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Post by PokerKitten on Nov 13, 2004 22:42:21 GMT
It's not butting in dahlin'. I have nothing sensible to offer on this subject. My two oldest friends - in terms of how long I have known them - are the same age as me and both perimenopausal. They tell me dire tales of weeks without periods and then whoosh, up pops one when you least expect it. They are getting hot flushes and even night sweats... ALREADY! I mean, I was a couple of days early last time and had a temper tantrum over it. So I don't think I'll be coping with this stuff very well when the time comes
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Post by nightnurse on Nov 13, 2004 23:49:05 GMT
Perimenopausal woman here, and I can honestly say I'm having a pretty easy time of it now that the hardware I had inserted has settled down (Mirena coil that is!) Although I know it doesn't suit everyone, I love it...a barely there period every 3 weeks is a small inconvenience compared to what I was going through before. I was offered HRT and refused...too early , and I didn't have any symptoms other than heavy irregular periods....Paul was the one with hot flushes and night sweats LOL But my sympathies to those having a tough time of it....it was very aptly named 'The Curse'
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Post by Pixie on Nov 14, 2004 8:45:38 GMT
Yeah... and believe me, travelling with someone having problems ain't fun. My poor mum was helping me to find a flat in Paris, and we'd just signed contracts and were on our way to get the Eurostar home. No sign of a period in a couple of months, and then... floodgates opened. God knows how I got her home, she damn near fainted in the middle of the street. Had to haul her into a friendly restaurant for a coffee, but the waitress was lovely, and made her have some sugar in her coffee, and a glass of water on the side. Got her home eventually, but it REALLY wasn't fun.
But that was a few years ago, and she doesn't have that little problem any more. Other ones instead, but that bane of her existence is thankfully over!
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Post by azazel on Nov 15, 2004 14:19:50 GMT
I have heard a lot about the alternative to HRT Black cohosh (Of course I havent tried it myself as Im not at that stage et, but will be soon) Many sa it has really helped them and they havent even bothered with HRT and others have turned to this when either HRT hasnt worked or they have had to be taken off HRT. Black cohosh Note that is a goverment fact sheet
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Post by Ditto on Nov 22, 2004 18:41:02 GMT
I'm not at that stage yet thank goodness.
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Post by azazel on Nov 22, 2004 23:36:01 GMT
You have to be so careful with those patches you cant just throw them in the bin when you are done with them you have to wrap them up carefully and take them back to the pharmacy to dispose of. I'd be major paranoid of them coming off too and losing them or of forgetting to dispose of them correctly and just throwing them out with my normal rubbish and poluting the local enviroment with eostrogen which can be a very very bad thing. Well dont know if this should be in here or another thread, but mum was sent to the hospital today to check see if she has either an infection or gallstones, but when she got there she was told she would have to stay in for two to three days so she refused to stay. She thought it would only be an outpatient thing she would go in they would do their tests and she could go home. Well cant be major important (Dont think) because the nurse said for her to go back to her GP to ask for an outpatients appointment for a scan. Why does she have to be so bloody awkward? She would probably only of had to be in overnight, but she just wouldnt stay
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Post by PokerKitten on Nov 24, 2004 19:50:26 GMT
I don't blame her either. I graciously declined the offer of b&b at a vile hospital in Smethwick (even more vile) back in the day when first diagnosed, as I had such bad vibes about the place and the staff. No way was I trusting them to stick a fucking great needle in my back They closed the hospital a year or so later, thank gawd. And anyway, I didn't have any suitable attire! Lol. I betyour mum thought.. but I haven't got my nightie and toothbrush with me
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Post by azazel on Nov 24, 2004 22:19:32 GMT
She said she hadnt thought about the MRSA until the morning after (That was the first thing I thought of) she just took one look at the place and after she was told it was a stay over said she iosnt staying. She was just going to ignore it, but hopefully I managed to convince her she needs a scan. I think she has Polycystic ovary syndrome but her GP is a complete idiot and refuses to do any tests for it he just laughs at her (Same doc who took two years to believe she had arthritis even though its in her notes ) anyway with all her symptoms I think it points at this and during the scan it may pick something up. For one if she went through the menopause at 34-ish why the hell would she be bleeding so dam heavy now she is 50? Will the doc do anything about that? Nope he says just one of those things oh like on top of why she is obese even thogh she doesnt eat much and beleive me I know for a fact she doesnt nor does she lie. Her thyroxin doesnt work, diet pills prescribed dont work. Something must be wrong. Think this shoud be a joint post and half in the rant thread
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Post by nightnurse on Nov 24, 2004 22:48:06 GMT
Certainly points to something other than thyroid probs....she should ask for a secod opinion, or change to another doctor in the practice, that is if it's a group practice. Taking thyroxin and diet pills could be doing her more harm if she doesn't need them...that doc sounds like an arse...what do her blood tests show....they should at least be checked regularly for thyroxin levels It isn't 'Just one of those things' if she's bleeding heavily after the menopause, and I'd advise her to demand to see a Gynaecologist
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Post by azazel on Nov 24, 2004 22:55:07 GMT
She has changed GPs three times since moving to that city and each time they just ignore her. I said she should demand to see a gynae, but they all refuse saying she doesnt need to see one. They do the blood tests once a year and say theyre same as before and she just needs same level of meds. When she complains about the heavy bleeding they honest to god laugh in her face
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Post by nightnurse on Nov 24, 2004 22:59:35 GMT
In which case she needs to get in touch with the authorities health ombudsman...if her GP's are treating her concerns so lightly, they need to be reported The only other thing would be to get a GP recommendation from someone....there must be a decent one around
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Post by azazel on Nov 24, 2004 23:08:31 GMT
Keep telling her that, but she decided they were all a bunch of tossers (Got to agree) so wasnt going to bother again with any of them, but then realised as I had years ago that this isnt possible and had to go back. Anyway she is now putting up with them until she manages to move to another city whenever that is. It took them about 18 years to do a thyroid blood test as they just constantly told her she was fat and lazy and that came back as underactive so whatever this complication is she isnt expecting a quick answer.
