General Medical issues thread

[Flying mermaid]

Oh no! Glad to hear yours is on the mend though. Mine is still quite tender to touch, but swelling doesn't seem to be so much an issue now. Considering giving it a light run at hockey on Saturday...... has been 5 weeks since the original incident, so not sure if that's wise or not. Appointment with the GP when I'm back in London later this week to run through a few things anyway.

Going on my experience I would probably wait awhile - I found it was quite easy to make it more painful by catching it on something. Glad the swelling has gone down and you are on the road to recovery - you've really had a bad run!

 

[penegal]

I don't understand why any male has to go into a cubicle to do a pee when there are plenty of urinals. I should have said in my earlier posts.

Leaving the lid up or down under ormal circumstances wasn't what I was talking about.

There are a handful of rare medical conditions which prefer "seated" urination, but in most cases I think it is a dose "camera shy". In the age of tolerance it would be inappropriate to decry some men for being camera shy.

In any case, whoever you are, and wherever you are, not putting up the toilet seat is very poor form.

 

[Pushka]

Considering cancelling today's flight - really not well again. Ugh.

Not a great thing. Nothing worse than being poorly on a plane. I remember one time MrP came back from a solo Himalaya trek really poorly, to Singapore. The guy next to him thought he was dead because he clicked on his seat belt, curled up and then did not move for hours. Got to Singapore, checked in and did not surface from the hotel bed until he checked out 36 hours later. When he got back home he was still poorly, I dashed off to the chemist as he clearly had conjunctivitis amongst other stuff then I sent him off packing to a bed that I did not sleep in!

 

[Quickstatus]

Not a great thing. Nothing worse than being poorly on a plane. I remember one time MrP came back from a solo Himalaya trek really poorly, to Singapore. The guy next to him thought he was dead because he clicked on his seat belt, curled up and then did not move for hours. Got to Singapore, checked in and did not surface from the hotel bed until he checked out 36 hours later. When he got back home he was still poorly, I dashed off to the chemist as he clearly had conjunctivitis amongst other stuff then I sent him off packing to a bed that I did not sleep in!

Orthopaedic friend told me yesterday that he was surprised by the number of families flying overseas during these school holidays. No wonder flights are being sold at the higher fare buckets even at the early bird stage.

He fixed up 8 kids with broken arms which then precluded them flying off the 3xDPS, 1xNAN, 2xLAX, 1xSCL, 1xSIN

Apparently he said the airlines would stop kids flying with recent broken arms in casts. In case the swelling gets worse and restricts blood low in the non compliant cast.

 

[JohnK]

WTF? I don't hang around that long as flushing is the last thing I do before exiting. Do you hang around and wait for the flushing to stop so you can raise the seat and lid?

Yes I do. Want to make sure a second flush is not required. Surprises are not good. In fact they are disgusting. I'm not perfect but do try to be considerate to others.

 

[get me outta here]

A neighbour trained his 2 boys to always sit down as he didn't think the clean up was pleasant and was a waste of his time. I do wonder how that went in the long run after they had moved away.

There are a handful of rare medical conditions which prefer "seated" urination, but in most cases I think it is a dose "camera shy". In the age of tolerance it would be inappropriate to decry some men for being camera shy.

In any case, whoever you are, and wherever you are, not putting up the toilet seat is very poor form.

 

[wandering_fred]

Being of an age where arising in the night is occasionally a multiple occurrence, using a seated position for required functions is by far the easiest option. Changing the positions of the the attachments to the required implements are then no longer necessary.

Happy wandering

Fred

 

[marki]

Pretty much what Ive seen on youtube. Lied down, head at 45deg and slightly bent backwards, got it to the point to where I get dizzy and waited out the dizziness. Then turned my head 180dec to the other side, THIS is where I got dizzy that seemed stronger than the other side, waited it out and then turned my body sidewards.

I felt very sick afterwards, glad my husband drove me and had to lie down afterwards but since then, no dizziness and ive been testing it so very glad its gone.

