Health and sickness. A place to moan.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

My appetite seems to still be a pile of shit.

I've only had like 2/3 meals this week where I've not felt full after a few mouthfuls.

At least I've got a lot of fat that can be burned up.

[Shindig]

Have you considered seeing a vet?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

They'd just put me down.

[Mazuuurk]

Editing this out now.

PM me if you missed it and are curious.

[Spikey M]

Jesus Maz that's rough. Sorry to hear it.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, christ, that sounds awful. I can imagine the there's something's wrong with your foot, oh you have this rare form of cancer, oh we're going to have to remove the foot progression of events was more than a bit upsetting. From an entirely unqualified position I would take the remoteness of the foot [relative to all the systems in your body where you don't want cancer to show up] as a positive even if this thing has a desire to manifest itself in the lungs. Also, obviously, inb4lewis, are you bald now?

[Boydy]

At least you're still standing, albeit it a little wobbly.

[Boydy]

In all seriousness though, that sounds fucking rough. I can't imagine going through anything like that. It's impressive that you still seem relatively upbeat and positive. I don't think I could cope.

[Ian]

Fucking hell, Maz. Fingers crossed for the continued recovery.

Really is frightening how something you'd probably thing needed looked at but would ultimately be fine like a foot thing can turn into what you've now been through.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Having an extremity lopped off is in my worst nightmares, let alone cancer at the same time. Force et patience.

[John Arne]

Sorry to hear Maz :( Hope you make a great recovery.

[-james-]

The sort of thing that puts whatever nonsense you have going on in your life into perspective. All the best Maz.

[Lewis]

Also, obviously, inb4lewis, are you bald now?

The silver lining is that he already was.

[Lewis]

Gutted Maz obviously. The cancer sounds bad as well.

[Raoul Duke]

Sorry to hear that - all the best with the recovery / future

[Don]

Brutal but hopefully that's the end of the cancer. The prosthetic is obviously gonna take some adaptation but I wonder how it'll be in the long term given technology.

I'd have been quite keen to keep the foot in some Damien Hirst type visual piece.

[Kikó]

Some bar to set for this thread. Good luck on the recovery Maz. At least you can enter the Paralympics now?

[Mazuuurk]

Thanks guys :)

Edit: Editing this post out as well.

[Mazuuurk]

Some bar to set for this thread. Good luck on the recovery Maz. At least you can enter the Paralympics now?

I can!

I wonder if they have Pool.

[Shindig]

All the best, Maz.

[AJ23]

That sounds like such a horrible experience. Really hope you're over the worst of it now.

Fingers crossed for the future.

[Mike]

Flipping eck! Good luck with all the recovery stuff and future scans.

[Dark Soldier]

Maz you're a beautiful bastard all the best to you lad

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fucking hell Maz, all the best with your recovery and your future scan results.

[Spikey M]

Have you told Maz about that dribble you had last week Mahow? :(

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Rabies is rarer than cancer...

[7om]

Christ, so sorry to hear that Maz. Hope everything goes to plan with your scans.

[Offshore Toon]

You'll always be a hero, Maz. <3

[Serj]

Fucking hell Maz, that must have been a gruelling couple of months. All the best for the future, hopefully the pain goes away or at least diminishes a bit, and the cancer remains gone. Good to hear that you have your family as emotional support.

[Spikey M]

Part of me wonders if this is just mind games ahead of our up and coming "cunting off" contest.

I see you Maz. (https://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/showthread.php?3046-Yo-Spikey-I-got-something-to-say&p=555419#post555419)

[Lofty]

Sorry to hear that Maz, all the best for the future!

Went to the doctors for a medication review, they realise I havent had a blood test in years so send me to the hospital because they couldn't do it there apparently. Get to the hospital and get moaned at by them for the GP not doing it :moop:

[Mazuuurk]

Part of me wonders if this is just mind games ahead of our up and coming "cunting off" contest.

I see you Maz. (https://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/showthread.php?3046-Yo-Spikey-I-got-something-to-say&p=555419#post555419)


It's all about commitment, Spikes. Planned this all out.

Anything you throw at me now will basically be you hurling insults at a cripple. Not so classy.
I'm impervious to your attacks.

[Yevrah]

Blimey, really sorry to hear that Maz and hope things work out as well as they can from here.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's all about commitment, Spikes. Planned this all out.

Anything you throw at me now will basically be you hurling insults at a cripple. Not so classy.
I'm impervious to your attacks.

Checkmate.

[Pepe]

Worth losing a limb for.

[Spikey M]

You lot are talking as if I don't have a cranial abnormality. :cool:

[Ian]

Don't worry lads, just checked and I did add a reminder for the decider to my calendar as promised.

[randomlegend]

That is incredibly shit, Maz. Much love. I really hope the chemo mopped it all up and that is the end of it.

[Spikey M]

That's not how Chemo works, Dr.

[randomlegend]

It's actually know as che-mop by health professionals.

