I'm afraid I'll have a heath attack... :?
what is Illness?
Disease. :)
Shake it!
8)
yeah! 8)
and dress in black! :-D
Quote from: "CTG"I'm afraid I'll have a heath attack... :?
It's OK. You still have many other characters to live!
Quote from: "Chulk"Quote from: "CTG"I'm afraid I'll have a heath attack... :?
It's OK. You still have many other characters to live!
Like you? :-D
Damn it seems I'll have that Car Pool whatever in my hand (BJ spreaded it ;D).
Lucky you, it doesn't seem to affect your replays so much.
It started heavily today (there were signs in the last few weeks) but I looked up some medical info and it can't be car pool. It's another kind of thing with little and ring finger, wrist and elbow (the nerve running in this part). This one was a predictable illness from some facts: more than 10 hours/day computer use, reumatoid arthritis, few people in my family with neural problems in legs/arms...
Damn it! Current possibilities:
1, I have meningitis and I'm already in the final stadium.
2, I have serious spine problems and migrene in the same time.
3, I'm hypochondriac.
I had something like #2 last week. First 40C fever, then fever died down and gave way for some pains in the back and extreme migrene-like pains in the head. I had a thundering headache for 30 hours, it was unbearable... Then I got some penicillin and it died down. I've heard of a lot of people with the same kind of thing these days, so it might be some kind of epidemic.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on September 23, 2007, 08:49:12 PM
I had something like #2 last week. First 40C fever, then fever died down and gave way for some pains in the back and extreme migrene-like pains in the head. I had a thundering headache for 30 hours, it was unbearable... Then I got some penicillin and it died down. I've heard of a lot of people with the same kind of thing these days, so it might be some kind of epidemic.
No BJ, it's quite more evident: Your symptoms are typical for being dried out of Palinka... 8)
: -D
Oh P?linka, I miss you... :'(
I miss quality seafood!
Guess I'll visit next month that running-sushi restaurant you went to :)
past month I had 40 little plates in a row there ;)
When you go there, don't make bets with your friends about how many creepy things you dare to eat :-X
I went home quite early this week (on Thursday) for some former medical test results. It seems I have more than a single illness. First of all they found huge amount of Staphylococcus aureus in my samples (can cause brutal things), my blood is full of lymphocitas and eosinophil white blood cells and the iron level of my blood was quite low. Now I'm on strong antibiotics (and painkiller pills) but I'm not sure if these things cause my mysterious illness or not... :(
poor CTG, drink actimel next time
Actimel LOL. I ate high-dose amoxicillin pills instead... Control: tomorrow, results: next week.
Doctor said it's most likely that my tonsils are the source (ideal place for dangerous bacteria) of my regular fever/joint pain problems and suggested tonsillectomia.
Second test said it's already resistent for the latest antibiotics. Strange. Human error at the first prescription or evolution of my former bacteria.
Quote from: CTG on October 16, 2007, 09:14:05 AM
Human error at the first prescription or evolution of my former bacteria.
Hopefully, it was a human error. Otherwise, we'll have to put you in quarantine... :D
If it resists everything then it's MRSA, a very-very cruel type of this bacteria.
Quote from: CTG on October 17, 2007, 08:47:43 AM
If it resists everything then it's MRSA, a very-very cruel type of this bacteria.
Why do you say 'cruel'? What does it do?
MRSA eats meat. Human meat.
here it is (and on my bed also :))
(http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/files/images/productdetails/flesheating.jpg)
http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/flesheating.html
I'm ordering again some nice bacteria from Germany for christmas! They ship to Hungary finally! Hurraaaaay :)
Tonsillectomia: next Monday.
I hope to survive it. :D
Quote from: CTG on November 05, 2007, 11:44:11 AM
Tonsillectomia: next Monday.
I hope to survive it. :D
Good luck on getting rid of those scary
S. aureus... anyway, are tonsils as trivial to remove as adenoids - i.e. just a pair of rest days at most?
Quote from: zaqrack on October 21, 2007, 11:12:35 PM
here it is (and on my bed also :))
(http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/files/images/productdetails/flesheating.jpg)
Wow! Those are simply
brilliant, so damn catchy... 8)
and today my German bacteria pack has arrived!
I'll give away nice diseases as christmas presents! :)
isn't it funny?
"What did you give to your brother for christmas?"
"The flu!"
hahaha ;D
Also kept some rabies and sleeping illness for ourselves :)
Wish CTG a speedy recovery... ;)
Quote from: Duplode on November 12, 2007, 10:50:52 PM
Wish CTG a speedy recovery... ;)
Thanks! Tonsils were removed, now I feel weak and I can't eat, drink and breath normally - but they say it will last only a week or two.
Quote from: CTG on November 13, 2007, 11:32:56 AM
Tonsils were removed, now I feel weak and I can't eat, drink and breath normally - but they say it will last only a week or two.
Get better soon!
eat ice cream!
Hypochondriac is back: fluent pain and torpidity in the left side of my chest, left shoulder, left upper arm. I can't drink now... :-\
Quote from: CTG on July 22, 2008, 08:37:04 PM
Hypochondriac is back: fluent pain and torpidity in the left side of my chest, left shoulder, left upper arm. I can't drink now... :-\
Did it start right now? If so, that dangerously looks like an emergency!
Not suddenly, few days ago, but getting worse and worse.
HOT NEWS: Akoss Poo is in hospital with broken nose (accident, let me guess: he was drunk).
Quote from: CTG on August 22, 2008, 04:20:43 PM
HOT NEWS: Akoss Poo is in hospital with broken nose (accident, let me guess: he was drunk).
