MEDICAL MATTERS

[Tizer]

Long Covid sounds just like the symptoms I had with ME. In those days they said it was psychological and to pull yourself together. How times have changed.

Likewise, long covid sounds much like what I had after a severe respiratory infection in the mid-1990s and I still have wandering blood pressure and blood glucose. I'm sure we'll learn from this pandemic that virus infections have been causing us many long term side effects and the medics haven't accepted it until now.

[Marilyn]

Hard to say. I know someone who has had ME for 45 years + and are no better today than they were back then.

[Sue]

Hard to say. I know someone who has had ME for 45 years + and are no better today than they were back then.

They are the exceptions, I was ill in total for ten years, even a slight cold brought all the symptoms back but after two to three years I was ok most of the time. Some , unfortunately spend years in a wheel chair. I was one of the lucky ones . These two extremes are now recognised as the same condition but they are still not sure what causes it. When my sister had it, the theory was that the immune system had been overloaded and could not cope. Just like covid, and just like covid there are varying degrees of suffering. Covid is the most researched virus and many scientists are now finding similarities with other viral diseases. Perhaps we did not know as much about viral infections as we thought. Its all very interesting stuff scientifically, virology and immunology will never be the same subjects again.

[Marilyn]

I have always lived in a world where it is acceptable to be sick for a day or two, but no longer. Strange but true.

[Big Kev]

Just bobbing back to prostates, there's currently a drive on for more men to have a PSA test. There is a certain stigma around anything 'in the trouser department' by us blokes. Prostate cancer is one of the most prevalent among men and is readily treatable. Potentially there can be no visible symptoms and it can be too late once you realise there's a problem. Getting up 2 or 3 times for a pee in the night isn't necessarily an age thing (in men).
A quick blood test and a greasy digit, sorted.

[Marilyn]

Hubby has one every year. (Has never had a prostate problem despite two occurrences of bladder cancer)

[Marilyn]

Hubby and I have been married 25 years. Apart from an Asthma attack in early years, the only thing he has had to suffer with me is my spinal disc herniation. That literally took my legs out from under me and took months to work through, but I was still up every day doing what needed doing on my stick. I have never ever spent a day in bed.

[Stanley]

Susan was sent to A&E yesterday to check her for suspected blood clot. They have given her a clean bill of health on that score and said it is either Long Covid or anther viral infection and so she is resting it out at home.

[Big Kev]

Susan was sent to A&E yesterday to check her for suspected blood clot. They have given her a clean bill of health on that score and said it is either Long Covid or anther viral infection and so she is resting it out at home.

Hopefully it won't knock her back too much.

[Stanley]

Kev, she said from the start it was Covid related, felt just like her infection all over again. She is happier now she has been checked out and so are the rest of us!

[Stanley]

Covid 2.... only reaction so far is a slight ache in the injected arm. So far so good!
Kev, Mick took Susan to Bispham yesterday and I thought of you setting off for a paddle. Looks like good weather for it. I shall just have a walk onto the Square!

[Sue]

Hubby has one every year. (Has never had a prostate problem despite two occurrences of bladder cancer)

So does Bob, his dad died of prostate cancer

[Stanley]

Not making a definite connection but over the last week my walking is easier, quicker and further. This coincides with three things, Using a stick, Covid2 and no shed. Take your pick!

[Sue]

I think we can discount Covid2 except for the psychological benefit. I certainly seem to have a spring in my step this morning

[Stanley]

I agree Sue.....

[Marilyn]

I am in total disbelief tonight with news from acquaintance (aged 50) who was recently diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and placed on Metformin with a fasting blood sugar being under 10. No change to takeaway diet and high carb intake ( little veg or salad) acquaintance has (after 3 weeks on Metformin with no Diabetic Education) been placed on injections!
These are to induce weight loss - a sort of kick start help.
Asked what was for tea last night the answer was Fish and Chips.
Asked what was for tea tonight the answer was Pizza.
( without dietary changes ...I don’t see long term benefit)

[Stanley]

For the last few days I have been reporting no reaction to Covid2 but at the same time experiencing a tummy upset. Now I'm beginning to wonder if there is a connection. Trouble is we never know do we.

[Cathy]

No we don’t. I had a blood nose on day 5 after having my first vaccination and have had a dull headache for the last couple of days.
Each could have happened anyway.

[Stanley]

[Tizer]

I had my 2nd vax yesterday and feel fine so far. But I've got so many aches and minor pains from gardening on the weekend that I wouldn't notice if the vax had affected me!

[Marilyn]

First time tonight in ages that hubby and I have had differing blood sugar levels after evening meal and after eating the same food. We are scratching our heads. I don’t test every night, but did so after eating ( home cooked) Salmon and Pasta. ( pasta not being a good choice for Diabetics). His reading was 10.1, my reading was 6.5. Weird.

[Tripps]

His reading was 10.1, my reading was 6.5. Weird.

Maybe not - varying sugar levels

I mentioned it just over four years ago, and you've forgotten it already. . .

" Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
Post by Tripps » Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:32 pm
This is all a bit complex for my brain, but I remember watching a TV programme a while ago which seemed convincing to me. It claimed that a rethink was needed in this field, and that each person's glycaemic reaction was different - even for the same foods. Glycaemic research"
Born to be mild. . ."

The velcro memory is doing well.

[Stanley]

I like it David....

[Big Kev]

His reading was 10.1, my reading was 6.5. Weird.

Maybe not - varying sugar levels

I mentioned it just over four years ago, and you've forgotten it already. . .

" Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
Post by Tripps » Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:32 pm
This is all a bit complex for my brain, but I remember watching a TV programme a while ago which seemed convincing to me. It claimed that a rethink was needed in this field, and that each person's glycaemic reaction was different - even for the same foods. Glycaemic research"
Born to be mild. . ."

The velcro memory is doing well.

I can react differently to the same food on different days, all depends on what I've been doing and what else I've eaten previously.

[Tizer]

This is marvellous news. It's from the same people at Oxford Uni who have been working on the malaria vaccine for years and took on the Covid vaccine challenge so successfully.
`Malaria vaccine hailed as potential breakthrough' LINK
`A malaria vaccine has proved to be 77% effective in early trials and could be a major breakthrough against the disease, says the University of Oxford team behind it. Malaria kills more than 400,000 people a year, mostly children in sub-Saharan Africa. But despite many vaccines being trialled over the years, this is the first to meet the required target. The researchers say this vaccine could have a major public health impact.