The Health, Diet and Exercise Thread

[Horizondave]

1 minute ago, Krapow said:

Aye, without upsetting the Mods, that's kinda what I meant. Overall the Tories have gutted the NHS in the UK, relevant to spending in comparable European countries..Though like Scotland and Northern Ireland, Wales decides how much to allocate the NHS from their overall budget from Westminster, and the Tories currently use waiting lists in Wales being the worst as their 1st line of defence when questioned about the shambles the NHS is currently in.

But anyway, I've been admonished by the powers that be enough this past week, I'll say no more. Suffice to say, I'm glad I live in London, when I had to have an ultrasound after an 'abnormal' liver blood test, it happened in weeks rather than months, and was fine. 

Yes, when I lived in Uxbridge (Boris's old seat), I was always seen promptly with any conditions and when I had my heart issue diagnosis it was just under 7 weeks before I had my open heart surgery at Harefield Hospital.

Wales is awful, this ENT issue isn't the first time I have been left in the lurch wondering when I will be seen. I am meant to get a scan of my heart every year but in calling them after 18 months since the previous one I was not seen for another 2 months. Always an excuse when I contact them. 

Our local A and E at Morriston has advised on numerous occasions that it is experiencing extreme pressures and advice regularly is that they would only deal with life threatening emergencies and not to visit unless absolutely necessary.

[coxyhog]

6 hours ago, Krapow said:

Aye, a combination of the Tories gutting the whole NHS this past decade or so, and then Wales having the worst wait times in Britain is not good for your cause.

Add in strikes, low retention etc, sooner Labour get in the better.

So Mr Moderator why was my post about the NHS on this thread moved to UK politics?

[Lemondropkid]

47 minutes ago, coxyhog said:

So Mr Moderator why was my post about the NHS on this thread moved to UK politics?

Any clues as to what you said?

 

[coxyhog]

2 hours ago, Lemondropkid said:

Any clues as to what you said?

 

NHS routine care will be “virtually at a standstill” as a result of this week’s strikes by consultants, the national medical director of the health service has warned.

On Tuesday, Prof Sir Stephen Powis said no other clinicians will be qualified to cover for the senior doctors, impacting thousands of appointments.

From 7am on Thursday, consultants begin a 48-hour walkout in a dispute over pay, despite many earning more than £100,000 a year.

It follows the longest period of industrial action in the history of the NHS by junior doctors, which lasted for five days from last Thursday to Tuesday morning.

Consultants are going on strike,their starting salary is I believe circa £88k,poor things are complaining that they are being hit by inflation.They are demanding a 35% pay rise.

Junior doctors are striking,my neighbours daughter is one,she & her fiancee have just come back from a six month holiday travelling the world.She is not long out of uni & will be a GP in a few years,salary circa £100k.

It doesn't help that the doctors union,the BMA,is a very left wing organisation.

 

Edited July 21, 2023 by coxyhog

[Pumpuynarak]

12 hours ago, Krapow said:

But you shouldn't Cliff, never too late to make good lifestyle changes.

You're being very prudent about your finances, so why not do the same here? 

Not matter what physical shape you're in, if you want to, you'll find something to improve your health, swimming or whatever. 

Of course you are 1 million % correct, i just wish i could find the motivation from somewhere lol

[Pumpuynarak]

On 7/18/2023 at 2:46 PM, Jambo said:

My problem is because of the pain I experience from my hip and knee I cannot work out in any of the ways that I would like. I will try to persevere using the kettle ball but weight training and upper body strength exercise is totally alien to me. When I was a footballer none of the training I did involved weights although I know they do that now.

I really miss my daily cycle rides.

I have lost 35pounds to date which leaves me 22 pounds still to go by the 13th October.

My son-in-law has it fixed in his mind that I like bars of Bournville chocolate

 and he is not wrong. He comes round to see me and as he leaves gives me a bar of chocolate. I say, "Thanks but you know I am on this diet."

He laughs as he leaves saying one will not hurt me. He means well but it WILL hurt me as it will break my cycle of not cheating myself once since I started my diet.

I should have thrown it away but it sits like the elephant in the room at the back of a food cupboard with all the other products I cannot eat any more. 🤣

How bad is the pain mate ? i think i may have a hip problem developing. A few nights ago i could'nt sleep until i took some Ultracet, the pain was bad, real bad. 

[Pumpuynarak]

2 hours ago, coxyhog said:

NHS routine care will be “virtually at a standstill” as a result of this week’s strikes by consultants, the national medical director of the health service has warned.

On Tuesday, Prof Sir Stephen Powis said no other clinicians will be qualified to cover for the senior doctors, impacting thousands of appointments.

From 7am on Thursday, consultants begin a 48-hour walkout in a dispute over pay, despite many earning more than £100,000 a year.

