Health and other general ailments...

[muddy mudguard]

So far this year (yes I know we're only 19-days in), I've had a flare up of my herniated discs in L4 and L5 in my back, I went to the Emergency Room and they gave me oral steroids and some pain killers.

Well now, I've gone and gotten myself a cataract in my left eye - can't see a bloody thing out of it! Apparently, I must be pretty special as the odds of getting one of these things at my age (41) is pretty slim. In fact, they think it's a very rare reaction to the steroidal medicine they put me on for my back!! Marvellous!

I just thought perhaps we could have a health thread where folks can post their ailments and others could respond with either:

• their own personal experiences of such things
• any potential things to help you feel better - home remedies and the like

Clearly though, this is not some kind of WebMD place and I would seriously urge anyone with any medical conditions to seek medical advice....as much as folks on here may know, there's no substitute for a doctors opinion - unless that doctor is Harold Shipman!

 

[Kurt.]

i'd stay away from L4 and L5 lad if I was you

 

[Eggs]

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......your neighbour has probably sprayed you with chemicals.

 

[ijjysmith]

......your neighbour has probably sprayed you with chemicals.

Hahaha!!

 

[Huyton Layne]

Bloody hell mate, just call it a day. You're falling to pieces and just in your fourties

 

[Fearthainn]

It's AIDS.

 

[Ashtonian]

did you ingest too much sawdust?

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

I went to the Emergency Room and they gave me oral steroids

Lucky you! I could've done with some of that! All's I got was a snoopy poster to say I was dead brave...


Ohhhhh - oral steroids

 

[summerisle]

 

[LostLegend]

 

[evertoniandy]

I've always been proud of my dry palms so I can confidently shake hands with folk without seeing them almost vomit, but recently they've become so dry they've started to crack.

Any recommendations for product I can use to alleviate the dryness but not leave me feeling like I've just eaten a KFC? I hate the feeling of greasy skin which most moisturisers leave me with.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Showed up in the ER last year worried I was having a serious health issue. Turns out it was just reflux. That stuff sucks. Glad I wasn't dying, though. Spent all the prior day sitting in the airport feeling crappy and wondering why all the fat people I saw were smiling and I felt so bad.

 

[Groucho]

I've always been proud of my dry palms so I can confidently shake hands with folk without seeing them almost vomit, but recently they've become so dry they've started to crack.

Any recommendations for product I can use to alleviate the dryness but not leave me feeling like I've just eaten a KFC? I hate the feeling of greasy skin which most moisturisers leave me with.

I'm told Neutrogena is good.

I'm with you though. I hate creams like that. I'm led to believe this one doesn't leave you with a film of grease.

 

[degsy]

Showed up in the ER last year worried I was having a serious health issue. Turns out it was just reflux. That stuff sucks. Glad I wasn't dying, though. Spent all the prior day sitting in the airport feeling crappy and wondering why all the fat people I saw were smiling and I felt so bad.

losec is the stuff for that 1 tab per day, best to have the down the throat cam though just in case

 

[The Cowboy]

I've always been proud of my dry palms so I can confidently shake hands with folk without seeing them almost vomit, but recently they've become so dry they've started to crack.

Any recommendations for product I can use to alleviate the dryness but not leave me feeling like I've just eaten a KFC? I hate the feeling of greasy skin which most moisturisers leave me with.

Body Shop hemp hand cream.

I got shocking dermatitis from handing dirty cash working on a shop cashdesk many years ago, I tried all manner of prescription and non prescription creams, then I tried hemp cream and within a month it'd gone completely.

Can feel a bit greasy if you use too much, so use sparingly and often.