Health and sickness. A place to moan.

[SincereTheRebel]

Monday this week, i noticed i have needed to piss more often. But they are really short. Now this morning it feels like i need to piss all the time, they are even shorter, my piss has a pink hue and is it really uncomfortable. STD. RIP.

[Baz]

Anyone had their ears MICRO SUCTIONED? Seems to be a new fad. I'm going on Friday to see if my quiet right ear can be fixed. Unlikely cos it's related to a longterm performation, but can't hurt to have them both hoovered out while I'm there. Ideally it will be nice to be able to hear people talk and not have to ask them to repeat themselves while I reposition my good ear to pick it up. :yev:

[Raoul Duke]

I had it done ages ago after repeatedly getting a blocked ear and OUR NHS being fucking useless and repeatedly (despite it not working) asking me to pour grease into my head.

Went into this place in London and it was fixed within 10 minutes. Magical shit

[Lofty]

Sat down and my knee has suddenly decided it doesnt want to bend or straighten without really hurting. Got a shite coming down the pipeline so it's about to get interesting.

[Spikey M]

How do TTHers keep getting injured taking a shit?

[Lofty]

This was pre shit, after 90 minutes I decided I had to move and it absolutely wrecked moving the joint but I can put my weight on it, just can't bend it almost at all unless I want to squeal like stuck pig. Managed to get to the bathroom, got ice and taken ibuprofen, I suspect I've torn my meniscus :moop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

How do TTHers keep getting injured taking a shit?

Mine was post-shit, mid-wipe.

[Spikey M]

Don't care, you're both on the toiletmong list.

[Giggles]

The wipe is part of the whole shitting experience.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Not in some countries.

[Spikey M]

Speaking of which, is shithand unbanned yet?

[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.

Decided to back out of the surgery and I've been playing football again. Like a modern day Jesus Christ returning.

[Spikey M]

You're still on the list.

[Lofty]

Was BM the original list entry?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You're still on the list.

A shit actually healed him.

[Spikey M]

Homeopathy :cool:

[Dark Soldier]

Decided to back out of the surgery and I've been playing football again. Like a modern day Jesus Christ returning.

Riddled with arthritis in ten years then lad.

[Shindig]

If his kneecap doesn't slide off in August.

[Kikó]

Riddled with arthritis in ten years then lad.

That's the spirit.

[Lofty]

Having been pure agony since yesterday afternoon, two car trips and a sit down meal have miraculously cured my knee. Couldn't tell you how, just before I went I was struggling to stand up steadily without pain, and when I got back it's like it never happened.

[randomlegend]

Riddled with arthritis in ten years then lad.

With meniscal injuries, having the surgery is more likely to leave you with arthritis.

[Dark Soldier]

Dr Killjoy

[Manc]

Sat down and my knee has suddenly decided it doesnt want to bend or straighten without really hurting. Got a shite coming down the pipeline so it's about to get interesting.

Reminded me of this...


https://youtu.be/32r89vnPim8?si=vnzBfHbwr9dBQ9eg

[Dark Soldier]

Looking me best today lads glorious beautiful agony

https://i.ibb.co/QdPhR24/20240519-125146.jpg

[SincereTheRebel]

Drink some nettle tea everyday for the summer. Next year, you will be right.

[randomlegend]

Looking me best today lads glorious beautiful agony

https://i.ibb.co/QdPhR24/20240519-125146.jpg

Stop huffing tranny farts and you will be right.

[Dark Soldier]

Eeehhh they are delicious. Just the yearly bout of scleritis, first time it's hit on a weekend so need them steroid eyedrops from the doc tomorrow. Gets me a couple days off work anyway

[randomlegend]

Do you have RA?

[Dark Soldier]

Do you have RA?

Yes both knees since the age of 10, had it in fingers and toes when younger. Hence this kicking in near every year

[Dark Soldier]

Works well though as the doc and myself are so used to it I just bell in the morning and he writes the prescription without seeing me.

[randomlegend]

Yes both knees since the age of 10, had it in fingers and toes when younger. Hence this kicking in near every year

That's rubbish. Hope it's well controlled. The drugs for it now are much better at least.

[Dark Soldier]

That's rubbish. Hope it's well controlled. The drugs for it now are much better at least.

Cheers mate. It is, luckily it was juvenile RA, so by the age of 21/22 my body had dealt with it (was told its 50/50 on if the body 'defeats' it or not as a kid), but I've got the long term effects of it now. Barely any cartilage, swelling etc. Just one of those things and I manage it well now.

[Giggles]

Up the?

[niko_cee]

Doubt it, but that might explain why the Institute of Rheumatoid Arthritis keeps getting firebombed.

[wullie]

Apparently I've slipped a disc. Had a stiff back for a few weeks and then two weeks ago it went to the point I was moving around like an old man, it also felt like my hamstrings had cramp which everyone said was a sign of sciatica. Doctor disagreed because it didn't come with numbness or whatever else and I had anti-inflammatories which helped, although they were the first time I'd ever had painkillers and coincided with us watching Dopesick which was a worry.

Back felt completely fine in the last week with with just the tight hamstring causing me grief until this morning when the back went again and simultaneously the pain disappeared from my leg as if it got bored of my hamstring and fancied another pop at the spine. Luckily had a physio appt booked from the initial doctor a few weeks ago, she said it's actually a good thing and part of it is the pain retreating back to source before fucking off. Sounds like bollocks but I'll take whatever I can get.

[-james-]

You'd never had painkillers at all?

[wullie]

Unless paracetamol or ibuprofen count I've had nothing stronger than that before now no, been lucky I guess.

[Dark Soldier]

Wasn't scleritis. Uevitis instead, just back from emergency eye doc. Thirty days of eyedrops an agony. Let's fucking have it wullie, gimps together.

[Danny]

Went over on my knee playing 7 a side last Thursday. Didn’t feel/hear a pop but more of a crunch. After 15 or so mins I was able to weight on it, get to the car and get home.

Had an apt today. ACL tear and LCL sprain :face: Looking at a year out.

Considering I have been able to walk, albeit with a brace, decent over the weekend I was not expecting that. My standard pain level is also quite low and has been since minutes after I did it.

[Lofty]

Having been pure agony since yesterday afternoon, two car trips and a sit down meal have miraculously cured my knee. Couldn't tell you how, just before I went I was struggling to stand up steadily without pain, and when I got back it's like it never happened.

This didn't last :D

[Spikey M]

The state of this thread over the last week. We're definitely getting old lads.

[Yevrah]

Hard to pinpoint exactly when it happened due to the pandemic, but it was around turning 40 (definitely afterwards) when things started to noticeably decline.