[Gray Fox]

Ended up at the hospital yesterday. Had tightness in the chest and felt some palpitations so wanted it checking over. They gave me the once over including taking bloods and a chest xray and an ECG but said everything is fine in that way.

Questioned my caffeine intake and has suggested that's likely causing the palpitations, which is likely causing the tight chest through anxiety. Sent me on my way.

Still feel it today though I have noticed the palpitations less and the tightness seems to come and go. Wish it would fuck off quicker tbh.

[7om]

Might be worth following up with the GP on that. They might be able to give you a 24 hour ECG monitor if it’s ongoing.

[Ian]

Well at least that's something. Still not ideal. Does knocking caffeine on the head sort it altogether do they think / hope?

[Gray Fox]

Considering the amount I drink of the stuff, it should do some good. She said it sounds as if my body has reached the point of shouting at me that enough is enough now.

Them doing bloodwork and an xray and letting me leave on seeing the results does ease the concerns a little. Following up with the GP sounds like something I should be doing anyway. Worst they can do is tell me to stop wasting their time. Considering I haven't had any caffeine at all since Monday morning, I'd expect to start to see some improvement tomorrow surely.

Best way I can describe it is like a weight is sitting on the right upper part of my chest. Not so much pain as it is discomfort.

[Boydy]

How much caffeine are you drinking?

[Baz]

I had a can of Monster energy drink yesterday, for the first time in at least 5 years. Was delicious.

[randomlegend]

Monster is sooooo unbearably sweet.

[Jimmy Floyd]

How much caffeine is too much?

[randomlegend]

If you get palpitations it's too much.

[Kikó]

I think I had a brief case of palpitations and similarly told me to knock back the coffee (3/4 a day - before 1). Also have a low resting heart rate (48) so they just told me to keep an eye on it.

Long story short, didn't die.

[Gray Fox]

I had a can of Monster energy drink yesterday, for the first time in at least 5 years. Was delicious.

This thing is my undoing.

If I were to be honest over the past 3 years or so my intake would probably be at a can of this stuff per day. And that's before you add in any Pepsi or Fanta type stuff. So this has been a long time coming really.

[Baz]

Ah so it was CeX who wouldn’t budge on those shift patterns.

[SvN]

This thing is my undoing.

If I were to be honest over the past 3 years or so my intake would probably be at a can of this stuff per day. And that's before you add in any Pepsi or Fanta type stuff. So this has been a long time coming really.

I drink way too many energy drinks. Probably going to end up having a heart attack age 40.

[Gray Fox]

Things were fine when I'd only tried Red Bull, because it tastes like crap, but then I tried a Monster and that was that.

Though the way things are going your "full fat" versions of these kinds of drinks will die out soon.

[Manc]

What's the appeal? Surely any boost in energy is followed by an equal decline.

[Gray Fox]

I drink it because it tastes nice. Simple as that really. Same reason as I've never touched coffee. Tastes likes crap so I didn't touch it again.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Thankfully I think that Red Bull tastes like piss and I've never bothered to try a can of Monster.

The Coke Zero I drink is more than enough caffeine.

[Waffdon]

I probably average about 1 can of energy juice a day but it’s more due to Red Bull watermelon and tropical being the bollocks than anything else. Thank god they don’t do bigger cans of them like the normal flavour.

[Giggles]

I discovered tropical blast a while back so rarely drink coke at all any more now.

[Ben]

My entire intake of “fizzy” drinks is a Fanta Lemon (previously Sprite before the anti-sugar brigade fucked it) once in a while on a hot day and I would convince myself it’s a treat. You lot have me questioning my life.

[Shindig]

I've only drank Monster in the form of Jaegerbombs. The cokes I grabbed abroad will probably be the only fizzy drinks I take all year.

[Baz]

I discovered tropical blast a while back so rarely drink coke at all any more now.

Aldi Lilt?

[Lofty]

My entire intake of “fizzy” drinks is a Fanta Lemon (previously Sprite before the anti-sugar brigade fucked it) once in a while on a hot day and I would convince myself it’s a treat. You lot have me questioning my life.
What's your poison then, cordial? Or just high quality H2O?

[Giggles]

Aldi Lilt?

Yes but it was nicer than Lilt even before they ruined Lilt.

[Giggles]

I've also taken a serious liking to soda water. I keep a keg of it these days.

[Don]

A man of fine culture, I see. A pint of crisp soda water is the shit and some establishments don't even charge for it thanks to the disgusting sugar drinkers.

[Ben]

What's your poison then, cordial? Or just high quality H2O?

Council pop lad.

[-james-]

I was going to lol at you all for consuming fizzy drinks but then I remembered I've got quite a bad chocolate habit. Lindt eggs were down to 15p in Tesco so I bought seven of them this morning and they probably won't see tomorrow evening.

[Lofty]

Orange and soda is great.

[Baz]

https://i.redd.it/z2ivhg58ir251.jpg

[Spikey M]

Who love's OrangeSoda?

