General Medical issues thread

[suze2000]

Broke me leg on a weekend away in Gippsland. Nightmare. Waited forever for an ambulance, long trip to ED, nightmare ED experience, 10 days in hospital (thank F for HBF) and now stuck at home with a leg full of metal. Don't fall over. And if you do, don't do it 90 mins from a hospital.

 

[VPS]

Broke me leg on a weekend away in Gippsland. Nightmare. Waited forever for an ambulance, long trip to ED, nightmare ED experience, 10 days in hospital (thank F for HBF) and now stuck at home with a leg full of metal. Don't fall over. And if you do, don't do it 90 mins from a hospital.

oh that sucks - good luck with the recovery. I fell over a couple of weeks ago and was very lucky not to break anything - it gets scarier as you get older (and I have no idea how old you are)

 

[mrsterryn]

Had my semi regular six monthly blood works and subsequent GP visit
Have lost weight (still fat )
Cholesterol down
Bad cholesterol down
Flipping sugars up so another pill)
Have to say I was definitely peeved with the sugars result. Pleased with the ,small, weight loss etc . GP is happy as overall in the last two years or so I have lost 10 kilos. Far happier than with me gaining

@suze2000 you poor thing
Hope home is at least comfortable now

 

[Cossie]

Gutted, my friend in Blewitt Springs that we hoped to see in 2 weeks has just died. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 12 months ago, lasted longer than anyone thought. Received a very positive email from him just yesterday.
Not fair, he was a life long vegetarian, didn't smoke nor did he drink to excess even though he was a winemaker.......

Vale Duo, it was a privilege to know you.

Will be having a few of his tonight.

Koltz Wines

Distinctive wines from Blewitt Springs and McLaren Vale

koltzwines.com

 

[love_the_life]

Gutted, my friend in Blewitt Springs that we hoped to see in 2 weeks has just died. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 12 months ago, lasted longer than anyone thought. Received a very positive email from him just yesterday.
Not fair, he was a life long vegetarian, didn't smoke nor did he drink to excess even though he was a winemaker.......

Vale Duo, it was a privilege to know you.

Will be having a few of his tonight.

Koltz Wines

Distinctive wines from Blewitt Springs and McLaren Vale

koltzwines.com

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So sad for everyone. Condolences. Pancreatic is a b@stard of a disease - so quick in most cases. A work colleague told me yesterday of a friend who had gone into palliative care and died Wednesday night.

 

[Pushka]

Pancreatic cancer took my Dad. It is a b@stard cancer as per love_the_life. He lasted 14 months from diagnosis but thankfully made it to celebrate his fiftieth wedding anniversary. Sadly that was what was keeping him alive.

 

[rogerkambah]

Saw the rad onco on Tuesday. He believes he can devise a suitable procedure to irradiate my adrenal tumour, so now have an appt on the Thursday to have a CT scan and get correct placement on the bed, practise even breathing etc. Next will be 5 sessions on consecutive days and hoping it works.

 

[Black Duck]

Gutted, my friend in Blewitt Springs that we hoped to see in 2 weeks has just died. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 12 months ago, lasted longer than anyone thought. Received a very positive email from him just yesterday.
Not fair, he was a life long vegetarian, didn't smoke nor did he drink to excess even though he was a winemaker.......

Vale Duo, it was a privilege to know you.

Will be having a few of his tonight.

Koltz Wines

Distinctive wines from Blewitt Springs and McLaren Vale

koltzwines.com

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My best mate passed away from pancreatic cancer just 2 years ago now. She lasted 5 years from diagnosis and the oncologist was so pleased with that but at the point of saying he really didn't know what was ahead as he had never had anyone last that long. She had already survived 2 unrelated beast cancers! She was a real fighter.

 

[love_the_life]

Saw the rad onco on Tuesday. He believes he can devise a suitable procedure to irradiate my adrenal tumour, so now have an appt on the Thursday to have a CT scan and get correct placement on the bed, practise even breathing etc. Next will be 5 sessions on consecutive days and hoping it works.

Well I’ve got my fingers and toes all crossed for you.

 

[Flashback]

I've just been given access to my medical records online (wanted it so I could 'prove' I had the COVID vaccine for example) and having a dig through my record. I seem to have an entry in there from last year saying I've been diagnosed with Thrombocytopenic disorder. Interesting as I don't recall having been told that, although I do remember having some bloods taken (for something else) around the time. Time to research what it is and if it's something to worry about or not.

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura

In ITP the antibodies are made against platelets. Once the antibodies have attached to platelets, the platelets do not work so well. Written by a GP.

patient.info

Should auto resolve in most cases it seems? It could explain why I often bruise quite easy.

 

[Flying mermaid]

I've just been given access to my medical records online (wanted it so I could 'prove' I had the COVID vaccine for example) and having a dig through my record. I seem to have an entry in there from last year saying I've been diagnosed with Thrombocytopenic disorder. Interesting as I don't recall having been told that, although I do remember having some bloods taken (for something else) around the time. Time to research what it is and if it's something to worry about or not.

