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Post by rhaegyr on Jul 17, 2024 9:42:45 GMT
Very true.
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Post by Danno on Jul 20, 2024 16:18:06 GMT
I'm being urged to try acupuncture. Anyone tried it? I'm deeply cynical of any of "that shite" but I'd be interested to hear more since, for some utterly inexplicable reason, I tend to trust you cunts.
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Jul 20, 2024 18:39:31 GMT
I'm also a complete cynic with regards to those kinds of treatments, however I had quite a bad frozen shoulder about 8 years ago and before it was diagnosed the doc bummed me off to the local physios, the NHS physio stated within the first minute it was a frozen shoulder and no amount of physio would do any good (this is true it either needs an operation to fix it or it might get better on it's own). She was trained in acupuncture (under the NHS) so offered me a course of treatments, I can honestly say I was flabbergasted as to how good it was, note it did nothing to cure the frozen shoulder (that needed an operation) but it had a massive impact on the day to day pain associated with these things. I'd have no hesitation in having it again. It's really quite a surreal/peculiar experience receiving the treatment, they stick needles in here and there and you can feel the effects elsewhere.
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Post by drakesmoke on Jul 30, 2024 19:24:52 GMT
I have a mate that nearly severed his leg years ago. Fit as a fiddle and has to exercise like shite to keep the muscle good. Anyway he loves a bit of acupuncture and swears by it.
I’m too very old fashioned and wary of stuff like sticking crystals up your arse.
However I suspect that there might be something in *some* stuff like acupuncture because nerves are like circuits aren’t they, so you could imagine stimulation in the right places might produce happier endings.
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Post by drakesmoke on Jul 30, 2024 19:28:55 GMT
Mrs came home from a gall bladder removal today. Has been a bit critical of the hospital’s treatment of her and neighbouring patients. She’s woken up with a lot of shoulder pain, which they’ve attributed to the gas they use to bloat the abdomen.
It’s properly bad, she can barely raise it. I made her cry before taking her top off (not like that), and she can’t currently dress herself easily.
Apparently the staff were all a bit passive aggressive when she raised this. She’s half convinced they’ve hurt her when anaesthetised being handled and are covering for it. What are the chances they’ve dislocated her arm or something?
BTW she has never been anything other than positive about previous stays for both her and her mother so there is no agenda.
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Post by Danno on Jul 30, 2024 19:33:47 GMT
Aww get well soon Mrs Drake.
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Post by Danno on Jul 30, 2024 19:34:39 GMT
Alright, maybe I'll give the needles a go.
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Post by drakesmoke on Jul 30, 2024 22:03:04 GMT
Thanks Danno.
In other news, I saw a photograph of my exposed back yesterday and I now have a podgy back. I’ve never had a fat back. Also upon taking my glasses off at the barbers I was greeted by the face of Phil Mitchell. I’ve known for a while but I got on the scales tonight and it’s not good. I am medically obese, BMI is a little over 30 and I don’t have the musculature to use the anti-BMI argument. I can be just within healthy BMI at 12 and a half stone, but I’m currently a little under 15 and a half so I’ve got f*cking three stone to drop.
Calorie counting starts tomorrow and the crisps stop. I think I’m actually addicted to crisps. Need to find some kind of free exercise where I can’t be seen too but basically I can’t exist well in direct sun, so could do with it cooling down a bit before that starts.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Jul 31, 2024 5:56:22 GMT
Know that feeling. I need to lose weight to be in that healthy BMI range too - I also don't have the musculature to use the "BMI isn't accurate" argument.
I find it very hard to not eat less though.
Weight is not going up at least, but I've been stuck at this weight for a year, despite making repeated efforts to do something about it.
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Post by Dougs on Jul 31, 2024 6:34:56 GMT
In the same ballpark, although have lost nearly a stone since Christmas. I need to hit the weights. Not too worried about cardio as do a fair bit of walking and couch to 5k is ongoing. But I have turned into a pigeon chested, noodle armed fucker since giving up swimming.
