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FMguru posted:happy new year, trig happy new year!
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# ? Jan 11, 2022 02:22 |
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FMguru posted:happy new year, trig
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# ? Jan 11, 2022 02:22 |
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FMguru posted:happy new year, trig
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# ? Jan 11, 2022 02:37 |
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Achmed Jones posted:c arthritis s: gently caress my hands hurt. voltaren makes them not hurt but then i get nauseous. i could counter that by only applying it in a full stomach but ain't nobody got time for breakfast, that's sleepin time keep an egg mcmuffin by the bed mystes posted:Don't sine your posts this is a ridiculous tangent
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# ? Jan 11, 2022 02:49 |
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mediaphage posted:keep an egg mcmuffin by the bed this is just good advice in general
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Shaggar posted:this is just good advice in general shachar was right siri insists this is your name now
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mediaphage posted:keep an egg mcmuffin by the bed heck yeah good call
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Achmed Jones posted:c arthritis s: gently caress my hands hurt. voltaren makes them not hurt but then i get nauseous. i could counter that by only applying it in a full stomach but ain't nobody got time for breakfast, that's sleepin time seriouspost, ask you physician about metclopramide. it's an anti-nausa medication that I take along with voltaren against migraines. it makes the voltaren more effective and also stops me from barfing from the migraine. it's a cheap generic too.
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# ? Jan 11, 2022 09:25 |
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i will do that, thank you! still dont have a doctor since the move but ill put it on the list
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# ? Jan 11, 2022 18:01 |
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Achmed Jones posted:i will do that, thank you! still dont have a doctor since the move but ill put it on the list It's kind of a pharmacological sledgehammer for nsaid stomach upsettedness. You might want to try an acid reducer first (tagamet), or a naproxen regime (2x daily with food). Hurry up and get a doctor old goon, they know best. Have you been formally diagnosed with osteoarthritis in your hands, or are you just assuming because they hurt?
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# ? Jan 11, 2022 22:06 |
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i said they hurt and the doctor ran some tests and said "it's probably arthritis". no like x-rays or anything but he checked for elevated white blood cells and some other stuff i think. i don't remember really, it was a couple years ago thanks for the recs - i'll try naproxen. hopefully i can tolerate it
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Achmed Jones posted:i said they hurt and the doctor ran some tests and said "it's probably arthritis". no like x-rays or anything but he checked for elevated white blood cells and some other stuff i think. i don't remember really, it was a couple years ago Take it as directed on the label - if you just take it whenever it doesn't help that much. If your under like.. 50 I'd recommend trying to nail down why they hurt - especially if they ache bad enough to make it hard to concentrate, fall asleep, or do your work. Sometimes pain is a normal part of aging, and sometimes it isn't.
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# ? Jan 11, 2022 22:14 |
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Achmed Jones posted:thanks for the recs - i'll try naproxen. hopefully i can tolerate it I’ve been getting some nerve pain in my hands and naproxen is great for it, worked better than cortisone for me. no side effects but I’m pretty lucky with most medication that way. it’s sold as period pain medication in AU, not sure why it’s not the default anti inflammatory because is seems better than anything else. works for my gout too.
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# ? Jan 11, 2022 22:34 |
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i was first diagnosed with osteoarthritis around age 24 iirc i used to take ibuprofen and naproxen but i had to switch to tylenol arthritis (doctor supervised) b/c nsaids give me instant diarrhea. doc tried me on other nsaids too including voltaren gels and oral diclofenac (ie voltaren but a pill) with enteric coating but i couldn't tolerate them any better than naproxen, which is too bad because naproxen was really good at stopping the pain. i 100% recommend nsaids if you can tolerate them though, they're so much better for you than tylenol.
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# ? Jan 11, 2022 22:43 |
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Long term nsaid use may actually not be great for you in various ways but it's probably not that bad at least
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# ? Jan 11, 2022 23:28 |
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popping too many ibuprofens could wreck your kidneys
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# ? Jan 12, 2022 23:14 |
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i had a low cabinet drawer open in the bathroom. hit my shin on it real hard. i do not remember the last time i hurt like this lmao y'all should've seen the arm flailing and "whooooOOOOOaaaAAAAAaaaa" on the way down. The dad from malcolm in the middle would've been so proud
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# ? Jan 13, 2022 17:59 |
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ok it still hurts but i'm like 99.9% sure i didnt crack or chip anything made me stop thinkin about my hands hurtin tho lol
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# ? Jan 13, 2022 18:55 |
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i went for a run yesterday for the first time in a wihle and i was pleasantly surprised by how much i was able to push myself i did not remember that i could be sore in so many places
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# ? Jan 13, 2022 18:56 |
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Lysidas posted:i did not remember that i could be sore in so many places Wait till you need physical therapy. There are teeny tiny little muscles all over the place that feel like you got hit with a ball peen hammer for about a week the first time you ever deliberately exercise them.
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SYSV Fanfic posted:Wait till you need physical therapy. There are teeny tiny little muscles all over the place that feel like you got hit with a ball peen hammer for about a week the first time you ever deliberately exercise them. yah it took me like a week of work to rebuild the muscles i needed to sit upright in a chair after being placed into the chair by a nurse. lol.
