the "our ailments" thread

[The Hallucinating Goose]

On 16/08/2022 at 23:37, The Hallucinating Goose said:

 

Right, well unbelievably after these injuries, I've just spent the last 4 hours in A&E cos after eating my jacket spud I went outside to do a couple of gardening jobs and almost cut my finger off with the loppers. They slipped out of my hands when reaching up high and as you do instinctively, I reached out to catch them and sliced a deep inch long gash into my finger. I've had 4 stitches. 

I think my finger is healing okay. Work was certainly an interesting experience. I do a very manual job and I was working my shift on my own today (normally got another colleague but was his day off) so having to do jobs with heavy equipment while using only one hand, and the opposite one to that which I usually use, wasn't the easiest but did my best. Made it very clear to the client that the work might not be as good today so hopefully they'll understand. Colleague is back tomorrow thankfully. 

Bandage is already peeling off quite a bit so gonna have to do some running repairs to stop it dropping off. Nurse said I can take bandage off in a day or two anyway but gotta wait about a week or so before taking the stitches out. 

[graveyard johnny]

2024 has started with chronic chest phlegm - coughing like billyo (any ideas anyone) and a strange pain round my right knee and down my leg! oh the joys of getting older in winter!

[JohnM]

9 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

2024 has started with chronic chest phlegm - coughing like billyo (any ideas anyone) and a strange pain round my right knee and down my leg! oh the joys of getting older in winter!

Have you put your trousers on without removing the dry-cleaners coat hanger?

[Phil]

Right knee feels like it’s full of broken glass, aching hips keep me awake at night and the shoulder I dislocated 3 times hurts like a b*****d 

[MattSantos]

On 02/02/2024 at 18:37, graveyard johnny said:

2024 has started with chronic chest phlegm - coughing like billyo (any ideas anyone) and a strange pain round my right knee and down my leg! oh the joys of getting older in winter!

Coincidentally, this has been me since pre Christmas, with the random pain in my left ankle. I also often sound like im a creaking door when i breathe. 've had enough and im off to Docs in 15 mins

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

Was asked to do a blood pressure for a doctor online check

Surprised to see it at 130/80

I get to the gym 5 times a week and eat enough good stuff with no smoking or vapes

Downsides are too much coffee and still a bit weekend boozy. Also I'm an anxious guy generally 

I would hope the upsides and downsides cancel so...

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I do eat a very high protein diet and I think I've put the bp down to salt in lots of my protein snacks......(I'll eat 2 packs of ham just to get the protein as a snack)

Advice says lower salt diet and about a week later BP should drop....so I'm dropping the  packs of chicken satays and ham....replaced with more protein yoghurts and beef slices (much lower salt)

Going to do BP every day and see (I'm too beautiful to die young)

Any others had this?

 

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

On 02/02/2024 at 18:37, graveyard johnny said:

2024 has started with chronic chest phlegm - coughing like billyo (any ideas anyone) and a strange pain round my right knee and down my leg! oh the joys of getting older in winter!

Heard someone somewhere bang on about chest phlegm and dairy ...they cut out dairy completely and it cleared up 

Should emphasise I'm not a doctor in the traditional sense 

[JonM]

8 minutes ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:

Was asked to do a blood pressure for a doctor online check

Surprised to see it at 130/80

I get to the gym 5 times a week and eat enough good stuff with no smoking or vapes

Downsides are too much coffee and still a bit weekend boozy. Also I'm an anxious guy generally 

I would hope the upsides and downsides cancel so...

..

I do eat a very high protein diet and I think I've put the bp down to salt in lots of my protein snacks......(I'll eat 2 packs of ham just to get the protein as a snack)

Advice says lower salt diet and about a week later BP should drop....so I'm dropping the  packs of chicken satays and ham....replaced with more protein yoghurts and beef slices (much lower salt)

Going to do BP every day and see (I'm too beautiful to die young)

Any others had this?

From my n=1 experiment, using home blood pressure monitor for 10+ years and taking part in a university study, salt doesn't have that big an effect (but oddly it seems to be the concentration that matters rather than absolute amount - plenty of salt in a meal with plenty of liquid is much better than small amount of salty stuff on its own. Sugar seems to makes more of a difference to me than salt. Stress only a short-term effect on BP for me, caffeine the same. Leafy greens, beetroot bring it down substantially, so I just eat those. 

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

3 minutes ago, JonM said:

From my n=1 experiment, using home blood pressure monitor for 10+ years and taking part in a university study, salt doesn't have that big an effect (but oddly it seems to be the concentration that matters rather than absolute amount - plenty of salt in a meal with plenty of liquid is much better than small amount of salty stuff on its own. Sugar seems to makes more of a difference to me than salt. Stress only a short-term effect on BP for me, caffeine the same. Leafy greens, beetroot bring it down substantially, so I just eat those. 

I eat a decent amount of greens.....will try beetroot ....also eating more bananas 

What is your BP if you don't mind me asking ?

[JohnM]

NHS says, "As a general guide: ideal blood pressure is considered to be between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg. high blood pressure is considered to be 140/90mmHg or higher. low blood pressure is considered to be below 90/60mmHg."

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

35 minutes ago, JohnM said:

NHS says, "As a general guide: ideal blood pressure is considered to be between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg. high blood pressure is considered to be 140/90mmHg or higher. low blood pressure is considered to be below 90/60mmHg."

