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Post by patricklondon on Sept 3, 2018 7:25:40 GMT
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Post by questa on Sept 3, 2018 7:56:33 GMT
You would have to hyphenate such a marvellous name thus...Baron Lithophleb-Botomy
I hope you understand why the twins are not identical!
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Post by whatagain on Sept 4, 2018 13:42:27 GMT
Tod. Nobody wants to drain it. Neither the nurse here at work nor my wife. Seeing a friend on Friday to get blood analysed will ask him. I thought of tennis elbow too but it is different somehow forgot why but think tennis elbow is inflammation of muscles or tendons whilst for me it is just the 'bourse' around it.
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Post by whatagain on Sept 4, 2018 13:43:15 GMT
Problem is that it is not painful nor hampering in any way. So I can live with it fir decades ....
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 4, 2018 14:28:09 GMT
That's like when I got my umbilical hernia removed. It was not a problem, but I just did not like any sort of bulge coming out of my belly. The fat is already bad enough. Thank god, it is covered by health insurance in France, because I didn't have to pay anything for the operation (quite stressful with full anesthesia). My brother says he has the same problem, but it is not covered by any of his health plans in California, so he is living with it.
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Post by patricklondon on Sept 4, 2018 15:19:21 GMT
I hope you understand why the twins are not identical! Euphemistically, I assume because two people getting out of a lift at the same time, although they might have started from the same room, they actually got there in the first place from different taxis? My blog | My photos | My video clips | My Librivox recordings"too literate to be spam"
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Post by patricklondon on Sept 4, 2018 15:30:35 GMT
for me it is just the 'bourse' around it. I thought some kinds of bursitis simply go away in the end, albeit they might need some help with compression bandages? I have vague memories of having one when I knocked a joint against something, and that was all the treatment I got. Today's petty trauma is the " heart age test" that's just been launched here and is all over this morning's news. I tried it out, and was thrilled to be told I'm on course for a heart 7 years older than my biological age. "Gaming" it with juggling replies to identify the variables that make the most difference tells me I can get it down to my biological age if I lose a few kilos, and thereby help get the blood pressure down (pretty well all the other indicators are within the normal range and make no difference to this test). But it still gives me a high likelihood of some sort of heart trouble by the time I'm 81. Oh joy. My blog | My photos | My video clips | My Librivox recordings"too literate to be spam"
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Post by mossie on Sept 4, 2018 15:56:26 GMT
Whenever some medical person starts wanting to take my blood pressure I say, "Just put down 160 over 80". If they insist it is generally somewhere thereabouts or lower, and they start clucking about diabetes etc., which I've never had. I tell them it has always been a little on the high side and the RAF medics would sometimes cluck about it during my annual aircrew medical, but I am still going strong at 86 so just don't worry about it. There is far too much worrygutting about health nowadays, just live YOUR life sensibly. You will peg out when the good Lord feels fit.
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Post by mossie on Sept 4, 2018 16:04:06 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 4, 2018 16:38:19 GMT
Of course I think people should live, eat, exercise, etc. sensibly, but to a large degree it's all just a crapshoot. Many people live to be over a hundred and some much more. And there seems to be no collective secret to their longevity. In fact, when you read their life stories, often it's amazing that they made it to adulthood, as in the case of this man, who was 114 when he died. Pee ess ~ My petty personal trauma is that I have a harsh cough and don't feel well at all, so having passed my three score and ten, I may soon fly away.
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Post by patricklondon on Sept 4, 2018 16:54:46 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 4, 2018 17:09:05 GMT
Of course I think people should live, eat, exercise, etc. sensibly, but to a large degree it's all just a crapshoot. Many people live to be over a hundred and some much more. And there seems to be no collective secret to their longevity. In fact, when you read their life stories, often it's amazing that they made it to adulthood, as in the case of this man, who was 114 when he died. Pee ess ~ My petty personal trauma is that I have a harsh cough and don't feel well at all, so having passed my three score and ten, I may soon fly away. Sorry about the rotten cough. Hope it clears up quickly. The heart test doesn’t work for me as I had a couple of stents fitted 10 years ago. Mind you I could definitely lose some weight and drink less wine. I shall start shortly. Btw the days of men are three score and ten. Women don’t get a mention..
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 4, 2018 17:23:40 GMT
But the extra ballast and the wine are what's keeping a lot of us on a steady keel!
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Post by questa on Sept 6, 2018 12:23:27 GMT
I hope you understand why the twins are not identical! Euphemistically, I assume because two people getting out of a lift at the same time, although they might have started from the same room, they actually got there in the first place from different taxis? My blog | My photos | My video clips | My Librivox recordings"too literate to be spam" Sorry Patrick, it is not so charmingly stated...far more prosaic. Cervical relates to the area of the neck OR an inner parts of the female anatomy. So far apart in distance, function and appearance there is no way they could be identical twins.