[Spikey M]

Mother fucker. :mad:

[Kikó]

Grow up and drink adult drinks.

[Mike]

A man of fine culture, I see. A pint of crisp soda water is the shit and some establishments don't even charge for it thanks to the disgusting sugar drinkers.

If a pub is charging for soda water, I’d class it as not a very good pub. Should always be free.

[Mike]

Oh and blackcurrant and soda is tremendous.

[Gray Fox]

Coming up to a week on now.

Noticing almost nothing palpitation wise, having cut out the caffeine completely. I probably don't need to go cold turkey on it, but it's probably best for now anyway.

I feel like now I'm coming out the other side of having come down with something, which is odd because I never felt like I had anything. All around my shoulders to neck feel a bit tender and I still have some pains but they feel like they're in my ribs, front and back.

Tried lugging a few bags of shopping home yesterday as I felt okay and it killed me off a bit.

Considering my job is physical, will be giving the GP a call in the morning to see if I can get in. Self cert'd last week so I'll need a note at least if I'm going to be having more time off.

[Gray Fox]

Doc diagnosed Costochondritis, which is an inflammation where your ribs join your breastbone. Nothing he can do bar give me something to line my stomach and tell me to smash the ibuprofen. Signed me off for two weeks to rest.

BP is also still high so I'll likely end up on some tablets for that soon.

[Kikó]

Hot off the heals of the wife being told she needs to get her wisdom teeth removed (they've never surfaced), I've been told today that I should do the same (only one is embedded in the jaw thankfully). What a fun few weeks ahead.

[7om]

I’ve had all four of mine out. It’s actually fine. Got sedated for the procedures because why would you want to be awake for that shit. Was back to normal the following day.

[Shindig]

Two of mine only partially came through. No bother with them yet, though.

[Spikey M]

I've got Bacterial Conjunctivitis for the first time and it's an absolute cunt. I had to peel one of my eyes open this morning and the other isn't far behind. :sick:

Just had to bowl up the doctors and sit in there in a pair of sunglasses, which is the look of a man going under cover because he's expecting a Syphilis diagnosis. Seething.

[Lewis]

You must have been a sight for sore eyes. :harold:

[Ian]

I've got Bacterial Conjunctivitis for the first time and it's an absolute cunt. I had to peel one of my eyes open this morning and the other isn't far behind. :sick:

Just had to bowl up the doctors and sit in there in a pair of sunglasses, which is the look of a man going under cover because he's expecting a Syphilis diagnosis. Seething.

If it happens again just buy the Goldeneye drops if you can get them. They work and won't make you look like a sex pest in the waiting room.

[Kikó]

I've been noticing some funky high heart rates recently when working out which went to a FUN 240 yesterday which obviously made me shit myself. It only lasts for 30 seconds or so but it's clearly not normal.

[Lofty]

Get an ECG instead of dancing to the Oompah band like a total dick.

[Kikó]

That's the plan. I'm going to get one next week hopefully once I've seen the doc tomorrow.

[7om]

Doubtful that a one off ecg will pick that up, so you might have to wear a 24 hour monitor.

Could be a short burst of supraventricular tachycardia. If it happens again you can try something called vagal manoeuvres. Try massaging one of the carotid arteries in your neck. Or try pursing your lips together and exhaling through them, so that it’s creates a force. That should slow your heart rate down faster.

[randomlegend]

Those are pussy vagal manoeuvres. Dunk your head in a bucket of ice like a real man.

[Baz]

My wife has the opposite, a really low heart rate. Had some tests and was deemed nothing to worry about it.

I should check our life insurance policy covers bradycardia. :uhoh:

[Don]

Safe from COVID for that 6 month spell though.

[Giggles]

I've came out in a weird rash below my knees and it's really hot. Nice knowing you lads.

[Kikó]

I've been noticing some funky high heart rates recently when working out which went to a FUN 240 yesterday which obviously made me shit myself. It only lasts for 30 seconds or so but it's clearly not normal.

Did a full on cardiology exam today. I'm not dying.

[Kikó]

Hot off the heals of the wife being told she needs to get her wisdom teeth removed (they've never surfaced), I've been told today that I should do the same (only one is embedded in the jaw thankfully). What a fun few weeks ahead.

And on today's health update, the first two wisdom teeth are out. Surprisingly it didn't hurt and so far I'm still riding the numbing sensation.

[Manc]

Blinding pain in my left knee when bent. The internet would suggest I've damaged my meniscus. Recovery time varies wildly.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Had the shits today.

It's either a bug or linked to my weight loss I'd imagine as I haven't eaten anything out of the norm lately.

Been flowing like water out of my arse.

[Bernanke]

Got an ear infection and I have to say, this is the worst pain I've ever felt in my life. I want to blow my brains out. Even a max Ibuprofen/Paracetamol dose seems to have stopped having any sort of noticeable effect.

[Manc]

What made you place your ear at the hole?

