Thread: Sudden changes in your health

Eat lentils, why you think kacks are so skinny

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

but I am now seriously doing something about it .

less calories mate and more excercize, it will fall off, simple as that

Gardening nigel, I'd be 25 stone
if I didn't work on the farm.

And a little Peaches health tip, (green tea )

Now I'm off for my Saturday afternoon piss up.

I'm just a cynic.I'm older than you and I have young daughters, I don't think of being a burden in later life, most wife's here think of the pension benefits.

You never know what is around the corner .

About 18 months ago i made a visit to my new doctor, shes in her late 30's and has a rather pleasant manner and seems genuinely interested in my general health. A full MOT is whats required i am told. Results of the blood tests reveal a thyroid problem, she puts me on Levothyroxine, a few more blood tests and adjustments in dosage and i feel no different.
September this year i have a three week break in Thailand and Cambodia, suddenly i start to wake up in the morning much refreshed. Wide awake and and with renewed energy. Well is December now and i feel 10 years younger. Aches and pains gone, i dont need that afternoon nap. Energy levels up, have lost 20lbs in weight.
I had no idea before that i was ill, just put it down to nearing 60. The drug took some time to work but what a difference.
Get those check ups done chaps.

Originally Posted by palexxxx

Back in oz, 2550 baht ($80) wouldn't even get the doctor to come from his tea break.

GP consultations are free with a medicare card which all citizens qualify for.


Got an appointment at a new place with a Dr Gupta last week for a skin check. I was waiting in reception and this nice indian woman doctor in her 30s walked past with a nice smile. My invisible tail was wagging. Then a droopy shouldered balding indian male doctor in his late 50s came out and called my name and stared at his desk looking depressed for the duration of the 15 minute consultation

I got the name of the woman doctor so I might be cheeky and request her by name next time

Death. Now that's a sudden change to your health. Stay alert, it might happen and you miss it.

You get older, you ache. It's a given.

Last Tuesday a friend of ours in England woke up,his wife still asleep.
He decided to let he have another 1/2 hour he woke up the kids got their breakfast ready.
Goes upstairs to wake his wife up.She was dead only 33 years old police called in seem to think her heart packed up in her sleep.

Wooooah! That's heavy.

Like I said, stay alert!

get some cod liver oil down your neck on an empty stomach
non of those gay capsules either

Originally Posted by ltnt

Death. Now that's a sudden change to your health. Stay alert, it might happen and you miss it.

Giving it qualified thought to the anxiety point.

Immortality.

I seem to remember in a thread on here a while back about Apple Cider vinegar , and how it was very good for the joints etc, might be worth giving it a try.

My joints are ok but I'll buy anything and have been using it since and can testify it tastes nice on chips too.

Originally Posted by Bower

September this year i have a three week break in Thailand and Cambodia, suddenly i start to wake up in the morning much refreshed. Wide awake and and with renewed energy.

I generally find that I feel healthier when not in the US. It took me years to figure out that I was having reactions to the wide spread use of chemical preservatives in the food here (in the US).

If it is a sharp pain in the joints couldn't it be gout? Something like uric acid crystals forming in the joints and irritating the nerves.

There was a gout thread on here I think a while back.

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

a mate I used to go to school with has just out the blue been diagnosed with the terminal big C

tell your mate to watch this and drink piss from a healthy person. I'm serious mate, if I get it that's what I'd try cos I could never afford the treatment.

Originally Posted by Looper

GP consultations are free with a medicare card which all citizens qualify for.

Huh?
What are you on about Looper?

With Medicare you still have to pay the GP for the consultation.
You do get a 60/70 % refund when you take the receipt to the Medicare office, but it's not exactly free.

And it's not only for Aussie citizens, permanent residents are also covered.

A sad tale indeed KT ,, lets all make the most of each day ,, I'm sure if we look a little further ahead we will see a positive

Originally Posted by klong toey

Last Tuesday a friend of ours in England woke up,his wife still asleep.
He decided to let he have another 1/2 hour he woke up the kids got their breakfast ready.
Goes upstairs to wake his wife up.She was dead only 33 years old police called in seem to think her heart packed up in her sleep.

Sounds like it could be Long QT syndrome! No warning, heart stops often from a slight shock. Deadly and runs in the family, Kids need to be checked. We have 2 kids in our school. All staff are trained on using a defib and giving adrenalin shots.

This is a bit more common than a lot of people think mate ^ my youngest son died of a form of sudden adult death in his sleep at age 25 ,, in the UK alone some 14.000 pass each year this way .

It sure is a bastard bolt outta the blue

Sorry to hear about your friend Nige

A 5 year old niece of mine was diagnosed with leukemia while i was over there.she cant walk now, bless her. shes just had bone marrow and chemo, but she will be home for Xmas.

Life can deal some horrible cards