| TAFKAT / TOOT on 21:11 - Nov 10 with 0 views | Daniel |
Not logged on on here in two months. Could be lurking. We have many lurkers based on the number of views the forum gets. |  | |  |
| TAFKAT / TOOT on 21:14 - Nov 10 with 0 views | ghughes11 |
| TAFKAT / TOOT on 21:11 - Nov 10 by Daniel |
Not logged on on here in two months. Could be lurking. We have many lurkers based on the number of views the forum gets. |
miss his rants! I'm sure he would have had lots to say after the US Midterms  |  |
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| TAFKAT / TOOT on 11:08 - Nov 11 with 0 views | TAFKAT |
Lurking like a rapist outside Brand's cell. (Did anyone see his old man getting trappy outside the court? Fruit doesn’t fall far……..).
Thanks for your concern GH, all good here, but I’m otherwise occupied at the moment, trying to dodge the seemingly endless stream of brown stuff that’s been heading my way for a few months. I’m thinking of buying a f-ing motorhome and parking it up in the hospital car park.
I had a proverbial kick in the Jacobs a few weeks ago when an old nemesis popped up to torment me, but I’m pleased to say that's all sorted now. Whilst they had me pinned down, they managed to discover other unrelated issues, that should be fine, but require tests, monitoring and some tweaking. Added to that Mrs T has been under the knife (also, all good now).
Please excuse the preaching, but the best things anyone can do for themselves, and their loved ones, is spare a few minutes to look after their health. It’s so easy to put things off, but weeks become months and soon become years. My advice would be, never turn down a free health check and pay attention to your body. Any slight thing out of the ordinary, get your tush down the doctors. Google AI is not a substitute. I'd been in remission for nearly 20 years but I was still looking out for the faintest of symptoms, which meant I was down the Quack’s the next morning, The offending article was minuscule and was swiftly removed before it could do serious harm.
I’ve no complaints, I volunteered for all my problems by living a life of sex and drugs and sausage rolls in my earlier years. All in all, I'm a very lucky chap and my troubles are minor compared to many who are less fortunate. I’ve not been to a U’s game for nearly a year, but I hope to put that right in the near future. Hopefully some of my luck will rub off onto the team.
There is one downside to all this. Having a wakeup call has prompted me into rejoining a gym, after a lapse of nearly ten years. Please spare a thought for me as I spend the mornings getting sweaty with a bunch of athletic, lycra clad members of the opposite sex. Life can be tough, but I somehow manage to plod on!
Allez les U’s. |  | | |
| TAFKAT / TOOT on 19:14 - Nov 11 with 0 views | ghughes11 |
| TAFKAT / TOOT on 11:08 - Nov 11 by TAFKAT |
Lurking like a rapist outside Brand's cell. (Did anyone see his old man getting trappy outside the court? Fruit doesn’t fall far……..).
Thanks for your concern GH, all good here, but I’m otherwise occupied at the moment, trying to dodge the seemingly endless stream of brown stuff that’s been heading my way for a few months. I’m thinking of buying a f-ing motorhome and parking it up in the hospital car park.
I had a proverbial kick in the Jacobs a few weeks ago when an old nemesis popped up to torment me, but I’m pleased to say that's all sorted now. Whilst they had me pinned down, they managed to discover other unrelated issues, that should be fine, but require tests, monitoring and some tweaking. Added to that Mrs T has been under the knife (also, all good now).
Please excuse the preaching, but the best things anyone can do for themselves, and their loved ones, is spare a few minutes to look after their health. It’s so easy to put things off, but weeks become months and soon become years. My advice would be, never turn down a free health check and pay attention to your body. Any slight thing out of the ordinary, get your tush down the doctors. Google AI is not a substitute. I'd been in remission for nearly 20 years but I was still looking out for the faintest of symptoms, which meant I was down the Quack’s the next morning, The offending article was minuscule and was swiftly removed before it could do serious harm.
I’ve no complaints, I volunteered for all my problems by living a life of sex and drugs and sausage rolls in my earlier years. All in all, I'm a very lucky chap and my troubles are minor compared to many who are less fortunate. I’ve not been to a U’s game for nearly a year, but I hope to put that right in the near future. Hopefully some of my luck will rub off onto the team.
There is one downside to all this. Having a wakeup call has prompted me into rejoining a gym, after a lapse of nearly ten years. Please spare a thought for me as I spend the mornings getting sweaty with a bunch of athletic, lycra clad members of the opposite sex. Life can be tough, but I somehow manage to plod on!
Allez les U’s. |
Kia kaha TAFKAT | |
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| TAFKAT / TOOT on 08:52 - Nov 12 with 0 views | bwildered |
Toot .
