The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Who diagnosed cluster headaches Dave?

They are usually diagnosed by a neurologist & certainly wouldn't be cured by reading glasses. Unless I have read your post wrong. We found that our GP knew precisely zilch about them as they are very rare - fortunately.

Mrs SD has suffered from these. They are like a turbocharged migraine in terms of pain hence they are called suicide headaches as some people have taken their life as they have had them permanently.

They are strange beasts, something to do with the T5 receptors in your brain and your natural circadian rhythm. Hence sufferers get them at set times albeit the timing is different for each sufferer.

Some get them eg every Spring for a few weeks, or every day at say 3pm, Mrs SD had hers for 2 weeks at 2am in the morning on an 18 month cycle.

Typical symptoms are a crushing headache located behind one eye, watering eye and the cluster headache 'dance' - they walk rapidly back and forwards. They do things like banging their head on the floor to alleviate the pain.

The only pain relief is Sumatriptin via injection as a start point working up to lithium injections and direct oxygen inhalation.

Horrible things. Mrs SD suffers much less post- menopause.

It was my Doctor iirc. It was 55+ years ago. I had never heard the phrase.
One effect I remember was that it was like looking down a tunnel.....the Doc called it tunnel vision.
I used to need strong pain killers.
As I say, it was 55+ years ago.

 

[Drago]

Back just gone again. Bought Mini D #4 a drum kit for crimbk and back has gone again while lugging it up the stairs. Finally got a physio appt on 1st December, a mere 5 mpnths after first injuring it.

 

[Drago]

Breaking news... it's David Wally I Am who tried to the injunction blocking filthy perfert claims!!!

 

[PeteXXX]

Just bussed into town to meet daughter at the Registrar place in the library to finalise stuff.... Please bring with you the following or we might not be able to process things...

Duly dug out all the required information, plus my passport and driving licence..

Guess how much of it was needed..?

Yep, you guessed correctly.. Absolutely none. Answer questions, check details on death certificate and sign on the dotted line. Sorted. 🤷‍♂️

 

[PeteXXX]

Snooze has been snoozed 😴💤

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Breaking news... it's David Wally I Am who tried to the injunction blocking filthy perfert claims!!!

Thought it was

not much point in continuing to block it as his name was mentioned a lot of Facebook
and that is me seeing it - and I avoid the main "gossip" type threads and stuff

even saw him mentioned on a German Shepard Dog thread!!

 

[kynikos]

Chill day and chill week coming up. Came of my bike yesterday morning - think leaves covering track. Badly bruised hip, broken collar bone and very light grazing to side of head. Interesting conversation with Doc in A&E re virtues of wearing a helmet and he's off to research rotational effects of wearing same. Anyway I survived, according to the CT scan of my noggin (I take abixaban).

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Sainsbury's Xmas deal:

2.2kg bone in beef rib...

... £100.80!

How mad is this world becoming?

 

[mrushton]

Breaking news... it's David Wally I Am who tried to the injunction blocking filthy perfert claims!!!

Been an open secret for a while. Obv he didn't want the adverse publicity but what you want and what you get may differ

 

[Drago]

Not watching TV i miss out on these open secrets.

 

[mrushton]

Sainsbury's Xmas deal:

2.2kg bone in beef rib...

... £100.80!

How mad is this world becoming?

Meat is expensive. Better off going to a proper butcher rather than Sainsbury's. Especially if you are spending big

 

[mrushton]

Not watching TV i miss out on these open secrets.

Not on TV but it's been hinted at on SM and the press. Last week Alton Towers closed his themed ride. Just before the hearing. Press love doing those sort of coincidence things

 

[mrushton]

Doing stuff this am. Bus ride with my daughter who got off to go to school and I carried on to the next town and bought bread, expensive steak and some eggs. Took a bike to lbs and listened to mechanic explain ebikes issues to a customer who I think was hoping for a cheap quick fix.

 

[Drago]

It somehow all passed me by in the Tatler.

 

[Dave7]

Sainsbury's Xmas deal:

2.2kg bone in beef rib...

... £100.80!

How mad is this world becoming?

What !!!!
That's £20 a Lb in real money .
I'll stick with chicken or fish (which is also getting stupid prices).