General Medical issues thread

[SuePa]

Is that OK? I thought there had to be a gap between vaccinations?

I had my Covid 2nd booster and flu shots same day, same arm. It didn't cause me any problems.

 

[prozac]

My son, who for past 12 years has sported long hair, visited yesterday with a fresh bald pate. His solidarity with dad was touching.
Edit: Currently in day-oncology receiving the 3rd dose of chemo (RCHOP - plus 100mg pred daily) to which I am having a surprisingly low reaction. 3 more cycles to go, half way through. Radiotherapy to follow.

 

[love_the_life]

My son, who for past 12 years has sported long hair, visited yesterday with a fresh bald pate. His solidarity with dad was touching.
Edit: Currently in day-oncology receiving the 3rd dose of chemo (RCHOP - plus 100mg pred daily) to which I am having a surprisingly low reaction. 3 more cycles to go, half way through. Radiotherapy to follow.

What a lovely son you have to do that. Hope your treatment continues to go well.

 

[prozac]

What a lovely son you have to do that. Hope your treatment continues to go well.

Thank you for your well wishes. Yes he is a lovely man and his hair really was a significant part of his image. He could have knocked me over when he walked in.
The treatment is not nearly as bad as I was advised prior so I should thank my lucky stars.

 

[RooFlyer]

Having a cheilectomy next week - basically opening up the big toe major joint and cleaning out arthritis-related bony spurs, which have become very painful.

I grilled the orthopaedic surgeon pretty hard about possible consequences if it doesn’t go as expected and recovery progress if it does. All very reassuring# and recovery is rest for a few days then walk as before ( caring for stitches).

Anyone know any different?

# I really don’t want a big toe fusion, given it has a long and difficult recovery.

 

[prozac]

Having a cheilectomy next week - basically opening up the big toe major joint and cleaning out arthritis-related bony spurs, which have become very painful.

I grilled the orthopaedic surgeon pretty hard about possible consequences if it doesn’t go as expected and recovery progress if it does. All very reassuring# and recovery is rest for a few days then walk as before ( caring for stitches).

Anyone know any different?

# I really don’t want a big toe fusion, given it has a long and difficult recovery.

It is not until you injure your big toe (or get arthritis I imagine) you realise what a vital part of your foot it is.

 

[Pushka]

Having a cheilectomy next week - basically opening up the big toe major joint and cleaning out arthritis-related bony spurs, which have become very painful.

I grilled the orthopaedic surgeon pretty hard about possible consequences if it doesn’t go as expected and recovery progress if it does. All very reassuring# and recovery is rest for a few days then walk as before ( caring for stitches).

Anyone know any different?

# I really don’t want a big toe fusion, given it has a long and difficult recovery.

I have a similar issue with big toe, the podiatrist won't even start any work until I have surgery. But was told that I risked having a toe that could be completely misaligned with foot. So I'm waiting a bit. I've found that it hasn't been as painful since I've been on steroi_s. Would need to be in a moon boot for 6 weeks as well.

 

[RooFlyer]

I have a similar issue with big toe, the podiatrist won't even start any work until I have surgery. But was told that I risked having a toe that could be completely misaligned with foot. So I'm waiting a bit. I've found that it hasn't been as painful since I've been on steroi_s. Would need to be in a moon boot for 6 weeks as well.

I wasn’t prescribed prednisone but my GP did inject steroi_ directly- he said he pretty well flooded the joint. That wore off after about a week ; prior to the injection, a course of Arthrexin ( indometacin) anti inflammatories did nothing. Discussed the misaligned toe thing - not worried.

It does seem pretty straightforward, but after my botched hernia operation, I’m a bit wary of guys who walk around with scalpels.

 

[Pushka]

I wasn’t prescribed prednisone but my GP did inject steroi_ directly- he said he pretty well flooded the joint. That wore off after about a week ; prior to the injection, a course of Arthrexin ( indometacin) anti inflammatories did nothing. Discussed the misaligned toe thing - not worried.

It does seem pretty straightforward, but after my botched hernia operation, I’m a bit wary of guys who walk around with scalpels.

Am on steroi_s for something else but this was an incidental outcome. The misaligned toe in my case meant it would stick straight up so I'd have to get special shoes made. Not going there.

 

[Hvr]

It is not until you injure your big toe (or get arthritis I imagine) you realise what a vital part of your foot it is.

Gout in the big toe will give you the same lesson about its importance.

I recently strained a leg ligament and the pain was severe, it's taken nearly four weeks, with stretching exercises and deep heat to get better. Had to use a walking stick to get around. Thank goodness I'm WFH whilst the trains are shut down at the moment.