Aches, stiffness and bi-focals were all welcomed into the fold and it was clear that the (hopefully) slow-ish road to death had begun.

[wullie]

If I can add to the old man thing and also swing back to the shitting talk, I found it's almost impossible to sit on the toilet when your hamstrings have gone. Footballers must down laxatives and have it fire out like a water pistol to get around it.

[randomlegend]

Finally managed to get approved for my fancy new migraine medication.

£1100 worth being delivered next week :uhoh:

[Manc]

Hit me up with the details. I've got a Neurology appointment in the coming months.

[randomlegend]

Rimegepant is the drug.

[Kikó]

Hard to pinpoint exactly when it happened due to the pandemic, but it was around turning 40 (definitely afterwards) when things started to noticeably decline.

Aches, stiffness and bi-focals were all welcomed into the fold and it was clear that the (hopefully) slow-ish road to death had begun.

My Instagram feed is mostly mobility fitness influencers. You'd be surprised how much of a difference it can make it you start working on tight hips for example.

[Dark Soldier]

Looking me best today lads glorious beautiful agony

https://i.ibb.co/QdPhR24/20240519-125146.jpg

Now got it in my other eye, seeing specialist again today. Considering the eye drops for the right eye blur my vision, I ain't gonna be able to see shit for weeks. Love it.

[Spikey M]

Norovirus. :moop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

How do TTHers keep getting injured taking a shit?


Norovirus. :moop:

New member on the list coming soon?

[Spikey M]

The bralutality is currently top end only, but I will provide updates as they become available.

[Dquincy]

Anyone suffer from this?

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/polymorphic-light-eruption/

Currently abroad in a sunny climate and it's a right bastard. Never had it as a teen/twenties. But come the thirties it randomly appeared on a hot holiday. Now get it every time.

Apparently no cure.

[Dark Soldier]

Bit concerned I may have long term damage in my right eye after this whole Uevitis thing. I've had issues with my eyes all my life but after this bout it's like when you quickly glance at the sun and get that bright flash, but it's near permanent in that eye. Looking 'centrally' everything is literally blurred.

Should be on the mend now, and need to see out the course of eyedrops to confirm it's not thay, but it's a little worrying. Can't even read my phone screen out my right eye, even if close to my face. Hence all the spelling issues of late.

[randomlegend]

Rimegepant is the drug.

This has literally eliminated my migraines, it is genuinely lifechanging.

[Giggles]

I can't remember the name of the one that ended mine, it's lasted years later even after stopping taking it. Could have been that.

[Danny]

Went over on my knee playing 7 a side last Thursday. Didn’t feel/hear a pop but more of a crunch. After 15 or so mins I was able to weight on it, get to the car and get home.

Had an apt today. ACL tear and LCL sprain :face: Looking at a year out.

Considering I have been able to walk, albeit with a brace, decent over the weekend I was not expecting that. My standard pain level is also quite low and has been since minutes after I did it.


Had the surgery for this on the 7th. Took a 3rd of my patella tendon to fashion a new ACL. Slight meniscus shaving but nothing major there to hold back recovery.

Up and walking in a straight leg brace with little pain by the end of the first weekend but the real trouble is bending it. Shit is rough. Main thing right now is fighting swelling. Using it and doing the exercises means its swollen and sore by the end of the day.


2 days after. NSFW


https://i.imgur.com/NW9LqXs.jpeg


One week out. SFW

https://i.imgur.com/1M0mvpZ.jpeg

[Ben]

Can't wait for mine now. :uhoh:

[Spikey M]

Yes Danny lad. TTH fucked knee 5-a-side team completed. :cool:

[Danny]

Can't wait for mine now. :uhoh:

Did you say meniscus damage too? There's a lad who is usually there at the same time as me. He is weight bearing for 6 weeks as he had significant work done on him. I dont know all the details but fuck that.


Yes Danny lad. TTH fucked knee 5-a-side team completed. :cool:

Im in goal for the next year.

[Manc]

This has literally eliminated my migraines, it is genuinely lifechanging.

:drool:

[Lofty]

My meniscus has gone again, the last few times it felt like it had just sort of popped out or whatever and miraculously popped back in within 48 hours. This feels more like a strain brought on simply by walking down the street Tuesday morning and has yet to fuck off.

[Giggles]

Aimovig was mine I think actually.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I feel like an outsider now.

Never had a migraine and my knees are fine.

[Spikey M]

My meniscus has gone again, the last few times it felt like it had just sort of popped out or whatever and miraculously popped back in within 48 hours. This feels more like a strain brought on simply by walking down the street Tuesday morning and has yet to fuck off.

First reserve.

[Dark Soldier]

Cripple Club unite. Mine are absolutely fucked so I'll Southgate it on the sidelines.

[randomlegend]

Aimovig was mine I think actually.

Different drug but works on the same target.

[Danny]

Brace unlocked to 90 degree bend. No more gimping it about with a peg leg :cool:

[Lofty]

First reserve.

Draft Excluder rolling sub.

[Lofty]

My meniscus has gone again, the last few times it felt like it had just sort of popped out or whatever and miraculously popped back in within 48 hours. This feels more like a strain brought on simply by walking down the street Tuesday morning and has yet to fuck off.

The boys are back in the barracks.

Going out on the piss tomorrow so the wife is convinced I was putting it on the whole time now :D

[Dark Soldier]

Can still barely fucking see nearly two months later. One more week of treatment then hopefully I csn get it checked. Back to work tomorrow yet struggling to see text on a fucking tv screen, let alone laptop.

[Baz]

Whatever the area between your knob and your belly button is called, is aching like mad. Going the toilet doesn’t help. Feels like how I imagine period pain. Starting to think even my balls are aching.

[Giggles]

We have 2 out of work with covid. Why the fuck are people still taking those tests and why can you even get them nowadays?

[Giggles]

whatever the area between your knob and your belly button is called, is aching like mad. Going the toilet doesn’t help. Feels like how i imagine period pain. Starting to think even my balls are aching.

rip.

[Manc]

We have 2 out of work with covid. Why the fuck are people still taking those tests and why can you even get them nowadays?

They'll be in the cupboard next to your lifetime supply of masks.

[Giggles]

They'll be in the cupboard next to your lifetime supply of masks.

Oh yeah lol. Something pasta too.

[Shindig]

To be fair, the 48 masks I have left from the box of 50 probably covers several lifetimes. Probably cost me £2.

[Lofty]

Whatever the area between your knob and your belly button is called, is aching like mad. Going the toilet doesn’t help. Feels like how I imagine period pain. Starting to think even my balls are aching.