It follows the longest period of industrial action in the history of the NHS by junior doctors, which lasted for five days from last Thursday to Tuesday morning.

Consultants are going on strike,their starting salary is I believe circa £88k,poor things are complaining that they are being hit by inflation.They are demanding a 35% pay rise.

Junior doctors are striking,my neighbours daughter is one,she & her fiancee have just come back from a six month holiday travelling the world.She is not long out of uni & will be a GP in a few years,salary circa £100k.

It doesn't help that the doctors union,the BMA,is a very left wing organisation.

 

Disgusting imo

[lazarus]

[Krapow]

Coxy's a Grass, pass it on ...

[Zambo]

1 hour ago, lazarus said:

I was wondering why the chart uses peanut butter, not just peanuts. This seems to be fairly typical for charts of this type. First i was thinking it was a classification issue, is a peanut a vegetable or a nut. But now i think it is just to show that nut butters are higher in protein than regular nuts.

[galenkia]

7 hours ago, lazarus said:

I get my protein from these meal replacement shakes. Each serving contains 40 grams of protein and a load of minerals and vitamins listed on the back of the bag.

I have one for breakfast, works out to about £1.90 a day.

It is vegan as well.

[galenkia]

11 hours ago, coxyhog said:

NHS routine care will be “virtually at a standstill” as a result of this week’s strikes by consultants, the national medical director of the health service has warned.

On Tuesday, Prof Sir Stephen Powis said no other clinicians will be qualified to cover for the senior doctors, impacting thousands of appointments.

From 7am on Thursday, consultants begin a 48-hour walkout in a dispute over pay, despite many earning more than £100,000 a year.

It follows the longest period of industrial action in the history of the NHS by junior doctors, which lasted for five days from last Thursday to Tuesday morning.

Consultants are going on strike,their starting salary is I believe circa £88k,poor things are complaining that they are being hit by inflation.They are demanding a 35% pay rise.

Junior doctors are striking,my neighbours daughter is one,she & her fiancee have just come back from a six month holiday travelling the world.She is not long out of uni & will be a GP in a few years,salary circa £100k.

It doesn't help that the doctors union,the BMA,is a very left wing organisation.

 

Thing is, people see the salary but don’t realize how many hours they work. Junior doctors can regularly work 24 hour shifts due to staff shortages.

Before my sister became ill, she would regularly work 18 hour shifts as a neonatal ICU nurse due to staff shortages.

They do it because they care about their patients.

 The NHS has been run into the ground by this government and it’s lack of funding and support.

I know some of Jan’s colleagues and they are amazing people who just want to be appreciated for the stressful job they do.

[Zeb]

1 hour ago, galenkia said:

Thing is, people see the salary but don’t realize how many hours they work. Junior doctors can regularly work 24 hour shifts due to staff shortages.

Before my sister became ill, she would regularly work 18 hour shifts as a neonatal ICU nurse due to staff shortages.

They do it because they care about their patients.

 The NHS has been run into the ground by this government and it’s lack of funding and support.

I know some of Jan’s colleagues and they are amazing people who just want to be appreciated for the stressful job they do.

Absolutely ! 

[Jambo]

13 hours ago, Pumpuynarak said:

How bad is the pain mate ? i think i may have a hip problem developing. A few nights ago i could'nt sleep until i took some Ultracet, the pain was bad, real bad. 

I can sit here on my laptop and I have virtually no pain.

As soon as I stand up and try to walk I experience extreme pain in my left hip and knee. It is very hard for me to tell which is worse. My mobility is now very restricted.

I take co-codamol three time each day and oral morphine as required at bedtime. Other than the latter helping me get through the night I am not convinced that any of them help much with the pain. The word "morphine" scares me and I try to limit using it but that does not stop my local Pharmacy delivering repeat prescriptions each month whether I ask for it or not.

My GP told me that the recent follow up x-rays had shown that my hip has deteriorated greatly and that he was not at all surprised when I mentioned how much the pain had increased. It is now totally down to the Consultant to decide whether he considers this warrants moving me up the waiting list. 

Apparently, he is still on holiday.

I hope he is having a good time!!

[Pumpuynarak]

8 hours ago, Jambo said:

I can sit here on my laptop and I have virtually no pain.

As soon as I stand up and try to walk I experience extreme pain in my left hip and knee. It is very hard for me to tell which is worse. My mobility is now very restricted.

I take co-codamol three time each day and oral morphine as required at bedtime. Other than the latter helping me get through the night I am not convinced that any of them help much with the pain. The word "morphine" scares me and I try to limit using it but that does not stop my local Pharmacy delivering repeat prescriptions each month whether I ask for it or not.