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Post by askew on Jul 31, 2024 17:22:36 GMT
I'm being urged to try acupuncture. Anyone tried it? I'm deeply cynical of any of "that shite" but I'd be interested to hear more since, for some utterly inexplicable reason, I tend to trust you cunts. For the chi or to help release tight muscles? I had dry needling on my quad and it was quite effective at helping work out a painful knot.
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Post by Danno on Jul 31, 2024 18:07:47 GMT
I'm being urged to try acupuncture. Anyone tried it? I'm deeply cynical of any of "that shite" but I'd be interested to hear more since, for some utterly inexplicable reason, I tend to trust you cunts. For the chi or to help release tight muscles? I had dry needling on my quad and it was quite effective at helping work out a painful knot. Chi I guess, it's a mental affliction
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Post by Blue_Mike on Aug 2, 2024 12:56:24 GMT
On my way to get an enema. Good times.
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Post by Lukus on Aug 2, 2024 12:58:36 GMT
But what about the health issues
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Post by Blue_Mike on Aug 2, 2024 15:50:49 GMT
Check up after what they did to me last time. All good, site has healed well, and no fucking bio-weapon of a laxative to drink before this time.
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Post by askew on Aug 2, 2024 16:53:17 GMT
Excellent! Enjoy the pegging.
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Post by Lizard on Aug 3, 2024 9:01:03 GMT
Speaking of arses, spent all week with some sort of gastric issue. Horrendous acid reflux, horrible drizzling diarrhoea. Obviously couldn't eat much which seemed to make it worse. At one point I couldn't burp properly, instead I would have weird coughing fits that made my eyes water.
I'm suffering from quite serious stress and anxiety at the moment, which is definitely a big factor, as is IBS. But this was so bad and lasted so long that I must've consumed something funky. That ham and egg sandwich on Wednesday was *very* eggy, and my building is having issues with water mixing, currently have to run the cold tap for ages before it goes cold.
Anyway, seems to be over now other than a croaky voice and a sensitive stomach. Plus I'm now quite bunged up, beans on wholemeal toast for tea I think.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Aug 10, 2024 11:30:15 GMT
Wonder if I have covid. Sore throat, feeling tired, nasal congestion, aching limbs. Either that or a cold of some sort. Fucked if I'm paying for a test though. Hope it clears up before Thursday, supposed to be going to a festival sore throat feels better then yesterday though.
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Post by A46Matt on Aug 10, 2024 14:28:09 GMT
I’ve had it all week. Day 6 and still feeling rough
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Post by Hanimalle on Aug 17, 2024 15:21:55 GMT
My health has not been great starting from about a month ago. Started with a sort of tightness in the chest, though not really painful it was still worrisome as it happened several times over the course of a week.
Went to see my doctor, did an ECG plus blood test but he didn't see anything suspicious. He still recommended I go to see a cardiologist which I have an appointment with this coming Wednesday.
I'm kind of scared because while I did not have another tightness in the chest since going to my doctor, what I had instead has been pretty difficult to deal with. I've had a dry cough associated with a weird kind of itching sensation in the chest. Worse than that is how winded and exhausted I get from doing even the least intensive kind of physical activity.
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Post by LegendaryApe on Aug 18, 2024 5:37:51 GMT
My health has not been great starting from about a month ago. Started with a sort of tightness in the chest, though not really painful it was still worrisome as it happened several times over the course of a week. Went to see my doctor, did an ECG plus blood test but he didn't see anything suspicious. He still recommended I go to see a cardiologist which I have an appointment with this coming Wednesday. I'm kind of scared because while I did not have another tightness in the chest since going to my doctor, what I had instead has been pretty difficult to deal with. I've had a dry cough associated with a weird kind of itching sensation in the chest. Worse than that is how winded and exhausted I get from doing even the least intensive kind of physical activity. Sorry to hear of your health issues. You're doing the right thing though going to see the doctor and getting a follow up with a cardiologist. I had something similar that was nothing, and Im sure yours will be the same. Keep us updated!
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Post by Hanimalle on Aug 18, 2024 9:16:20 GMT
Thank you LegendaryApe for your kind words, I'll let you know how my appointment went.
