General Medical issues thread

[Pushka]

It's a bit of a shock to learn your expensive transitional and graduated or progressive lens glasses are now useless.

I know. I tried mine on the other day and got so dizzy. I replaced the lens and kept the frames which were Ray bans with transitions that focus on long distance as the Dr thinks maybe she sacrificed that too much for reading close distance. I can still see much better ahead but wearing distance glasses if I feel like it makes long distance crisp. I have to take them off to read! Will likely only wear them travelling and in unfamiliar areas.

 

[TheRealTMA]

It's a bit of a shock to learn your expensive transitional and graduated or progressive lens glasses are now useless.

Donate them.

 

[Pushka]

Donate them.

I think it's a bit harder to donate glasses as the multifocal lens are very specific to each eye and for long and short vision. I had a stack of the generic + ones you get in shops which actually worked well for me. Those all went into the donation bin along with some still with a shop tag on them.

 

[Quickstatus]

Someone had a bad day over in the US

MRI

 

[Pushka]

Was at a dinner last night where a physio friend was telling me about a friend who had a retinal displacement and underwent the process to treate it. The night of the process he went out to dinner, drinks alcohol then fronted up the next day for lunch etc. His procedure failed. I wonder why. He can barely see, has to use a magnifying glass to even see the food he is cooking. He's been to Europe to see if they can help, they can't, now he's off to Mayo Clinic in US. He swears his Doctor did not tell him to lie flat for long periods of time. I don't think anyone believes him. And he's paying for it now, big time.

 

[cove]

Have felt a bit foggy from the high strength pain killers over the past 12 days. I will be happy when I get to be totally clear of them. Physio starts this week and the knee pain is much less.

 

[Pushka]

Have felt a bit foggy from the high strength pain killers over the past 12 days. I will be happy when I get to be totally clear of them. Physio starts this week and the knee pain is much less.

Our friend had two knee replacements done in the last four months. Last time we saw him at a dinner he had bowed legs. We were all worried he was going to fall. He looked so frail. Last night we all met up again for the first dinner since his surgeries. He's a newly retired anaesthetist at 65. He walked in last. He looked amazing. Straight legs. No limp. And he was so happy to finally have them done. As a self employed person he simply could not afford to take time from work before he retired.

 

[cove]

Well we sold our business after 44 years and I resolved to fix my left knee as quickly as I could. Took two months to get the surgeon I chose.

 

[RooFlyer]

Had my travel doctor's appointment yesterday. When I commented that this was maybe the first time I haven't needed any specific travel vaccinations, the doc (my former long time GP) commented "And no-one is more disappointed in that than me" .

I am going to Ethiopia and Djibouti next year for about a week - its malarial, except in the Ethiopian mountains, where I'll be for 4 days. Dr said didn't need prophylaxis against malaria - 'just be careful', which I will be (carrying DEET).

Also had my 6th Covid shot yesterday (thanks to @Pushka for the reminder). Pfizer bivalent this time (Moderna bivalent last March).

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Is a person walkable after the jab for a thyroid biopsy?

 

[Quickstatus]

walkable

They can walk but walkable?

 

[prozac]

They can walk but walkable?

Wheelbarrow

 

[TheRealTMA]

Had my 6th covid (Moderna bi) booster today.

 

[Pushka]

Did anyone having their sixth one, and who has had Covid find it unremarkable until after about 6 hours then wham, arm muscle very painful and heavy. Thought I'd had a flare of PMR again.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Well just great. Went to MyGov/MyHealthREecord stuff to check vaccination status and system says I am locked out and create a new MyGov account (??). So did that, or tried to but now won't accept my medicare details. That's what Covid boosters do for you!

 

[TheRealTMA]

ahahaha!

 

[RooFlyer]

Did anyone having their sixth one, and who has had Covid find it unremarkable until after about 6 hours then wham, arm muscle very painful and heavy. Thought I'd had a flare of PMR again.

No, just a little tenderness the next morning. About what I've had before.

Well just great. Went to MyGov/MyHealthREecord stuff to check vaccination status and system says I am locked out and create a new MyGov account (??). So did that, or tried to but now won't accept my medicare details. That's what Covid boosters do for you!

Would you believe I got locked out today, too, but that was because I was on my laptop and entered a wrong password (once). Could immediately reset password and got in OK. New Intl covid certificate and history of vaccinations generated and downloaded from Medicare section. Yes, I'll never need them, but happily stored on my phone for the next trip.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

That's odd therealTMA.
Wondering if you got to s phish looks very real website.
Never seen that one before.
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Went for an annual blood test, 5 vials in Jun this year.
Then, Sep or early Oct, doc says, oooo, Mr Pooch, you have very high TSH, better have you set up for thyroid ultrasound, (fully bulkbilled), so there I meekly went to get thyroid ultrasound, of course, this one is just the cold gel and the lab attendant does the hand held scanner over neck, lah lah lah I thought, this is the easiest...
Then when the doc saw me next, he says, I am going to set you up to see an endocrinologist.
Then to Dr Google I went, oops, biopsy.
Wobbly.
And of course, as I am not of pension age, they need a co payment.

 

[TheRealTMA]

That's odd therealTMA.
Wondering if you got to s phish looks very real website.
Never seen that one before.

It was the real website, annoyingly.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Re: that pix by Quickstatus, heh, I can imagine some people being claustrophobic in those things.
Like in my case, I am afraid of giving blood, I don't even look at the needle prick for blood test, though, kudos to those who take pleasure in looking at the band being placed round the arm, and the prick, and the blood coming out into the vials!
I close my eyes, and hum to myself, quietly of course.
The pain of the ping, nowadays for the 5 vials, it seems fast, but blood donation drives one, oooh, I wouldn't dare.
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Haven't fainted at the docs yet, but I guess if I don't look at the procedure occurring, it might be less ick.