General Medical issues thread

[Flyfrequently]

I hated the sun as a child. I now know it was lupus. Maybe saved me from a lot of later issues. Had a skin check last year and other than dry patch on my nose, gone through the cream, there was nothing to see.

Guess this is the only "upside" to your lupus diagnosis @Pushka ( sending hugs)

Growing up, we lived within a km of the beach and even in term time, we would head there after school on our bikes.

On Qld holiday trips, I remember as a youngster the billboards with Coppertone ads for suntan oil - no SPF


Paying for it now

 

[Pushka]

Guess this is the only "upside" to your lupus diagnosis @Pushka ( sending hugs)

Growing up, we lived within a km of the beach and even in term time, we would head there after school on our bikes.

On Qld holiday trips, I remember as a youngster the billboards with Coppertone ads for suntan oil - no SPF
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Paying for it now

It's actually improving the older I get after an initial peak when I turned 60. Still get the odd surprise like PMR. But even that has settled after. 3 years of steroi_. Still have no thyroid but managed by drugs (that was the first that presented in my twenties), clotting issue managed by Xarelto, oesophageal scleroderma by drugs and diet, think that's it! . I also dropped the Plaquenil - hydroxychloroquine- because that with the steroi_s was making me more susceptible to infections I never used to get.

 

[Flyfrequently]

Could post Moh's surgery wound pics but not for the squeamish @Cossie et al!

Here is the dressing after surgery in 2018


I am fortunate to have colleagues who can facilitate prompt care.
Family history of Melanoma and encourage Flyfrequently offspring (and everyone) to get checked.