Which ailments currently beplague you - The Bear and Badger

Matt_82

I appear to have managed to pulled a muscle (or something similar) in my foot. I can walk but it hurts like hell and it seizes up when I'm not using it. This is what I get for getting old

mk64

I had something like that and it was this - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/mortons-neuroma/

changed my shoes to be wider and it went after about 3 weeks. I'd been in pain and year.

LivDiv

Its a shame because you looked great in those high heeled winkle pickers.

cockbeard

mk64 wrote:

Did 159 tissues yesterday used at least twice each (man sized ones)

Furlough does get boring doesn't it?

g.man

hahahaha *splutter*

poprock

g.man wrote:

*splutter*

Yep, that’s another tissue gone.

mk64

Haha

Matt_82

mk64 wrote:

I had something like that and it was this - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/mortons-neuroma/ changed my shoes to be wider and it went after about 3 weeks. I'd been in pain and year.

Definitely doesn't seem to be that but the advice seems like it would help.

poprock

Horsefly bites are absolute bastards, aren’t they? Weeping sores that just don’t heal. I’ve got them all over my arms, shoulders and back and they’ve been annoying me for nearly three weeks now.

Can we add horseflies to the list of ‘species which add nothing to the ecosystem and could happily be wiped out’? Right alongside wasps, please.

Armitage_Shankburn

Done.

Current list:

1. Human species.
2. Horseflies

acemuzzy

That's not how you spell "wasps"

hylian_elf

Was just about to mention wasps! Then saw Pops already mentioned it.

hylian_elf

Although I just read that:

“ Social wasps are predators and as such they play a vital ecological role, controlling the numbers of potential pests like greenfly and many caterpillars. ... A world without wasps would be a world with a very much larger number of insect pests on our crops and gardens.”

Yossarian

How has nobody mentioned mosquitoes?

Kow

Don't mention those bastards.

hylian_elf

Ugh. Yeah, disease carrying cunts.

LivDiv

Most animals are in harmony.
Pandas can fuck off.

poprock

Seriously guys, horseflies. I want them eradicated, please.

handsofblue

Apparently mosquitos are a good food source within their ecosystems. They aren't just totally-useless-to-us mass murderers.

Kow

poprock wrote:

Seriously guys, horseflies. I want them eradicated, please.

It's a neigh from me.

Diluted Dante

acemuzzy wrote:

That's not how you spell "wasps"

white anglo saxon protestants.

Matt_82

Matt_82 wrote:

I appear to have managed to pulled a muscle (or something similar) in my foot. I can walk but it hurts like hell and it seizes up when I'm not using it. This is what I get for getting old

Turns out that this is Plantars Fasciitis. And I have at least 6 months before it'll go away, if it does. Fucking joy.

Wookienopants

Matt_82 wrote:

Matt_82 wrote:

I appear to have managed to pulled a muscle (or something similar) in my foot. I can walk but it hurts like hell and it seizes up when I'm not using it. This is what I get for getting old

Turns out that this is Plantars Fasciitis. And I have at least 6 months before it'll go away, if it does. Fucking joy.

Oh I have this too! Snap!
Foot bros!

Matt_82

Heh. Hope your recovery is further along than mine. I might have to buy an exercise bike or something to stop me piling the weight on.

Wookienopants

Matt_82 wrote:

Heh. Hope your recovery is further along than mine. I might have to buy an exercise bike or something to stop me piling the weight on.

That's what I had to do, I became a lycra wanker

tin_robot

Matt_82 wrote:

Matt_82 wrote:

I appear to have managed to pulled a muscle (or something similar) in my foot. I can walk but it hurts like hell and it seizes up when I'm not using it. This is what I get for getting old

Turns out that this is Plantars Fasciitis. And I have at least 6 months before it'll go away, if it does. Fucking joy.

I'm sure you've heard all this already Matt, but just in case...

- Make sure you having well fitting supportive footwear. Get additional cushioning for the heel if possible. Avoid any kind of shoe that doesn't stay pretty firmly in place.

- Try regular stretches, and try massaging by rolling your foot along a tennis ball.

- Anti-inflammatories can help with the pain (just be wary of irritating your stomach)

- If none of that helps see if you can get to a podiatrist for specialist insoles.

Failing all of that, you could ask for a steroid injection. This usually works but is extremely painful, which is why we don't tend to offer it without trying everything else first.

Matt_82

Thanks dude. You are a gem.

@wook we are not becoming lycra bros.

Lord_Griff

Matt_82 wrote:

Matt_82 wrote:

I appear to have managed to pulled a muscle (or something similar) in my foot. I can walk but it hurts like hell and it seizes up when I'm not using it. This is what I get for getting old

Turns out that this is Plantars Fasciitis. And I have at least 6 months before it'll go away, if it does. Fucking joy.

I had this during marathon training. Cleared up quicker than that! So, fingers crossed.

Wookienopants

tin_robot wrote:

Matt_82 wrote:

Matt_82 wrote:

I appear to have managed to pulled a muscle (or something similar) in my foot. I can walk but it hurts like hell and it seizes up when I'm not using it. This is what I get for getting old

Turns out that this is Plantars Fasciitis. And I have at least 6 months before it'll go away, if it does. Fucking joy.

I'm sure you've heard all this already Matt, but just in case...

- Make sure you having well fitting supportive footwear. Get additional cushioning for the heel if possible. Avoid any kind of shoe that doesn't stay pretty firmly in place.

- Try regular stretches, and try massaging by rolling your foot along a tennis ball.

- Anti-inflammatories can help with the pain (just be wary of irritating your stomach)

- If none of that helps see if you can get to a podiatrist for specialist insoles.

Failing all of that, you could ask for a steroid injection. This usually works but is extremely painful, which is why we don't tend to offer it without trying everything else first.

Good advice. I'll give this a go. I've just been resting my feet in ice most evenings

Djornson

Hey ya'll. I can't recall exactly when i last posted. My doctor prescribed Citalopram which is some sort of anti-anxiety medication and that seemed to fix my 'weird breathing' which is awesome. I've stopped taking that now and am all good still. I also had a therapist for health anxiety and that helped too.

However, I still seem to be struggling with my throat, always feels like there is a lump/liquid in there and it's hard to swallow sometimes. Also feels like throat is tight sometimes. Had endoscopy and CT scan and nothing of concern found. Trying all sorts of lifestyle and diet changes, nothing seems to change it. PPI (medicine that reduces acid in stomach) didn't seem to help. It feels like gaviscon and chewing gum and toothpaste with baking soda in does help a bit, but i feel like i need more help from doctor. I've asked for a call from the doctor and they said they would call within 2 weeks. Which, to be honest, is OK, i guess they are busy.

I'd really love it if my throat thing was psychological too, but i bought a test to measure the level of pepsin (an enzyme in the stomach) in my throat and it said there was a lot, Doctor said the theory of the test is legit, but there isn't much data on a normal level of pepsin.

Sorry for the massive ramble, not really asking a question, just good to get it out sometimes i guess. It's really annoying not really knowing exactly what is wrong with me. Sometimes it definitely seems like acid reflux but then other times, especially when out n about with mates or something, not thinking about issues, i will eat/drink all sorts of stuff that supposed to bad for reflux and feel absolutely fine.

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