 

[cove]

I had a radioactive injection into my left knee joint about 20 years ago and it stopped the growth of bone spurs and so no more arthroscopic fishing trips needed. The doctor doing the injection wore lead lined clothes and gloves and I had three days in a hospital bed. The doctor did three of us that day. He would be well and truly retired now.

 

[JohnK]

Gout in the big toe will give you the same lesson about its importance.

I recently strained a leg ligament and the pain was severe, it's taken nearly four weeks, with stretching exercises and deep heat to get better. Had to use a walking stick to get around. Thank goodness I'm WFH whilst the trains are shut down at the moment.

Sounds serious.

I never know how serious any of the pain I experience in my body. I've been living with extreme pain for a long time. The GP doesn't seem to care. His recommendation is pain management. The specialists don't seem to pay too much attention either as they try to focus on the overall condition rather than individual parts.

My toes can be extremely painful. We're sure it's gout. What do you do about it? Also suffer from plantar fasciitis that comes and goes. And the pain in both ankles can be extremely severe where I am limping when walking. There's no time to feel sorry for myself. The physiotherapist gave up and suggested exercise physiologist. No way. I'm not even going there. I'm not jumping up and down. He suggested expensive shoes with support. Bought $250 sneakers. Still the same so shoes not the answer either.

Both shins are extremely painful. Split shins? Both calves also painful. Knees. Osteoarthritis in both hips. The left is quite severe. If I somehow move left leg sideways the pain is excruciating. Pain in groin. Pain in pelvis. Pain in lower back. Some related to Osteoarthritis. Some related to Sacroiliitis. When I sit the left knee can lock. Scares me. I have to move quickly to unlock. Excruciating pain. I cannot get up from sitting position unless I put my hand on thigh to support me getting up.

Both hamstrings painful when I walk. Almost like I've done a hamstring.

Fingers constantly swell. Knuckles and finger joints in constant pain. Wrists sore. Forearms sore. Elbows sore. Upper arm sore. Shoulders sore.

Upper body a mess. Curved spine the worst of all and getting worse. I can't stand straight. Stressful. My neck in constant pain. Non stop. Nothing makes the pain stop. I keep moving neck trying to make it hurt more. That's the only relief that makes me feel good.

What can you do? Too many issues to try and diagnose each one. Too many issues to try and fix. Its difficult to even try to explain each of the issues. I don't want to keep taking medicine for temporary relief.

At least I'm back up to walking 6,000-7,000 steps a day. I miss golf more than anything.

 

[Flyfrequently]

I’m a bit wary of guys who walk around with scalpels.

Ditto @RooFlyer !

 

[Quickstatus]

I’m a bit wary of guys who walk around with scalpels.

In some places not only orthopaedic surgeons are allowed to wield the scalpel but podiatrists as well

A cheilectomy is a relatively simple procedure but sometimes the foot bone also needs realignment as well -called a metatarsal Osteotomy

 

[Cossie]

So I married a dud! After both knees replaced and the issue with a dead bone in her right foot, she has been in pain with her left knee.

So off for a MRI which showed a Bakers Cyst. Goes to see the Surgeon that did the knees, he is not happy, said the MRI was a waste of time and she needs some sort of special CT scan. He thinks she has snapped a ligament and therefore the her knee is moving to much.

So next Monday for that scan then surgery to fix the ligament. However, of course we have 2 trips booked and she will be in a brace for at least 6 weeks. If we cancel next month she can have it done in a couple of weeks, but if we go for that (double SC's, etc) she will be in a brace for our trip to NZ in early Sept, also double SC's, sigh, some thinkin' to do.....

I can not begin to understand her tolerance for pain, she thinks this happened back in March/April in Croatia and we walked a lot! Two panadol a day is enough she is saying..........

 

[love_the_life]

Hope the scan shows up something useful that can be easily treated. Poor MrsC being referred to as a dud - really Cossie!!

 

[Quickstatus]

ed a dud!

I suspect the warranty period has long expired and new for old insurance does not apply, and upgrade options are either impossible or too expensive

 

[prozac]

Knocked my leg when I was splitting firewood the other day. Just a small abrasion through my tracky-daks but sure enough, without immunity, it has flared up. Straight onto anti-biotics which looks to have pulled it up. Some localised heat but any redness has dissipated and it has saved me a trip to the hospital. I really don't want to end up back on the oncology ward ... horrible place.

 

[tgh]

I have just spent a week in hospital , am enjoying my first day home and wondering what my new life will look like.
I could (and may sometime) write a "dissertation" as the process was both amazing (the treatment), and very sad ( the passing procession of my 24 hrs in er)

 

[kookaburra75]

Gout in the big toe will give you the same lesson about its importance.

+1

Having had outbreaks of gout in each big toe, thankfully separated by a few years, I'm not going back there again. Fingers crossed, and everything else, changes to my lifestyle will keep it away.