OUCH ! It should hurt... :o :-\
I was about to lean to the bench to grab my beer, while a friend of mine was about to turn around from that bench. He just started to turn around when I started to lean, and thus my nose and his shoulder met. He could not see that I'm behind him, while I could not count on that he would turn around soon. My nose was operated back in 2001, and this time it had to be operated again. I spent 4 nights in hospital, after the operation, the following 3 days were awfully awful... Now I'm okay, and I'm at the friend of mine's flat.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on August 26, 2008, 10:46:43 AM
I was about to lean to the bench to grab my beer, while a friend of mine was about to turn around from that bench. He just started to turn around when I started to lean, and thus my nose and his shoulder met. He could not see that I'm behind him, while I could not count on that he would turn around soon. My nose was operated back in 2001, and this time it had to be operated again. I spent 4 nights in hospital, after the operation, the following 3 days were awfully awful... Now I'm okay, and I'm at the friend of mine's flat.
Michael Jackson started like this and look at his nose... ;D
Quote from: CTG on August 26, 2008, 11:06:55 AM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on August 26, 2008, 10:46:43 AM
I was about to lean to the bench to grab my beer, while a friend of mine was about to turn around from that bench. He just started to turn around when I started to lean, and thus my nose and his shoulder met. He could not see that I'm behind him, while I could not count on that he would turn around soon. My nose was operated back in 2001, and this time it had to be operated again. I spent 4 nights in hospital, after the operation, the following 3 days were awfully awful... Now I'm okay, and I'm at the friend of mine's flat.
Michael Jackson started like this and look at his nose... ;D
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Quote from: CTG on August 26, 2008, 11:06:55 AM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on August 26, 2008, 10:46:43 AM
I was about to lean to the bench to grab my beer, while a friend of mine was about to turn around from that bench. He just started to turn around when I started to lean, and thus my nose and his shoulder met. He could not see that I'm behind him, while I could not count on that he would turn around soon. My nose was operated back in 2001, and this time it had to be operated again. I spent 4 nights in hospital, after the operation, the following 3 days were awfully awful... Now I'm okay, and I'm at the friend of mine's flat.
Michael Jackson started like this and look at his nose... ;D
Simply G-R-E-A-T!!!!
4 nights for a nose? Are you still drunk?
Quote from: Rotoi on August 28, 2008, 01:43:43 AM
4 nights for a nose? Are you still drunk?
No, he has a big nose that needed 3 people to handle during operation. :D ;D :P
(http://www.illinoisphoto.com/pictures/d/80438-1/super+big+nose.jpg)
Quote from: Krys TOFF on August 28, 2008, 10:07:54 AM
Quote from: Rotoi on August 28, 2008, 01:43:43 AM
4 nights for a nose? Are you still drunk?
No, he has a big nose that needed 3 people to handle during operation. :D ;D :P
(http://www.illinoisphoto.com/pictures/d/80438-1/super+big+nose.jpg)
Nope, he's a gipsy, not hebrew. ;D :P
Of course he's not a gipsy, just quarter-nigger.
No question who is the loser of the month: I'm suffering from a head injury caused by a stupid accident on Friday (high speed crash between my head and the edge of bookshelf). I spent the Saturday in hospital and the diagnosis was concussion of the brain. I have lay in the bed for 3-4 days without TV/computer (as you can see I couldn't stand using the internet, too bad for my recovery :D) or any physical/mental exercises.
November sucks!
Are you blind? How come a person hits his head with the elevator and only few weeks later, hits his head with a shelf so fast that he ends up with brain concussion?
Here in Brazil, as the saying goes, the "cursed month" should be August... perhaps it changes a bit according to the timezone, as it seems :-X
Quote from: Chulk on November 24, 2008, 02:16:55 PM
Are you blind?
Fortunately not. But it hurts and also feel dizzy... :-\
Edit: bah I just understood what you wanted to say in an ironic way... Somehow I have sudden "headfirst" movements (like standing up too fast) when I'm not enough careful and sometimes it ends in a crash.
I had the same "headfirst moves" problem you have, until one day I saw a friend of mine get up to fast, hit his head with an open window and fall unconscious. From that day on, I'm extra careful with my moves, although I still hit my head every once in a while.
Quote from: Chulk on November 24, 2008, 10:06:59 PM
I had the same "headfirst moves" problem you have, until one day I saw a friend of mine get up to fast, hit his head with an open window and fall unconscious. From that day on, I'm extra careful with my moves, although I still hit my head every once in a while.
Due to this bad habit I had several accidents in the past when going downstairs, standing up, turning somewhere, etc - but usually hurting "only" my ankle/knee/hands and not my head... Not the best period of my life - but still not the worst (touch wood!).
Is it normal to check my senses in every hour and to watch if there's brain liquor coming from my nose/ear or not? :D
(I can't believe concussion's effect is getting worse after 5 days but on the other hand I can's see any signs of serious brain/bone damage in my head - only the stronger and more diffuse headache and feeling really dizzy when not laying in the bed)
Quote from: CTG on November 27, 2008, 01:25:26 PM
I can't believe concussion's effect is getting worse after 5 days
Maybe you should see your Doctor again...
Quote from: Chulk on November 27, 2008, 09:34:40 PM
Quote from: CTG on November 27, 2008, 01:25:26 PM
I can't believe concussion's effect is getting worse after 5 days
Maybe you should see your Doctor again...
I did. X-ray did not show fracture, possibly I'll have EEG and CT tests next week.
After 3 electrotherapy treatments, a lot of ointment and medicine, my hand is still in the same status. The plaster was its best treatment in December, it's never that bad than before the plaster, and there's an ointment which is good painkiller but gives no treatment. It is still swollen, turgid, and after some activities (lots of writing, typing, cooking, cycling - and especially after table football), it hurts (somewhere between burning and torpidity). The problem is with my wrist (and with my hand/fingers, originating from my wrist I guess). I'm afraid of the same problem as BJ's (same computer games :)), and of operation... :-\ ??? >:( :(
STOP USING YOUR ARMS.
