What's wrong with you?

[Lullabelle]

Mrs R has her pre-op assessment today for her neck operation, which is scheduled for 14 Feb. She's having 2 new disks inserted. That'll make it 4 operations in the last year since her bike smash.

Mrs RM

 

[Maverick Goose]

Mrs RM

And extra plusfrom me too.

 

[Lullabelle]

And extra plusfrom me too.

I am sure Rocky's butler is waiting on Mrs RM hand and foot

 

[vernon]

I am sure Rocky's butler is waiting on Mrs RM hand and foot

He's not. He's gadding about with my butler in his Bentley.

 

[lesley_x]

sadly the same is true here, hence why I haven't listed anything... all you can do is ignore what they think you might have and not bother finding out about it until it is confirmed you have it. anything else and you (read I) would be depressed for life and way too down to carry on fighting. I only find out about conditions I am confirmed as having, then I learn them well because several of them are rare and medical staff often have not come across patients with them, so often have to tell them what is needed to treat me in an emergency!

Not much fun is it?

I haven't listed anything because they aren't common illnesses and the main one nobody knows what it is, even most (not all) staff in the medical profession so I can totally relate. I turned up for surgery 2 weeks ago and they were taking my history and had no clue what it was, couldn't even pronounce it - didn't inspire much confidence! Thankfully the anaesthetist was on the ball and took the necessary precautions to make me comfortable.

I do not meet many doctors who inspire me with confidence unfortunately. I turn up for appts, normally taking an afternoon off work and they have never checked my blood results, they never know my history and I spend most appts walking them through things over and over. I had an appointment like this yesterday it was so frustrating. The exception to this has been rheumatologists. They are awesome people and doctors and I cannot praise them enough. I would have died had it not been for my now retired rheumatologist.

It's really good to know I'm not alone with the weird illnesses thing, I find it a tough life to live, it's quite lonely.

 

[classic33]

I haven't listed anything because they aren't common illnesses and the main one nobody knows what it is, even most (not all) staff in the medical profession so I can totally relate. I turned up for surgery 2 weeks ago and they were taking my history and had no clue what it was, couldn't even pronounce it - didn't inspire much confidence! Thankfully the anaesthetist was on the ball and took the necessary precautions to make me comfortable.

It's really good to know I'm not alone with the weird illnesses thing, I find it a tough life to live, it's quite lonely.

Often its the not so weird ones that people mis-understand the most.

 

[fossyant]

Fit as a fiddle, still have rubbery bones despite car drivers trying to prove otherwise. Just two dodgy bearings caused by surgery. Bashed up shoulder is 100% again following surgery a few years back.

 

[classic33]

Right arm is two inches longer than the left arm.

 

[luckyfox]

ATM still recovering from injury so right hip and knee still a bit dodgy!

 

[KneesUp]

Bad neck as a result of combining beer with a bouncy castle when a student.

Bad knees as a result of genetics and playing five-a-side on a hard pitch every week for five years without ever warming up, warming down, or making allowance for injuries.

 

[nickyboy]

High cholesterol (hereditary, thanks Mum) so I've just started on statins. Other than that, I'm fine so not bad really. Apart from a naturally "muscular" build that makes cycling up hills hard work

Statins seems worryingly effective for such a small pill. LDL was 6+, couple of months on the meds and its now 2.5. No side effects which is great. I've also eaten no cheese for two months, wonder how much of the LDL reduction is that? Maybe I could have a sneaky chunk of stilton now my cholesterol is in the normal range

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Statins seems worryingly effective for such a small pill. LDL was 6+, couple of months on the meds and its now 2.5. No side effects which is great. I've also eaten no cheese for two months, wonder how much of the LDL reduction is that? Maybe I could have a sneaky chunk of stilton now my cholesterol is in the normal range

No cheese, are you insane?!

 

[vickster]

My list is slightly altered

My chopped knee is slowly recovering, but I do have the same same as before (I'm putting it down to being p!ssed off by the soft tissue trimming and bone scraping). I'l hopefully have a diagnosis on my left hand next week (possibly an ulnar nerve entrapment, possibly tendonitis, possibly a bit of both or something else )

I have an increasingly sore right shoulder too which really hurts when I reach behind to do up my bra and is extremely grindy when I do the 'windmill' exercise

I'm seeing a new physio on Wednesday...if all else fails after that, I'll go to a vet

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

to add to whatever was already here,
I now have a bad back and some residual paralysis after rupturing a disc in my spin back in November, surgery in December to prevent permanent paralysis - always knew there was little chance of a full recovery... all I did was put the phone down and turn around to walk away. At least family can't blame it on my cycling!
Now confined to bed all day except when on a walk or trike ride... (one each a day). I can't sit down - it is really problematic! One the bright side the paralysis is nowhere near as bad as it could have been luckily and I can still cycle, albeit on a recumbent trike. Now I just need to suss walking and sitting really!

 

[accountantpete]

I developed a lump in the nether regions about 30 years ago which basically became like a third testicle. It posed occasional problems whilst riding as it would slip down the side of the saddleand would also on occasion get tangled up around the adjacent left tessie

Anyhow - it disappeared overnight last week .