The Sick Room

[Addie]

I was almost two years old before I got my first tooth. Then I needed some serious dental care over the years. I had always gone to the dentist, but these problem were not going to be that easy to solve. The dentist recommended that they remove all my top teeth. He tried to Xray my mouth with the regular cardboard films, but my mouth was just too small. So he used the scanner Xray machine. The kind that circles your head. Lo and behold, there were my four wisdom molars way up by my ears. All four of them! So out come the top teeth and sure enough the wisdom teeth started to go on the march down to where they are supposed to be. One is coming down real fast, but sort of crooked. The bottom teeth also started to flare up as they were being pushed loose by my wisdom teeth. Out come the bottom teeth.

I get a plate of teeth for the top and over the years I have had to have the plate filed down so they allow room for my wisdom teeth.

Here I am 79 years of age and still cutting teeth. I want the dentist to remove all of the wisdom teeth, but he said no. Wait until they break through.

 

[Caslon]

I maintained my molar health by not chewing on beef jerky. I slipped by gnawing down hard on sweet Red Vines, the big sized ones.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Moving like a T-Rex

Well, my left arm is. I woke up with a really achy left arm - just the upper half. I can't lift it too high, but it dangles just fine! It must have been quite a show watching me try to gather up my long hair into a ponytail on top my head so I can shower. Haven' done that yet, though, since I don't know how I'll reach the body parts that get washed left-handed.

If I ever find out who socked me really hard in the arm while I was sleeping, they'll be sorry.

BTW, I got the first of two old-person pneumonia shots about a month ago. Same left upper arm. If this is a reaction, it seems like I get around to doing everything after a prolonged delay.

 

[GotGarlic]

Bummer, CG. Are you sure Himself didn't have a bad dream that he got into a fight? Hope your arm gets better soon.

 

[Wyshiepoo]

Well I know I've mentioned it in passing but I've not been well, and still a bit poorly.

I've really had a rather charmed life, by luck or genetics I've had a robust body that never gets anything major wrong with it. I even manage to avoid most colds/flu bugs and practically the only time I ever have any time off work is when I get sent home to stop me giving my colleagues the sniffles.

Anyway, for a couple of years I've had occasional bouts, with months between them, of what I and Mrs. Wyshiepoo called my 'funny tummy'. These bouts I put down to indigestion, a cramping pain right in the centre top of my tummy just below the breast bone. These attacks always occurred at approximately 2 am waking me up and keeping me awake for 4 to 5 hours.
At Christmas I had two rather nasty, extra painful attacks and unusually they were very close to each other. Mrs Wyshiepoo persuaded me to go to the doctor and he booked me in for scans and blood tests.
Before I could have the scans I had a really nasty attack and popped up to the hospital once again at Mrs. Wyshiepoo's request. They said it was just a severe attack of indigestion and gave me pills to take, Omeprazole.
Although the pills didn't stop the pain they did seem to stop any further attacks, although I now think this was a false impression and the pain was just waiting to catch me by surprise. My scan results came back and showed that my gallbladder had quite a lot of gallstones, I told the doctor that the Omeprazole seemed to somehow be dealing with the problem, he was sceptical but agreed to a watching brief.
I had 3 to 4 months completely pain free. Then early May I had to escort Mrs Wyshiepoo to a hospital in Exeter fo her neck operation, an anterior discectomy.
For some reason this restarted the attacks, with some real humdingers. On our return home I had an attack so bad that I was doubled over in pain and I could hardly move, sweat pouring off me and dry retching.
I thought I might be able to tough it out but again Mrs Wyshiepoo made me go to Dr's. He took one look at me and booked me into A & E there and then, I was starting to turn yellow!
I had acute pancreatitis, cue a weeks starvation diet and when I was released home I was only allowed 20g of fat per day and no more than 10g in any one meal.
in three days time I go to the surgical specialist to go over what will happen and when they remove my gallbladder. The gallbladder has to be removed as they think a stone got loose and blocked the pancreatic duct causing the digestive enzymes produced by the pancreas to be forced back into the pancreas, whereupon they started autodigesting the pancreas!
Rather alarmingly, if that wasn't already enough, during the scans, MRI's etc for the pancreas they picked up what looks like a small mass on my left kidney. I have to see a Urologist to find out whether it is nothing, a cyst, malignant or benign.
My body is certainly making up for all those years of impeccable health!

 

[Cheryl J]

Oh no, Wyshie! When it rains, it pours - here's to best wishes for a speedy recovery and back to good health very soon!

 

[Cheryl J]

Well, my left arm is. I woke up with a really achy left arm - just the upper half. I can't lift it too high, but it dangles just fine! It must have been quite a show watching me try to gather up my long hair into a ponytail on top my head so I can shower. Haven' done that yet, though, since I don't know how I'll reach the body parts that get washed left-handed.

If I ever find out who socked me really hard in the arm while I was sleeping, they'll be sorry.

BTW, I got the first of two old-person pneumonia shots about a month ago. Same left upper arm. If this is a reaction, it seems like I get around to doing everything after a prolonged delay.

