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The EADD Health, Sickness and Pain Thread - share what ails you here.

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Yeah I was gonna say senakot and fibrulose i think they used to give me through the codeine years, but also depended on drinking lots of fluid, which I never wanted to do while atached to a catheter.....so i stayed backed up for the (now seems trifling) 3-4 days i had it in.....

You can't stay backed up cos of infection risk, and you don't want to drink loads of fluid as will involve more catheter action. :(

Aren't there any decent painkillers that don't block you up? I know so little about it it's untrue considering how long I was prescribed various painkillers for, i know that NSAID's aren't for me cos of gut issues, and I never found them that effective anyway.

Hope your days don't keep getting worse SHM .... <3
 
Fuck me that doesn't sound nice, SHM. Take comfort in the fact I have a vivid imagination and I'm squirming just thinking about that. <3 Hope it's over quickly, you know how it is, once it's over you'll forget about it in an hour or two!
 
Um okay I've had a cramp in my left foot for the past 10mn, it's getting worse and it's becoming pretty fucking painful. Any ways to make it go away? I get them often but they never last more than like 30 seconds...it started in two toes and now I can't move any of my foot/ankle, everything's locked in place. :(

I heard flexing the muscles involved is supposed to help and it always has in the past but now it just seems to be making things worse...and same when I don't move anythig... :?
 
Rotate and palpate, Pagey. Basically wiggle 'n' rub ;)

I wake up with insane Crazy Horse (leg cramp) sometimes. No idea why. Hurts like absolute fuckery fuck though :!

I get meself into all kindsa fukked up positions and vacillations trying to help. None does. But jigging about a bit and rubbing like a bastard seems to. As placebos go, it is at least comedic to view =D

But ya, it hurts. Temporarily anyway. If one of those cramp pains actually lasted the NHS would be brought down overnight 8o
 
Ah I've been trying to do that and it just seems to be going up my leg now. And my toes are just kinda twitching on their own. It's creepy. Am I overreacting or at they supposed to last over 20mn? I'm not that sensitive to pain but it's really starting to fucking hurt and it's up to my knee now ><
 
They can build up over time. I've not had one last quite that long but not far off. It really all does come down to rubbing and wiggling though. As do all the most intriguing things in life :D

But ya, cramps are pure hell ferra as long as they last so you have my sympathies <3
 
I seem to have a weird thing with my left foot. I get a cramp there about once a week but as I said they usually leave within the minute...this is just...mehrrr. I'm trying to do the rubbing and wiggling but it's seriously making it worse. I'll just wait for it to pass I s'ppose.
I think I may have messed up the muscles in that area of my body in judo a few years ago though...I broke a few bones there and twisted some muscles and that's about when the cramps started. Maybe I should get it checked out. Once I can walk again :|

Okay I'll stop my melodramatic bitching. I feel like a bit of an idiot posting this after SHM's actual pain experience but it really does hurt haha. Thank you Shambles ;)
 
I had a similar thing going with me left thigh for quite a while, Pagey. Although I had absolutely no reason whatsoever to attribute it to let alone actual physical exertion 8o

Vaguely recall cramps have summat to do with circulation... but may be wrong. Either way, it should pass eventually. They really are utter shite whilst they last though :!
 
Combine relevant stretches with re-hydration. You shall be fine. Magnesium helps too.


My tennis ball welt on my tibia from last week has progressed nicely to a MASSIVE yellow bruise with a related, yet painless, black bruise ten inches lower on my foot. Guess that's ligament. rather thaan bone damage, not too bad then!
 
Thanks to everyone who has been suitably appalled on my behalf. Pain subsiding a little bit and I'm out of bed. Which is where I've spent most of the last three/four days.

If I stay infection free (and even if I don't actually) this is a major success for HIFU, the 'new' treatment I accepted in place of what is called a RADICAL prostatectomy. My bodily functions are functioning and I swear I even woke up with a semi this morning. Too much information? I haven't even started on the piss and shit stuff yet.

Still got a poxy catheter attached, even though I don't need it now, four days until that gets taken out. Hey ho. It's all been a lot better than 7 days bed-ridden and loss of pissing and sex skills.

Prostate cancer. What a laugh eh?

PS To those who sent me nice messages - cant thank you enough. And no, I'm not on happy drugs Jancrow. I'm just sincerely grateful to the humanity that exudes from a bunch of useless druggies (copyright Daily Mail).

Not so useless eh? Keep on keepin' on. And keep challenging the medics when you know better than they. I fought so much shit from surgeons and GPs (not to mention family) through the last year and yeah, feel ever so slightly (massively) vindicated right now.

Thank you for your support.
 