Hernia?

I fell and cracked my already bad knee on the curb. Cut it too shreds, but concerned the impact has made it worse, very swollen but nearly a week later and still limping on it. If there's no improvement soon I might have to start asking about an arthroscopy.

[niko_cee]

Saw someone in the school playground today wearing a mask in the classic not over the nose style. Confusing on many levels.

[Mike]

Oh god! I’d forgot there was people who couldn’t understand how to wear a mask properly. What a time it was.

[Danny]

Can't wait for mine now. :uhoh:

This popped up last night on Gazza and his knee injury. Figured I would give it a watch as I love that sort of early 90's football doc. Some seriously graphic detail on the surgery he had, which is the one I had. Though I imagine its a bit more refined these days.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2-7YUy1yvY

[Magic]

I think I might have Isaac's Syndrome which is pretty cool because it's rare AF apparently.

[Shindig]

Speaking of nerve madness, my hip caused me hell last week. I could walk fine but nerve pain from it radiated to my lower back. Walking through Durham's uneven cobbled streets gave me the feeling my back was going to snap.

[randomlegend]

Pure madness been going on in my mum's side of the family lately.

Bit of background, my auntie adopted 3 brothers when they were little who'd been removed from parents who were drug addicts (+/- abusive, I don't know all the details). Despite my auntie and uncle's best efforts they've all gone off the rails in one way or another. One of them also developed renal failure of unknown origin about a year ago and has been on dialysis. They've been about as chaotic and easy to manage as you'd imagine.

As I mentioned, my Nan had been going downhill with dementia over the last year or so and my poor mum and auntie put in a heroic effort taking turns caring for her to keep her at home as long as possible. She finally went into care about a month ago, then died about two weeks ago.

Funeral was last week. A few days before, one of the adopted cousins was in Bangkok and had a moped accident. Ended up with an open skull fracture and virtually tore his ear off. So my auntie had to help him get himself sorted (as well as paying for his treatment) and arrange flights home etc. Again, about as easy to manage as you can imagine.

Then on Saturday night/Sunday morning, the third cousin of the three had a massive subarachnoid bleed and ended up brain-dead in ITU. Died Sunday evening.

[Foe]

That is a brutal combination. Condolences. Were you close to any of the cousins?

At least they had Southgate’s expansive and entertaining football to keep them sane.

[randomlegend]

When we were kids I saw them quite a bit and got on well with them, but as they all got older and went off the rails we weren't in touch very much.

I am pretty close to my auntie and uncle though.

[Kikó]

Jesus, that's some final destination style few weeks. I hope you're auntie is ok, she's been put through some turmoil.

[Lofty]

Must be a week for aunties, mine went out on Monday with my Uncle showering and came back to discover him dead. No major health issues, he was 76 but still a shock.

He had his garage converted into a weights gym I used for a while and introduced me to the Rocky film franchise.

[Baz]

Had a camera up my nose today. My right Eustachian tube is blocked, apparently. :uhoh:

Need to spend four months pinching my nose every time I have a drink, and then have an op if it doesn’t do anything.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Need to spend four months pinching my nose every time I have a drink, and then have an op if it doesn’t do anything.

What? :D

[Ben]

That's a prank surely. :D

[Baz]

Where's randomlegend when you need him.

[niko_cee]

He's moved to thethirdhalf.com.au

[randomlegend]

It's a real thing, it's called Toynbee manoeuvre.

[Magic]

I think I might have Isaac's Syndrome which is pretty cool because it's rare AF apparently.

Had my blood test, apparently they get you the results in 5 days or less now, with a GP calling you to discuss? I'll believe that when I see it, deadline is Friday

If nothing shows up I'm referred on to neurology.

[Manc]

Has anyone ever had anything "show up" on a blood test? Complete waste of time imo.

[randomlegend]

I mean I hope you don't have Isaac's Syndrome because it is definitely not a cool thing to have.

[randomlegend]

Has anyone ever had anything "show up" on a blood test? Complete waste of time imo.

People who actually have things wrong with them do all the time, yeah.

[Manc]

Convenient.

[Lofty]

I had one the other week when I cracked my knee off a kerb and my GP panicked that my lower leg was swollen. Sent to A&E to check it wasn't DVT, they did my bloods then said 'the enzyme for DVT shows if you have injured your leg so we don't know if you have or not, come back for a scan tomorrow' could've saved four hours skipping to that step given the information they had :moop:

[randomlegend]

If the blood test is normal it rules out DVT, so it's worth doing because it would save needing the scan.

It can go up with injuries but doesn't always (or at least not significantly).

[Manc]

No rimegepant for me as of yet. 31 botox injections scheduled with topiramate prescribed in the interim.

[randomlegend]

Topiramate is the worst drug I've ever been on. It makes you feel like you're thinking through treacle.

[Spikey M]

That's what amitriptyline did to me. Coupled with the hallucinations while falling asleep / waking up, it was enough for me to just lump the sciatica instead. Grim stuff.

[randomlegend]

Amitriptyline gave me these weird bouts of anxiety where I'd just suddenly have this unshakeable feeling something was wrong.

Drugs.

[Manc]

Topiramate is the worst drug I've ever been on. It makes you feel like you're thinking through treacle.

Can't wait.

[randomlegend]

Everyone reacts differently to different drugs, you may well be absolutely fine with it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I had an insect bite swell up a couple of days ago. I'm very much from the tried and trusted 'it'll just go away' school of medical treatment, but after 48 hours it hadn't and is painful to touch so I was afraid it might have been infected. Spent a while online and concluded that I probably only have days to live before I die of sepsis and should seek medical attention immediately. I phoned 111 and they referred me to the pharmacy. I went to the pharmacy, showed them the bite and she said words to the effect of 'it's not infected you stupid cunt, put a bit of wound spray on and take antihistamines and you'll be fine'.

I think generally one has to remember that the internet is full of hypochondriac Americans where healthcare is big business.

[Ben]

My daughter started nursery last week and I’m already a write off. Is this my life now?

I very rarely get ill so I’m not used to this and I’m a complete fanny trying to power through.

[niko_cee]

Yes. Your existence is now unending exhaustion and low level, not quite sure if you are ill, illness, punctuated by periods of full on have the shits vomiting bugs, where you are definitely ill. Enjoy.

[Mike]

My daughter started nursery last week and I’m already a write off. Is this my life now?

I very rarely get ill so I’m not used to this and I’m a complete fanny trying to power through.

Yup. She will also now always be at the start of a cold, have a cold, or just getting over a cold.

