General Medical issues thread

[Lynda2475]

Cue the scabies outbreak at Abbotsleigh Girls School Wahroonga back when Miss QS was a student there.

One of the students could have caught it holidaying somewhere where it is more common.

I dont shake hands with my left hand, one application of the DermAid already has the redness subsiding on my hand which is a relief.

 

[Quickstatus]

One of the students could have caught it holidaying somewhere where it is more common.

It was toward the end of term.
Anyone can get it. While endemic in certain socioeconomically disadvantaged areas, wealthier communities are by no means exempt. Holidaying not required, the shops, the bus, the train is enough

 

[Seat0B]

Got my PET scans results and all clear from anything nasty. That is definitely good news. Also my spleen is 25% smaller than in the pre-chemo scans, which is also good news. But all clear result is not an answer to the rib pain for 2 years.

And neither is “no coagulation issues” an answer to the increasingly bad blotches. From this in early January:

….to this 2 weeks ago


…and no I don’t take blood thinners, fish oil or ibuprofen, ever.

Plus I am now losing a lot of hair - delayed hair fall is apparently reasonably common after chemo with cladribine, but doc was surprised that it started more than 3 months after chemo. This is what I am losing every day now:


Lucky I had a lot to start with .


So it looks like I am back to the medical testing mill again. Not my planned way to spend 2024.

 

[Pushka]

Got my PET scans results and all clear from anything nasty. That is definitely good news. Also my spleen is 25% smaller than in the pre-chemo scans, which is also good news. But all clear result is not an answer to the rib pain for 2 years.

And neither is “no coagulation issues” an answer to the increasingly bad blotches. From this in early January:
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….to this 2 weeks ago

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…and no I don’t take blood thinners, fish oil or ibuprofen, ever.

Plus I am now losing a lot of hair - delayed hair fall is apparently reasonably common after chemo with cladribine, but doc was surprised that it started more than 3 months after chemo. This is what I am losing every day now:

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Lucky I had a lot to start with .


So it looks like I am back to the medical testing mill again. Not my planned way to spend 2024.

Maybe there is something autoimmune going on. Maybe test for ANA and other markers? I get blotches, nothing like yours which look difficult to ,amaze, due to steroi_s Plaquenil and Xarelto.

 

[tgh]

Did anyone receive a follow up for Prozac suggestion of a status change for this thread ?
Did I miss it ?
The list vibe seems to be changing and the rusted on regulars may no longer have the same value.
I was , at least, hoping for a follow up…. just out of courtesy

 

[prozac]

Did anyone receive a follow up for Prozac suggestion of a status change for this thread ?
Did I miss it ?
The list vibe seems to be changing and the rusted on regulars may no longer have the same value.
I was , at least, hoping for a follow up…. just out of courtesy

If any thread needs to be non-visible to outsiders it is this one. Members have opened up with very personal information which should not be visible to the greater unwashed.

 

[tgh]

There may be a managment view that this thread diverges from the “current mission statement “ of the website (after 479 posts)
If so , fair enough , we don’t fund the site

 

[Pushka]

There may be a managment view that this thread diverges from the “current mission statement “ of the website (after 479 posts)
If so , fair enough , we don’t fund the site

Aren't many threads like that though?

 

[Quickstatus]

blotches

Skin atrophy makes the integrity of the skin weaker making capillaries within and under the skin easier to break. Not necessarily due to blood disorder.

we don’t fund the site

Some are contributors which assist financially even in a small way.

 

[prozac]

Skin atrophy makes the integrity of the skin weaker making capillaries within and under the skin easier to break. Not necessarily due to blood disorder.


Some are contributors which assist financially even in a small way.


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I was a contributor until recently. Still waiting an apology.

 

[Seat0B]

Skin atrophy makes the integrity of the skin weaker making capillaries within and under the skin easier to break. Not necessarily due to blood disorder.

Thanks for your input.

I assume skin atrophy is a part of aging, but I’m only 63 and never had anything like this before the leukaemia. I had irregular blood test results early in the leukaemia diagnostic process suggestive of Bernard Soulier Syndrome - either that or leukaemia.

Turned out it was probably leukaemia. The blotches vanished as soon as chemo started and stayed away until Jan. Since then progressively getting worse. Frankly I’m worried about them. They burn most unpleasantly too. I do trust my haematologist but I don’t see him again until 8 April. So the waiting is hard.

 

[Pushka]

Thanks for your input.

I assume skin atrophy is a part of aging, but I’m only 63 and never had anything like this before the leukaemia. I had irregular blood test results early in the leukaemia diagnostic process suggestive of Bernard Soulier Syndrome - either that or leukaemia.

Turned out it was probably leukaemia. The blotches vanished as soon as chemo started and stayed away until Jan. Since then progressively getting worse. Frankly I’m worried about them. They burn most unpleasantly too. I do trust my haematologist but I don’t see him again until 8 April. So the waiting is hard.

Can you see your test results on My Health?

 

[Seat0B]

Can you see your test results on My Health?

Yes I can. The blood results were all normal for coagulation which is what he tested for. The regular white blood cell tests were a bit low in January, but quite normal in February. I have another WBC test next week before seeing the doc.

 

[LinaLee]

Yes I can. The blood results were all normal for coagulation which is what he tested for. The regular white blood cell tests were a bit low in January, but quite normal in February. I have another WBC test next week before seeing the doc.

Post chemo even today 4 years I only have to brush against something a there’s a bruise splotch and then it sometimes becomes a permanent brown patch that takes a long time to go away. I don’t think the body ever recovers from chemo. It’s changed.

Take heart.

 

[Cossie]

My mother was like that, never any chemo, but she had to be so careful as she would bruise so easily, and then a simple knock would split the skin, of course she was a very keen gardener, so her arms were always covered in blotches and bandaids!

 

[ethernet]

Some diabetic drug may help. An ANU study on chemo was cancelled, because there was no money in it for the drug company. Secondly at least in Portland USA, a 5 day fast is demanded before cancer treatments. There is a big deal about fasting for many conditions, and a delay period after your body starts growing brand new cells.

 

[ethernet]

Does anyone know anything of a condition called CIRS. Chronic Inflammation that sticks. I got a feeling the doctors don't know, and dumping the blame on mold or the like. Gene tests are questionable - we all have markers, blamed for this and that. You would think all that covid research looked into inflammation generally.

 

[drron]

Sometimes there are very unusual causes for bruising. This one is very unusual.

A memorable patient: A very rare bleeding disorder

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

So it is sometimes not a blood problem at all.
When I was a young doctor we referred to any bruising we could not find an answer to was "witches pinches". Virtually always in a women who could be young or old.

 

[Seat0B]

Sometimes there are very unusual causes for bruising. This one is very unusual.

A memorable patient: A very rare bleeding disorder

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

So it is sometimes not a blood problem at all.
When I was a young doctor we referred to any bruising we could not find an answer to was "witches pinches". Virtually always in a women who could be young or old.

Great tale!

 

[Pushka]

Sometimes there are very unusual causes for bruising. This one is very unusual.

A memorable patient: A very rare bleeding disorder

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

So it is sometimes not a blood problem at all.
When I was a young doctor we referred to any bruising we could not find an answer to was "witches pinches". Virtually always in a women who could be young or old.

@Seat0B must have some bad-cough witch in her life then. I think mine is an apprentice.