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Health Thread
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Wishing you the best and staying nothing but positive for you Bob !
Thanks Randy! Feeling the good vibes from Washington!
Dang.
Bob, during half-awake periods of sleep, in a darkened room, have you ever experienced flashes of bright lights?
No, I think you’re probably referring to a detached retina? They’re looking at that pretty closely.
Yup, I had 3 stroke events (the last one was while I was hospitalized). Several CAT scans and finally a MRI before they removed
a 70% blockage in my right carotid artery. This was Nov.2. The incision is almost healed and I'm getting better daily. The doctor
put me on Plavix for the rest of my life.
Best wishes for a good prognosis.
a 70% blockage in my right carotid artery. This was Nov.2. The incision is almost healed and I'm getting better daily. The doctor
put me on Plavix for the rest of my life.
Best wishes for a good prognosis.
It’s amazing to me , all the baggage that so many of us just quietly carry around. I’m happy to hear they caught your problem in time and that you are recovering well. Thanks for the well wishes.
Dammit - we all better come over....
....before it’s too late!
....before it’s too late!
Guess I won't get much sympathy for having a ruptured tendon for the pinky finger on right hand, huh? Doctor didn't even manage to leave me with a neat scar! I'll have to work harder in the next year!
Like they say "Getting old isn't for sissies!" Then I guess until someone can assure us there are XS650's in the after life we should do our best to hang around here as long as we can!
Like they say "Getting old isn't for sissies!" Then I guess until someone can assure us there are XS650's in the after life we should do our best to hang around here as long as we can!
Bob, that's one of the symptoms of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD). Often starts in the periphery regions. Can be found and tracked with periodic retinal scans. I get annual eye exams, including retinal scans (you shoves your face into a rubbery box, followed by a bright green flash. Disorientation follows.). I have the beginning stages of AMD, but way out beyond the periphery. I use this supplement, and the AMD hasn't changed the last 4 years.
My vision is still 20/15, but have to use easy-readers for reading the tiny text on my smartphone...
Thanks Steve, that’s good info. I’ll ask my doctor about it.
Weird vision issues can be related to eyestrain and computer use. Take lots of breaks, and also if you can shift the color of the screen away from blue and towards red it helps (a few programs out there to do that, like Redshift http://jonls.dk/redshift/ )
Huh, that’s interesting.
Hi Mailman,
I woke up with a 9 thru 12 o'clock grey card in front of my right eye mebbe 15 years ago.
Screaming panicked to the clinic & then the hospital. They said it was a mini-stroke.
The eye-doctor's gadgets say it's still there but my brain didn't notice it after 3 months or so.
Get your hernia fixed BEFORE your innards cauliflower out of it, eh?
And stay off the statins! They'll fuck you up big time.
Using them is like taking light surface rust off chrome with an industrial sandblaster.
OK, so I am finally putting my knee update in the place where it belongs (and my apologies for all the hijacks).
Yesterday, I drove the car a couple of km to pick up a sandwich for lunch and the drive went great. I had no difficulty with the pedals and felt confident that I was safe.
Today, I had another physio apt. and got to 120 deg. of knee bend and did 2 km on the bike with no problem. I drove to a restaurant and had lunch with a couple of friends and then went to my office and did a couple of hours work this afternoon.
I can now get around using either a cane or no walking aids at all and I haven’t had any painkillers for about 36 hours. The pain isn’t gone, but it’s not bad - the key sensation is numbness. I can climb stairs in the normal right-left fashion and I have walked several hundred meters at a time without too much difficulty.
I’m not there yet, but it’s been 5 weeks, and I’m getting close.
I really want to thank all of the Forum members who have sympathized, encouraged, advised and badgered me through this delightful and highly enjoyable (
) experience. What a great community - and so few of us have ever even met face to face!
Your kindness will not be forgotten and I will do my very best to repay it with interest.
Pete
Yesterday, I drove the car a couple of km to pick up a sandwich for lunch and the drive went great. I had no difficulty with the pedals and felt confident that I was safe.
Today, I had another physio apt. and got to 120 deg. of knee bend and did 2 km on the bike with no problem. I drove to a restaurant and had lunch with a couple of friends and then went to my office and did a couple of hours work this afternoon.
I can now get around using either a cane or no walking aids at all and I haven’t had any painkillers for about 36 hours. The pain isn’t gone, but it’s not bad - the key sensation is numbness. I can climb stairs in the normal right-left fashion and I have walked several hundred meters at a time without too much difficulty.
I’m not there yet, but it’s been 5 weeks, and I’m getting close.
I really want to thank all of the Forum members who have sympathized, encouraged, advised and badgered me through this delightful and highly enjoyable (
) experience. What a great community - and so few of us have ever even met face to face!Your kindness will not be forgotten and I will do my very best to repay it with interest.
Pete
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That’s terrific news Pete! It might not have seemed like it at the time, but to be doing so well after just 5 weeks is very encouraging. I’m so happy you finally have that taken care of. Enjoy your fresh start!
Way to go, Pete! I couldn't wait to get off the pills (so I felt confident to drive again). Your progress is pretty much right on schedule. You should be back to "normal" in about another 3 weeks. That's when I had 135* and the doc told me I had to go back to work. By the end of my first week back, I was working off a ladder! I was nervous as hell, but the knee didn't fail me. I never looked back. I'd trade the occasional dull ache for the constant feeling I had an axe sticking out of my leg any time. Time is a great healer, but a poor beautician. 
That’s an interesting read Doug.
“If health professionals do not follow standards and guidelines – for example don't ask you to take a cholesterol test when you reach a certain age and recommend the cholesterol-lowering drug – they are in danger of being viewed as incompetent practitioners.”
I feel this exact scenario happened to me during my last annual physical. My Dr wanted to put me on statins because he said I was in a higher risk group due to my age and blood pressure.
I have no other risk factors. Zero!
My blood pressure is well controlled.
I am not diabetic, don’t smoke or drink, am not overweight, I exercises, and yet he still wanted me on it. I never did.