[Spikey M]

As above. From starting nursery until about year 3 kids are either ill, just getting over being ill or coming down with something for 9 months of the year. Enjoy.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

In those situations maybe a slow cooker is useful?

[Manc]

Sounds like a skill issue.

[Foe]

I had an insect bite swell up a couple of days ago. I'm very much from the tried and trusted 'it'll just go away' school of medical treatment, but after 48 hours it hadn't and is painful to touch so I was afraid it might have been infected. Spent a while online and concluded that I probably only have days to live before I die of sepsis and should seek medical attention immediately. I phoned 111 and they referred me to the pharmacy. I went to the pharmacy, showed them the bite and she said words to the effect of 'it's not infected you stupid cunt, put a bit of wound spray on and take antihistamines and you'll be fine'.

I think generally one has to remember that the internet is full of hypochondriac Americans where healthcare is big business.

I had an experience like this in Texas where a massive flying bug thing attacked my knee and in the process of swiping it away I’m pretty sure it bit/stung my hand. Started to blister is I just attacked it with nail clippers and squeezed the puss stuff out. Seemed more appropriate than telling anyone.

Not dead yet.

[Kikó]

As if to prove the point, my little one has a fever today after her endeavors at nursery.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Me and the American online scaremongerers 1, fucking useless pharmacist 0. On a course of antibiotics now. It was nice to visit an almost deserted massive hospital at night for an out of hours GP appointment, real Hopper type vibes up there.

[niko_cee]

Was it East Surrey?

[Jimmy Floyd]

No, Ashford. East Surrey you would die of old age before reaching whatever bit of it you need to get to.

[niko_cee]

:D

Did a few laps the other day trying to find the right place to take a 9 year old for a blood test. Got it at the 3rd or 4th attempt.

[Manc]

Topamax is in the post. :uhoh:

[Ben]

Knee operation tomorrow. :uhoh:

[Ben]

Sat in the ward presumably off my head on something because I can’t feel a thing. :cool:

[Pepe]

I went to change my driver's license because I moved to a new state and I couldn't see shit during the vision test. Guess I'll need glasses. Still got the license.

[Dark Soldier]

Sat in the ward presumably off my head on something because I can’t feel a thing. :cool:

Fellow kneespaz, welcome to the club.

[Danny]

Sat in the ward presumably off my head on something because I can’t feel a thing. :cool:

How are you getting on?

I am officially 4 months out. I got clearance to run a month ago but when doing anything outside of PT sessions I run with a brace on. Majority of the work done in the sessions is brace off unless we are really pushing it.

Added in lots of ladder work and some work with a ball since mid Sept and the last couple of weeks has really seen the impact activities ramp up. Today I did the first really significant amount of jumping things like forward frog jumps, a lot of single leg hopping with direction changes etc. So it's certainly getting stronger but fuck me its sore after.

I am finding a large chunk of it is mental, once I do an exercise once and it doesn't explode, I am good to go :lol:

[Ben]

Need a second operation to graft in new cartilage and possibly drill my femur to realign the weight over my knee. By the time this first one rehabs and we set a date for the second op, it’ll be 9-12 months by the time I’ve rehabbed fully and returned to the sports fields.

I can resume gym/jogging in a few days so I’ll be all in on that taking advantage of the 6-12 weeks before I’m chopped up again.

[Dark Soldier]

I found a very small amount of black mold, landlord sorted. Cut hole in wall, been running dehumidifier, all good. Well I heard dripping at the weekend, seems.shower from.apartment above is leaking. Easy fix.

Flatmate went into the hole last night to try and source exactly where the drip is from. Inside he found the internal walls fucking layered with black mold. Everywhere. I've been breathing that in every night for two weeks. Neck swollen. Neck pain. Can barely talk. Can't eat without hacking my lungs up. Can barely sleep. Blood in my spit yesterday. Feel like no energy at all. Have a compromised immune system as it is.

At a mates now while they sort everything, docs later today. Worried by the struggling to even eat and hacking up blood.

Went ballistic at landlord last night. Taped up the hole due to it.

[Ben]

Now you've got me concerned. One of our bedrooms (fortunately a spare room) has a musty smell whenever the door and windows have been closed for a while. Can I fuck find a source of the smell though.

[Dark Soldier]

It'll be airflow and/or mold. It's exactly when I spotted it, that smell, when laying in bed one night.

[Lofty]

That is horror film shit, hope you can move ASAP.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Is it the same landlord upstairs? If so then a quick trip to the gallows should suffice.

[Dark Soldier]

Is it the same landlord upstairs? If so then a quick trip to the gallows should suffice.

Yep, they own the entire building. Eight flats in total.

[Manc]

Aren't you a little old to be renting?

[Dark Soldier]

Aren't you a little old to be renting?

Mate I didn't start work until early 30s due to severe rheumatoid arthritis. Could barely leave the house. I have fuck all savings and a wage which is only a few thousand above minimum wage. I'd have to take a mortgage out which would have me working til the second I drop dead.

[-james-]

Aren't you a little old to be renting?

Get absolutely fucked

[Manc]

No thanks.

Whereabouts are you living, DS?

[Dark Soldier]

No thanks.

Whereabouts are you living, DS?

Prestwich. Tbf to the landlord they've been fantastic. Already cleared it and treated the walls, currently ripping the shower up upstairs to plug all leaks. The mold is on internal walls, so if they hadn't opened it up to deal with the leak I'd have not been exposed, and they've acted in less than 12 hours.

[Giggles]

Hard to beat that in this day and age in fairness. Most landlords would go missing.

[Manc]

Nice area. Shame about the Jews.

[Dark Soldier]

It helps that my stepdad used to be their builder so he'll go fucking mental at em if they didn't sort straight away.

[John Arne]

Does anyone else have desire to just say fuck off to everyone, and catch a flight to USA and just drive cross-country by themselves??

[Jimmy Floyd]

I would do except that American driving sounds like a massive death trap full of drunk pick up trucks ready to plough through a red at an 'intersection' and kill you, so I'll stick to feeling blue on the A317.

[John Arne]

:D

Used to be A34 man, myself.

[niko_cee]

Driving in America is great. We should definitely adopt their anything goes approach to motorway/interstate driving. Just make sure you're the one driving the Canyonero style vehicle in case of any fatal accidents. Fatal to the other driver.

[Manc]

Never understood the fascination with America.

[John Arne]

Can only talk for myself, but for me it's certainly not a fascination with the US, just an interest in a long drive, lots of decent varied scenery and a relatively cheap trip.