It's tough, but it's all you can do. Also, see a physiotherapist rather than medical specialists.
1. You must learn to relax your arms completely. Normally when you aren't using your arms, that doesn't mean you are relaxing them completely. To do this, put your arm on a table, and then "let it fall". Pretend that you are letting your arm fall to somewhere lower than the table. Recognize this feeling.
2. See for how long you can relax your arms completely (if sometimes you have to use them, besides using them only as lightly as possible, try to use just one arm, and always the same during a day). You must employ this complete relaxation for many hours on end, that's what allows the tendons to regenerate.
3. Once you feel that you can move your arm a little bit without hurt, do stretching exercises. Relax your underarm muscles, and press the tips of your fingers against at a wall so that your wrist is suspended in air at a 90 degree angle (but supported by your fingers pressed against the wall).
4. Once you have recovered some more, start working out by lifting not-so-heavy things up and down in your hand.
Have a physiotherapist work this out for you and determine when you can do what. Do not play Stunts, or table-football.
It would be hard because I have 12 classes of laboratory practice per a week... After examinating (July), I would like to work, and my family wouldn't let me rest my arm for a long time... And health problem solving aren't as easy here in Hungary than there in Denmark... Doctors are for their money and not for health care...
Screw doctors, you need physiotherapy...
I know it's a crap situation, but you have to take care of your body. If you must use your arms, use them only when you have to, and preferably stress your under-arm muscles as little as possible. Typing on a computer is one of the worst things - but it is much better when your arms rest on the table. This is extremely important. Do not type without resting your elbows and under-arms on a table.
You shouldn't underestimate this problem... But it is possible to recover almost completely (I still feel the hurt sometimes, but then immediately stop and either rest or stretch my arms, depending on how bad it is (rest if it's worse, and then stretch later))
I also agree with the physiotherapist vs. doctor issue. They also helped me a lot more with my arm fracture rehabilitation than doctors did.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on February 28, 2009, 05:03:03 PM
After 3 electrotherapy treatments, a lot of ointment and medicine, my hand is still in the same status. The plaster was its best treatment in December, it's never that bad than before the plaster, and there's an ointment which is good painkiller but gives no treatment. It is still swollen, turgid, and after some activities (lots of writing, typing, cooking, cycling - and especially after table football), it hurts (somewhere between burning and torpidity). The problem is with my wrist (and with my hand/fingers, originating from my wrist I guess). I'm afraid of the same problem as BJ's (same computer games :)), and of operation... :-\ ??? >:( :(
No doubt, you have penis cancer. ;D
It is more and more obvious that I have penis cancer in my right hand. (Penis cancer is an expression for diseases, illnesses without any real organic problems, hypochondria, or psychosomatic symptoms. I use it with CTG.) After many laser therapies, electrotherapies, medicine, it hasn't changed. My doctor (and my family) assumed that it is psychosomatic, it can be a result of my family problems, girlfriend problems, unemployment problems, anxiety, stress, and he sent me to a psychiatrist. Now I'm taking medicine I got there, and it seems it's getting better, but there I was told that it need long weeks or months to completely recover, and it's recommended to do sports during the treatment. By the way the end of my unemployed status (see other topic) took away much stress from me, so it can help, too. I hope if there's any light pain in my hand, I can do my work properly at the workplace. BÖFF!!!
I'm keeping my finger crossed for you! :-\
Quote from: JTK on September 10, 2009, 04:48:17 PM
I'm keeping my finger crossed for you! :-\
Oh, thanks. It seems it's really getting better, and since I won't have to work too hard, it's promising, I can hopefully think about working at the University of Miskolc. ;)
/me was hit by a car today.
To be precise, the car was hit by me, as the car passenger decided to open the door while waiting at the red light. Unable to slow down even the slightest, I slammed into the door and then -luckily enough- continued my flight to the right and fell through the bonnet of a parking car.
Nothing serious, thank heavens, some small bruises and aches, but the door has cut out a 5mm deep small hole from my chest :-S
That happened to me around 10 times in here! Last time it happened (about 2 months ago) I manage to move right a bit avoiding the door with the front wheel and having enough reflexes to put my left leg up to the front and completly hitting the car's door, making it hit the car right above car's right front wheel. The man started insulting me because I broke his door, I stepped up from the floor (obviously I fell after hitting the door) and insulted him back. As he refused to pay for mi bike's repairs (it was completely his fault) I hit his car windshield with the chain I use to tie my bike to poles and such and said, as ironic as a man can be: "Well, I'm not paying for your windshield either, and I'm sure it's much more expensive than my bike". He approached to me as if he was going to hit me, I look down to the chain I still had in my hands and the man simply turn back to his car mumbling something I couldn't hear.
Good to know your accident was not a violent situation as mine was...
I have H1N1. Or only a simple flu. Maybe I'm just stupid again.
If I disappear for a long time, I'm dead.
I wonder about CTG's post ratio on illness topic... I guess it's over 60% or so. How can you get sick so often? Is your inmune system too weak?
Quote from: Chulk on November 24, 2009, 07:55:46 AM
I wonder about CTG's post ratio on illness topic... I guess it's over 60% or so. How can you get sick so often? Is your inmune system too weak?
Dunno. Maybe I'm drinking too few alcohol. ;D
Hypochondriac + weak immune system + too many public transport on a "gipsy" tram + it's almost winter time now + others don't talk so much about health status. :D
CTG being sick correlates with having more posts on the forum :)
Tomorrow my first tooth will probably be pulled out... Even if the dentist can save it, I'm going to opt for the pulling I guess...
Maónika show ;D
I changed my mind, a root treatment has just begun on my problematic tooth... First round: survival...
Quote from: Akoss Poo on February 01, 2010, 01:24:37 PM
I changed my mind, a root treatment has just begun on my problematic tooth... First round: survival...