[Baz]

Got an ear infection and I have to say, this is the worst pain I've ever felt in my life. I want to blow my brains out. Even a max Ibuprofen/Paracetamol dose seems to have stopped having any sort of noticeable effect.
They are grim aren’t they. Have you got green stuff dripping out of it?

[Spikey M]

Got an ear infection and I have to say, this is the worst pain I've ever felt in my life. I want to blow my brains out. Even a max Ibuprofen/Paracetamol dose seems to have stopped having any sort of noticeable effect.

Possibly a stupid question, but you sure it isn't a tooth? I had similar when one of my wisdom teeth was infected. Brutal pain.

[Bernanke]

They are grim aren’t they. Have you got green stuff dripping out of it?


Possibly a stupid question, but you sure it isn't a tooth? I had similar when one of my wisdom teeth was infected. Brutal pain.

Had a wax plug flushed Friday morning and this came about Saturday morning with loss of hearing and pressure build up, so pretty sure. Something has given in now though so it is leaking, but the pain is still there. Guess I might have ruptured the ear drum. At least it's not green.

[Spikey M]

I would have thought the pain with rupturing an eardrum would be immediate, but I would get it checked out considering the circumstances.

[Bernanke]

I had an in person consultation yesterday where I was prescribed some ear drops with follow up in a week, because the doc wasn't sure it actually was a middle ear infection, but I stopped taking them as soon as I thought I might have a rupture. Got a phone consultation tomorrow to ask about next steps.

[randomlegend]

Usually the pain improves if it's a middle ear infection and the eardrum ruptures because it relieves the pressure.

[Bernanke]

The pressure has definitely gone down, but it's still at like 80% of the pain level from before.

[Bernanke]

Got antibiotics and Tramadol, so I'm all set now. :cool:

[randomlegend]

Tramadol :D

That's a wild choice of a painkiller.

[Bernanke]

Tramadol :D

That's a wild choice of a painkiller.

She just really wanted me to cut down on the 3200mg of Ibuprofen I had been taking for the past almost two days. I had oxy prescribed 8 years ago and kind of hated the effect, this is very similar, but I can't say I feel like it affects the actual pain in any significant way.

Found this which was interesting:

https://first10em.com/tramadol/


Tramadol is an opioid, but it does not bind directly to opioid receptors (or, at least, it binds so weakly that it might as well not bind at all). Its opioid action is the result of a metabolite (O-desmethyltramadol if you really wanted to know), which means, much like codeine, it requires metabolism through the P450 enzymes before it starts working. That is a problem. A significant portion of the population (approximately 3-10% in Caucasians) has no activity at the necessary enzyme (CYP2D6). Therefore, you are prescribing a pain medication that provides no pain relief for some of your patients.

[randomlegend]

There's loads of stuff like that in medicine which everyone just kind of pretends doesn't exist.

[Mike]

Tested positive for covid. Great.

[Giggles]

Why did you test for it in the first place?

[niko_cee]

I'm also curious about that, and how you'd even go about it now.

[Shindig]

Does he still work with the special kids? Presumably it's part of the work.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm certain I've had it in the last 2-3 weeks but who cares.

[Lewis]

Somebody I work with has been off with 'long covid' since July. Around the same time somebody else went for a knee replacement, and somebody else had a brain tumour discovered, so the race is on to beat them two back.

[Mike]

I felt rubbish and more just wondered if it was that. My parents have tests so I used one.
It’s also easier to tell work (yes, I still work with SEN children) that I’ve got covid and feel rubbish than to be off with ‘a cold’

[Baz]

I think I’ve got it too but I’ve got something I want to go to this morning so will test later. :sorry:

(I get tests free from work.)

[Spikey M]

That's some top tier retardation.

[Ben]

I didn't know testing was still a thing. It's like a different lifetime to me now. I did a load of PCRs in the early, early days when our job never shut down because we were deemed essential work (lol, although flying round on empty roads with the letter to say I was allowed out all day was fun), then a couple more in 2021 when we went to Hamburg for my stag do. I've never actually done one of those rapid tests.

Having said that, I've come into work this morning and a fella is WFH because he has it. First I've heard of a positive test here since last year.

[Baz]

That's some top tier retardation.

Well it’s not really a concern now is it? All the fat invalids low hanging fruit has already been abolished.

[Shindig]

As a regular observer of knackered people, I can assure you low-hanging fruit has merely been replaced by other low-hanging fruit.

[Spikey M]

Well it’s not really a concern now is it? All the fat invalids low hanging fruit has already been abolished.

Agreed.

The retardation comes from the middle ground you're taking.

Either crack on and don't bother testing like everyone else is, or test now and don't go to whatever this thing is if you're positive.

[Baz]

I don’t have it anyway, stop flapping. Back to work.

[Lofty]

Super spread champion.

[Baz]

Okay now I’m sure I have it. My bones feel like they’ve been abused.

Alas, I’ve no tests.

[Waffdon]

Ill again, Baz. Fucking hell mate

[Spikey M]

Aids nailed on.