Epley manoeuvre or particle repositioning manoeuvre

 

[suze2000]

Here's my toilet rules: at home, the seat and the lid must be put down before flushing and left down as you exit. The spread of germs in the bathroom is the hygenic reason, but more than that I'm offended by the surprised opened mouthed look of a seat with the lid up (I don't know why, it's a quirk of mine). If you think you might have left something, check it and flush it again, etc.
In a public toilet, I don't want to see a lid down, because it often means a nasty surprise when you lift it. Leave it in the up position. I'm less concerned about whether you put it down to flush since I'm not brushing my teeth in there, or anything else. And I HATE toilets without paper towels for your hands, and the door handle. I wipe my hands on my pants in those scenarios. I find air blowers to be hot, too loud, take too long and mostly unhygenic (those Dyson things have been found to be really really gross).

 

[rogerkambah]

Visited the oncologist on Wednesday. While he was writing a script for panzopanib (Votrient) he had to call someone for an authority number and mentioned that it was for a patient with stage 4 RCC. Maybe that was my pre-operative condition, as I feel much better than at that time.

So start chemotherapy tomorrow as the pharmac_ had to get the drugs from their supplier. Was impressed by the full cost of the drug at $4675.20 for 30 days supply, although having perused the PBS previously was aware that there are more expensive drugs.

 

[drron]

And I hope that feeling of improvement continues for a very long time.

As for me I saw my GP yesterday and naturally the ankle felt 100% as it has today.There were a few other small issues to talk about though.

 

[Flashback]

Visited the oncologist on Wednesday. While he was writing a script for panzopanib (Votrient) he had to call someone for an authority number and mentioned that it was for a patient with stage 4 RCC. Maybe that was my pre-operative condition, as I feel much better than at that time.

So start chemotherapy tomorrow as the pharmac_ had to get the drugs from their supplier. Was impressed by the full cost of the drug at $4675.20 for 30 days supply, although having perused the PBS previously was aware that there are more expensive drugs.

Best of luck with your treatment, RK!

 

[Foreigner]

If longevity is the goal, imagine what Keith Richards will look like as a centenarian...



http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifes...ngevity-limit-health-1019-20161006-story.html

 

[cove]

If he walked down the street he could frighten children Foreigner.
It is my turn to take a 93 year old to the dentist today so I can park using the ACROD to get him close to the building entrance.

 

[Foreigner]

He would scare kids, even on the silver screen!

 

[Pushka]

Flashback. Our (cat) is now on Flagyl. He has gone out in sympathy with you. Knowing what the vet was prescribing him she looked at me rather weirdly when I said no alcohol for him this weekend. Will be glad when the symptoms resolve

 

[whatmeworry]

Mum thinks her first physio session for her knee went well. Half an hour of electrical simulation and half an hour on the exercise machine.

A 24 gym opened up recently next to our local WW. Of course all the meat heads are parking in the disabled parking spots. One spot was left out of 5 and the remaining spot was a tight squeeze because the driver of the too fast, too furious car doesn't know how to park within the generous disabled spot.

I checked the other 4 vehicles and not one disabled permit. Get back from shopping, a new guy has parked with no permit, but the douche bag of the night of goes to the guy who parked in the disabled spot with a permit by himself and then went directly into the gym for a workout session... Seriously if your using someone else's permit to park closer to workout, you can park 50-100m further out and get some extra cardio.

 

[penegal]

In life there are a very small number of things I strongly advise against.

Picking a fight with a bouncer is one.

Caucasian Male, approx 30 years pinned down by 3 bouncers. Three big whacks of his cranium against a concrete floor.

Prognosis looks rather negative.

Wherever you travel bouncers may be ****, but take a deep breath and walk away. It's not worth losing your life over...

 

[cove]

I only use a handicapped parking spot when I am taking the olds to a medical appointment or food shopping. I would never consider using an ACROD spot illegally as there are so many who are battling to walk. Be fair to the olds.

 

[love_the_life]

I only use a handicapped parking spot when I am taking the olds to a medical appointment or food shopping. I would never consider using an ACROD spot illegally as there are so many who are battling to walk. Be fair to the olds.

Though some people may not look like they are disabled and still require a parking permit, likewise some elderly do not need to have one. It's parking without a permit that tends to annoy me.