Health Problems
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Noodleface
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Well not great news. Had the big eye exam today and have retinopathy in one of my eyes. Other one seems fine, or fine enough.
For background I'm 41 and been type 2 for about 15 years.
I got a go back and do the test where they put dye in your veins and take pics of the eyes.
Treatment options are shitty to even shittier - laser or needle in my eye. I'm 100% going to do it, but it's a scary thought. The other option is of course going blind.
I'm a compliant diabetic, but probably could've taken a lot better care of myself. If I needed a kick in the ass, this is it.
Kind of in a depressed mood but I am glad we caught it on my yearly eye exam.
For background I'm 41 and been type 2 for about 15 years.
I got a go back and do the test where they put dye in your veins and take pics of the eyes.
Treatment options are shitty to even shittier - laser or needle in my eye. I'm 100% going to do it, but it's a scary thought. The other option is of course going blind.
I'm a compliant diabetic, but probably could've taken a lot better care of myself. If I needed a kick in the ass, this is it.
Kind of in a depressed mood but I am glad we caught it on my yearly eye exam.
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TheNozz
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Update:
mother fucker, the AFIB started again at about 1:25 am this morning
Again, the only time it’s been triggered is while I was laying down.
I had to take a metoprolol to get it under control
I still don’t understand how a condition where your heart has an internal electrical issue can apparently “cycle off” for nearly a full week
I see the cardiologist on Wednesday hopefully he has answers and also doesn’t simply gloss over the fact my issues have only occurred while laying down or at least a reasonable explanation of why it wouldn’t matter: as long as I don’t wake up with it, walking, lifting, sitting and other various other activities don’t set off an AFIB episode
edit: walked up a flight of stairs just now and According to my smartwatch, my HR peaked at about 100, but started to drop once I stopped and started taking an ECG reading
ECG came back as normal rhythm
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moonarchia
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Haus
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Well.... My enemy has been better identified, for whatever it is worth...
Around an inch by inch and a half nugget of joy loitering around on the top rear of my left kidney. Hasn't changed in size that I can tell over the last month and a half. Will still need a partial nephrectomy. Question is when I want to do it. ASAP and be in recovery through my 21st wedding anniversary, in June and be in recovery through mine and the wife's B-days (her late June, mine early July), or punt until July and miss the last month of my company's FY when most of the big deals need to be reeled in. Absolutely no good option.
I rate this cyst 0/10, would not cyst again with it.
Around an inch by inch and a half nugget of joy loitering around on the top rear of my left kidney. Hasn't changed in size that I can tell over the last month and a half. Will still need a partial nephrectomy. Question is when I want to do it. ASAP and be in recovery through my 21st wedding anniversary, in June and be in recovery through mine and the wife's B-days (her late June, mine early July), or punt until July and miss the last month of my company's FY when most of the big deals need to be reeled in. Absolutely no good option.
I rate this cyst 0/10, would not cyst again with it.
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Sorry to hear about that. I'm not sure how serious something like this is but wedding anniversaries, birthdays, financial years, etc. are worthless if you are fucking dead because you put them before your health. So if it is serious, pop the ol' head out your ass and get it fixed ASAP.
If that doesn't apply, sorry to hear, let us know how it works out. ......
Also, Aced another brain MRI and I think after this one I move to every 6 months for 2 years.
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Just now seeing this. I have some neuropathy and take ALA on and off. I take standard ALA pills I get off of Amazon, and it helps. Much lower intensity and lower frequency of those nervy feelings (of any kind, not just the tingles)
It took like 2 months before I noticed real improvement. Oh, and unless you can swallow half a hot dog without chewing, don't get the 600mg gelcaps. Trust me: 2 x 300mg is big enough.
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Kithani
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I once had a homeless dude who removed his NG tube... and then replaced it himself by the time we arrived to check on him.
Still think about that dude like a decade later lmao
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Gavinmad
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Kithani
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Gavinmad
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I'm wearing a ph sensor and god almighty i want to tear this sumbitch out with all my being.Hell if I know, but he kinda looked at us like this
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Haus
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Yeah, this was from the CT scan today. (After what my wife went through with her left kidney (odd coincidence) and other medical situations I've had to handle in my life I've become adept at using the viewing software needed to go over CT/MRI scans so I hopped in and measured it. I'm awaiting the official follow up with my urologist/nephrologist and see what she thinks the best timing will be. (probably late this week or early next week) You are right that I'm leaning to "let's get this shit over with" at the moment.
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Goatface
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did you notice is changes to heart rate/blood pressure? read it can lower them, which i really don't need to happen
Gavinmad
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crazy thing is I asked the nurse and he said that some kinds of feeding tubes are actually larger and more rigid than the ph sensor I was stuck with, and I only had that for ~24 hours. Can't imagine what it's like being conscious and on a feeding tube for like a week or longer.
Izo
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crazy thing is I asked the nurse and he said that some kinds of feeding tubes are actually larger and more rigid than the ph sensor I was stuck with, and I only had that for ~24 hours. Can't imagine what it's like being conscious and on a feeding tube for like a week or longer.
We do that all the time for ileus, saves your, their, life, pending on underlying cause. Ch14. Some less rigid, same size, for those in a different situations, needing feeding.
meStevo
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Had a non-contrast brain MRI last night. Since I have access to the imagery I used ChatGPT to potentially identify a vestibular neuroma. Wild. Will find out if it's accurate a week from Wednesday, sooner if SDMI uploads their report to my account prior.
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Probably should be in rustle jimmy thread but Yesterday I called the MRI place to get a copy of my brain MRI from May 1. I dial the extension for records and I'm listening to hold music. 10 minutes in I'm poking around their website and I see an online request for records. I say what the hell, enter my info and it says someone will contact you within 24 hours. I decide I'll give hold 5 more minutes then try again later. One minute later I get a call from the same number about my online records request? I said 'yeah I'm on hold on the other line'. They could not give one shit. I weep for this younger generation, I really do.
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