[Baz]

Ill again, Baz. Fucking hell matePretty sure last months Novid was the first time I’d been ill this year. AG1 keeps me going.

Miserable and shattered, sure, rarely ill.

[niko_cee]

My 4 year old son fell over and smashed/sliced his forehead open today, which was fairly horrifying, but that head glue stuff they use instead of what would presumably have been stitches in the past isn't half amazing.

it was on a ferry and there was an A&E paediatrician or some such onboard with their own head glue kit and all, which was, frankly, an absolute miracle.

So much blood.

[randomlegend]

That glue is the same stuff as superglue.

Edit: oh boo that's not quite as true as I thought it was. They used to be exactly the same but now, whilst they are both cyanoacrylate adhesives, wound closure glue does have some differences to bog standard superglue.

I really should double-check things before I post them rather than after but whatever.

[-james-]

I've got the rona. Was away with my extended family last week and we all got ill towards the end. Mum tested today and it was positive which prompted me to fork out two quid for a single lat flow. Nobody else seems to be testing positive though.

I would never have thought to test normally. Presumably THE FIGURES are massive. Just a cold tho innit.

[Don]

Get vaccinated, please.

[niko_cee]

It did come with the warning from the lady doing it that anything touching it for 5 minutes after going on would also be stuck to it, so it sounded like superglue.

Incredible sticking power though. Looked like an extra eyehole and then stick, stick, push it together and it looks like a scratch, albeit a nasty one.

Trying to pass it off as really good halloween make up.

[Spikey M]

My family have somehow managed the impossible. 2 flights and 7 days at an all inclusive with a packed out buffet. No illness at all. No covid. No Noro. Not even a sniffle.

It can only be safe to assume that we have now had every virus in the world and we have completed the immunity collection.

*Bar the HIV and Ebola Shineys. :(

[Lewis]

I started feeling slightly ropey from Wednesday night, which I assumed was a cold from my mother looking after my brother's kids, and I was getting better and almost fine until a sore throat joined the fray yesterday. It's only the bovid. In 2023. Embarrassing.

[Offshore Toon]

Testing for it is the embarrassing bit.

[Pepe]

Testing for it is the embarrassing bit.

Truly shameful behaviour.

[Spikey M]

Is that professor still going mental over it?

[Pepe]

A few professors still wear masks around here, yes. All day long. Some even outside.

And many still demand their students wear masks in class, including everyone in my wife's department (but her, of course). :harold:

[Lewis]

I have to say I am sat here wondering why I tested for it. Okay, I can wring a few days extra skive out of it; but if it drags on I'll be seething.

[Manc]

Destined for long covid.

[Giggles]

Even I don't test for it.

[Magic]

All the ADHD medication has run out except crazy doses. The beauty of this is my particular one can't be modified because it comes in a glass, shatter-proof pill casing to prevent people from snorting it lol. So I'm fucked.

I actually came off it because I was fed up of the side effects and want to go back on it because I can't control my symptoms. I am super creative and innovative off them but I have no drive and motivation. :(

[Lofty]

Maybe I need some, though it's possible I'm just a lazy twat.

[Magic]

Depends if you actually want to do whatever it is you're trying to do or not.

[Lofty]

I had a bit of a sore throat at the start of the week, now I definitely have a cold :moop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just fainted for, I believe, the first time in my life.

I was in my bathroom and had just taken a shit. Mid-wiping my back completely tensed up and it was painful as fuck, tried stretching it out a bit which made it worse and then I woke up on the floor.

Hole in the bathroom door due to my foot and I had dislodged the shower door. Felt really nauseous upon regaining consciousness too.

Edit: Right knee is also bleeding it seems.

[Boydy]

You took a shit so big you passed out? Respect.

[Ben]

Sounds like a scene from Trainspotting.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Albeit with a lot less drugs.

[Spikey M]

But there were some drugs?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've got a GP appointment soon, so maybe there will be.

[randomlegend]

Vasovagals post voiding are pretty common (still worth seeing GP to rule out other stuff).

[Waffdon]

Did you finish wiping or did you wake up with dried in shite all around you

[Don]

Did you finish wiping or did you wake up with dried in shite all around you

:happycry:

[Spikey M]

Hold up, Waterboy's got something to say.

[-james-]

Post Void Vasovagal is the name of my debut grindcore album.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Did you finish wiping or did you wake up with dried in shite all around you
I had done 98%

The remaining shit left had not dried.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

GP thinks it's due to the back pain but I need an ECG and some blood tests.

No driving or gym until the results :(

[Lofty]

Shainted.

[randomlegend]

GP thinks it's due to the back pain but I need an ECG and some blood tests.

No driving or gym until the results :(

How long are you having to wait til they do the ECG and bloods? If you'd gone to A and E they'd have done them and given you the results within a few hours (depending on how apocalyptic local A and E is); seems shit you're essentially getting penalised for doing the right thing and not abusing A and E lol.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

ECG is booked for Wednesday.