[Pepe]

I find driving in the US extremely relaxed/safe, but then my baseline is Mexico. As for scenery, you can definitely find scenic drives in the West, the Smokey Mountains, and some other random places, but 95% of it is just extremely dull highways where the only scenery is trucks and Jesus/fireworks billboards.

[Danny]

Driving in America is great. We should definitely adopt their anything goes approach to motorway/interstate driving. Just make sure you're the one driving the Canyonero style vehicle in case of any fatal accidents. Fatal to the other driver.

That song pops into my head every so often for some reason.



I find driving in the US extremely relaxed/safe, but then my baseline is Mexico. As for scenery, you can definitely find scenic drives in the West, the Smokey Mountains, and some other random places, but 95% of it is just extremely dull highways where the only scenery is trucks and Jesus/fireworks billboards.

:nodd: Its a breeze. Especially with no speed cameras on the highway/Motorway

[Serj]

After doing a Pacific Northwest trip this summer, I've been thinking about that almost every day, John Arne. Driving down Highway 101 next to the Pacific Ocean is one of my favorite drives I've ever done. But then you'd get a lot more drab identikit cornfields going cross-country, I guess.

I've done two road trips over there and I'd agree with Pepe, it's actually quite relaxing. I'd even say their driving style is more deferential and less hectic than over here, bar some psychos. I also love just how wide the highways are compared to our equivalent. Four-way stop signs are complete nonsense though.

[Dquincy]

After doing a Pacific Northwest trip this summer, I've been thinking about that almost every day, John Arne. Driving down Highway 101 next to the Pacific Ocean is one of my favorite drives I've ever done. But then you'd get a lot more drab identikit cornfields going cross-country, I guess.

I've done two road trips over there and I'd agree with Pepe, it's actually quite relaxing. I'd even say their driving style is more deferential and less hectic than over here, bar some psychos. I also love just how wide the highways are compared to our equivalent. Four-way stop signs are complete nonsense though.

+1 for the Highway 101 drive. Was amazing. One the best holidays i remember.

[Shindig]

I'd love to tag along with someone on Route 66, assuming we don't break down miles from life.

[SvN]

Yesterday, I got pins and needles in my left hand suddenly, and it lasted all day. This morning it seemed better, until I walked the dog - and it came back. I'm sititng at my desk and my right hand and feet have gradually started tingling too.

Am I dying?

[niko_cee]

I taste copper

Sounds like a heart attack. RIP.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yesterday, I got pins and needles in my left hand suddenly, and it lasted all day. This morning it seemed better, until I walked the dog - and it came back. I'm sititng at my desk and my right hand and feet have gradually started tingling too.

Am I dying?

Carpal tunnel maybe?

I seem to have it, seems to flare up every now and then for a few days/weeks before going away. Get really bad pins and needles in my left hand (can be in right hand and right big toe now and then) when I sleep.

[Lofty]

I have a cold, presumably given to me by my manager who was sniffling during my performance review. Bet it won't get me out of visiting the office this week though :moop:

[Spikey M]

Bunch of moany old bastards :D

[randomlegend]

Yesterday, I got pins and needles in my left hand suddenly, and it lasted all day. This morning it seemed better, until I walked the dog - and it came back. I'm sititng at my desk and my right hand and feet have gradually started tingling too.

Am I dying?

You should get seen if you're having pins and needles in multiple limbs.

[randomlegend]

Carpal tunnel maybe?

I seem to have it, seems to flare up every now and then for a few days/weeks before going away. Get really bad pins and needles in my left hand (can be in right hand and right big toe now and then) when I sleep.

Not if feet are also affected.

[Spikey M]

I have a cold which is giving me an unreal sore throat. Consequently, I drank 2 litres of pure orange yesterday and I can now barely leave the bathroom such is the explosive nature of the diarrhea its given me.

You're welcome.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Do they not have strepsils in Southend?

[Baz]

I’ve got chickenpox.

[Bam]

Is SvN still alive?

[Kikó]

He died sadly. The board is now being managed by the estate of vN.

[Spikey M]

I’ve got chickenpox.

Isn't that quite nasty in adults?

[Baz]

Isn't that quite nasty in adults?
If you’d have asked me this morning I’d have said I’m just a bit itchy, but the itchiness has become a secondary symptom far far far behind feeling like I’ve been run over. Feeling “achey” doesn’t even begin to cover it. :sick:

My daughter had a week off school with it a fortnight ago, along with five of her classmates. Me and my son thought we’d avoided it, presuming some kind of natural immunity. Nope. He came out in spots yesterday evening, and me overnight. Was not prepared to have them on my cock and balls.

But like I said, the itchiness is mostly kept at bay by antihistamines, but paracetamol isn’t doing anything to stop me feeling sorry for myself.

[niko_cee]

Amazes me that people don't get their kids vaccinated against chicken pox.

[Dquincy]

That's a bugger Baz. Chicken pox is no fun at all. Presumably you've not had it before. It's very to get it twice apparently.

Milk it for all It's worth and get your wife to wait on you.

[Dquincy]

Amazes me that people don't get their kids vaccinated against chicken pox.

Is there any difference/benefit to natural immunity compared to the jab?

[niko_cee]

Don't think so, why would it?

I just don't think it's that well known about. Yeah you have to pay for it, but it beats the fall out of kids being off school for weeks, without even getting into the illness itself.

[Baz]

Christ I wanna rip my skin off.

[Baz]

I feel like I keep unlocking new symptoms. This one is astronomical diarrhoea. It started as a paste, like a blendered potato soup, but quickly developed into pure liquid. Unique in colour to anything else, it most closely resembles KFC gravy or Jeremy Clarkson’s footwear. And I could keep going indefinitely, I imagine.

If there was enough financial backing, and a willing participant, I’d gladly make a bit of dirty porn money giving someone some scat Chinese water torture treatment.

Still feel run over, still feel itchy, still can’t sleep, but now I’m also on the bog every hour for a long sit down squirt.

[Manc]

Merry Christmas.

[Spikey M]

Iirc the cherry on top of adult Chickenpox is infertility. Enjoy!

[Jimmy Floyd]

It started as a paste...

We can get Christmas number one if we get our skates on. Somebody find a tune.

[Spikey M]

Hot Chocolate - It Started with a kiss, Shirley.

[Spikey M]

And we want number 2 really.

[niko_cee]

It started as a paste...


Never seen so much human waste

[Baz]

Iirc the cherry on top of adult Chickenpox is infertility. Enjoy!

Been snipped anyway. I’ll take drowsy sperm as tomorrow’s new symptom, no problem.