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 02:27 |
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aww that sucks, i always consider you a standup kind of guy
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 02:37 |
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in the same vein the first two-ish weeks of going back to the office even part time was lol
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 03:44 |
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Binary Badger posted:popping too many ibuprofens could wreck your kidneys this is true of any nsaid but the number one rule for nsaids is fluids if you’re drinking and you’re peeing it’s ok, don’t get dehydrated! drink fluid. maybe try water but if it’s wet it’s get also osteoarthritis? I know I’ve said it lots before but had surprising success with customers on hemp seed oil. many people have great things to say. maybe you will too
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 16:16 |
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gently caress my dad is going blind. he'll have to stop driving soon. poo poo
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# ? Jan 15, 2022 11:21 |
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that sucks. is it at all treatable how do you feel about becoming a chauffeur for pops
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# ? Jan 15, 2022 11:28 |
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nah it’s end of the road diabetes god haven’t thought about having to drive him round tbf.. gently caress
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# ? Jan 15, 2022 14:36 |
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echinopsis posted:nah it’s end of the road diabetes ah i wondered. last time i talked to someone who knew my mother a few years ago said she’s completing ignoring the eye doctor and letting diabetes just run wild on the eyes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ maybe you both can make 2022 the year of watruary
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# ? Jan 15, 2022 19:56 |
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hm why do people let things go so far? it's not like diabetes is not treatable "hm it seems i have a lot of black dots in my peripheral vision. i'll better ignore it and continue to chow down pure sugar"
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# ? Jan 15, 2022 20:18 |
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Tankakern posted:hm doctors are assholes and will guaranteed make you feel bad about how you've 'not taken care of yourself', are going to refer you to a specialist who is booked for the next 11 weeks but maybe they can see you in May, oh and you're going to get a bill for that for $17,320. how is this difficult to understand
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that’s also true for many people but the eye doctor is nearly a personal friend of the family, she just doesn’t care. them coke 12 packs ain’t gonna drink themselves yknow
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Tankakern posted:hm progressive diseases tend to do their thing, you can slow it down but it’s a battle of attrition against your cardiovascular system and throw a few decades into the mix
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# ? Jan 15, 2022 20:34 |
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echinopsis posted:progressive diseases tend to do their thing, you can slow it down but it’s a battle of attrition against your cardiovascular system and throw a few decades into the mix you’re totally right on this. and for some it doesn’t matter. does your dad follow a proper regimen at all or does he like sneak cake in and pretend otherwise
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# ? Jan 15, 2022 20:41 |
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It takes a lot of willpower to follow a strict diet, maintain a set weight, comply with glucose monitoring. On top of whatever else you've got to deal with in life a lot of people just can't maintain that level of discipline over thrity+ years. Willpower is a limited resource.
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SYSV Fanfic posted:It takes a lot of willpower to follow a strict diet, maintain a set weight, comply with glucose monitoring. On top of whatever else you've got to deal with in life a lot of people just can't maintain that level of discipline over thrity+ years. i’m aware of this for sure. but there’s definitely a difference between someone who mostly does a good job and someone who completely ignores all medical advice mind you i expect a nontrivial portion of the latter group probably would also benefit from therapy and since a huge part of the world seems to view that sort of thing as a personal failing, well.
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# ? Jan 15, 2022 20:54 |
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In addition to the other good points mentioned, a lot of older people have undiagnosed mood disorders that they have been conditioned to hide.
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Cold on a Cob posted:In addition to the other good points mentioned, a lot of older people have undiagnosed mood disorders that they have been conditioned to hide. totally agree and even though younger people are more open about it there’re still huge swaths that feel the same way
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# ? Jan 15, 2022 22:51 |
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im 42 and like 87.2% of my entire existence is load-bearing coping mechanisms to cover up poo poo but the alternative is laying all that stuff bare and now i got fired bc im 'unstable' and none of my friends talk to me bc im 'sketchy' and a 'doomer'
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# ? Jan 15, 2022 22:53 |
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mediaphage posted:you’re totally right on this. and for some it doesn’t matter. does your dad follow a proper regimen at all or does he like sneak cake in and pretend otherwise eh it’s also that diabetes is a complex disease and it’s difficult to maintain great control but not so hard to have OK control. he’s never been and never will be the kind of person to calculate his insulin based on carb content so he’ll forever have to take slightly less insulin because too much isn’t doable, and so there’s decades of that. and also people missing that blood glucose is a marker for diabetes and not the disease itself and even if your blood glucose stays good other poo poo goes on, and for example ice cream barely elevates blood sugars because of its huge fat content but obv it’s not good for you, but simplistic understandings of diabetes = high sugars leads people to treat the markers not the disease and it’s really unreasonable to expect laymen to really get how to properly treat complex metabolic syndromes luckily these days we have pharmacological treatments that help tons and are “easy” as in you could change nothing about your lifestyle and still be far better off simply by taking drug also other people just don’t give a gently caress. other people will offer a diabetic a sugar sandwich and be like “well they can say no if they want”, disregarding diabetes especially type 2 is probably associated with a hosed up relationship to food (like I have) and that i’m like a drug addict when it comes to my self control, never mind when other people try to get you to eat more even when you say no. other people truly value their own happiness at feeding someone than the persons health. makes me furious and makes me wish I was a person who stood up for myself because i’ll chow down on a cake someone made for me because I’m too nervous to say “sorry i’m a diabetic and I really shouldn’t” fml i’m on a new one that makes my kidneys spill over excess blood glucose into the urine so I pee out calories. was 4kg lighter than I expected last time I weighed myself. and it makes me piss more hence drink more hence more full from water all the time
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Jonny 290 posted:im 42 and like 87.2% of my entire existence is load-bearing coping mechanisms to cover up poo poo but the alternative is laying all that stuff bare and now i got fired bc im 'unstable' and none of my friends talk to me bc im 'sketchy' and a 'doomer'
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