StoneHappyMonday said:
... a RADICAL prostatectomy...
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Hahahahahahhahahhaaa! Ya, those are not two words anybody wants to see in a sentence related to themselves ;)

Also, am rather ashamed that I am not amongst those that sent PMs. You know me though. Am just plain shit at personal communications sometimes. But I hope you know even without any of the bells and whistles to make it more socially acceptable <3
 
Marmalade said:
wow atm, how long would a breaking/resetting take to heal? ... if it eliminates the need for pain meds in the long term, and they can be pretty sure it would be successful, then however much hassle it seems now, it'd probably be worth it, no?
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Thanks Marmz, I've got to got back in a couple of months for scans and Xrays and to discuss what's to be done. My knee won't be right until I have a replacement but the leg not being straight is causing more problems, I'll never walk properly with it the way it is and I'm pretty sure it's getting further out of line over time.

They haven't said how long I'd have to be off work, they need to break the tibia and put in new metal work, I'm hoping that I could be on crutches pretty quick and on a low enough amount of pain killer to be able to drive an automatic and get into work, fortunately I don't need to be very mobile for my job and could use a wheelchair as before if needed.

I'm tempted to finally succumb and take up the private health care at work to get a second opinion, I'm pretty sure they should have used a fixator and they won't make any comment as to why they didn't do a knee replacement given I shattered it completely.

My doc has been pretty good, prescribing me MST but the doses are inevitably starting to creep up, I try most days to keep to one larger dose rather than 2-3 doses a day but it's getting harder to manage in the mornings, all pails into insignificance when I read SHM's posts though, ultimately I've got a busted leg but I can walk (and ride my scooter!) I'm grateful for that.
 
Have had an infected "insect bite" on my arm for a few days, thinking it would just get better as another "insect bite" on my shoulder did.
But now I've woken up with my arm in so much pain that I feel it on my wrist (about 3 inches away from said wound) and all around the area of the arm in question.
Thankfully I've got an GP appt. but it's at 4:50pm so that's shit.
Ibuprofen, Codeine and saying "Fuck! Kshhhh feck feck feck!" a great deal until then.

Can't wait to have it dressed - It even hurts to pick up a cup of tea for fuck's sake! 8( :|
And I don't know what I can do about any more pain relief! In this GP's eyes I'll be fine with what I've got.... I'm not :(
Fuck's sake. Stupid of me to leave it thinking I wouldn't need any Antibiotics...
 
monstanoodle said:
Have had an infected "insect bite" on my arm for a few days, thinking it would just get better as another "insect bite" on my shoulder did.
But now I've woken up with my arm in so much pain that I feel it on my wrist (about 3 inches away from said wound) and all around the area of the arm in question.
Thankfully I've got an GP appt. but it's at 4:50pm so that's shit.
Ibuprofen, Codeine and saying "Fuck! Kshhhh feck feck feck!" a great deal until then.

Can't wait to have it dressed - It even hurts to pick up a cup of tea for fuck's sake! 8( :|
And I don't know what I can do about any more pain relief! In this GP's eyes I'll be fine with what I've got.... I'm not :(
Fuck's sake. Stupid of me to leave it thinking I wouldn't need any Antibiotics...
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What did the doctor say?
I got a poisonous spider bite on my wrist a few years ago that sounded suspiciously like this. Everything was hard, blue and swollen up to my shoulder. Ended up spending a week in the hospital with a few IV antibiotics actually. Not trying to freak you out or anything, but in general if an insect bite really hurts it's usually best not to 'wait and see' :\ anyway hope it got sorted out <3
 
Pagey said:
What did the doctor say?
I got a poisonous spider bite on my wrist a few years ago that sounded suspiciously like this. Everything was hard, blue and swollen up to my shoulder. Ended up spending a week in the hospital with a few IV antibiotics actually. Not trying to freak you out or anything, but in general if an insect bite really hurts it's usually best not to 'wait and see' :\ anyway hope it got sorted out <3
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Eeeeep! That sounds proper painful Pagey! And yeah, I've learned my lesson now (only took it happening twice in separate events) 8)

The Dr. actually said:
Well, I agree completely with Dr. [my name]'s opinion and course of treatment!
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And not in a sarcastic "Fuck you, boy! I'm the doctor! way :D

So yeah - A course of Flucloxacillin and just had to use Ibuprofen to help with the pain and swelling. It's better now - still have a lil' "wound" and my wrist clicks when I rotate it in a certain manner - But I'm fine

Today though - yet again - my left knee is fucked again and other joints are hurting a bit. And I've been rambling around loads lately so I don't know what's going on :?
Fuck's sake :|
 
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