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura

In ITP the antibodies are made against platelets. Once the antibodies have attached to platelets, the platelets do not work so well. Written by a GP.

patient.info

Should auto resolve in most cases it seems? It could explain why I often bruise quite easy.

Which vaccine did you get? Even if you got the AZ you are over the 20 day danger period. That condition ( or a form of it), seems to be an indicator for the AZ clot problems.

 

[Flashback]

Which vaccine did you get? Even if you got the AZ you are over the 20 day danger period. That condition ( or a form of it), seems to be an indicator for the AZ clot problems.

Wasn't even thinking about it from a vaccine perspective, I'm not worried about the media led frenzy over AZ.

I've had Pfizer, in any case - main reason I wanted access to my record online, so I could evidence it.


It was just interesting to note other items on my record, some of which I didn't know about! Has been an interesting hour of reading (my record)....

 

[Flying mermaid]

Wasn't even thinking about it from a vaccine perspective, I'm not worried about the media led frenzy over AZ.

I've had Pfizer, in any case - main reason I wanted access to my record online, so I could evidence it.
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It was just interesting to note other items on my record, some of which I didn't know about! Has been an interesting hour of reading (my record)....

Pfizer would be fine . As soon as I saw that it triggered for me the stuff that’s in the news about the clots. I don’t have a problem with AZ either and intend to go ahead once we are eligible. Ms FM and her husband have both had AZ, but still have a week to go to get past the 20 days - it’s very unlikely though.

I have been reading my medical record as well and will need to get my GP to fix it. When I had my problems 2 years ago, I had so many investigations and tests going on concurrently that I could hardly keep it all straight let alone my poor GP. Anyway my record now shows I had an allergic reaction to a statin but the reaction was Myasthenia Gravis. Umm no - that was one of many investigations and both the blood tests for ANA and the nerve conduction tests came up negative. The final decision was drug induced myopathy, so I need to get that fixed...

 

[RooFlyer]

Question for our medicos. Why do GPs, at least, still write prescriptions in terms of 'mane' and nocte' for describing frequency? I guess the prescription is meant for the Pharmacist, but the terms pop up in medical records I get from my GP (ie "Patient health summary"). and sometimes a Pharmacist will use the terms on the dispensed medication.

Pharmacists no doubt interpret the terms perfectly, but is there any discussion in the GP community or other medical groups about the continuing use of these archaic terms? What's their origins, as in use in prescriptions?

 

[tgh]

at risk of.. er disagreement. I suggest that Latin words were originally used to create a relatively private form of prose...
Relevance today ??
Perhaps it makes doctor jargon seem more cerebral and intellectual than case…

(Case?? favourite term for moi..came from a Workshop manual for a Case Backhoe that we owned…this manual is written in Case... clear and simple english.)

 

[RooFlyer]

at risk of.. er disagreement. I suggest that Latin words were originally used to create a relatively private form of prose...
Relevance today ??
Perhaps it makes doctor jargon seem more cerebral and intellectual than case…

Not disagreeing . Like I said, it’s meant for pharmacists, but as it’s the patient who needs to take the correct dose Why it’s continuing today is what mystifies me ( and I think you).

 

[cove]

A little bit of advice for those who love chewing ice blocks. Stop it.....
I fractured a tooth into the gum so it had to get extracted as it became infected in the gum.
Now the rebuild has started with a cow bone inplant with a full tooth replacement in a couple of months.
Not too painful but I seem to have a high pain threshold.

 

[prozac]

I was a willing vaccinatee until this AZ clotting thing came about. Now I am sitting on the fence.
Some of you will know I have some unexplained blood issues. Nothing unusual with the blood or DNA and with a low cholesterol of 2.8 with LDL 1.1. However I manage to block my coronary arterial stents within 6 weeks after every procedure to 95%, and this time after time. This happend 7 times in total. Now they are all by-passed incl. the LAD ones and I expect they are fully blocked. Lipids prof. and haematologist don't have answers. In 2015 I had a 30cm clot across into my chest from left arm brachial and ancillary veins some 3 months post PM implant. I was on thinners only 7 mths until it cleared.

I know I am repeating previous posts but you get what I am thinking about. With these odd issues should I be waiting around to see if I am offered the Pfizer jab in preference to the AZ? Maybe some of our medicos have some insight?

 

[drron]

You need to talk it over with your Haematologist as they know all your results.But I would agree it is probably wise to sit it out until you have had that talk.

 

[prozac]

You need to talk it over with your Haematologist as they know all your results.But I would agree it is probably wise to sit it out until you have had that talk.

Everything looks kinda normal. Slight underactive thyroid.
Oh, and one of the genes for haemachromatosis, but most N.Europeans/Scots probably carry one or the other.