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Post by mossie on Sept 6, 2018 12:36:14 GMT
But the extra ballast and the wine are what's keeping a lot of us on a steady keel! That is just so right. Doing this fancy quiz tells me my heart age is 95! I have absolutely no desire to see that age, so I’cashing in my chips now.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 18, 2018 2:00:11 GMT
Well, hell! I just hurt myself. I keep smelling something in the short downstairs hallway, but can't pinpoint it. It's elusive, but not pleasant -- dog vomit? Anyway, I'm standing there snuffing & trying to figure out where the odor is coming from, then decided to try sniffing behind the hat rack in an alcove of the hall. I leaned over to sniff behind it & got a painful blow to my bottom lip. This was because I forgot about the bottom row of hooks on the rack, despite using them every day. My lip is split and bleeding.
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Post by Kimby on Sept 18, 2018 2:21:48 GMT
Owwie! And yer probably not very photogenic right now either! Do you still have all your teeth? 😉
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Post by Kimby on Sept 18, 2018 2:25:06 GMT
Just when my legs had begun to heal from bug bites and summer scrapes, Mr. Kimby let down his end of a heavy wooden dock without adequate warning and it landed below my knee and skidded all the way down my shin bone. I have a cut that won’t fit under a band-aid and won’t stop bleeding. The scabs that will result will keep my legs looking wretched till the new year...
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 18, 2018 2:46:22 GMT
Owwie! And yer probably not very photogenic right now either! Do you still have all your teeth? I held a frozen bag of lentils on it & it doesn't seem to be swollen (although I wouldn't mind a bit of lip-plumpening) & slathered on Carmex. It was the lip being caught between the wooden ball on the rack hook and my teeth that cut it. Your trauma sounds WAY worse than mine! Never mind how it looks -- it has to be painful as all get-out.
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Post by Kimby on Sept 18, 2018 3:42:26 GMT
It hurt like heck when it happened and I felt kinda faint for awhile. But it’s ok now.
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Post by questa on Sept 18, 2018 4:39:21 GMT
You two are in the wars! Avoid aspirin and ibuprofen Bandage the leg and don't touch scabs. Lips have lots of blood vessels so bleed a lot. Clean water to rinse lip after eating and be careful who you kiss!
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 18, 2018 5:54:59 GMT
As we say in France, la vieillesse est un naufrage. ( Old age is a shipwreck. )
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Post by questa on Sept 18, 2018 6:25:53 GMT
K2...THAT is going as a poster on my front door (complete with a picture I hope)
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Post by patricklondon on Sept 18, 2018 6:55:32 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 18, 2018 10:22:14 GMT
I take it that's you in the left foreground then, with the red cloth on your head & the bandaged arm, all realistically resigned? I do take exception to blaming those accidents on old age. I have always been able to hurt myself in any number of heedless ways. And poor Kimby was the innocent victim of another's heedlessness.
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Post by Kimby on Sept 18, 2018 13:26:21 GMT
Plus I’m not old!
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Post by Kimby on Sept 18, 2018 13:34:53 GMT
Avoid aspirin and ibuprofen Bandage the leg and don't touch scabs. I don’t take any pain meds since starting a 10 month course of prednisone for PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica). Don’t know if it’s a blood thinner, but I do bleed and bruise readily. But no pain. I do wonder how often I should change the bandaids. I tend to leave them on till they fall off, but these new waterproof bandages seem to stick on forever. How long is too long? I cleansed it and smeared on triple-antibiotic ointment before sticking on the bandaids. And should I KEEP it covered, or let the scabs dry out? Thanks, nurse questa for your always welcome free medical advice.
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Post by questa on Sept 18, 2018 23:53:25 GMT
The bandages were to limit the bleeding. If that has stopped let the air dry out the wounds. Bandaids tend to keep the wound moist and prone to infection, so if it doesn't make it bleed again, remove them and use an antiseptic fluid like Betadine to keep broken skin clean and dry. (If thyroid problems...not Betadine) There are also antiseptics in powder form that, if you bleed easily, would be useful in your home.(Medi-Pulv)
I am assuming you have a shallow skin-removing scrape down your leg with a deeper cut in one place. Is the cut deep enough to need stitching?
As the scabs form you can apply some moisturizer to the skin around the scab to lessen itching and tightness, but not on the scab itself.
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Post by Kimby on Sept 19, 2018 0:07:07 GMT
Thanks questa, this is exactly what I need to know. I get a lot of cuts, scrapes and bug bites that bleed and scab over. The scabs always end up getting knocked off and bleeding again. I’ll try the moisturizer idea. Bandaids coming off tonite. No big cut, I think it was more of a break or split. And as there’s almost no flesh between my skin and shinbone,there’s no bruising or swelling. I was worried about a bone bruise at first because the impact was quite painful, but all is well now.
Thanks again.
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Post by questa on Sept 19, 2018 3:21:26 GMT
Glad to be of service, Ma'am. My fee of Five Guineas is due and payable by month's end.
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