COWARD!!! ;D
@BJ
I remember you had severe problems with your handwrist (karpat) few years ago. Did you actually solve this problem? I think you have because you have been racing frequently again.
Quote from: Argammon on February 08, 2010, 11:22:43 PM
@BJ
I remember you had severe problems with your handwrist (karpat) few years ago. Did you actually solve this problem? I think you have because you have been racing frequently again.
Yes, from late January 2007 to middle April 2007, three of the worst months of my life, I could not use my arms at all. I would sit at home, control my (pad) mouse with my nose, open my fridge with my stomach and just listen to music and read books because that was all I could do. Sometimes I had to use one hand for a short time (go for it, CTG ;)), and that would worsen things. When walking outside, I was like a puppet with no strings. It was horrible. After a long time of this, I started physiotherapy and could finally begin to do some exercise to release the tensions. I did exercises three times each day, both to stretch out the muscles and then try to strengthen them (of course they had been weakened by inactivity, which left them more vulnerable). However, some time in April things started to go better, and I could actually use my arms, if I was careful. When I went to Venice on April 24th, everything was nearly okay and nothing would ever be the same again. I found out I could write again, and subsequently went on a writing spree.
Since then, one can say the problem is "gone" although it isn't completely. It still comes back often, actually almost every day, but I only have to notice it immediately (which I can do easily) and then relax the arm a bit or do a quick stretch exercise (for like 10 seconds) and it's okay again. I can also do practically anything I want do with them, so it bothers me very little.
Can you tell me what kind of exercises you did, that solved your problem?
Ty in advance. ;)
If you are having similar problems, the first thing to do is stop typing on your computer :) Then see a physiotherapist.
The exercises I did then were 1. Holding my palms flatly together and making a right angle with my arms in front of my stomach (looks like you're doing some kind of prayer) - for about 30 seconds., 2. Holding the tips of my fingers (not thumb) against a table or a wall (one hand at a time) and pushing my arm softly until I feel tension in my wrist and/or lower arm.
However, I could only start doing this after a very long time of humbling inactivity. The idea was to keep my arms totally relaxed (really totally, placing them on a table and pretending the table isn't there and you're letting the arms fall to the ground, you get better at this) for as long time as possible in a row. Several hours preferably. And if I had to move my arms, it was all about recognizing the pain immediately and then immediately relaxing that arm and only using the other. The crucial thing is really not to use your arm when the pain is there. But what cured me in the end was my physiotherapist.
I'll make a video for you tomorrow, that will be better. These exercises are hard to explain in words.
Ty for your information. Looking forward to the videos.
Fortunately my case is not as bad as yours. I can swim or work the heavybag without problems. Can also open heavily sealed glasses etc. -> I have full muscle power and don't feel like a puppet.
However using the computer -particulary typing- for a longer period of time does not feel well. But I have to do so at work. So all in all I am wary of the situation and interested in your experiences to prevent it getting worse. 8)
It's a good thing you're taking precautions now, cause that's exactly how my problems started.
In this case, you should take care of your working position. Always rest your elbows on the table while typing, always use a trackball mouse, and try to be seated high, so you can rest your arms lightly on the table. Sit close to the table in order to spare your back. Give your arms small rests every few seconds, never type/click/work for more than 20-30 seconds (even resting for 2 seconds helps). Also, if you feel pain while working with a computer, stop immediately and rest your arms/do exercises until you can work without pain. Otherwise it will just get worse and you could end up like me.
Videos!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDniN31Omb4#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDniN31Omb4#noexternalembed)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDmNPDvIjqo#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDmNPDvIjqo#noexternalembed)
About the second exercise, it's also important that you relax all muscles in your arm except the ones you use to push down your hand.
it was nice to see you! :)
I just wonder why it's out of sync...
LOL, you seem to be old. ;D
@BJ
Thanks for putting this up. Btw can you please tell me where exactly you had pain? I googled a bit and think mine is a bit to low for the karpaltunnel syndrome. It is right below the big hill that itself is below the thumb. Maybe a bit closer to the center of the handfrist.
@CTG
I think he looks like and ordinary 25 year old...
Quote from: Argammon on February 11, 2010, 10:38:14 AM
@BJ
Thanks for putting this up. Btw can you please tell me where exactly you had pain? I googled a bit and think mine is a bit to low for the karpaltunnel syndrome. It is right below the big hill that itself is below the thumb. Maybe a bit closer to the center of the handfrist.
@CTG
I think he looks like and ordinary 25 year old...
But I'm only 24! Maybe that's what he means ;D
My pains have mainly been in the lowest part of the arm, from where the hand begins and 10-15 cm up the arm. You can have pains elsewhere that are basically caused by the same problem. However, the exercises you need to do then are different. Once again, a physiotherapist is the one who can help.
The physiotherapists I have met in germany haven been pretty incompetent so far unfortunately.
Quote from: Argammon on February 11, 2010, 06:09:10 PM
The physiotherapists I have met in germany haven been pretty incompetent so far unfortunately.
Ask Akoss Poo, he also had penis cancer (http://forum.stunts.hu/index.php?topic=1648.msg43402#msg43402).
Quote from: Argammon on February 11, 2010, 10:38:14 AM
@CTG
I think he looks like and ordinary 25 year old...
Compared to BJ in 2008... ;D
Welcome to ">38°C-land", closing to the next border...
same here! :P
This morning, I came to the university (for Hungarians: ELTE, Lágymányos) to do some work. I was as healthy as I could be. But quite soon I felt a terrible stomach ache and I had to run to the toilet. [Don't laugh, I reached it in time. ;D] Since then, I must go there in every 20-30 minutes for shitting, vomiting, or both. If I lay down, this time can be extended to 40 minutes. But my way home would take at least 45 minutes, so I can't risk it before feeling better... probably I will sleep here.
The feeling is comparable to nothing but the famous fosós-hányós Mikulás-este.