You are so right and endorse your comments .
Take your health checks SERIOUSLY. You should get them regular from your doctors after 50 years .
Just the boring bit - I myself got through the first one, but my second (from the invitation of the doctors again ) resulted with a ECG, various tests, MRI scan and ended in the process of elective care and planned OHS .
Now a member of the zipper club and avoid any excitement, still a STH up the U’s !
But everyone reading this, health and happiness. |  |
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| TAFKAT / TOOT on 10:37 - Nov 12 with 0 views | TAFKAT |
| TAFKAT / TOOT on 08:52 - Nov 12 by bwildered |
Toot .
You are so right and endorse your comments .
Take your health checks SERIOUSLY. You should get them regular from your doctors after 50 years .
Just the boring bit - I myself got through the first one, but my second (from the invitation of the doctors again ) resulted with a ECG, various tests, MRI scan and ended in the process of elective care and planned OHS .
Now a member of the zipper club and avoid any excitement, still a STH up the U’s !
But everyone reading this, health and happiness. |
Holy Camoly that sounds scary! I hope you’re doing as you’re told and looking after yourself, we can’t afford to lose anyone else!
A friend of mine that recently had a heart attack, has taken no notice whatsoever. For his friends and family, it’s quite upsetting to watch. The problem is, there’s wanting to change your lifestyle and really wanting to. All the bad things we do, are easily stopped if you really want to. Cutting excess salt out of your diet only takes about two weeks to get used to, same with too much caffeine or shitty canned drinks. You don’t have to diet to lose weight, just eat better food, eat less, drink more water and get off your rear, it takes time, but the results are permanent if it’s your new way of life. Exercise and fresh air are free and give you a much better high than ciggies. Absolutely f-all is worth worrying about, especially work and material things. All easy to say, but also quite easy to do, if you really want to.
Just to labour the point about checkups, you don’t have to feel ill, to have something wrong with you and the old ‘I don’t want to know’ is just bullshit. The world of medicine has come on so much in the last 25 years that they can sort out most problems with minimal fuss if you just keep your side of the bargain and give them a sporting chance by catching things early.
Tests and cameras might sound scary, but they’re not sadists at the hospital, it’s all bearable. Over the last 25 years, my insides have been viewed more times than ‘The Great Escape’, but it’s a very small price to pay in return for staying fit and healthy.
Here endeth today’s sermon.
Tommorrow, I will be preaching ab o ut thhee dangeeeers of veeewing too much pornography a n d hooow it cun affect your eyyyesight. [Post edited 12 Nov 10:40]
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| TAFKAT / TOOT on 12:45 - Nov 12 with 0 views | bwildered |
Well said Rev Toot.
And for those who are taking meds like there is no tomorrow ..
use Prescription Prepayment Certificate.
There are 3 PPC options:
a 3-month PPC costs £32.05 and will save you money if you need more than 3 prescribed items in 3 months
a 12-month PPC costs £114.50 and will save you money if you need more than 11 prescribed items in a year | |
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| TAFKAT / TOOT on 21:54 - Nov 12 with 0 views | wessex_exile |
Well said both of you, delighted you have weathered your personal storms. My next 'poo on a stick' test is due any day now, and about six months ago I volunteered on the lung cancer chest MRI scheme (mainly due to my lifestyle choices). Both clear so far, but if you don't check you'll never know. |  |
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| TAFKAT / TOOT on 14:55 - Nov 13 with 0 views | noah4x4 |
After blood on my poo stick test (probably Malbec) I had a colonoscopy. Nothing to it!
They removed ten polyps (an exceptional number) and I had to go back for another Colonoscopy for another larger one. I then had another Colonoscopy 12 months later before getting the bowel cancer all clear. I am now not due another for two years.
My advice, elect to have sedation. I can see why the Yanks love fentanyl. I can recall watching on a big screen and counting my polyps as they were painlessly removed, but was completely oblivious to anything occurring around my rear orifice. There is absolutely nothing to fear from this procedure.
I’ve also had an Nasoendoscopy where they put a camera up your nose and down the back of one’s throat. Nothing uncomfortable there, except the thought it might have prior been up somebodies arse. I jest!
Yes, I’m sure there are many investigations and treatments that are uncomfortable, but the relief after an all-clear is up-lifting. I’m just grateful that our wonderful NHS can act so promptly where there is any concern. Having had so many polyps removed is actually reassuring as any could have turned malignant. Frankly, it was like having a health reset.
