General Medical issues thread

[Quickstatus]

Small hernia confirmed

If painful need to be looked at.
If pain does not go away go to emergency dept

Hernia is a weakening in a wall - in your case groin wall. The contents of hernia can be fat, intestines

 

[JohnK]

If painful need to be looked at.
If pain does not go away go to emergency dept

Hernia is a weakening in a wall - in your case groin wall. The contents of hernia can be fat, intestines

When you say looked at what do you mean? Ultrasound confirmed small hernia which only contains fat at this stage. What else do they need to see? Emergency department is OK but I'm not doing this privately.

The difficult part is that I have no idea where the hernia is located. No pain other than pain down thigh which has been there on and off for a few months maybe longer.

I have so many different types of extreme pain that I have no idea why or what is causing any specific pain at any point in time.

And I'm not exaggerating when I use the word extreme. There are times that pain somewhere in body is so severe that I feel like passing out. But as I've said in the past just bear it and move on.

 

[Quickstatus]

@JohnK i think you need a surgeon to examine the hernia to see whether it's causing the pain or not.

 

[RooFlyer]

Re inguinal hernia surgical repair, having been through it, quiz surgeon or referring doctor carefully about whether the surgeon might do keyhole or open surgery. I had open and its still gives me pain 14 months later. I got a second surgeon's opinion afterwards due to me not being satisfied with the original surgeon's follow-up and after reviewing the images, etc the second guy said he definitely would have done keyhole.

Every case is different, but I'm suggesting just don't take a surgeon's word for it - ask them WHY they are saying one way over the other. In fact, ask your referring GP about this first - it may influence who they refer you to.

 

[JohnK]

@JohnK i think you need a surgeon to examine the hernia to see whether it's causing the pain or not.

I agree. Doctor is sending referral to outpatients. I'd prefer Princess Alexandra but more than likely it will be Royal Brisbane as I'm in their catchment.

Anyone know how long it'd take to get an outpatients appointment? I do have private health insurance but Im not sure what they cover and at this stage don't see any reason to rush.

 

[Quickstatus]

Anyone know how long it'd take to get an outpatients appointment?

Outpatient appointment at a teaching hospital - likely with your luck @JohnK it will be at the most inconvenient time. Also often have to wait even with appointments. Always hard to know though for certain

PHI cuts in when you are an inpatient of a hospital

 

[JohnK]

Outpatient appointment at a teaching hospital - likely with your luck @JohnK it will be at the most inconvenient time. Also often have to wait even with appointments. Always hard to know though for certain

PHI cuts in when you are an inpatient of a hospital

My wife has been waiting for Ear, Nose and Throat outpatients since 2019. Finally got appointment in April and we've had to reschedule as we were overseas and then she had a really bad cold in May so rescheduled again and we're now going Tuesday next week.

She's been having trouble swallowing so possible thyroid issues.

Hopefully I get a higher category and get seen more urgently than waiting 4 years. Who knows.

 

[Gladstone Tim]

I agree. Doctor is sending referral to outpatients. I'd prefer Princess Alexandra but more than likely it will be Royal Brisbane as I'm in their catchment.

Anyone know how long it'd take to get an outpatients appointment? I do have private health insurance but Im not sure what they cover and at this stage don't see any reason to rush.

Just wondering why you would be paying for private health insurance and not use it, JohnK?

 

[Flashback]

My wife has been waiting for Ear, Nose and Throat outpatients since 2019. Finally got appointment in April and we've had to reschedule as we were overseas and then she had a really bad cold in May so rescheduled again and we're now going Tuesday next week.

She's been having trouble swallowing so possible thyroid issues.

Hopefully I get a higher category and get seen more urgently than waiting 4 years. Who knows.

No spits then Johnny boy?

 

[JohnK]

Just wondering why you would be paying for private health insurance and not use it, JohnK?

Cost of surgery and the huge gap fee involved in seeing a surgeon and doing surgery.

If I'm not mistaken going through the public system the out of pocket expense would be $0?

P.S. I could be totally wrong but doing simple procedures such as gastroscopy/colonoscopy with private health insurance used to cost me minimum $500 + specialist out of pocket cost + anaesthetist out of pocket cost. I did one at Royal Brisbane a few years back via public system and it cost me $0.

 

[k_sheep]

That's exactly the issue I am concerned about - airports not knowing what the situation is, and insisting on giving me a jab there and then.

But I wasn't expecting the issue to be in Australia!!

The good news is, even if you had no evidence of vaccination, as an australian citizen you are basically just given a card to say monitor for symptoms and go to doctors if unwell. There's no actual mechanism to do anything about it.

 

[prozac]

I had a shave Sunday week ago. It still feels like I shaved this morning.

 

[mrsterryn]

Husband is getting very frustrated with his constant vomiting
I really do feel for him
This week at least six meals have come back up
Mind you he loves the weight loss would just prefer to not actually be unwell
Another two weeks or thereabouts before he can have the next scan
At least at this stage he manages enough to stay out of hospital

 

[Hvr]

Dash, I've strained a ligament in the leg and it hurts, that'll teach me to go walking. At least the Deep Heat helps to keep me warm.

And had my flu vax today. Dr said there are lots of cases and they're seeing some very sick people at the practice.
Next week another C19 vax. I'm feeling like a pin cushion but it's all for the best.

Having said that I've barely felt any of the injections. Maybe I'm getting used to dealing with cough?

 

[VPS]

After a previous discussion about generic vs branded drugs I decided to check ingredients.

I find it interesting that food in Australia has to be labelled with where it comes from but just checked some medication and there is no country of origin name.

 

[Quickstatus]

there is no country of origin name

TGA discussed this topic

 

[VPS]

TGA discussed this topic

Thanks

 

[AdMEL]

Dash, I've strained a ligament in the leg and it hurts, that'll teach me to go walking. At least the Deep Heat helps to keep me warm.

And had my flu vax today. Dr said there are lots of cases and they're seeing some very sick people at the practice.
Next week another C19 vax. I'm feeling like a pin cushion but it's all for the best.

Having said that I've barely felt any of the injections. Maybe I'm getting used to dealing with cough?

I had my flu and C19 vax at the same time - one in each arm.

 

[JohnK]

I had my flu and C19 vax at the same time - one in each arm.

Is that OK? I thought there had to be a gap between vaccinations? I had my 5th C19 vaccine a few weeks ago and I was asked if I'd had any other vaccinations the past 7 days.

I also have an arthritis biologic injected every 8 weeks and I have to make sure that's 7-10 before or after flu or C19 vaccinations.

 

[Quickstatus]

Is that OK?

Current advice is that it is:

But if you had a Vax recently and are getting side effects from it best to postpone the current one.