[Manc]

Was that government intervention or a personal choice?

[Kikó]

Speaking of childhood illnesses, my little one spewed on Saturday followed by fever and then rashy red skin. Doctor says scarlet fever and antibiotics. Shit currently normal.

[Mike]

My daughter crashed and went to bed at 6 with a bit of a temp, we were with Baz and his son last Monday, she better not have the pox!

[Spikey M]

Both of mine skated through the pox without much drama. A bit itchy, but not unwell in general. You definitely want it as a child if you're not going to get vaccinated.

[Dquincy]

Been snipped anyway. I’ll take drowsy sperm as tomorrow’s new symptom, no problem.

Bareback Baz. :cool:

[Dquincy]

Don't think so, why would it?

I just don't think it's that well known about. Yeah you have to pay for it, but it beats the fall out of kids being off school for weeks, without even getting into the illness itself.
Apparently the jab is 75% effective for adults compared to 98% effective for kids.

[niko_cee]

That's why you give it to kids?

What does effective even mean in that context? One of my kids had the vaccination and then had chicken pox [I think], but they symptoms were so mild that you [they] could barely notice them, isn't that how vaccinations work?

[Giggles]

Bicken Box.

[Spikey M]

That's why you give it to kids?

What does effective even mean in that context? One of my kids had the vaccination and then had chicken pox [I think], but they symptoms were so mild that you [they] could barely notice them, isn't that how vaccinations work?

Yeah, but mine didn't have the vaccine and also barely noticed them. :cool:

[Dquincy]

That's why you give it to kids?

What does effective even mean in that context? One of my kids had the vaccination and then had chicken pox [I think], but they symptoms were so mild that you [they] could barely notice them, isn't that how vaccinations work?
Fair questions that I do not have the answer to. But perhaps Baz should have got the jab.

On a separate note, I have a certain member of staff who is off ill a lot (compared to others). It's frustrating, she must have been the runt of the litter. That or (I'm generalising) youngsters have less will power and resolve these days.

[Spikey M]

Quiet quitting, Quince. Most of them are up to it and good on 'em, really. Most of them have been robbed of the futures they dreamed of over the last 15 years, so why not.

[Giggles]

Fair questions that I do not have the answer to. But perhaps Baz should have got the jab.

On a separate note, I have a certain member of staff who is off ill a lot (compared to others). It's frustrating, she must have been the runt of the litter. That or (I'm generalising) youngsters have less will power and resolve these days.

Start the warning process so you can get rid.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The younger lad (26) who's joined us is bizarre, I don't want to get on the 'kids these days' bus but while clearly very able, he exhibits some odd behaviour. Randomly had about 8 sick days in 3 months so far, and never rings in for those sick days, just disappears. Once he came in for an hour and then just went off sick without telling anyone he'd gone. Finally earned himself a warning last week for walking out in the warehouse straight under a forklift with his headphones in.

It's like he's living in some parallel reality. Perfectly good at his job but only seems to do it when he fancies, which will I fear be a risk to his probation at six months. Dunno if it's a generational thing or just him but observing Gen Z more widely they really seem to have commitment issues.

Oh, and he's quite bitter about life because he has a computer science degree but apparently all the coding jobs are going to more experienced people who have learned to code at an older age (say sorry Boydy) which apparently forces him to do glorified data entry for us.

Only just realised this isn't the job thread but oh well, I'm old enough to look the part ranting away in a doctor's surgery.

[Ben]

I'm just shooting from the hip here so may be well wide of the mark, but is it maybe a symptom of the housing situation?

At 26 I was already in a long-term relationship and ready to pull the trigger on our first house, so losing my job would have cost me a lot. I accept I was in the minority for people that age, and living in the arse end of nowhere certainly helped on the money side. But for many young people now at 26, especially in the London area, they're a million miles away from being able to even think about getting their first house. A guy I used to work with was a single lad in London, coming up 30, probably earning close to six figures. But to be able to afford the house he wanted in London, he's had to ditch us and go to Saudi for a few years.

Therefore these young people on average wages are probably living with parents for a long while yet, so there's no perceived risk to falling flat on your face in a job because nothing else will change. Short term thinking I know, but that's how many people process.

[Spikey M]

There's alot going on, none of it good. Housing is part of it but I fully believe Social Media is the main problem. The situation feels hopeless, none of them want relationships, or even real world friendships. They just want to wither their days away on their app of choice.

But even that's probably a symptom. I suspect there's a great deal of money to be made in identifying why Gen Z are so broken.

[Spikey M]

In more positive news, Gen A seem much more normal. Or, atleast, more like younger Gen x'ers and older millennials in their outlook, so hopefully things improve once the Antidepressant crew overdose.

[Ben]

If that's the case, then it's 100% the internet that is Gen Z's issue. They grew up at the same time the internet did, so it meant unchecked exposure. Now everyone is much more aware of its negatives, children seem to be managed a lot better with it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

In more positive news, Gen A seem much more normal. Or, atleast, more like younger Gen x'ers and older millennials in their outlook, so hopefully things improve once the Antidepressant crew overdose.

I was OK on Gen A until I learned that they all watch videos/TV/film with subtitles on, constantly. Now I'm deeply suspicious and seeing what other psychopathic behaviours are going to become apparent.

[Spikey M]

The problem is there's so many theory's which seem like they might be right.

Another one I've heard is that Gen X are rough and ready because their parents (boomers) were fucking useless and either let them roam free or threw them at the grandparents, and this created a generation of helicopter parents that raised a load of broken Children (millennials), and this time there was no going out or spending time with the grandparents (fucking boomers) because they were still useless.

And so the cycle repeats and the Useless millennials are now giving birth to savage - but less delicate - offspring.

Who knows what the actual truth of the matter is. It's probably a combination of things. Useless parents, too much Internet, unaffordable housing, low wages, etc.

[Yevrah]

I was OK on Gen A until I learned that they all watch videos/TV/film with subtitles on, constantly. Now I'm deeply suspicious and seeing what other psychopathic behaviours are going to become apparent.

Is there an explanation for this deviant behaviour?

[Ben]

The non-psycho explanation would be that they watch TV but also have TikTok blasting on their phones at the same time, so they're incapable of following the dialogue on TV.

Although I'm apparently way out of my depth on the topic of society as a whole, so I'm probably talking nonsense.

[niko_cee]

Is there an explanation for this deviant behaviour?

I think it's probably that once you [they] accidentally, and unknowingly, activate them on your streaming service of choice it is basically impossible to get rid of the things.

[Spikey M]

One of my kids managed to accidentally turn audio description on once and I nearly had a mental breakdown trying to get rid of it.