I should also mention that I produce huge BÖFFs each time before womiting.
And a nice song also came to my mind... Shitty, shitty, shitty Alpenmilch!!!
That's interesting, I'm also in the bed at the moment with something similar. Last night, I could not sleep, because I had to go to the toilet about 15 times to shit there, and then, I also had an enormous vomit. In the morning I felt very poor, very weak, and I had fever, too - unfortunately, this state continued throughout the day, though the shitting and the vomiting stopped (finally I managed to fart and böff). Btw I also felt okay yesterday afternoon, but in the evening, I felt strangely weak and sleepy. The result came after that... I didn't go to work today, and I will stay at home tomorrow, too. skid off vomiting, shitting, weakness and fever!!!
Tooth problems (broken), capping, pain, pain, pain, medicinal filling, pain, root filling + temporary covering, pain. I guess it will be removed soon.
I'm psychologically instable and exhausted - according to the experts...
Tomorrow morning: gastroscopic examination. There's high chance to find a nice gastric ulcer.
Is it REALLY possible to survive this procedure without vomiting?
I'm having a CT on Tuesday to see a small deviation of my nose and how my adenoids are in order to plan a tonsillectomy I desperately need as I sudenly started snoring, have problems breathing, have constant mucus. And I woke up today with a sore throat and a 38º C fever... damn enlarged tonsils!!
Quote from: Chulk on June 28, 2012, 05:42:48 PM
I'm having a CT on Tuesday to see a small deviation of my nose and how my adenoids are in order to plan a tonsillectomy I desperately need as I sudenly started snoring, have problems breathing, have constant mucus. And I woke up today with a sore throat and a 38º C fever... damn enlarged tonsils!!
Ouch. Good luck for the surgery!
Quote from: CTG on June 28, 2012, 04:27:56 PM
Tomorrow morning: gastroscopic examination. There's high chance to find a nice gastric ulcer.
Is it REALLY possible to survive this procedure without vomiting?
What they found are axial type hiatus hernia (~2 cm) and polypoid laesio in cardia (~1 cm, sample was taken from it). The latter one requires further examinations, the result of biopsy will be available in two weeks.
It was skidin' hard to hold back the "you know what"...
Biopsy shows three different problems in the same sample. Today I'm going to have an abdominal ultrasonic examination, further plans of my doctor: abdominal CT, colonoscopy (brrr...), ERCP (worse than normal gastroscopy), specific blood tests. Damn it...
My liver is big, says the ultrasonic examination.
Quote from: Chulk on June 28, 2012, 05:42:48 PM
I'm having a CT on Tuesday to see a small deviation of my nose and how my adenoids are in order to plan a tonsillectomy I desperately need as I sudenly started snoring, have problems breathing, have constant mucus. And I woke up today with a sore throat and a 38º C fever... damn enlarged tonsils!!
Well, everything went fine, tonsils are out, throat hurts a bit but just as a strong sore throat, nothing that can't be coped with tons of ice-cream.
It sucks that I'll have to stop playing football with friends and judo for a couple of weeks, but it should improve my respiratory ability so I should last longer before getting tired.
Quote from: Chulk on August 07, 2012, 08:45:02 AM
Quote from: Chulk on June 28, 2012, 05:42:48 PM
I'm having a CT on Tuesday to see a small deviation of my nose and how my adenoids are in order to plan a tonsillectomy I desperately need as I sudenly started snoring, have problems breathing, have constant mucus. And I woke up today with a sore throat and a 38º C fever... damn enlarged tonsils!!
Well, everything went fine, tonsils are out, throat hurts a bit but just as a strong sore throat, nothing that can't be coped with tons of ice-cream.
It sucks that I'll have to stop playing football with friends and judo for a couple of weeks, but it should improve my respiratory ability so I should last longer before getting tired.
I wish you a quick recovery! Does it hurt only a bit? You are lucky! Tonsillectomy knocked me out for several weeks: it was bleeding many times, every swallow of food caused terrible pain and in most of the cases the drinks came back - from my nose. :D Probably they damaged a nerve or something.
I haven't had any problems, though the doc said it was possible to throw up blood a couple of times, a little fever, headaches, some pain in my ears, and some dizziness. But I still haven't had any of those.
Today: special blood test to see (abnormal) thyroid functions. I hate the doctors.
Your test keep the Hungarian healthcare system alive...
Quote from: zaqrack on August 10, 2012, 02:32:19 PM
Your test keep the Hungarian healthcare system alive...
Even if it's a useless one. And it is.
How come you are always sick? Did you live in Chernobyl or something?
Quote from: Chulk on August 11, 2012, 12:09:39 AM
How come you are always sick? Did you live in Chernobyl or something?
I have bad liver and weak immune system, that's all.
Quote from: CTG on August 12, 2012, 08:18:41 PM
Quote from: Chulk on August 11, 2012, 12:09:39 AM
How come you are always sick? Did you live in Chernobyl or something?
I have bad liver and weak immune system, that's all.
Then you probably should drink a lot less alcohol and eat healthier food...
Quote from: Chulk on August 13, 2012, 04:59:07 AM
Quote from: CTG on August 12, 2012, 08:18:41 PM
Quote from: Chulk on August 11, 2012, 12:09:39 AM
How come you are always sick? Did you live in Chernobyl or something?
I have bad liver and weak immune system, that's all.
Then you probably should drink a lot less alcohol and eat healthier food...
I don't drink that much (and since the problems are more and more serious, I gave it up, 4 or 5 beers in the last 5 weeks). Diet is quite strict and I keep it for ages (just an example: no chili beans since January 2011).
That's a good thing, but a 20 months diet when you're nearly 30 (don't know exactly) is not that much. Maybe you should have taken better care of you many years before. Hopefully taking care from now will be enough to be healthy again in some not-long time. Please do, it's a pity to see how people have lots of health issues because of a bad diet / alcohol / smoking / drugs.