My GP told me that the recent follow up x-rays had shown that my hip has deteriorated greatly and that he was not at all surprised when I mentioned how much the pain had increased. It is now totally down to the Consultant to decide whether he considers this warrants moving me up the waiting list. 

Apparently, he is still on holiday.

I hope he is having a good time!!

Sorry to hear of your plight mate, good luck with it all. My pain has subsided somewhat to the point i can easily cope with it with the help of the Ultracet and i'm gradually weaning myself of the meds. I share your concerns regarding morphine, it was prescribed to me when i suffered chronic back pain which eventually led to a back operation some 8 years ago but its starting to rear its ugly head again.

After taking the morphine i became dangerously dizzy/disorientated and could'nt do anything other than lay down, it frightened the life out of me and thats from a regular LSD user in my youth lol.

[Jambo]

10 hours ago, Pumpuynarak said:

Sorry to hear of your plight mate, good luck with it all. My pain has subsided somewhat to the point i can easily cope with it with the help of the Ultracet and i'm gradually weaning myself of the meds. I share your concerns regarding morphine, it was prescribed to me when i suffered chronic back pain which eventually led to a back operation some 8 years ago but its starting to rear its ugly head again.

After taking the morphine i became dangerously dizzy/disorientated and could'nt do anything other than lay down, it frightened the life out of me and thats from a regular LSD user in my youth lol.

The only side effects I get from any of the meds I take is co-codomol makes one constipated. I take Lactulose every 2 or 3 days and don't go far from the bathroom. Guaranteed at least a three flush dump! 🤣

 

[Glasseye]

4 minutes ago, Jambo said:

The only side effects I get from any of the meds I take is co-codomol makes one constipated. I take Lactulose every 2 or 3 days and don't go far from the bathroom. Guaranteed at least a three flush dump! 🤣

 

 

Lovely !

 

Reminds me when my dad had major gut surgery. As he was recovering we were not sure if he was going to make it.

The Docs and nurses said if he could fart things would be o.k. We waited for at least two days. The big question was... "Has he farted yet ?"

 

Finally he did and we were all celebrating. 

[Glasseye]

11 hours ago, Pumpuynarak said:

Sorry to hear of your plight mate, good luck with it all. My pain has subsided somewhat to the point i can easily cope with it with the help of the Ultracet and i'm gradually weaning myself of the meds. I share your concerns regarding morphine, it was prescribed to me when i suffered chronic back pain which eventually led to a back operation some 8 years ago but its starting to rear its ugly head again.

After taking the morphine i became dangerously dizzy/disorientated and could'nt do anything other than lay down, it frightened the life out of me and thats from a regular LSD user in my youth lol.

 

One of the most frieghtening things I have ever experienced was an inner ear infection. Complete dizziness. I could not stand up for two days.

 

The other one was when I was 16. Some kid slip in some PCP to a drink. I almost bit the dust.

[Lemondropkid]

4 hours ago, Glasseye said:

One of the most frieghtening things I have ever experienced was an inner ear infection. Complete dizziness. I could not stand up for two days.

Had the same in November last year- labyrinthithis.

Woke up one Sunday monring and the whole room was spinning around, and wouldn't stop. Didn't leave my flat for 2 days, was a few weeks before I could walk properly again.

Was relieved it past relatively quickly,  it can linger for the unfortunate

[coxyhog]

Inner ear infections can also cause seasickness,my mum had it some years ago.

[lazarus]

[maipenrai]

1 hour ago, lazarus said:

This is an interesting comparison - one can understand salmon being fatty as they have to store so much energy for their migrations; kind of academic to me as I can't afford to buy salmon or halibut anyway these days - prices will make your nose bleed and not going to get any better with the closure of major salmon fisheries over the last couple of years and the halibut fisheries in Alaska under pressure as well. 

[Pumpuynarak]

4 hours ago, lazarus said:

He's me eating salmon regularly thinking its very healthy lol

[Pumpuynarak]

3 hours ago, maipenrai said:

This is an interesting comparison - one can understand salmon being fatty as they have to store so much energy for their migrations; kind of academic to me as I can't afford to buy salmon or halibut anyway these days - prices will make your nose bleed and not going to get any better with the closure of major salmon fisheries over the last couple of years and the halibut fisheries in Alaska under pressure as well. 

I saw an interesting program G regarding the disappearance of King Salmon in the Alaskan rivers, that obviously would effect its pricing.

[Zeb]

1 hour ago, Pumpuynarak said:

He's me eating salmon regularly thinking its very healthy lol

It is healthy - the fat in it is the 'healthy' kind - Omega 3 fatty acids which makes our blood less likely to clot and develop heart disease etc. The protein is also important, more so as we age.

Walnuts & Chia seeds are also good sources Omega 3 fatty acids.

Edited July 24, 2023 by Zeb