[niko_cee]

:D

Been there.

*Spikey is pushing buttons on the remote in an increasing exasperated fashion*

Out of shot a child is heard crying.

[Boydy]

The younger lad (26) who's joined us is bizarre, I don't want to get on the 'kids these days' bus but while clearly very able, he exhibits some odd behaviour. Randomly had about 8 sick days in 3 months so far, and never rings in for those sick days, just disappears. Once he came in for an hour and then just went off sick without telling anyone he'd gone. Finally earned himself a warning last week for walking out in the warehouse straight under a forklift with his headphones in.

It's like he's living in some parallel reality. Perfectly good at his job but only seems to do it when he fancies, which will I fear be a risk to his probation at six months. Dunno if it's a generational thing or just him but observing Gen Z more widely they really seem to have commitment issues.

Oh, and he's quite bitter about life because he has a computer science degree but apparently all the coding jobs are going to more experienced people who have learned to code at an older age (say sorry Boydy) which apparently forces him to do glorified data entry for us.

Only just realised this isn't the job thread but oh well, I'm old enough to look the part ranting away in a doctor's surgery.

If he's 26 he graduated what, 4, 5 years ago? So like 2019 or 2020? 2019 and 2021 (maybe not 2020 because of COVID first hitting and everyone/everything being so uncertain) were peak hiring years in the software industry.

[Boydy]

Don't quite a lot of millennials watch TV with subtitles too?

I saw a tweet the other day saying so many people do it because the sound on so many shows is badly mixed - the dialogue is all mumbly and then the action scenes would take your face off and tbf I could kind of see where they were coming from there.


Also read something a while back that apparently subtitles on kids' programmes drastically improve their reading ability without them having to put much effort in.

[Ben]

Subtitles is only acceptable if you're not fluent in said language.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If he's 26 he graduated what, 4, 5 years ago? So like 2019 or 2020? 2019 and 2021 (maybe not 2020 because of COVID first hitting and everyone/everything being so uncertain) were peak hiring years in the software industry.

Yeah, I didn't think it added up either. Maybe he's just a chancer.

[Boydy]

I do feel sorry for anyone who's graduated into it in the last year or two though. Even where companies have picked up hiring again after layoffs, it's generally in the more senior end of the market and it's tough out there for the juniors.

Maybe the zoomers' attitudes to work are why employers preferred older people who learned to code at a later age.

[Pepe]

The youth I work with are alright.

[randomlegend]

The current batch of med students - whatever gen they would be - seem a particularly engaged and sociable bunch.

[Baz]

BREAKING NEWS: All people within certain age brackets aren’t all identical in characteristics.

[Spikey M]

Then explain American women over the age of 50.

[Dquincy]

Quiet quitting, Quince. Most of them are up to it and good on 'em, really. Most of them have been robbed of the futures they dreamed of over the last 15 years, so why not.

I think it's more entitlement on their part. The younger lot seem to have it in abundance. ( I appreciate every aging generation probably claims this, but meh, I might as well join in)

And they robbed their own futures by choosing to be SOFT SHITES. That's probably a tad harsh.

P.s. there is hope for the future, especially one with you. x

[Dquincy]

Start the warning process so you can get rid.

I think she will look elsewhere in the new year, so the problem should resolve itself.

[Kikó]

I've had the flu for the past three and a half days and it fucking sucks. Fever, aches, bad sleep and just generally feeling like complete shit. Not fun at all.

[Giggles]

It's a great clear out though. You'd shite through the eye of a needle.

[-james-]

Looking into getting offishul ADHD diagnosis. Reckon it's a slam dunk tbh. GP reckons 12-18 months to get seen so looking into private options. Magic you've gone through it haven't you? Any hot tips?

[Spikey M]

You're self employed, aren't you? What's the point if you can't use it to grift your employers equality rules?

[-james-]

Pharmaceutical grade amphetamines baby.

That and it would just be nice to have some confirmation of why my brain is the way it is. It has always been pretty frustrating wielding what I reckon is a half decent set of neurons but having it shut down whenever I ask it to do things.

[Boydy]

Looking into getting offishul ADHD diagnosis. Reckon it's a slam dunk tbh. GP reckons 12-18 months to get seen so looking into private options. Magic you've gone through it haven't you? Any hot tips?

12-18 months on the NHS? That's actually pretty good.

There's no adult provision at all in NI.

[Magic]

Looking into getting offishul ADHD diagnosis. Reckon it's a slam dunk tbh. GP reckons 12-18 months to get seen so looking into private options. Magic you've gone through it haven't you? Any hot tips?

Start reading brother. John the subreddits etc.

Medication is life changing.

Private I think you need to watch out for shared care etc as it's different in England.

[-james-]

How do you mean? Seems I can get diagnosed and prescribed privately, but my GP couldn't recommend any provider and says there's a good chance my private diagnosis wouldn't get taken on by the NHS. Most likely route seems to be getting diagnosed privately and then again through the NHS when they get round to me. Looks like about a grand for the assessment and then 100 odd quid a month for meds which isn't too bad really.

[Magic]

PM me with any questions you have.

You can get the meds on the NHS after a private diagnosis.

[randomlegend]

Which is absolute bullshit given absolutely no other condition can.

[Mike]

Looking into getting offishul ADHD diagnosis. Reckon it's a slam dunk tbh. GP reckons 12-18 months to get seen so looking into private options. Magic you've gone through it haven't you? Any hot tips?

My wife waited 18 months, that was doing the 'right to choose' thing. Once diagnosed, she than had to wait another 6 weeks before she got any medication, then the titration period was 9 months. She tried a bunch of meds and in the end has stayed off them. Much like you've said, she mostly went for it to get answers for why her brain works the way it does.

[Magic]

Which is absolute bullshit given absolutely no other condition can.

Jealous there's no tabbies for Autism cunt?

[randomlegend]

Jealous there's no tabbies for Autism cunt?

I'll defer to your lived experience on the matter.

[SvN]

Which is absolute bullshit given absolutely no other condition can.

Why do you think that?

[Lofty]

Let's not pretend there isn't an incentive for the private ones to give the customer what they want.

[randomlegend]

If anybody else gets a private diagnosis for any other condition requiring medication, they have to then pay for the medication privately. This means the person who has made the diagnosis takes responsibility for their prescription.

To get the medication on the NHS they'd have to get an NHS diagnosis.

Either the principle needs to change and everyone can get a private diagnosis and then have the GP take over the prescription or the principle needs to apply to everyone. There's no good reason for ADHD to be a special case.

