General Medical issues thread

[Cossie]

Erika will be in for a few more days, public holiday monday doesn't help. Fortunately the health fund will pay for extended physio in hospital, afaik, makes a change to actually get something from them...

 

[love_the_life]

Erika will be in for a few more days, public holiday monday doesn't help. Fortunately the health fund will pay for extended physio in hospital, afaik, makes a change to actually get something from them...

Hope the recovery is coming along well. A couple of friends had TKRs - one is fine, just can't run competitively now but the other had a very slow recovery and still after 15 months has a pronounced limp. The difference? The second one did not do the exercises properly as 'it hurt'.

 

[JohnK]

Went to hospital yesterday for wife. Blood test shows ESR of 100 but bacterial infection not viral. No wonder she's not feeling well.

They have given her 3 lots of antibiotics for 5 days and then to go back again.

 

[cove]

Has anyone tried Lepicol to ease symptoms that relate to diverticulitis?
My friend at the hydrotherapy pool has just had a big operation on his colon and he is recovering.

 

[Quickstatus]

The year we had company paid for flu shots, what the highest year of winter illness sick leave.... until this year.

This year we had 3 waves of flu, the most recent was the flu shot person and she claimed she had never been this sick in her life before. I was extremely pissed at some staff for coming in sick as dogs and I had to tell them to go home.

So far I have managed to not be affected so fingers crossed I didnt just jinx myself.

While the fluvax may be protective there is no escaping the dreaded Mono when a Uni student. Daughter at CSU - glands all up, spleen enlarged, severe pharyngitis can't swallow anything - eating congee, and a sick euthyroid as well.

 

[Pushka]

Mono is thought to be the trigger for many auto immune issues. I have multiple auto immune issues but never had mono. I was speaking with son's partner the other day who is a Dr and in GP training. It was an interesting discussion as being trained in the UK she was taught a lot about auto immune issues and predicted last year what might be my issue but never told me at the time. She did chat with her mum about it who is an RN.
Auto immune issues run rampant in the female part of my family - Grandmother RA; Mother Thyroid storm in her teens; Me, Thyroid, now APS/SLE; niece SLE. I was healthy in my teens but plagued with headaches but none of the usual childhood stuff. In early twenties and just married 6 months and husband diagnosed with highly aggressive teratoma - survived all the ops but was told he had only 50% chance of lasting 6 months. Obviously the odds were in his favour. In speaking with son's partner I realised it 2 years later I developed the first autoimmune illness being Hashimotos thyroid. After my husbands illness it seemed like a total nothing thing at the time.

Dad died a few years ago but while it was extremely distressing it did seem like it was a natural event and his passing was peaceful as such. We had some awful times with one of our sons that was a parent's worst nightmare, and work stuff that we got through. Then around 2 years ago my mother died and apart from MrP's illness I consider those few weeks to be the most distressful period in my life, I feel haunted by what we did and didnt do. Sure enough, 6 weeks later taken to Hospital and further and more significant autoimmune illnesses found.

Extreme Stress is the trigger for me but it is probably the kind of stress that most people will wilt under.

 

[whatmeworry]

Saw a junior doctor at a hospital coughing on Monday. On Wednesday his was a wearing surgical mask doing rounds. Heard him mention he was told not to come in tomorrow... Why bloody, bloody? I had man-flu on Tuesday, took time off, recovered and now I am nearly fine.

 

[Pushka]

Saw a junior doctor at a hospital coughing on Monday. On Wednesday his was a wearing surgical mask doing rounds. Heard him mention he was told not to come in tomorrow... Why bloody, bloody? I had man-flu on Tuesday, took time off, recovered and now I am nearly fine.

Is that a serious question?

 

[love_the_life]

Mono is thought to be the trigger for many auto immune issues. I have multiple auto immune issues but never had mono. I was speaking with son's partner the other day who is a Dr and in GP training. It was an interesting discussion as being trained in the UK she was taught a lot about auto immune issues and predicted last year what might be my issue but never told me at the time. She did chat with her mum about it who is an RN.
Auto immune issues run rampant in the female part of my family - Grandmother RA; Mother Thyroid storm in her teens; Me, Thyroid, now APS/SLE; niece SLE. I was healthy in my teens but plagued with headaches but none of the usual childhood stuff. In early twenties and just married 6 months and husband diagnosed with highly aggressive teratoma - survived all the ops but was told he had only 50% chance of lasting 6 months. Obviously the odds were in his favour. In speaking with son's partner I realised it 2 years later I developed the first autoimmune illness being Hashimotos thyroid. After my husbands illness it seemed like a total nothing thing at the time.