The latest opinion of the experts is food allergy (maybe a basic one, like egg, milk or flour), it will be tested soon. That would explain most of my symptoms.
I realized recently that lactose intolerance is becoming more and more common, and many people had it and didn't know...
Quote from: Chulk on August 21, 2012, 05:15:14 PM
I realized recently that lactose intolerance is becoming more and more common, and many people had it and didn't know...
Allergy and food intolerance are quite modern illnesses. It's not worth to analyse the well-known reasons (lower quality of food, filled with "E" additives; using too much medicines / antibacterial cleaning ---> no resistance to illnesses; etc). The other new wave illness: more and more girls are suffering from hormonal problems, causing for example cysta in ovarium, irregular cycles, spontaneous abortion. It's mainly because of the fashionable oral contraceptives - and their high level in tap water! Experts say the hormone level of living water is getting really high (pills ---> urine ---> waste water; the current waste water cleaning methods are unable to remove them).
That's why I don't drink tap water since 2007...
I drank tap water my whole life. Not doing so since in China. No change in my health or gender behavior so far :)
Quote from: zaqrack on August 22, 2012, 06:22:21 PM
I drank tap water my whole life. Not doing so since in China. No change in my health or gender behavior so far :)
Are you sure? Have you tried getting pregnant?
Quote from: Chulk on August 23, 2012, 04:40:57 AM
Quote from: zaqrack on August 22, 2012, 06:22:21 PM
I drank tap water my whole life. Not doing so since in China. No change in my health or gender behavior so far :)
Are you sure? Have you tried getting pregnant?
Luckily male's reaction on low dose female hormones is not that strong. :D
(try to imagine Zak in the 9th month - stickman with huge stomach)
Adding dental examination to the list, looking for focal infections. I hate to spend my time with doctors, even if my dentist is a hot* chick.
* She's not that pretty, but... When she's in my mouth, her "danger zone" is somewhere around my elbow. And I always feel she's quite warm there. Maybe a nimfomaniac. ;D
Quote from: CTG on August 21, 2012, 09:43:31 AM
The latest opinion of the experts is food allergy (maybe a basic one, like egg, milk or flour), it will be tested soon. That would explain most of my symptoms.
According to the IgG blood tests, my sudden weight loss and stomach problems might be connected to gluten intolerance (it still has to be confirmed with repeated gastroscopy + biopsy). Other intolerances were also found: egg, soja, corn, wheat, durum wheat, rye, cashew. If they prove it, I'll have to keep a very strict diet in my whole lifetime (combined with cholecysta friendly diet without fat, spices and alcohol). If I add that sweet foods can also cause problems in my stomach... well... it will be hard to find out what to eat.
Some IgE allergy tests are still under evaluation, somehow I don't want to see their results now.
Gluten allergy is becoming more and more common these days, and I know a few people who have it. There's lots of good food in the world, so it's no problem for them finding something nice to eat. The only problems are that you can't always have what the others are having when you're out, and that you can't drink beer.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on September 19, 2012, 06:55:18 PM
you can't drink beer.
Estrella Damm Daura is the only gluten-free beer I know.
Not really. And:
Quote from: CTG on September 19, 2012, 04:09:09 PM
I'll have to keep a very strict diet in my whole lifetime (combined with cholecysta friendly diet without fat, spices and alcohol)
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on September 19, 2012, 06:55:18 PM
Gluten allergy is becoming more and more common these days, and I know a few people who have it. There's lots of good food in the world, so it's no problem for them finding something nice to eat. The only problems are that you can't always have what the others are having when you're out, and that you can't drink beer.
The problem is that most of the gluten-free foods contain corn, soja or egg (all of them failed at the blood test)... Diet begun yesterday evening, I'll keep it for two weeks to see if it has a real effect or not.
Yesterday I suffered from terrible sea sickness during most of the 12h ferry trip from Hirtshals (DEN) to Stavanger (NOR). The sandwich which I had for lunch came back very soon, but I had to go to the toilet to vomit 6 more times... I was not the only victim: once somebody desperately tried to open the toilet door while I was in, than vomited in the pissoir. The bad part was over when the ship arrived, but my appetite is still much weaker than usual.
And before I forget: last week my back hurt so bad it was a big challenge to get up from the bed. Maybe too much cycling with heavy backpack and/or the effect of the strong cough which I had before... But more probably, it simply shows that I reached the age of 30. It is told that from now, each day is a gift when nothing hurts when I wake up.
Quote from: Usrin on October 01, 2012, 04:47:39 PM
It is told that from now, each day is a gift when nothing hurts when I wake up.
It is told that from now, each day is a gift when you wake up.
Quote from: CTG on October 02, 2012, 01:17:02 PM
It is told that from now, each day is a gift when you wake up.
Not exactly. What if I die while I'm awake? Is that day still a gift? OK, for some people it might be. :) For me, it would be rather a gift if I could die while sleeping. Of course, as late as possible.
Quote from: Usrin on October 02, 2012, 04:54:16 PM
Quote from: CTG on October 02, 2012, 01:17:02 PM
It is told that from now, each day is a gift when you wake up.
Not exactly. What if I die while I'm awake? Is that day still a gift? OK, for some people it might be. :) For me, it would be rather a gift if I could die while sleeping. Of course, as late as possible.
You wouldn't want to miss out on that night's dreams.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on October 03, 2012, 12:18:29 AM
You wouldn't want to miss out on that night's dreams.
Yep. :)
What if you have a nightmare in that certain night?
Quote from: CTG on October 03, 2012, 09:16:06 AM
What if you have a nightmare in that certain night?
That could be interesting. You could die in the dream and it would be your real death.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on October 03, 2012, 10:52:21 AM
Quote from: CTG on October 03, 2012, 09:16:06 AM
What if you have a nightmare in that certain night?