CG, I sure hope it's better by now. Thinking of you!

 

[Dawgluver]

Oh dear, Wyshie! Sure hope they get you fixed up and back in good shape soon!

CG, talk nice to your arm. I got shingles shot Part Deux for old people over a month ago, and the arm's still sore.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Funny thing is, Dawg, my arm didn't hurt more than a pinch after the shot - until overnight.

Cheryl, not any better. Sorry...

...I've really had a rather charmed life, by luck or genetics I've had a robust body that never gets anything major wrong with it...My body is certainly making up for all those years of impeccable health!

Sending well wishes for a quick discover-and-recover on your latest health trial. As far as being relatively healthy, like you I've had very good health...right up until I said to my doctor "for someone my age, I've been pretty lucky health-wise". I guess I broke the dam.

 

[taxlady]

Oh no, Wyshie! When it rains, it pours - here's to best wishes for a speedy recovery and back to good health very soon!

+1

 

[taxlady]

Oh dear, Wyshie! Sure hope they get you fixed up and back in good shape soon!

CG, talk nice to your arm. I got shingles shot Part Deux for old people over a month ago, and the arm's still sore.

I need to get another 'script for shingles shot. Part deux? Did you need more than one shot?

 

[Dawgluver]

I need to get another 'script for shingles shot. Part deux? Did you need more than one shot?

You do with the new Shinglex vaccine. DH had the older one-shot-shot, and dr recommended the new 2-parter.

 

[taxlady]

You do with the new Shinglex vaccine. DH had the older one-shot-shot, and dr recommended the new 2-parter.

Thanks, good to know.

 

[Wyshiepoo]

Sending well wishes for a quick discover-and-recover on your latest health trial. As far as being relatively healthy, like you I've had very good health...right up until I said to my doctor "for someone my age, I've been pretty lucky health-wise". I guess I broke the dam.

I remember going to the doctor some years back for a check up, when he looked at my file he said "good lord W, we haven't made much money out of you have we"?
I think it's just luck, my dad is 86 and he still climbs up on the roof to repair loose slates, does his gardening etc.
Although he is talking about slowing down now!

 

[dragnlaw]

Kidney Stones and Gall Stones are my bain, thankfully I've always been textbook cases and once the problem discovered, easily taken care of. Other than that, I too, Wysiepoo, have had pretty good health. My doctor visits would be about 1 every 3 or 4 years!

then I hit 70... and everything is hitting the fan - and we can't figure just exactly what. Luckily I have now found a new doctor who seems to be very organized at putting things in their perspective and we are methodically going thru all the tests. So the last 3 years have been a bit miserable health-wise but I'm "stomping down the tunnel and WILL get that light on!"

CG, Wysiepoo - my thoughts are with you!

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Woke up today with a better feeling arm and a bit more mobility.

Did too much - stupid, stupid me.

Going to pull back to doing nothing else tonight and hope for a better (and smarter) tomorrow.

 

[Kayelle]

CG...sorry about your arm but glad it's better. BTW, are you left handed? If you are, I bet it's from washing all those sun room windows.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Nope, Kayelle, I'm a righty. I used to sleep on my left side a lot - I'd fall asleep on my right, but I guess I rolled over to my left immediately. I had a sore shoulder a long time ago, pretty much retrained myself to sleep on my back, so maybe I rolled the wrong way in bed and my upper arm got twisted. It's possible, too, that I might be making my muscles sore from holding my tablet in my hand too much. If I'm holding my tablet I feel these exact muscles pulling.

I may as well just admit it...I'm getting old.

 

[Mad Cook]

]I remember going to the doctor some years back for a check up, when he looked at my file he said "good lord W, we haven't made much money out of you have we"?[/COLOR]
I think it's just luck, my dad is 86 and he still climbs up on the roof to repair loose slates, does his gardening etc.
Although he is talking about slowing down now!

Likewise me, at least with my old Dr who retired a few years ago. Current doc is an idiot who thinks that as I'm pushing 70 I must be about to fall off my perch if I as much as sneeze. I think the National Health Service owes me a refund! All I have is medication for a gastric reflux problem and industrial strength painkillers for my hip which I only take when the pain is really getting in the way of my life.

I think genes must have a part in it. It's very rare for anyone in my family to die before their 90th birthday and they are all disgustingly fit until the end.

 

[Mad Cook]

Kidney Stones and Gall Stones are my bain, thankfully I've always been textbook cases and once the problem discovered, easily taken care of. Other than that, I too, Wysiepoo, have had pretty good health. My doctor visits would be about 1 every 3 or 4 years!

then I hit 70... and everything is hitting the fan - and we can't figure just exactly what. Luckily I have now found a new doctor who seems to be very organized at putting things in their perspective and we are methodically going thru all the tests. So the last 3 years have been a bit miserable health-wise but I'm "stomping down the tunnel and WILL get that light on!"

CG, Wysiepoo - my thoughts are with you!

As Bette Davis said "Old age ain't for cissies"