what are you scared of?

[CapricornFarm]

All those conditions can be kept at bay. I won't say easily but they can. Up here in the people's republic of canuckistan we get all the healthcare we can eat, as long as we can stay alive long enough to actually see a doctor.

In April 2014 I pinched a nerve in my neck. Later that month my GP ordered an MRI and told me they would contact me to set up an appointment.

6 months later in October, I heard from them and they set an appointment, for the end of October! Unfortunately October the following year...

My neck still hurts.

Yeah, I lived in NS a long time. They are slow up there. Doctors didn't even make it to the hospital and i was in labor 12 hours!

 

[drumstick diva]

can't like that Cap!!

 

[CapricornFarm]

All those conditions can be kept at bay. I won't say easily but they can. Up here in the people's republic of canuckistan we get all the healthcare we can eat, as long as we can stay alive long enough to actually see a doctor.

In April 2014 I pinched a nerve in my neck. Later that month my GP ordered an MRI and told me they would contact me to set up an appointment.

6 months later in October, I heard from them and they set an appointment, for the end of October! Unfortunately October the following year...

My neck still hurts.

My Aunt died after 11 years on medications for Alzheimer's. Mom has it too. And the doctors say my memory isn't bad enough for needing the drugs.

 

[drumstick diva]

I don't know but someone who is so creative and can build just about anything is not what I consider a candidate for Alzheimer's. You are so good at so many things I sincerely envy you. I forget a lot of things for the moment but, recall them sometime later. My brother is like that also. I am 72 - he is 69.

 

[Northern Flights]

I'm reluctant to assign "likes" to such serious and sensitive subjects. I hope you can forgive my cowardice... But I will wholeheartedly agree with drumstick diva and again state my conviction that the maladies you listed can all be countered, not least alzheimers.

The fact that you have advance knowledge of it is a blessing and an opportunity to push it beyond your best before date indefinitely. Just keep counter punching. It's when folks give up that troubles begin to snowball.

But if your past is any indication it is highly unlikely that someone so thoroughly engaged in life would ever just give up!

All the best.

 

[Northern Flights]

And I must give credit where it is due: our healthcare system will catch you should you fall seriously ill, no matter what. It's just the less urgent stuff that takes forever. Mind you, the whole system would benefit enormously with a little proactive care, on many levels.

I have multiple reasons to be very grateful for the urgent care my loved ones have received over the years. I should not have said what I did without qualifications.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I was under the impression that if you got the right antibiotics, Lyme disease can be cured. I did some reading and found out that is not always the case. And other tick borne diseases can co-occur. Now I need to go tell the doctor I need more testing.

 

[Trimurtisan]

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Haha! that is a terrifying picture!

 

[Trimurtisan]

I was under the impression that if you got the right antibiotics, Lyme disease can be cured. I did some reading and found out that is not always the case. And other tick borne diseases can co-occur. Now I need to go tell the doctor I need more testing.

I had lyme disease earlier in the year, and I'm still a bit concerned about residual effects. I had a friend who got it years ago, and after it cleared up, he got massively sick a few months later, Docs told him it was related to the lyme.

 

[Trimurtisan]

I am scared my diverticula is coming back. About 6 years ago I had rapid flare ups that would literally start the day after I got off antibiotics. After about 15 flare ups, It was recommended I have a colon resection. I was eager to get it taken care of so I agreed and went under the knife. "It's a simple routine procedure" I was told. In the course of the following year I had to have 4 surgeries. I had every complication I was warned about and some that where never mentioned.

I had to have 3 emergency surgeries, flat-lined twice, my intestine ruptured, I went septic... I would spend 20-28 days in the hospital at a time and not able to eat food for 2 weeks at a time. I was not able to have physical contact with my son because he could get me sick. Every time I went to the hospital they had to keep me in the critical care unit. When I got out, I was institutionalized and suffered from extreme acrophobia. It was well over a year till I let a stranger touch me. I was so scared of everything. Just checking the mail required my wife to go wit me and literally hold my hand. I lost about 60 pounds, and was already skinny to begin with.

Both times I flat-lined, it was the most peaceful thing I have ever experienced. I felt like the fight was over and I could finally rest. Then I was brought back to a miserable existence called life.

Once I physically healed, which took a few years, I was and have been fine. Able to eat and do pretty much anything I want. Till about 2 weeks ago, I had my first flare up, and have not felt right since then. My Dr is convinced it was a 1 time event, but I am having a hard time accepting it.