That could be interesting. You could die in the dream and it would be your real death.
Like one of my latest dreams (deja vu, have I already told that in an other topic?): my life turned into a time travel, jumping always 5 years forward, bumping into serious illnesses and funerals of my relatives and at the end, to my own death. The whole dream was a strange mixture of fear and painful emptyness, showing how short our life is. Endless time compared to 70-90 years is annoying...
Probably it wasn't a good idea to bring up infinite time topic, usually it turns me in panic mode. We all have theories about afterlife or 'nihil': religious people want to sit on a cloud with God (starring: Morgan Freeman), while Bonzai Joe, Usrin and many other wise people think there is nothing after death. I'm a "1 percent" believer: BJ's opinion is probably right, but since we know so few about the world, we won't get the answer during our life. And when we will, we can't come back to share. Especially if there's nothing to share. Some of us say everybody dies, so it's a "collective" problem, why to worry about that. But if there's nothing after death, it turns into an individual emptyness. But wait... if there's nothing, we won't be there either. Shall we think on human mind and soul as a "software" of our brain which also dies with our body?
What do we mean on soul? Is it only based on the biochemical processes of our brain? If you say 'me', what do you mean on that? Your mind? Your body? The full configuration? We say: "my leg, my nose, my whatever", like "my car". Do you think body is only a ligand or frame around the "real me"?
Sorry for the pathetic questions.
Quote from: CTG on October 05, 2012, 09:20:38 AM
What do we mean on soul? Is it only based on the biochemical processes of our brain? If you say 'me', what do you mean on that? Your mind? Your body? The full configuration? We say: "my leg, my nose, my whatever", like "my car". Do you think body is only a ligand or frame around the "real me"?
Sorry for the pathetic questions.
I'm confident that there is nothing after death, and also that, as you pointed out, there is not only nothing - you are not there. With this in my mind, I know what it's like to be dead because I was dead before I was born (of course realistically, you really aren't there in either case). This thought has consoled me a lot - and in a better way than any religion could because I don't have to hide anything or take any mental mind-flips to believe this. It's what I honestly believe. But I admit that sometimes death still bothers me. What bothers me about it is the pain of being stopped short while there's so much you haven't done. Suddenly having no time left. I think to myself that I'm not ready to die now, but then, will I ever be? My grandmother was 94 when she died. Naturally she had many pains, illnesses and general physical troubles. One year before she died, she said she was getting a bit tired of living. So maybe she was ready to die? The older and more pragmatical I grow, the more I think the only thing you can do about death is to have children. The body understands that your children are a part of you, and so it might make death feel less frightening.
As to your linguistic questions above: "if you say 'me', what do you mean", that's of course a very difficult question. Like anything else, it's a question of convention and of context. If you say "I was hit by the ball", you are not referring to your mind and your dreams, and likewise if you say something like "what's wrong with me?", you are not at all referring to your left elbow. I think the most prominent instance of "I" or "me" is the deciding process in your mind, which of course by extension includes the entire universe, but which immediately seems to consist mainly of your emotions and your conscious mind.
Ultimately I think we're better off not worrying too much about these things. Transcendental realizations are as vague and transitory as coloured lights in a disco. What is is, and the most important thing is to accep that. If you don't, that's your own problem. It took mankind many decades to accept that we're just animals, but these days we have noticed it's not such a big deal. It's like that with a lot of things. We just have to adapt mentally.
Quote from: CTG on October 05, 2012, 09:20:38 AM
But wait... if there's nothing, we won't be there either. Shall we think on human mind and soul as a "software" of our brain which also dies with our body?
We might have to go further than that. A software is an abstract entity which is actualized by hardware; it can be translated to different programming languages, implemented in different ways and transferred to multiple devices. As for the human mind, we have no clue on whether storage, uploads and downloads are feasible, or even possible at all (short of sci-fi style molecular duplication).
Perhaps we might say I am an "one-percent believer" like you, CTG; though in a somewhat different fashion: while I do not feel the need to completely deny the so-called supernatural outright, I am in no hurry to make it fit into my understanding of the world, or vice-versa. Human reason does not, in principle, have assured the capability of comprehending the whole of the reality (whatever that is);
de facto, however, there is little much point in thinking hard about something which cannot be reasoned about. BJ's image of the disco lights fits nicely here - it is mostly due to our own input that mysticism and transcendence settle into rational formulas and other sorts of permanence. As for the issue of a "beyond", sometimes I like to think of ourselves as accidental convergences of (quote-unquote) "energy" (or qi, vital force, will to power, whatever) which somehow came to see the world through a coherent perspective; such a cosmology, however, is mostly an allegory, without intent of describing reality.
P.S.: Drifting a bit, can't leave this topic without this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wp91YPGnLw
Well... I really am a logical guy and all, but some things I can't deny. It has happened to me before seeing some kind of "energy", "ghost", "spirit" or whatever you want to name it. Never seeing a picture or anything about this person yet being able to perfectly describe him and his clothes. But I don't think there's an afterlife as heaven-hell or such. And I don't know what I believe happens after we die either, I don't have a theory about it. I just simply know this happened to me more than once and hence I can't deny it.
Of course I agree with BJ and Dup that thinking too much about it is useless. Maybe some time in the future we'll know. Doesn't matter that much either, because as soon as we know what happens after we die, we'll probably want to know what happens after "what happens after we die" ends.
Getting more and more confused... :D
Here's a very rational video on substance dualism. Don't watch it if you feel like you need transcendental faith.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS4PW35-Y00
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on September 19, 2012, 06:55:18 PM
Gluten allergy
Technically, issue with gluten is intolerance most of the times. Real gluten allergy (the allergy is what makes the immune system react) is very rare.