I urge anybody to not hesitate in getting any available tests done. Also learn your way around the NHS APP. The trick here is report your symptoms via the APP. A doctor will probably phone you (bypassing) the medical receptionist, the urgency then remotely assessed and you will quickly get pulled into the pipeline. Phoning 111 is similar. |  | | |
| TAFKAT / TOOT on 17:14 - Nov 13 with 0 views | TAFKAT |
| TAFKAT / TOOT on 14:55 - Nov 13 by noah4x4 |
After blood on my poo stick test (probably Malbec) I had a colonoscopy. Nothing to it!
They removed ten polyps (an exceptional number) and I had to go back for another Colonoscopy for another larger one. I then had another Colonoscopy 12 months later before getting the bowel cancer all clear. I am now not due another for two years.
My advice, elect to have sedation. I can see why the Yanks love fentanyl. I can recall watching on a big screen and counting my polyps as they were painlessly removed, but was completely oblivious to anything occurring around my rear orifice. There is absolutely nothing to fear from this procedure.
I’ve also had an Nasoendoscopy where they put a camera up your nose and down the back of one’s throat. Nothing uncomfortable there, except the thought it might have prior been up somebodies arse. I jest!
Yes, I’m sure there are many investigations and treatments that are uncomfortable, but the relief after an all-clear is up-lifting. I’m just grateful that our wonderful NHS can act so promptly where there is any concern. Having had so many polyps removed is actually reassuring as any could have turned malignant. Frankly, it was like having a health reset.
I urge anybody to not hesitate in getting any available tests done. Also learn your way around the NHS APP. The trick here is report your symptoms via the APP. A doctor will probably phone you (bypassing) the medical receptionist, the urgency then remotely assessed and you will quickly get pulled into the pipeline. Phoning 111 is similar. |
One would hope they have more than one camera!!! 
I trust anyone remotely healthy has stopped reading this thread, for their own sake!
Having previously had tumors gouged out under a general, this time they announced that they have a new bit of laser kit that would do much less long-term harm to what was left of my innards and apparently, I was supposed to be pleased that it would be done under a local.
It turns out that, “You can f@#k right off with that idea” was not the response they were looking for and despite my insistence that they could take turns in doing whatever they liked once I was sparked out, they still wouldn’t agree to a general.
Next thing I know, I’m watching a monitor as they are literally vaporizing my insides. If you think of someone throwing a lit firework into a butcher’s dustbin you won’t be far off. It’s like watching a Ne#f#x documentary, but you struggle to relate to the fact that it’s actually your organs that are under fire, real-time, like some 1980’s arcade game.
Then, stone me if the f###er that’s steering the laser doesn’t start asking me about what I do for a living. “Never mind what I get up to mate, just concentrate on your job FFS”. Before you know it it’s all over and almost entirely pain free.
I’m guessing that because I’m a veteran at all this, the room is a lot more relaxed, so much so that whilst they are clearing up, the two nurses, the surgeon and myself are all having a casual chat about some irrelevant subject whilst I’m lying on the table with all my bits on show, like it’s the sort of thing you’d do on any normal afternoon.
All a fuss about nothing really, certainly nothing to be scared of. Waiting for results is the worst bit, but there’s chuff all you can do to change the outcome, it is what it is. | | | |
| TAFKAT / TOOT on 18:45 - Nov 13 with 0 views | noah4x4 |
I had eight foot of pipe with camera up my arse and still didn’t feel a thing under the influence of Fentanyl used to relax me, which is much more effective than five pints of 7% ABV.
It is surreal watching the wire tool on the camera’s end hook a polyp and it be burnt off. The intestines seemingly have no nerves, so it’s disconnected from oneself. I’ve now got utter confidence in the Colchester endoscopy unit and the ladies (I think largely Sri Lankan) are lovely too. So caring, empathetic and sympathetic. There should be gratuities box the experience is so good. | | | |
| TAFKAT / TOOT on 20:37 - Nov 13 with 0 views | ghughes11 |
 this thread has turned out a bit different to how I imagined when asking the question
But for me and Daniel, we will be coming up to that age soon. So,we'll take your advice on board 
Health system completely knackered over here in NZ! 
Trying to change the government over here, after they are prioritising Race and other "populist" ideas over health, homes, jobs etc, seems more difficult than getting a colonoscopy! Preliminary election results have the current sh!te coalition government getting back in, but us "lefties" are hoping and praying for the results to flip after the 'special votes' (overseas and votes not cast in your usual electorate) are counted and confirmed in a couple of weeks!
Thanks for all your advise team. I guess the NHS would say to give up supporting Col U would be the best thing to do for your health - but that drug is the hardest to give up!
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