Blood tests I can just walk in at a local hospital, which I will do in a bit.

[randomlegend]

ECG is booked for Wednesday.

Blood tests I can just walk in at a local hospital, which I will do in a bit.

Fair enough that's pretty quick.

[7om]

I had a patient with this exact problem last week. Get the bloods and ECG done, they’ll come back normal and we all carry on with our lives.

[niko_cee]

I guess that's whoever gets Mahow in the Christmas drawing thing sorted at least.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I guess that's whoever gets Mahow in the Christmas drawing thing sorted at least.

:D

[randomlegend]

Decided to get back to playing badminton today after about a 5 year hiatus. Lunged for something in the first ten minutes and think I've broken my foot for fuck's sake :D

[randomlegend]

Just got out of A and E. Have indeed broken my foot. 6-8 weeks in a boot and not allowed to drive for that time, so going to be off work. Whoops.

[Gray Fox]

I also broke my foot playing badminton. Was 15/16 at school and they'd just had a brand new sports hall built, so got very anal about what footwear you had on. Told me I had to play barefoot or nothing. Also dived for a shot and my foot crumpled under me on landing. Won the point though.

It was at dinner so walked the rest of the day on it and walked home in pain. Showed my mum it and she said it'll just be bruised. Woke up the next morning to the swelling and showed her. Took me to a walk in and they confirmed it was broken.

[Waffdon]

Just got out of A and E. Have indeed broken my foot. 6-8 weeks in a boot and not allowed to drive for that time, so going to be off work. Whoops.

Off work because you have a broken foot. What

[-james-]

Broke my foot at school when I was 14 after someone bet me I couldn't jump down a whole flight of stairs. I made it tbf.

[randomlegend]

Off work because you have a broken foot. What

Not allowed to drive and live over an hour away from the hospital where I work. No public transport link. Can't get to work.

[Manc]

Well played.

[Pepe]

How convenient.

Also, of course badminton is your sport of choice.

[Boydy]

Badminton's class.

[Pepe]

Is pickleball a thing in the UK, or only over here?

[SvN]

RL are you seriously having 2 months off work with a broken foot?

[Pepe]

Can't drive bro.

Maybe the state should provide a chauffeur for him.

[Boydy]

Is pickleball a thing in the UK, or only over here?

Yeah, it's here. It looks shit.

[randomlegend]

RL are you seriously having 2 months off work with a broken foot?

I mean...probably? What can I do? Not like I can work from home as a doctor. There are literally no public transport links where I live and I am not allowed to drive (as in it's specifically stated by the DVLA you are banned from driving until out of the boot).

I will see what they say at fracture clinic tomorrow but unless work want to pay for taxis then yeah.

[Lofty]

Squash is superior to Badminton.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They should organise a shuttle bus so that the patients can get to and from your house.

[randomlegend]

Apparently it was quite a small avulsion fracture and some places seem to say you can stop using a boot sooner than 6 weeks if that's the case, so see what orthopaedics say tomorrow. Obviously I'll go back as soon as I'm able to drive.

[randomlegend]

I'm interested in all the people saying "are you really..." what you actually expect me to do?

[Pepe]

I mean, if you are allowed to stay home doing fuck all, then that is exactly what you should do.

[Boydy]

Hire an automatic. You'll only need one foot.

[Pepe]

Yeah, it's here. It looks shit.

It mainly caters to the 60+ crowd to be fair.

[randomlegend]

Hire an automatic. You'll only need one foot.

I looked into this and you're only allowed to drive an automatic with a broken foot if it's the left foot (and mine is the right).

[Boydy]

Convenient.

[randomlegend]

I actually like my job, I'd rather be working than bumming around for 6 weeks.

[Jimmy Floyd]

'It's DVLA rules' he says, as the corpses of unattended children are shovelled out of the waiting room in their hundreds. I'd flag down a search and rescue helicopter to give me a lift, if that's what it took.

To think they pay you £26k a year to slack off like this.

[randomlegend]

I'm on a community job at the moment mate. All I do is nod sagely as people tell me their kids with ADHD only sleep 3 hours a week despite the melatonin, then tell them that yes that sounds very shit but there's absolutely nothing I can do about it. See you in 6 months. No I can't sedate them, sorry.

[Lofty]

I once got signed off by the railway doctor with a severe hamstring tear and had to attend one session of company funded physio a week, had nearly 2 months off on full pay just absolutely hammering the PS4 for all it was worth :drool:

[Manc]

Broken Britain.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Privatise the NHS.

[Foe]

Shite news all around apparently.

For what it’s worth, I’m not sure the inconvenience of a broken foot would be worth it for weeks off work for me. Would be a fucking nightmare not really able to do much but hobble around and slum inside.

Not sure what peak injury to stress/hassle free work exit would be. Maybe broken foot is about the best of the bunch.

[randomlegend]

I think it is going to be pretty shit to be honest. I live in the middle of nowhere so without being able to drive I'm completely stuck in the house without the assistance of others. There isn't even a shop in walking distance, nonetheless hobbling distance.