Gluten intolerance is usually seen when gluten content is above 200ppm. EU legislation now makes it mandatory to write on packaging if there is gluten or not in foodstuffs : <20ppm = gluten free, <200ppm = no gluten, >200ppm = gluten has to be declared.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on September 19, 2012, 06:55:18 PM
you can't drink beer
Not so true. Alcohol produced from gluten cereals (like beer) is tolerated by coeliac people (name of people with gluten intolerance).
Protein is the issue, and there is no protein in distilled alcohol. Check beer packagings and you should not see that gluten is declared in allergens list.
Of course, a home-made alcohol or a not fully distillated alcohol may trigger the reaction as there could be remaining proteins. In case such beers are sold, gluten presence has to be indicated on packaging then.
Quote from: CTG on September 20, 2012, 02:11:33 PM
The problem is that most of the gluten-free foods contain corn, soja or egg (all of them failed at the blood test)... Diet begun yesterday evening, I'll keep it for two weeks to see if it has a real effect or not.
Right, usually corn flour is used to replace wheat flour. If you can't eat both, it will be complicated... :o
Quote from: Chulk on October 06, 2012, 09:51:57 PM
It has happened to me before seeing some kind of "energy", "ghost", "spirit" or whatever you want to name it.
I saw many things too... When I was drunk. :P :D
Quote from: Krys TOFF on November 19, 2012, 12:23:06 PM
Right, usually corn flour is used to replace wheat flour. If you can't eat both, it will be complicated... :o
Experts say my food intolerance is only a secondary symptom. The real source of my bad health is still uncovered.
(The last 8-10 days period was very painful with some new problems and it's still getting worse and worse. It seems my digestion process is quite incomplete, it's better not to talk about the details.)
Tomorrow I'm going to take a brutal laxative... Colonoscopy sucks!
Quote from: CTG on December 04, 2012, 03:43:00 PM
Tomorrow I'm going to take a brutal laxative... Colonoscopy sucks!
Preparation is far from complete.
Quote from: CTG on December 05, 2012, 11:40:59 PM
Quote from: CTG on December 04, 2012, 03:43:00 PM
Tomorrow I'm going to take a brutal laxative... Colonoscopy sucks!
Preparation is far from complete.
/me is suffering and bleeding.
The newest opinion of the "experts": autoimmune...
(Biopsy result: quite strong colitis with unidentified origin - negative test for bacterial/viral/fungal/worm diseases, extreme high eosinophil WBC level suggests immune problems)
Quote from: CTG on January 09, 2013, 10:49:54 PM
The newest opinion of the "experts": autoimmune...
Of course it's not autoimmune (negative blood tests). All the doctors are idiots.
Quote from: CTG on February 12, 2013, 11:03:57 AM
Quote from: CTG on January 09, 2013, 10:49:54 PM
The newest opinion of the "experts": autoimmune...
Of course it's not autoimmune (negative blood tests). All the doctors are idiots.
You should try to to get House to treat you...
Quote from: Chulk on February 12, 2013, 07:00:14 PM
Quote from: CTG on February 12, 2013, 11:03:57 AM
Quote from: CTG on January 09, 2013, 10:49:54 PM
The newest opinion of the "experts": autoimmune...
Of course it's not autoimmune (negative blood tests). All the doctors are idiots.
You should try to to get House to treat you...
Suicide is cheaper.
Survived the winter without serious flu - now, when summer arrived, I'm knocked out by catching cold...
Bye-bye, Akoss Poo's wisdom tooth next Monday...
It seems my heath is more or less healthy... I have serious chest+upper arm pain for a few weeks. The cardiologist said it must be a non-cardiac muscle issue.
Are you afraid of Ebola? It's spreading faster and faster...
1, Naggers are still eating bats and monkeys.
2, I've read in the news that several families try to avoid the quarantine by throwing the dead bodies to the street.
3, I guess several inhabitants will (try to) escape illegally from that zone - even some infected one.
4, Western countries are stupid enough to transport the infected missionaries to treat them in their own country. I think it's a huge mistake to create potential new outbreaks (even if they say it's totally safe, the human factor is always dangerous).
I predict a worldwide epidemic in a few months.
Quote from: CTG on January 06, 2014, 07:49:11 PM
I have an irreversible eye problem (quickly spreading eye floaters covering about 5-10 percent of my vision field, strongly vibrating vision, eye pain ---> headache, dizzyness), getting worse and worse every day - also causing some psychological problems.
Since the eye problems and headaches are still getting worse and worse, I've visited a retina specialist (probably one of the best ophthalmologists in the country). He made a thorough examination of the ocular fundus & retina (it took about 10 minutes for both of my eyes, cf. the local opthalmologist spent less than a minute with the same test) and finally he was the first one to discover the real problem. It seems the vitreous body started to separate from the retina, which is quite rare at this age (typical eye problem of 50+ years old people), but it explains all the symptoms I've experienced in the last one and half year. The primary cause is the irreversible dehydration of this border layer. However, the underlying cause of this sudden dehydration process is still a mystery: the doctor specified a huge scope of possible reasons for that condition in young people, mainly with non-opthalmic background, such as various inflammations, metabolic disorders (including food allergy/intolerance ::), causing osmotic irregularities in any tissues), infections and many other things. As other functions of my eyes are more or less perfect (0 diopter, healthy vessels, normal eye motions, etc.), the doctor dissuaded me of any eye surgeries, because most of them can cause even more problems: YAG laser treatment is not really effective and safe (especially that close to the retina), vitrectomy has a huge surgical risk (e.g. causing rupture of retina, cataracts), while the effect of vitreal injections is not proven for this indication. So, unless a sudden worsening appears, I have to wait, spare my eyes as much as I can (e.g. from gazing at the screen), live healthier (less caffeine & alcohol, sleep more) - but still together with these fuckin' annoying symptoms. However, I still don't know the underlying cause and how to slow down the proliferation of the floaters... :-\