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Post by Teebee on Nov 27, 2004 12:25:51 GMT
Sorry to change the subject here, but I've got a wee problem and I wondered if anyone here could help I sometime's suffer from cramp in my leg's which is usually painful but easy to get rid off with the nearest cold object like a cold floor etc., but lately it's been getting worse and lasting longer and last night at work my foot went into severe spasm's and it was agonising and lasted for nearly quarter of an hour even with help of bag's of frozen pea's.. I was curious if anyone had any good remedies or idea's to help me Anything would be appreciated ;D
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Post by nightnurse on Nov 27, 2004 16:49:59 GMT
Usually for night cramps Quinine is used, but you would need to see your GP to to see if this would benefit you....it can have side effects. Do you drink enough fluids? sometimes if you're dehydrated you can get cramp. If you don't want to see your GP, you can try drinking Tonic water, which contains small amounts of Quinine...killing two birds with one stone so to speak ;D Magnesium and Vit C tabs, and a Calcium supplement may help too .....hope this is of some use to you Teebee
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Post by azazel on Nov 27, 2004 17:19:35 GMT
Hi Teebee have a look at this link if none of that helps then maybe your shoes are to blame and a pair of insoles would help. Try whatever you can exercise wise and orthotic wise before moving onto the meds options.
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Post by Pixie on Nov 27, 2004 20:18:33 GMT
I believe the taste of tonic water is greatly improved by gin (so my friends tell me), but as I like neither, I'll leave you to find out yourself...
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Post by Teebee on Nov 27, 2004 21:11:53 GMT
Thank's very much for your suggestion's guy's, and to AZ for the link, at first I was a bit put off by the first word's ....lol, but reading further I got less worried especially, because I am on meds for a thyroid condition and will be for the rest of my life, so it look's like a wee trip to the doc's to get my meds checked. Cheer's again for taking the time to reply, what a great bunch of people you are. ;D ;D
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Post by BuffyGroupie on Mar 25, 2005 17:13:54 GMT
I'd love some input, if anyone has any. About three weeks ago my left wrist started hurting, just sorta vague undefined pain, but then getting sharper and with a sharp little nodule sticking out sometimes when it gets rather inflammed. At first my hubby told me to take some aspirin and get over it, then he felt the little bump and was more sympathetic! I did what I normally do, ignored it. But it didn't go away. Finally I asked some nurse friends who had plenty of ideas: carpel tunnel, no not that, maybe arthritis, no that doesn't look like arthritis, maybe is a ganglion cyst. So after all that helpful advice, I did some research on my own and found out its really DeQuervain's Tendonitis. Apparently the only real help is to take aspirin and get over it!! Or, as one article helpfully pointed out, don't involve in activities which cause pain. (Doctor, it hurts when I do this, well don't do that. ) They also suggest that one wears a splint to keep from twisting the wrist or moving the thumb. You can also get cortisone shots or have surgery if it doesn't go away on its own. So here is where the input comes in. Anyone ever heard of this?
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Post by Pixie on Mar 25, 2005 20:19:40 GMT
I've heard of tendonitis, but not the other bit
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Post by BuffyGroupie on Apr 5, 2005 10:18:23 GMT
Well, I finally gave in. Figured a month of pain in my wrist was enough and went and saw the chiroprator. He took a look, brought in a nother doc to take a look, they both manipulated my wrist and yanked at my arm (did I mention pain??) and finally decided that although it tests positive for tendonitis, it may be a bone spur that's pressing on the tendon. Of course, bone spurs don't just happen, so they aren't sure how this could be and they are sending me to a orthopedic doc. Probably so he can tell me he doesn't know what it is either. Another reason why I generally don't go to doctors. I don't need to pay them to tell me they don't know what's wrong, cause I already didn't know myself!
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