[Lofty]

This is the age of delivery, embrace it.

[Shindig]

He's just pissed off his big boot will keep him out of some poncey restaurants for a month.

[randomlegend]

Definitely won't

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Blood was apparently normal. Got the ECG in a bit and a telephone appointment tomorrow to hopefully get the all clear.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

ECG was normal-ish.

There was an irregularity showing up but the nurse said my pulse was fine when taken manually as well as when used with the finger machines.

She went and spoke with a doctor who reckons the machine is playing up as I'm so hairy and it wasn't making great contact.

[SvN]

The irregularity was presumably your heartrate spiking when she touched you.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

No doubt. I didn't want her to know that though.

[Spikey M]

Too hairy for medical examination. Good lord.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Less hairy after she ripped the stickers off though.

[randomlegend]

ECG stickers are temperamental at the best of times. Not unusual to have to shave people to get a decent contact.

Had my fracture clinic appointment. Allowed to drive as soon as I can do a full emergency stop. Said some people that's 2-3 weeks but often up to 6.

I'm going to go mental if I have to be at home for six weeks so hopefully I'll mend quick.

[Baz]

You’re mad. It sounds like heaven.

[Lofty]

'Off til the new year, pure raging'

[Manc]

Get a werewolf game going, Randrew.

[Boydy]

It has been a while since we had one.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It has been a while since we had one.

Spoken like a true wolf.

Bet you can't wait to tear into some flesh.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Been given the all clear \0/.

[Baz]

I had a patient with this exact problem last week. Get the bloods and ECG done, they’ll come back normal and we all carry on with our lives.
Nailed it.

[Baz]

Do you floss? I don’t but I’ve recently started using those interdental brushes (size 0.45) and my god is it satisfying. Gets out stuff I didn’t even know was there.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I never used to floss but last week I bought a water flosser.

It's a game changer.

[Baz]

A water piik? My dad has one. Says it hurts a bit but feels great afterwards.

[Shindig]

I floss. I've got fiddly gaps that need attention. Does me a world of good.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

A water piik? My dad has one. Says it hurts a bit but feels great afterwards.

I went for a Chinese one. Annmiir is the maker.

First few days I was using the soft setting and my gums would hurt a bit but now I use normal (with power on my bottom middle teeth) with no problems.

I have a wisdom tooth that has come in at an angle so food sometimes gets stuck between it and the adjacent tooth, the water flosser makes light work of it.

[Waffdon]

After the missus being ill for 3 of the last 4 weeks my body seems to have given in and my body is in bits. Feel like I’ve been hit by a bus and had to change the bedsheets from sweat an hour ago. Fuck aff.

I couldn’t really be arsed with going out tonight and tomorrow so that’s a blessing but Christmas Eve is the best night of the year. Hopefully 2 days in bed and a few shots of whiskey on Sunday sort me out

[Baz]

Had a bad cough for a little over a week, but I can’t catch my breath at all today, my chest feels like Yokozuna is sat on it. Had some antibiotics in the cupboard so I’ve decided to self medicate.

[Shindig]

So much for getting into the office today. My stomach has other ideas.

[Baz]

Was rudely awoken at 1:30 by my daughter spewing up all over the landing. Cleaned it up and she was sick a few more times through the night.

I had a diarrhoea poo at 4am, and have just been sick. Great.

[Dark Soldier]

I'm in the second week of that virus that's going round. Fucking knackered, hacking my lungs up.

Every time I think I've shifted the cunt it poleaxes me again

[phonics]

Meanwhile this is what I'm printing today:

https://i.imgur.com/jkAvzxq.jpg

[niko_cee]

That'll probably end up being a Post Office scam to get everyone to buy a stamp.

[Ben]

@btinternet.com :D

[Lofty]

Is it worth just getting private health insurance at this point? My Mrs has an ongoing health issue that has got worse to the point she is off work this week. Cant get in the doctors so rang 111, they predictably said go to A&E, get to A&E they say it's a 5 hour wait and have the chief doctor coming out telling people to go home and get a GP appointment, no GP appointments until March. Rang this morning can't even get a telephone appointment.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If you can afford it I would absolutely get private health. I haven't got round to it yet but it's on my list for whenever the body starts giving up.

[Don]

How much is it? We're on the missus' work plan (BUPA) and it can't be faulted. Didn't have problems with Vitality before it either. Unless it's an outrageous price, it's a necessity going off your experience.

[Boydy]

Is it worth just getting private health insurance at this point? My Mrs has an ongoing health issue that has got worse to the point she is off work this week. Cant get in the doctors so rang 111, they predictably said go to A&E, get to A&E they say it's a 5 hour wait and have the chief doctor coming out telling people to go home and get a GP appointment, no GP appointments until March. Rang this morning can't even get a telephone appointment.

If it's a pre-existing condition the insurance probably won't cover it unless you pay (probably a lot) more for pre-existing conditions to be covered.