Dad died a few years ago but while it was extremely distressing it did seem like it was a natural event and his passing was peaceful as such. We had some awful times with one of our sons that was a parent's worst nightmare, and work stuff that we got through. Then around 2 years ago my mother died and apart from MrP's illness I consider those few weeks to be the most distressful period in my life, I feel haunted by what we did and didnt do. Sure enough, 6 weeks later taken to Hospital and further and more significant autoimmune illnesses found.

Extreme Stress is the trigger for me but it is probably the kind of stress that most people will wilt under.

That period aound your mother’s death was probably the last straw in terms of stress triggers as there had been some pretty stressful times in the couple of years lead up.

 

[Denali]

Saw a junior doctor at a hospital coughing on Monday. On Wednesday his was a wearing surgical mask doing rounds. Heard him mention he was told not to come in tomorrow... Why bloody, bloody? I had man-flu on Tuesday, took time off, recovered and now I am nearly fine.

I had words with my Chiro who told me on arrival that he was sick with flu and I didnt get charged a cancellation fee that morning for walking out before treatment. I like my Chiro but grrrrrrr.

 

[whatmeworry]

Is that a serious question?

I thought it was a rhetorical question.

 

[Quickstatus]

Mono is thought to be the trigger for many auto immune issues. I have multiple auto immune issues but never had mono

Interestingly the virus responsible for Mono, Epstein Barr Virus (a subtype of a herpesvirus) is ubiquitous worldwide. About 95-98% of the worlds population have EBV virus antibody in their system even if they never had mono.

Also interestingly because of its ubiquitousness ENV has been implicated in a variety of autoimmune diseases. As proportionally only a small number of people have Autoimmune issues it is postulated that a combination of EBV plus other factors are necessary for the surfacing of autoimmune issues. Combinations of virus + environmental+genetic susceptibility + others like dietary may be important.

The EBV invades only B cells. These cells are an important part of the body's immune system. B cells or B lymphocytes are a type of white cells in the circulating blood which secrete antibodies to various foreign and domestic antigens. Vaccination causes B cells to create B cell memory so when a real antigen appears it has the memory of past "infection" and so can mount an immense antibody response. EBV infected B cells are therefore corrupted and therefore it's reasoned that the usual B cell response is also corrupted giving rise to autoimmune diseases.

 

[Flashback]

Ill for nearly 2 weeks now, should probably go see a GP.... off on holidays on Monday, so hopefully better by then!

 

[love_the_life]

Ill for nearly 2 weeks now, should probably go see a GP.... off on holidays on Monday, so hopefully better by then!

Sounds like it would be a good idea. Hopefully you will be OK for holidays.

 

[Flashback]

Sounds like it would be a good idea. Hopefully you will be OK for holidays.

Mrs Flashback thinks it's mainly an end result of being burnt out - been a pretty hard slog at work the past 12 months with many 80+ hour weeks and few days off (always end up working on holidays too). I keep telling her I'm young enough so can get away with it

 

[whatmeworry]

Mrs Flashback thinks it's mainly an end result of being burnt out - been a pretty hard slog at work the past 12 months with many 80+ hour weeks and few days off (always end up working on holidays too). I keep telling her I'm young enough so can get away with it

I know of plenty of Men with your attitude and who end up having a heart attack and dead before 50.

I understand you want to get ahead but at what cost?

 

[Flashback]

I know of plenty of Men with your attitude and who end up having a heart attack and dead before 50.

I understand you want to get ahead but at what cost?

It's not about that at all actually - I take pride in my work and do what I need to, to get the job done. I'm already ahead so that means nothing to me.

 

[cove]

I had my arteries reworked at 44.7. The heart ward beds are very,very hard so do try to avoid getting heart artery disease.
Today I picked up my medication Lo Co Do for the continuing medical trial. So far no issues.

 

[love_the_life]

Mrs Flashback thinks it's mainly an end result of being burnt out - been a pretty hard slog at work the past 12 months with many 80+ hour weeks and few days off (always end up working on holidays too). I keep telling her I'm young enough so can get away with it

Puts on 'mother hat'
Obviously you can't

 

[QF WP]

Flashback, you had better start listening to your body, your wife and any number of family/friends/AFF'ers Down Under to let your body catch up. You're a long time dead. I'd rather see you alive (next time I'm in the 'ol Blighty)