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Originally posted by Mentalist:
Oh I don't know if you are having to sort out your mum you won't have time to worry about yourself. Try not to think about it and for god's sake don't google it you'll convince yourself you've got something that only a pygmy living on an island near Tahiti could have. Not that I've done that of course.
(You're not a pygmy living on an island near Tahiti are you ).

LMAO Mentalist!
If it means I can move to Tahiti, I'm having it

Hope everything turns out ok for you Deman.

Thanks Katty

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Originally posted by Demantoid:

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Originally posted by Mentalist:
Oh I don't know if you are having to sort out your mum you won't have time to worry about yourself. Try not to think about it and for god's sake don't google it you'll convince yourself you've got something that only a pygmy living on an island near Tahiti could have. Not that I've done that of course.
(You're not a pygmy living on an island near Tahiti are you ).

LMAO Mentalist!
If it means I can move to Tahiti, I'm having it

I'll carry your bags, with your bad arm and everything

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Originally posted by Mentalist:
I'll carry your bags, with your bad arm and everything

Nice!
And the OH can carry the parasol..

I hope it's nothing serious.

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Originally posted by freddiefan:
good luck..if it's true.

*sigh*

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Originally posted by Demantoid:

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Originally posted by Mentalist:
I'll carry your bags, with your bad arm and everything

Nice!
And the OH can carry the parasol..

Big enough for two.

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Originally posted by The Devil In Diamante:

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Originally posted by freddiefan:
good luck..if it's true.

*sigh*

no worries

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Originally posted by Mentalist:

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Originally posted by Demantoid:

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Originally posted by Mentalist:
I'll carry your bags, with your bad arm and everything

Nice!
And the OH can carry the parasol..

Big enough for two.

Better make it three... he burns terribly

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Originally posted by Demantoid:

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Originally posted by Mentalist:

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Originally posted by Demantoid:

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Originally posted by Mentalist:
I'll carry your bags, with your bad arm and everything

Nice!
And the OH can carry the parasol..

Big enough for two.

Better make it three... he burns terribly

I'll bring a fly swat useful on other things not just flies

I was posting in another thread yesterday about people taking "sickies" off work and said I wanted to go part-time from my own hideous job.

I didn't say so at the time, but this health worry is another reason why I want to do it (apart from spending as little time with the ass-jabbers I work for as possible).

I have a meeting with the big honcho later this week, to talk about it. Here's hoping...

hope it ia not too serious,

i had radial palsy in my right hand and lower arm a while back
it just happened for no reason-i got up one morning and my hand wouldnt move at all, i couldnt write, drive etc..and had to have 'lessons' to even hold a pen and learn to write again
it was bloody horrible,i had to have tests on my spine and electric shocks were shot up my back
but it was all fine
they eventually put it down to the way i sat when using the computer!
after about 3 months and my hand being in a plastic mould-i started to get the feeling back
and its fine most of the time now
so maybe its summat as daft as that?
if its all on the same side, it could be your posture
hope that helps

and dont worry

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and electric shocks were shot up my back
but it was all fine

Sounds fun

Oh Deman, sorry to hear that. No point in telling you not to worry 'cos you're going to anyway despite what anyone says.

The waiting game is the worst part.

I had to have an ultrasound last Monday as I've been experiencing these terrible pains around my abdomen for some while. The ultrasound revealed I have gallstones so at least now I know what the problem is.

My doctor still hasn't received the results from the hospital so, until I see him, don't know what possible forms of treatment there are.

I'm terrified of surgery so hoping there is an alternative method of getting rid of them!

Good luck to you Deman - try and stay positive eh?

Thanks, Hyacinth
Gallstones - I don't envy you, I've heard they're agony. My aunt had them years ago and she was in a right state with them.
But they removed them and she's never had a problem since. So all the best to you, too

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Originally posted by Demantoid:

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and electric shocks were shot up my back
but it was all fine

Sounds fun

i just pretended i was andy Mcnab and id been captured by the enemy and tortured
i told that f*ckin doctor nothing

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Originally posted by Dobby the House Elf:
hope it ia not too serious,

Cheers, Dobby. How are you feeling now?

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Originally posted by china:

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Originally posted by Demantoid:

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and electric shocks were shot up my back
but it was all fine

Sounds fun

i just pretended i was andy Mcnab and id been captured by the enemy and tortured
i told that f*ckin doctor nothing

I think I'd tell them plenty - chiefly where else they could stick their electrodes!

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Originally posted by Demantoid:
Thanks, Hyacinth
Gallstones - I don't envy you, I've heard they're agony. My aunt had them years ago and she was in a right state with them.
But they removed them and she's never had a problem since. So all the best to you, too

Thanks Deman - much appreciated.

Had the symptoms since about last October but it was gradually getting worse till I could ignore it no longer.

Do hope you'll receive a positive outcome and that the waiting time isn't too drawn out.

Thanks, Hyacinth - if they remove them, you could keep them, you know. I would if it was me, but then I'm a right ghoul...

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Originally posted by Demantoid:
Thanks, Hyacinth - if they remove them, you could keep them, you know. I would if it was me, but then I'm a right ghoul...

A friend of ours had his removed some years ago and they were really pretty. Gorgeous colours.

I'm hoping there's an alternative to surgery though as I'm terrified of being cut open!

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Originally posted by HyacinthB:

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Originally posted by Demantoid:
Thanks, Hyacinth - if they remove them, you could keep them, you know. I would if it was me, but then I'm a right ghoul...

