He is back to being 100% healthy and on no medications. I guess my point is “carpe diem” - you never know what tomorrow holds.
Thus the reason for Advanced Health Directives. I have one with a lot of DNR's noted...and I'm only 51. But I don't want to be a burden to my wife and family...I saw my grandmother in a near vegetative state for 3 years in a nursing home. It was debilitating watching my father suffer aongside her.. I'd drive up with him a couple of times a month to Nambour to visit her. In the same way, dad suffered again in 2016 when he lost his twin brother to (3rd bout of) cancer just after their 85th birthday - my uncle didn't have an AHD, but he should have.
What’s cough ? If you don't know.. you don't need it...
Just to harp a little but I opine that the very best heart health insurance is to regularly make it work it's butt off….
Having said that.. many super fit people have suffered fatal heart attacks.. so you never know…
Seize the days….
but he got it - no pain, just a lot of crunching as the old tooth and filling disintegrated a bit. Small amount of blood for an hour or so, and mild ache that panadol mostly fixed. Tender for a few days, but no drama really. All in all I'd rate it as no problem.
both Mr FM and Ms FM have had implants done - yes costs an arm and a leg - particularly Ms FM as they had to grow some bone before they could do the implant. I had a root canal done and then a crown over it, which is supposed to protect itOver a long period of time, I lost confidence in my dentist who replaced the 'senior' dentist at the practice I went to, about 5 years ago. After a crown outcome didn't seem 100%, I went to another dentist to have it checked out.
The crown was OK he thought, but he expressed a lot of concern about the old root canal molar next to it, saying from the x-ray he took he thought there were signs of some infection right at the top and would turn into a problem at some point. Not suggesting anything now, but to watch out for any signs. As I was going away on a long trip to some remote places (my forthcoming trip to the 'Stans, and there is a trip to the Balkans before that) he said he'd prescribe some antibiotics for me to take with me
So, a couple of weeks later the molar started to let me know it was there - no pain, just a very gentle off-and-on low grade 'feeling'.
Decision time. Stuff it ... be proactive I thought and went back to him to see what the options were. Could pull it, and leave a gap at the back - non visible, or pull it and have an implant done (by a peridontist not at the same practice). The quote for the implant took forever to be done and in the meantime the tooth still let me know it was there, and I was anxious to get anything done well before I went away.
Stuff it .. I'll get the thing pulled and worry about the implant later. Several friends revealed that they have a gap in their back teeth with no dramas.
So in I went and he pulled the tooth - I told him it was a better plan than having using a horse in Kyrgyzstan and a piece of string. Not sure if he took that as a compliment or not. It was funny having a tooth pulled (my first adult one other than a wisdom tooth) when there wasn't anything acute wrong with it.
It took a bit of doing
And the implant quote? Geez! Thats not going to happen unless something dramatically bad eventuates with the gap.
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. But he was good - he warned me what was probably about to happen, and like I said, it was not a bad experience ... considering.
my root canal gave me an amazing amount of trouble - I think he did a very good job but time will tell. My dentist keeps on clucking about how long crowns last, but I tell him they will probably outlast me. He has finally moved to getting a fancy machine that does the measurements for the crown ($50,000 is the cost of the machine - he is very proud of it), but he still gets the crown done by a technician as he says they do a better job.That's what this one was. Quite old (?10 years). When the current dentist saw it, he tut-tutted quite a lot .. (the roots very incompletely filled) and then spotted what he said was infection up the top ('no doubt about it'). (NOT to say that it will happen to you
When he started pulling, the first thing that went crunch was the old crown (I thought: $1,000 of broken porcelain...) and later on, the tooth around the filling underneath
I have had a total thyroidectomy and I put it off until there was a thyroxine medication which does not meed refrigeration. It is Eltroxin. Works a treat.Just wondering if anyone has used either of the 2 products below for transporting their medication & how suitable they were or any other alternatives. It's to be used for carrying the Eutroxsig version of LevoThyroxine. I take it due to a couple of rounds of Thyroid Cancer resulting in a Total Thyroidectomy.
iCool Weekender - Medicine Cooler Bags
MedActiv iCool Weekender - designed for the transport of sensitive medications at a temperature between 2 to 8°C for 12 hourswww.medactiv.com.au
I did search this thread & see there is a view it may not be necessary but prefer to be over cautious. Also saw there is another brand in Eltroxin which just needs to be kept <25 but it cannot be directly substituted as the dosage may need to be varied, which requires a bit of time.
I wish. I've had 3 heart procedures in 6 months with many days in between wondering if I'd be having dinner that night. The latest procedure 3 weeks ago had a hiccup when the artery split before they had even determined what was causing these ongoing issues. Ultimately a collapsed stent was found to be the culprit. I am hoping for good things from now on, but I worry about what I need to do regards travel insurance.
I’ve never bothered with refrigeration under 6 weeks and I’ve been on it for decades due to autoimmune thyroid disease. Tablets are stored in the fridge until a foil strip is taken out.Just wondering if anyone has used either of the 2 products below for transporting their medication & how suitable they were or any other alternatives. It's to be used for carrying the Eutroxsig version of LevoThyroxine. I take it due to a couple of rounds of Thyroid Cancer resulting in a Total Thyroidectomy.
iCool Weekender - Medicine Cooler Bags
MedActiv iCool Weekender - designed for the transport of sensitive medications at a temperature between 2 to 8°C for 12 hours
I did search this thread & see there is a view it may not be necessary but prefer to be over cautious. Also saw there is another brand in Eltroxin which just needs to be kept <25 but it cannot be directly substituted as the dosage may need to be varied, which requires a bit of time.
Just wondering if anyone has used either of the 2 products below for transporting their medication & how suitable they were or any other alternatives. It's to be used for carrying the Eutroxsig version of LevoThyroxine. I take it due to a couple of rounds of Thyroid Cancer resulting in a Total Thyroidectomy.
iCool Weekender - Medicine Cooler Bags
MedActiv iCool Weekender - designed for the transport of sensitive medications at a temperature between 2 to 8°C for 12 hours
I did search this thread & see there is a view it may not be necessary but prefer to be over cautious. Also saw there is another brand in Eltroxin which just needs to be kept <25 but it cannot be directly substituted as the dosage may need to be varied, which requires a bit of time.
I use one of these
The Australian Thyroid Foundation - Medication Travel Pack
www.thyroidfoundation.org.au
I’ve not found many places that have a freezer section though.I use one of these
The Australian Thyroid Foundation - Medication Travel Pack
