 10,108 Posted May 13, 2016 Report Share Posted May 13, 2016 Colly,I hope your missus doesn't read these posts ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted May 13, 2016 Report Share Posted May 13, 2016 She knows I'm in love with her, well she loves Ross Kemp so we're evens, lol.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 # 27. Your wife will be glued to Eastenders this week, then! He's come back to be with his mum for her last days 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Lou Beale? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 Madam incurred some bad cuts after an incident in the garden yesterday. I grabbed the cotton wool pads and an old bottle of iodine and dabbed it on the cuts. It made her squeal, but it's always been effective as a germ killer. When she went to the pharmacist to get another bottle she was informed that it has recently been banned by the EU . Ridiculous in the extreme. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted May 11, 2017 Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 An old fellow I was talking too was telling me he's on some tablets that make him angry. Apparently it's all the rage. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted May 11, 2017 Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 Never needed any ! Â LOL 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 334 Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 has anyone who takes statins had any side effects? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 Yes Swe62,  For a few years I was on Simvastatin with minimal side effects, mainly cramp in my feet, but manageable. last Nov after a heart procedure I had two mini strokes within a week. The stroke consultant changed me to 40mg daily of  Atorvastatin, to try to get my cholesterol down to as close to three as possible. within a very short time I started to suffer with severe exhaustion, pains in my arms and legs, I could barely raise my arms I felt about ninety. The doc reduced me to 10mg a day and everything went back to normal, no more pain, but I know it's only time before the dose has to goes up again, or a different Statin to be tried. It has proved to me how bad I felt while on the 40mg a day, but I will have to stay on statins for life. I hope my experience of side effects gives you the information you need. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 334 Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 hi Carni sounds like me ,did you have any blurring of vision? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 I do have visual disturbances sometimes, but I wouldn't like to say it is definitely the Statin, sadly I have to take quite a concoction of meds daily, so I'm not sure which if any cause it. but I would get it checked out miduck. The NHS site is quite good for info and blurred vision is on the uncommon side effects list .http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cholesterol-lowering-medicines-statins/Pages/Side-effects.aspx   1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 Statins are evil, awful drugs. Doctors like to prescribe them for any ailment, I was on 80mg & developed a frozen shoulder, the most painful experience of my life for two years. Eventually my cardiologist agreed to reduce the dose to 10mg & sod em I don't take em. Do a Google search * see what comes up ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 I've been taking Simvastatin for nearly 12 years now with no side effects. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 334 Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 off to the vets tomorrow for my six monthly check up I will have to mention it all but I honestly never clicked it may be the statins that could be causing it, I know I have become much worse over the three years since I first started on them,thanks every body for the replies its helped a lot 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 Simvastatin suited me better as well, but my cholesterol wasn't low enough. The cramp in my feet was only a minor discomfort, but if the Stroke specialist thinks it's in my best interest to try a different Statin, then I take his advice and give it a try. I am being monitored and if the lower dose of Atorvastatin doesn't do the trick then I suppose the dose will have to be gradually raised until we find a happy medium. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,729 Posted May 25, 2017 Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 It's very difficult to pin down.  I was on Simvastatin from 1996 when I had my heart attack but often forgot to take it as it was a night time thing.  After a couple of small strokes in 2008 and 2010 I at one point ended up on 80 Mg daily of Atorvastatin. I could feel the stuff in my system and went back to 40 Mg daily.  I've since had a spell off it and would swear my breathing and general energy improved.. though the cramps didn't. But then I'm in the middle of a suite of Cardiology tests which may or may not reveal something entirely different going on. Will have to see.  Good luck to us all...  Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 334 Posted May 25, 2017 Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 seen the vet today ,she said knock them off for three months to see if the pain etc alters,my cholesterol is ok at the moment although in 2007 I lost loads of weight on the Atkins diet andmy cholesterol went up to  seven something I always blamed this for the heart attack I had a few years later. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 Glad you spoke to the doctor swe62, 7 is very high. When I had the full stroke in 2005, mine was 7.2. The Statins brought it down very quickly but of course the side affects took away my energy levels. I didn't realise it was the Statins causing it until I was changed to the new one in December and things got really bad. I hope if you have to stay on them, they can find you one with minimal side effects. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 334 Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 thanks Carni will let you know how I go on I know its only a couple of days but I feel less achy already 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 Could well be Miduck. My aches and pains went very quickly when my dose was dropped from 40 to 10mg daily. Problem is will it be safe for me to stay on the lower dose? We have just had two weeks at the seaside so I dread to think what my Cholesterol will be. I am having a kick start to my getting back to healthy eating. Yesterday and today I have been on a Low Residue Diet from the hospital (making me feel not to well) CT colonography tomorrow. OH NO. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 #45 Â Daft question, Carni, but does a low residue diet include any cream cakes? Â 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 Afraid not Jill, not even milk in my cuppa. YUK. But tomorrow afternoon is a different story.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 #45. Good luck Carni, I know all there is to know about 'low residue diets' and colonoscopies!  The bland food is so boring, I'd rather not eat anything at all than try to stomach a small piece of unseasoned grilled chicken or fish with rice, Bovril or tea without milk,  yuk, yuk!!  The tea and biscuits will go down well after the procedure though.  Hope the results are ok too. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 I will be thinking of you Carni. Tell hubby to find the biggest, squashiest, gooeyest cream cake on the planet as a reward! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,416 Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 #49 Bovril...............  with milk!!! It's the end of civilisation as we know it for sure. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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