A friend of ours had his removed some years ago and they were really pretty. Gorgeous colours.

I'm hoping there's an alternative to surgery though as I'm terrified of being cut open!

Sometimes they can dissolve them, I believe

Blimey Mate

Really hope that the results tomorrow for the blood tests will put your mind at rest and that it is something simple and easily treatable.

Even the most optimistic person thinks of the worst when they have symptoms like that hun.

You know they will cane you for the smoking, don't you?

Good Luck

Veggie
Oddly enough, he never said a word about it
I'm determined it's a trapped nerve and dodgy posture, until they tell me different ~folds arms~

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Originally posted by Demantoid:
Veggie
Oddly enough, he never said a word about it
I'm determined it's a trapped nerve and dodgy posture, until they tell me different ~folds arms~

Way to go Deman, keep thinking pygmies and you'll be fine

He's waiting his chance D, you know doctors.
I went through a stage where I got numbness down my left arm and even in my mouth

Convinced myself nearly two years ago I was about to have a heart attack or had MS or something terrible and was too scared to go to the doctors.
It was one of the things that made me pack up smoking tbh and about a couple of weeks later the symptons passed and never came back.

I'm sure it'll be something simple Deman, try not to worry too much.

Deman - I'm sorry to hear of your worries - I know ones mind can start imagining all sorts of horrible things it might be, but most of the time, it will be something that can easily be sorted. Fingers crossed for you.

Hyacinth - I've had gallstones - believe me the surgery is not a problem. In hospital on Wed op on Thurs and home on Friday!! I had never had an operation with general anasthetic before, only local and I was terrified, but to be rid of the pain of the gall stones made it so worth it. I'm sure they will perform keyhole surgery as they did with me, and so you're not really "cut open"!!


for both of you

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Originally posted by Moomin:
Deman - I'm sorry to hear of your worries - I know ones mind can start imagining all sorts of horrible things it might be, but most of the time, it will be something that can easily be sorted. Fingers crossed for you.

Hyacinth - I've had gallstones - believe me the surgery is not a problem. In hospital on Wed op on Thurs and home on Friday!! I had never had an operation with general anasthetic before, only local and I was terrified, but to be rid of the pain of the gall stones made it so worth it. I'm sure they will perform keyhole surgery as they did with me, and so you're not really "cut open"!!


for both of you

That is very reassuring - thanks Moomin.

Toid I suddenly started developing similar symptoms in my feet, and they are convinced it is due to nerve damage in my back, try not to worry

Hyacinth, i'm sure you know about keyhole hun, it's very straightforward, if it comes to that, they can just flare up occasionally and then settle down.

btw, I dropped a chopping board made from marble on my toe this morning, edge side down, if it hadn't hit the floor first, i'm sure I would toeless, feels like its broken sorry, but my family aren't interested

Good luck with the test results Demantoid. Don't google your symptoms as there are many causes of this.

had something similiar a few years ago, was a trapped nerve. try not to worry too much xxxxx

Demantoid just popped in to say, the usual thing about not worrying. Yeah, easier said than done, I know. But also, attempting to self-diagnose never works (well almost never), and looking things up on the internet will only make you worried.

Whatever it is, I hope you'll be fine.

[Been in that kind of situation myself, very weird symptoms, but it all got sorted out]

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Originally posted by pussycatj:
btw, I dropped a chopping board made from marble on my toe this morning, edge side down, if it hadn't hit the floor first, i'm sure I would toeless, feels like its broken sorry, but my family aren't interested

aww hun

they can be so painful. I've had about 4 broken and dislocated in the last couple of years.
They won't do anything but strap it to the other ones but you should get it checked out just in case it's dislocated too.
The worst break I had was low down where the toe meets the foot - it took about 12 weeks to heal because of the position of the break
Feel better soon hun

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Originally posted by Veggieburger:

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Originally posted by pussycatj:
btw, I dropped a chopping board made from marble on my toe this morning, edge side down, if it hadn't hit the floor first, i'm sure I would toeless, feels like its broken sorry, but my family aren't interested

ouch thanks veggie, i'm deffinitely not making my daughter's lunch tomorrow



aww hun

they can be so painful. I've had about 4 broken and dislocated in the last couple of years.
They won't do anything but strap it to the other ones but you should get it checked out just in case it's dislocated too.
The worst break I had was low down where the toe meets the foot - it took about 12 weeks to heal because of the position of the break
Feel better soon hun

Toid all the best..take care of yourself.

Thanks to everyone who's posted while I was taking a break - lovely FMs, you've made me feel much better and made me laugh!

pussycatj - get that toe looked at!
As you say, they'll only strap it to the one nearest to it, but still...

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Originally posted by pussycatj:
Toid I suddenly started developing similar symptoms in my feet, and they are convinced it is due to nerve damage in my back, try not to worry

Hyacinth, i'm sure you know about keyhole hun, it's very straightforward, if it comes to that, they can just flare up occasionally and then settle down.

btw, I dropped a chopping board made from marble on my toe this morning, edge side down, if it hadn't hit the floor first, i'm sure I would toeless, feels like its broken sorry, but my family aren't interested

Oooh, that sounds really painful pussycat. Hope it isn't broken.

Make sure you have an x-ray if things don't feel any easier by the morning.

Thank you for your thoughtfulness btw.