[Ben]

My BUPA is £55p/m, covered by work.

[CJay]

I've been laid up in bed since Monday night now basically. Either a terrible cold or the flu. Alternating between shivering and sweating, with a constant feeling that my skin is crawling. Horrible. Sound and feel like I've swallowed a bag of razors too, which is rattling around inside my lungs when i cough.

Menthol sweets really are the business, though. 5 minutes of easy-breathing bliss when I take one.

[Manc]

The Mrs travelled to London earlier in the week for work and came back with some sort of super bug. Hitting me hard today.

[Dark Soldier]

I had it start of Jan. Still coughing and losing my voice now, its a bastard to shake. Godspeed.

[7om]

Is it worth just getting private health insurance at this point? My Mrs has an ongoing health issue that has got worse to the point she is off work this week. Cant get in the doctors so rang 111, they predictably said go to A&E, get to A&E they say it's a 5 hour wait and have the chief doctor coming out telling people to go home and get a GP appointment, no GP appointments until March. Rang this morning can't even get a telephone appointment.

I’d kick up a fuss with your GP. Each surgery should have a duty doctor who sees acute cases that crop up and need to be seen on the day. Next time you call up, ask to be seen by them.

[randomlegend]

I’d kick up a fuss with your GP. Each surgery should have a duty doctor who sees acute cases that crop up and need to be seen on the day. Next time you call up, ask to be seen by them.

They often have 100 patients on their list before the day starts.

[7om]

They often have 100 patients on their list before the day starts.

Duty doc shouldn’t. All the GP surgeries I’ve rotated in have the duty doc with an empty clinic that gets filled up with shite on that day.

[randomlegend]

Duty doc shouldn’t. All the GP surgeries I’ve rotated in have the duty doc with an empty clinic that gets filled up with shite on that day.

Shouldn't being the operative word.

[Mike]

My daughter spent Saturday throwing up and has felt rubbish since. About 5pm last night I started feeling rubbish, my wife joined us about 7pm.
My daughter was up most of the night, just not sleeping and crying, so I’ve been up most of the night too. It’s proper rubbish! Neither my wife or I have threw up though thankfully.

[-james-]

Had some blood tests done with Thriva cos I was curious. HbA1c (blood sugar), testosterone, thyroid, liver, iron, vits D and B12.

All normal except B12 which scored as high as their test is able to measure (though this is below what would be considered "too high", thanks lads). Seems an odd one considering I eat almost no meat. Vit D sufficient but could potentially benefit from being higher probably the only useful bit of info.

Service was pretty good overall, test took 4 days to arrive and then I had the results the evening after I posted them back.

[randomlegend]

Had my neurology appointment today. I fit the criteria to start an anti-CGRP and the neurologist would like to start me on one, but the local CCG are refusing to fund them even though NICE have recommended they should.

Wonderful.

[niko_cee]

Too many letters.

Would American medical insurance from a doctor job cover it?

[randomlegend]

Too many letters.

NICE = the national body who recommend what treatment should be NHS funded. CCG = local commissioning groups who organise funding locally. CCGs are supposed to be legally obligated to fund NICE approved treatments, but seemingly they are just refusing.

Anti-CGRP = new preventative migraine treatments which are on average much more effective than anything else.



Would American medical insurance from a doctor job cover it?

If I was paid like an American doctor I wouldn't even need insurance to cover it.

[Manc]

I've given up on tackling my migraines. The docs are convinced they are caused by stress (they aren't) and as such are prescribing me SSRIs left and right.

[randomlegend]

If you've got a spare £500 a month kicking around you can get anti-CGRPs privately :happycry:

[Kikó]

The doc told me I've got a rupture in the miniscus that isn't going to self heal. I've been doing a lot of mobility work and strengthening but I still get pain for some lateral movement (especially if I'm trying to play football) so I'm going to go and get it sorted under the knife. Hopefully a quick turnaround and no issues.

[Gray Fox]

A couple of years back I got a ringing in one of my ears that went on for a bit and then followed everything sounding muffled. Visited the doctors for it and it was just wax build up. Suggested olive oil drops to help loosen it up. This didnt work so had to end up getting it suctioned out.

Same ear has just clogged and started ringing again. I'm hoping the oil drops can do the trick this time around.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Past week or so I've had excessive gas and my arse is like a one man band. Last few days I've had the occasional cramps and if I need to go, I need to go. Thought I was going to shit myself at the gym today but thankfully I managed to get to the toilet.

Not sure what it is as I don't think I've introduced anything to my diet. Maybe a bug but usually stomach bugs don't last this long for me and it's generally happening shortly after I eat.

[Don]

If your stool's changed get it checked. Change in toilet habits should be easily traced to diet.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm hoping it's these (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004SGO4DG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8) which are causing it, although I've been taking them for 4 weeks now.

It better not be the fact that I've been upping my wheat intake recently because I've been loving the Weetabix Protein I've been chowing down on lately.