Think the new advice is 130 is high ...might be American though 

[JohnM]

Keeping your BP within limits is critical for long term heart health. Trust me. 

[JonM]

22 hours ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:

I eat a decent amount of greens.....will try beetroot ....also eating more bananas 

What is your BP if you don't mind me asking ?

It varies, but I aim to keep it around 120/70. The second number (diastolic) has always been fine, but the systolic number was much worse before I started tracking it & working out what works for me. I think for those under 60 who have high blood pressure, there's something like half of cases where there is no obvious underlying medical cause. 

As JohnM points out, it needs to be kept under control. There's no symptoms until you get a heart attack or stroke or whatever. One of my GP friends has a little 'joke' that he uses with students, which is 'what is the most common presentation of a patient with heart problems' with the correct answer being that the patient is dead. I think that has changed recently (in the sense that it used to be the case that there would've been no prior indication), today we have a lot more screening. 

[Hopping Mad]

Never noticed this thread ... until now. Looks like fun.

Sight in my right eye is slowly returning to normal, eight days after cataract surgery. Took 14 months from referral to lying on a NHS operating table.

I had cataract surgery on my left eye in 2016. Then, the gap between referral and surgery was five weeks! 

No hanging around in 2021, mind, when my left eye suffered retinal detachment, which is treated as an emergency. Seven days of post-op 'posturing' isn't something I'm keen to repeat.

Don't know why, in my 50s, my eyes have been letting me down because, otherwise, my health is pretty good.

 

Edited February 6 by Hopping Mad

[Lowdesert]

For those with RL related joint issues, personally, I would ease off the gas to get knee replacements and go and see a good physio first.

Not many I would trust other than Keith Warner (Hull) or Dave Fevre (Lancs but not sure). Both are ex Hull, Wigan and GB.  Either are as good as you’ll get.  

I thought that was me last August.  Pain, limping but Keith and his staff fixed things.  Were doing the Camino in May this year.

 It’ll take some discipline and exercise but if you have RL related pain, 100% get in touch with either of them.

Edited February 7 by Lowdesert

[JohnM]

Having BP at lower end of range is important to me as it is important in extending the life of the organic heart valve I had fitted  5 years ago. That's an op I don't want to go through ever again 

Edited February 7 by JohnM

[Futtocks]

Getting over a mild twinge of gout in my right foot, plus some tendinitis in my right forearm/hand. 

Sour cherry juice and plenty of glasses of water* (occasionally with a pinch of bicarb) for the former, and a metal/velcro arm brace for the latter.

Minimal use of painkillers, as they can make you careless and exacerbate the damage when you're numbed.

*with all the trips to the toilet in the middle of the night you'd expect.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

I've got a serious case of CC at the moment. For the last week or so my cat has been so clingy it is basically stuck to me and won't leave me alone. I've just got up for work like I always do at 4.30am and immediately the cat is on me and won't leave me alone to get ready for work! Annoying! 

[graveyard johnny]

11 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

I've got a serious case of CC at the moment. For the last week or so my cat has been so clingy it is basically stuck to me and won't leave me alone. I've just got up for work like I always do at 4.30am and immediately the cat is on me and won't leave me alone to get ready for work! Annoying! 

are its claws stuck through your sweater?  do they need trimming?

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

On 07/02/2024 at 22:47, JohnM said:

Having BP at lower end of range is important to me as it is important in extending the life of the organic heart valve I had fitted  5 years ago. That's an op I don't want to go through ever again 

Update

Done one week of low salt (or just not absolutely loads of salt added to everything I eat) ....

Down to 118 ish over 68 ish

That's at work and home over several tests and using two different devices (as before) 

So there you go.....I'm sticking to less salt!

[Lowdesert]

On 07/02/2024 at 23:01, Futtocks said:

Getting over a mild twinge of gout in my right foot, plus some tendinitis in my right forearm/hand. 

Sour cherry juice and plenty of glasses of water* (occasionally with a pinch of bicarb) for the former, and a metal/velcro arm brace for the latter.

Minimal use of painkillers, as they can make you careless and exacerbate the damage when you're numbed.

*with all the trips to the toilet in the middle of the night you'd expect.

It reminds me of all the bl**** cups of tea my wife has and if I aren’t careful and refuse them when offered, I end up doing the same!  Made me smile though.
 

Toilet trips aside, good advice for the painkillers.  

 

[graveyard johnny]

at last "touch wood" the cough has gone and after a tube of the rub in gel the knee/leg has eased - meaning I can go out this weekend feeling good- get on the razzz and make myself ill!

[Lowdesert]

22 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

at last "touch wood" the cough has gone and after a tube of the rub in gel the knee/leg has eased - meaning I can go out this weekend feeling good- get on the razzz and make myself ill!

First time I’ve heard of that.  Coughing knee syndrome.

Enjoy the Carlsberg!

[graveyard johnny]

2 minutes ago, Lowdesert said:

First time I’ve heard of that.  Coughing knee syndrome.

Enjoy the Carlsberg!

am actualy just having a can of carlsberg export as I read that! lol- going out soon

[longboard]

On 04/02/2024 at 19:19, Phil said:

Right knee feels like it’s full of broken glass, aching hips keep me awake at night and the shoulder I dislocated 3 times hurts like a b*****d 

There's a blues song in there Phil....