Health Problems
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sleevedraw
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Assuming they had you do a 3-word recall along with it, that's the Minicog. It's an old classic.
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tugofpeace
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Anyone here consider taking the TDAP vaccine? I got the TD a couple years ago but apparently whooping cough cases are surging. Thinking of taking TDAP but I generally don't like the idea of vaccines anymore.
Is whooping cough even a big deal for adults?
Is whooping cough even a big deal for adults?
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Captain Suave
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It's not really about you but the risk of you transmitting it to small children, elderly, otherwise immunocompromised, etc. I had to get it when my kids were born just to get into the maternity ward.
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I got a lot of problems and new ones everyday. The most annoying one now is keeping track of time. I woke up and the phone said 6 and I assumed it was 6am. I was about to give my morning shot. I thought it was extremely odd my girlfriend was fixing a chicken sandwich for breakfast. My phone does not specify am or pm. I sat down at the computer and it has am or pm. I'm still extremely fuzzy trying to figure out what happened.
Noodleface
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Same. We all got it when my kids were born.
If you've ever had a kid with whooping cough you wouldn't even second guess this.
Rajaah
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Had a friend in college who always had this "mildew" smell about him. Like this really strong smell of "moist dirty clothes" that was very off-putting. He was a great guy though and we got along well. I met up with him again a few years later, same deal, still had the mildew odor. Was too polite to ever bring it up. Noticed when I went to hang up my coat on the wall next to his coat, his coat had the full mildewy smell. So I had to hang my coat up like four spaces down from his. If it was something with his clothes, he should have been able to detect it, which made me think it was some sort of personal issue.
I happen to be by my hometown recently and one of the people I go say hi to is this guy. His place of residence smells fine, no mildew smell, not even on the blankets on the couch. Just him and whatever he's wearing. The smell (in a cloud going out about 2-3 feet around his body) is worse than ever and he absolutely reeks of moist dirtyness. Guy tells me about how he hasn't had a GF since college (which is now going on 15 years ago) and how rough it is and he isn't sure why he just doesn't have any luck with girls.
Even just shaking the guy's hand, I walk away with my hand reeking of mildew smell (and his hand itself was a bit moist).
Any ideas what the guy's problem is? Wondering if it's a health condition, a hygiene issue, or a laundry issue. For a while I thought maybe the guy just didn't have a dryer and was wearing wet clothes or something, but the fact that his issue has persisted and worsened over 15 years with him living in a completely different place, and even his hand leaves a strong mildew smell if you shake it, has me thinking it's some sort of bizarre medical condition.
Worst thing is, the guy seems to be completely unaware of it. I don't even know how to broach the subject to tell him about it, and it's honestly none of my business, but...yeah. It appears that it's really messed up his life if he hasn't been able to get a second date (or even the time of day) from women all this time.
I happen to be by my hometown recently and one of the people I go say hi to is this guy. His place of residence smells fine, no mildew smell, not even on the blankets on the couch. Just him and whatever he's wearing. The smell (in a cloud going out about 2-3 feet around his body) is worse than ever and he absolutely reeks of moist dirtyness. Guy tells me about how he hasn't had a GF since college (which is now going on 15 years ago) and how rough it is and he isn't sure why he just doesn't have any luck with girls.
Even just shaking the guy's hand, I walk away with my hand reeking of mildew smell (and his hand itself was a bit moist).
Any ideas what the guy's problem is? Wondering if it's a health condition, a hygiene issue, or a laundry issue. For a while I thought maybe the guy just didn't have a dryer and was wearing wet clothes or something, but the fact that his issue has persisted and worsened over 15 years with him living in a completely different place, and even his hand leaves a strong mildew smell if you shake it, has me thinking it's some sort of bizarre medical condition.
Worst thing is, the guy seems to be completely unaware of it. I don't even know how to broach the subject to tell him about it, and it's honestly none of my business, but...yeah. It appears that it's really messed up his life if he hasn't been able to get a second date (or even the time of day) from women all this time.
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Haus
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So.... Yeah.... I have a new on for me.
If you follow the rustled jimmies thread you know I had to go into the hospital last Friday due to an abscess infection. But that's not the health problem (that has been a recurring relatively minor issue for me because of a lymph node issue it seems).
While in , they had to do a CT scan of the thing, which also caught a glimpse of some other organs.... then suddenly I'm getting an MRI of the area.....
Then I'm being told the CT scan picked up something, which turns out to be a 2cm mass on my left kidney. Urologist assured me it's not a panic situation, but definitely a "you're gonna have to do something about that" situation. So now I have an appointment with the same Kidney doc my wife used when she had her kidney issues around 10 years ago. yay? Sounds like most likely treatment will be some kind of hot or cold ablation...
If you follow the rustled jimmies thread you know I had to go into the hospital last Friday due to an abscess infection. But that's not the health problem (that has been a recurring relatively minor issue for me because of a lymph node issue it seems).
While in , they had to do a CT scan of the thing, which also caught a glimpse of some other organs.... then suddenly I'm getting an MRI of the area.....
Then I'm being told the CT scan picked up something, which turns out to be a 2cm mass on my left kidney. Urologist assured me it's not a panic situation, but definitely a "you're gonna have to do something about that" situation. So now I have an appointment with the same Kidney doc my wife used when she had her kidney issues around 10 years ago. yay? Sounds like most likely treatment will be some kind of hot or cold ablation...
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Goatface
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i have a "renal cortical cyst" on one of my kidneys. looking at my tests, in 22 it was sub cm, then 1cm in 23, 1.5-1.6cm in 24. supposedly at 3cm can start causing issues, pain etc and at 5cm can be a real issue. i know at some point it was just something and they did some tests to say it was non-cancerous cyst.
best of luck
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The only solution is to drink a bunch of bourbon and deal with that shit tomorrow.
Sorry man. That sucks balls.
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Kithani
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If the Urologist is sending you to a Nephrologist then that doesn’t sound like cancer at least, Nephrologists don’t really treat kidney cancer… although a 2cm “mass” rather than “cyst” certainly sounds suspicious.
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Haus
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Apparently they needed to do one with contrast to get more details. So I suspect I will get told to go get another. Problem was last Friday night I was pretty far into "no eating or drinking" as they thought I might need surgery Saturday morning, I was tired, annoyed at the hospital... and kinda had a hyperventilation/panic issue after 30 minutes in the MRI for the first round (no contrast) so they didn't do the run with contrast.
CT scan earlier that night was similar
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Kithani
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Yeah I have a feeling you’re right about that second MRI and or ablation
could be worse though!
Haus
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Definitely, and one reason Chez Haus is kinda freaking out about it.Yeah I have a feeling you’re right about that second MRI and or ablation
Mrs. Haus
had to have a surgery years ago which left her with a slight herniation, which they check with a CT scan each year. Then one year they checked it and just like mine she had a "shadow" which made them look , and she had a mass on her left kidney , but it was a cystic mass that was as large as the kidney and ended up costing her that left kidney. So when they came in and said they needed to do an MRI because they found something on mine it was definitely the low light of last Friday night.
The nephrologist I'm going to see is the one who handled her situation and was absolutely great.