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Post by Zuluhero on Aug 18, 2024 13:35:10 GMT
If it helps you, I have something similar here too, after bloods, ecgs and x-rays assured it was nothing. I think it causes panic which can make it worse (which was certainly the case with me), so putting your mind at ease will hopefully make things improve. I still have the odd feeling but reassuring myself that it's nothing serious really helps me alot. All the best!
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Post by JonFE on Aug 18, 2024 15:19:25 GMT
Hanimalle As LegendaryApe says, you are doing what's best by getting to see your GP and a cardiologist. After my heart troubles a couple of years ago (documented in this very thread), I realized the best course of action is to actually "hear" what your body tells you and act accordingly; it's the responsible thing to do. Take care of yourself and keep as posted!
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Post by Danno on Aug 18, 2024 17:41:39 GMT
I have shooty bum pain this evening
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Post by LegendaryApe on Aug 21, 2024 19:10:43 GMT
Thank you LegendaryApe for your kind words, I'll let you know how my appointment went. How'd you get on today pal
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Post by Hanimalle on Aug 22, 2024 7:50:50 GMT
Once again I must thank all of you for the kind and reassuring words. The cardiologist didn't see anything suspicious so I'll have to go back to my GP and perhaps explore other possibilities. He did insist that I should try and be more active via some sport or other physical activities, which is fair enough as I've really dropped the ball these last couple of years.
As for how I'm feeling, I'm kind of relieved but I would still like to know what is wrong with my body. It could well be some kind of anxiety attack as several people have suggested to me by now and I do tend to be anxious by nature. The only issue I see with that possibility is that some of the symptoms don't fit, namely the dry cough and how winded I get.
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Post by JonFE on Aug 22, 2024 7:58:38 GMT
Hanimalle Good to hear that your cardiologist didn't find anything suspicious, even if that means you need to continue looking; heart medical issues are nothing short of trouble. Did you by any chance get COVID lately? My encounters with it, both last October and in June, left me with an irritating dry cough for weeks.
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Post by wunty on Aug 22, 2024 10:32:10 GMT
Once again I must thank all of you for the kind and reassuring words. The cardiologist didn't see anything suspicious so I'll have to go back to my GP and perhaps explore other possibilities. He did insist that I should try and be more active via some sport or other physical activities, which is fair enough as I've really dropped the ball these last couple of years. As for how I'm feeling, I'm kind of relieved but I would still like to know what is wrong with my body. It could well be some kind of anxiety attack as several people have suggested to me by now and I do tend to be anxious by nature. The only issue I see with that possibility is that some of the symptoms don't fit, namely the dry cough and how winded I get. A few years ago I was getting very anxious about a lot of things. I was in and out of the docs and hospital for tests quite a lot over a 12 month period. In the end I did get diagnosed with something, and it was something so minor that it's basically somehting I've got now, but will never be an issue. The thing is, during that time, I had all sorts of crazy symptoms, including irregular heartbeats (got a heart monitor for a wek for that one), weird abdominal pain (numerous ultrasounds and scans for that one), as well as other things.
Once I got the final call from the doc with diagnosis of what I actually had (which, incidentally, does not produce any of the above symptoms), all the weird stuff went over the course of the next couple of weeks.
Your body is weird. Your brain is weird. When we're in that anxious way of thinking, we can literally manifest symptoms through our worrying, then focus on them, worry more, and manifest more and more. I'm not saying there's nothing wrong with you, and I would definitely suggest not to give up at the docs if you're not happy with the results, but equally, you'd be surprised at how these sacks of meat we inhabit react when under pressure, be it internal and imagined or not.
I've actually been taken to A&E twice, once by paramedics, because my entire body had seized up and I couldn't breathe. Do you know what the cause was? Yup. Anxiety.
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Post by quadfather on Aug 22, 2024 12:04:14 GMT
Yup, anxiety is a real fucker. I've had enough of it once to make my physically shut down and I could not operate. The only response I could do was to simply cry. It's quite fucking scary when your body doesn't even let you physically move because it's that fucked up at the time.
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