General Medical issues thread

[JohnK]

Mrs FB is in town at the office today (we were meant to be going to the opera tonight), so I'm stuck with what's in the cupboard... can't think of any takeaway places here that would sell chicken soup!

Continental cup-a-soup?

 

[Flashback]

This is all I have.. have been away for 6 weeks so cupboards are bare. I think the soup is probably too spicy.

 

[OZDUCK]

My problems are a lot less worrying than some but still annoying. About three days into our recent French holiday I stepped off a kerb in Colmar that was about twice as high as I thought it was. As my left foot kept going down I must have unconsciously curled up my right big toe and had it jammed forward. I had a sudden sharp pain in the toe. It was swollen and sore for a couple of days and I was unable to flex the toe upwards. To cut a long story slightly shorter I wasn't going to stop the holiday for a sore toe and kept walking long distances on it for the next month while hoping that it would improve. And of course it hasn't. It sort of hangs down and while I can put downward pressure on the toe I still cannot lift it up by itself.

An ultrasound today has confirmed that while the tendon has not been completely torn through I have made a very good attempt at doing so. It mostly doesn't worry me. But it occasionally hurts, especially when walking downhill and it feels 'funny' in bare feet. So back to the doctor next week to see what to do.

And to cheer me up more I have had problems with a swollen tendon in one of my fingers that causes pain and a little bit of trigger finger action. A bit of physical therapy and a finger splint has improved it somewhat but not enough. I think a steroi_ injection is now on the cards.

 

[Quickstatus]

This is all I have

In that case
4 cups water
Half teaspoon salt
4 tablespoon sugar/honey

All approximate

 

[Flashback]

In that case
4 cups water
Half teaspoon salt
4 tablespoon sugar/honey

All approximate

Hot water?

I'd rather avoid going to A&E if possible as it'll be a 6+ hour wait. BP is 136/99, so while not great, it's not in the massively concerning range.

 

[Quickstatus]

Hot water?

You can add tea to it for flavour. In that case use usual tea temperature but you have to drink large volumes so warm is best

 

[JohnK]

Walked 3,000 steps this afternoon without the aid of a supermarket trolley, 3 laps of running track, only 1.2km. Obviously small steps. Took 2 breaks. Real struggle walking on the grass.

This is going to be a lot harder than I first thought.