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There seems to be a correlation between AFF and:
1) Hemochromatosis
2) immunosupression
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1) Hemochromatosis
2) immunosupression
3) .....insert here.....
Yeah. Tell me about it. Husband off to a sports med appointment this arvo. Leading to X-rays. Follow up appointment. Physio yada yada. Merry go round.if medicine has a god, its the god of sports. keeps the business coming in....
I have one gene for Hemo. Son with full blown haemochromatosis is adopted! . Don't blame me.There seems to be a correlation between AFF and:
1) Hemochromatosis
2) immunosupression
3) .....insert here.....
He played in a cricket team called "Liver Labs First XI"Laurie Powell
I'm not sure everyone gets Osteoarthritis.I don't, and I don't know alot about it. However, MrsProzac has a little, but her sisters do and relatively young niece to a much greater degree, so seems to be a family thing.
a near thing but glad to hear it all came good in the end. Hope the tail feathers grow back quickly. Take care.Part 4 THE POINTY END
Greenslopes Cardiac ward was an oasis of calm; caring and competent staff, eatable food and a humungous room with the prized car park view
I had coronary angiogram “for a look” very late that evening.
The surgeon explained next morning . The bad news is that the LAD artery is almost fully calcified, the good news is that the calcification is all in the one place and quite fixable.
He described the impending rota procedure as tricky and as he wanted to start the job rested and bright eyed , I would be rescheduled in a few days.
The room was a fog of falling tail feathers as the rooster morphed to a mouse at the prospect.
I made a little spectacle of myself, as the night before Armageddon I walked 4k’s up and down the corridors of my little prison wearing my wireless monitor
Suffice to say that all went well, and I am home recuperating, supported by a pharmacological “horn of plenty “ drug regime.
I hope these words have been both entertaining and informative
I was enormously lucky and was extremely close to recruitment as a daisy pusher.
- Coronary calcium scores could/should be free and emphasised as a heart health prophylaxis.
- Even the mildest angina in the fittest individual can be a message of impending doom.
- We have paid squillions in private medical insurance over the years but the performance difference
- between the publicand private systems may be one reason I am still here.
There are some rubbish rheumatologists around, that's for sure. Sounds like you struck one. But I don't think they treat arthritis et al that isn't of rheumatoid origin. Because there's nothing they can do. So no blood markers for RA? Were there in the past?Had rheumatology outpatients appointment yesterday. Was keen to see/hear the results of my bone scan in March. The rheumatologist I've been seeing for the past 18-24 months sounded very keen to try and help me. My surprise there's a new rheumatologist seeing me. Never saw them before. My regular rheumatologist is on leave.
"Where do you hurt?" Everywhere. "No where do you hurt? Everywhere. All joints, most tendons, muscles. Everywhere. I really don't have a good feeling about this doctor.
Apparently bone scan shows severe degeneration of the sacroiliac and L4-L5. The explains the constant pain in lower back/pelvis/groin/hamstring the past couple of years. I mean this was diagnosed 20+ years ago but we've not specifically done anything about it.
Osteoarthritis everywhere. Hips and now the knees are following suit. That explains the recent severe knee pain. Have trouble walking downstairs.
Now the fun part. There's no signs of any other arthritis. Huh? There's nothing he/they can do. He said "go back to my GP and panadol and exercise will help manage Osteoarthritis". Seriously? "And lose weight". Yeah that's really simple. "There are programs and medicine you can take to help".
By this point I'm in total disbelief. He actually discharged me. Rheumatology has been seeing me for close to 10 years with at least a 12 monthly review and this imposter is ending it. "If you need to see us again then ask your daughter for referral". LOL. So wait months/years to try and get back into outpatients? Thanks for nothing.
Just because someone has "qualifications" does not mean they know anything or even willing to help. I give up.
I have a very good rheumatologist in Brisbane (Kangaroo Point) but I see him privately, although I know he works at the PA but not sure about appointments there.There are some rubbish rheumatologists around, that's for sure. Sounds like you struck one. But I don't think they treat arthritis et al that isn't of rheumatoid origin. Because there's nothing they can do. So no blood markers for RA? Were there in the past?
Apparently bone scan shows severe degeneration of the sacroiliac and L4-L5. The explains the constant pain in lower back/pelvis/groin/hamstring the past couple of years. I mean this was diagnosed 20+ years ago but we've not specifically done anything about it.
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I don't think I've ever been diagnosed with rheumatoid. I have been diagnosed with HLA-B27 and other inflammatory markers are present in blood tests.There are some rubbish rheumatologists around, that's for sure. Sounds like you struck one. But I don't think they treat arthritis et al that isn't of rheumatoid origin. Because there's nothing they can do. So no blood markers for RA? Were there in the past?
Yes but not within the specialty of rheumatology to treat. It sounds like the original specialist wasn't treating you as such, just found it interesting. And the new doctor isn't as interested.I don't think I've ever been diagnosed with rheumatoid. I have been diagnosed with HLA-B27 and other inflammatory markers are present in blood tests.
The previous rheumatologist said I am a strange case which I guess why he took interest. He said my issues are mostly mechanical which I do not agree with at all.
There are clear signs of inflammation daily. There are clear signs of (arthritic) degeneration in many joints. I've had issues with tendons. I've had issues with bursa. These are all inflammatory.
Dr Phillip Vecchio? He is the one that I've been seen at PA Outpatients. He's quite good but he's on leave and wasn't there yesterday.I have a very good rheumatologist in Brisbane (Kangaroo Point) but I see him privately, although I know he works at the PA but not sure about appointments there.