If anything, I think that kind of system is less appropriate for a condition like ADHD, where it's extremely easy for dodgy private companies to churn out unwarranted diagnoses to make shed loads of money and then shift the burden of prescribing (and the legal responsibility for the prescription) onto GPs.

[Magic]

I'd so rather be a thoughtless NPC, just bear that in mind.

[Magic]

If anybody else gets a private diagnosis for any other condition requiring medication, they have to then pay for the medication privately.

To get the medication on the NHS they'd have to get an NHS diagnosis.

Either the principle needs to change and everyone can get a private diagnosis and then have the GP take over the prescription or the principle needs to apply to everyone. There's no good reason for ADHD to be a special case.

If anything, I think that kind of system is less appropriate for a condition like ADHD, where it's extremely easy for dodgy private companies to churn out unwarranted diagnoses to make shed loads of money and then shift the burden of prescribing (and the legal responsibility for the prescription) onto GPs.

Please tell me what the advantages are for THE PERSON to seek a fraudulent or improper diagnosis?

Oh yes, NONE.

[-james-]

Isn't it because the number of people being diagnosed with ADHD vastly outweighs the NHS capacity? Shift the initial diagnosis out to specialists and then have GPs manage ongoing prescriptions.

Obviously it's an NHS mental elf issue but it makes sense as a solution. Are there many other conditions where it could be applicable? It seems to me like ADHD just has the right combination of availability of private diagnosis/safety of meds/ease of ongoing management

[SvN]

If anybody else gets a private diagnosis for any other condition requiring medication, they have to then pay for the medication privately. This means the person who has made the diagnosis takes responsibility for their prescription.

To get the medication on the NHS they'd have to get an NHS diagnosis.

Either the principle needs to change and everyone can get a private diagnosis and then have the GP take over the prescription or the principle needs to apply to everyone. There's no good reason for ADHD to be a special case.

If anything, I think that kind of system is less appropriate for a condition like ADHD, where it's extremely easy for dodgy private companies to churn out unwarranted diagnoses to make shed loads of money and then shift the burden of prescribing (and the legal responsibility for the prescription) onto GPs.

Perhaps I don't know enough about the matter, but it seems ludicrous to me that only NHS diagnoses for ANY condition can merit an NHS prescription. What's the reasoning for it?

[Pepe]

Doctors paid by government: Saints

Doctors paid privately: Satan

[Spikey M]

Perhaps I don't know enough about the matter, but it seems ludicrous to me that only NHS diagnoses for ANY condition can merit an NHS prescription. What's the reasoning for it?

People often go private when they don't like the answer they're getting from the NHS and - especially with Mental Health / hard to diagnose health problems - people essentially use Private clinics to buy a diagnosis.

A girl in my daughters class went through assessment for autism for years. The NHS said nope, not autistic. So the mum went private. Had the diagnosis within a couple of months.

[SvN]

People often go private when they don't like the answer they're getting from the NHS and - especially with Mental Health / hard to diagnose health problems - people essentially use Private clinics to buy a diagnosis.

A girl in my daughters class went through assessment for autism for years. The NHS said nope, not autistic. So the mum went private. Had the diagnosis within a couple of months.

Right, so the caveat surely is: if you've received a negative diagnosis from the NHS, we won't pay for it. Doesn't that solve it?

[Spikey M]

Right, so the caveat surely is: if you've received a negative diagnosis from the NHS, we won't pay for it. Doesn't that solve it?

I suppose some people just skip the NHS and go private to jump the queue. They're also potentially getting a soft diagnosis'.

[Boydy]

What does an autism diagnosis get you? Special treatment? Benefits?

[Magic]

People often go private when they don't like the answer they're getting from the NHS and - especially with Mental Health / hard to diagnose health problems - people essentially use Private clinics to buy a diagnosis.

A girl in my daughters class went through assessment for autism for years. The NHS said nope, not autistic. So the mum went private. Had the diagnosis within a couple of months.

Loooool again, advantages of doing so plz?

[Spikey M]

Disability benefits, extra help at school (in theory, if not in reality), care plans, etc.

[Pepe]

especially with Mental Health / hard to diagnose health problems

Which apparently is the only area where they can do that?


Right, so the caveat surely is: if you've received a negative diagnosis from the NHS, we won't pay for it. Doesn't that solve it?

That doesn't work if you go private first, which I guess is the whole point of demanding an NHS diagnostic.

It all boils down to what I said: Doctors from the NHS will always do the right thing because they are morally superior. Private ones, despite having the exact same training, are all merchants who will only do whatever fills their pockets, which will usually involve doing something bad, obviously.

[Spikey M]

I'm not an expert in this guys. I literally only know what the mum was harping on about and reading between the lines. This is what she did to get the diagnosis she wanted. I assume she isn't alone.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I once umpired with a bloke in his fifties whose opening conversational gambit was 'I was diagnosed with autism yesterday'. 10/10, loved it.

[Spikey M]

That does seem quite autistic. Diagnosis approved.

[-james-]

It all boils down to what I said: Doctors from the NHS will always do the right thing because they are morally superior. Private ones, despite having the exact same training, are all merchants who will only do whatever fills their pockets, which will usually involve doing something bad, obviously.


I'm not sure you need to bring morality in it. Do you think a given patient is equally likely to be positively diagnosed by either doctor?

[-james-]

NHS queue skippers, they're the real reprehensibles.

[Magic]

Disability benefits, extra help at school (in theory, if not in reality), care plans, etc.

Nope regarding benefits. Do you know how hard that would be?

So you think someone would fraudulently get a diagnosis to get extra help in school? Lol.

[randomlegend]

Loooool again, advantages of doing so plz?

Get complete control over which school your child goes to. Extra funded help at school. Extra benefits. An excuse for your child's shit behaviour which is actually just a result of shit parenting. Etc. Etc. Etc.

[Spikey M]

Nope regarding benefits. Do you know how hard that would be?

So you think someone would fraudulently get a diagnosis to get extra help in school? Lol.

Yep regarding benefits, what are you even talking about.

https://www.renaissancelegal.co.uk/blog/disability-living-allowance-children-autism/#:~:text=DLA%20is%20a%20very%20important,resources %20within%20the%20welfare%20system.

[Magic]

Get complete control over which school your child goes to. Extra funded help at school. Extra benefits. An excuse for your child's shit behaviour which is actually just a result of shit parenting. Etc. Etc. Etc.

LOGIC CHECK.

So you think people who might be reliant on benefits could afford a private diagnosis? They're obviously too busy spending money on 110" HISENSE TVs and throwing their rubbish in the street.