General Medical issues thread

[Siebert]

It's amazing how these things seem to come in clusters. One injury is manageable, then suddenly everyone around you has a trip to A&E for something different. Hopefully the next update is about holidays instead of hospitals.

 

[JohnM]

PJM and I are due to depart on a 7-week trip to Africa in two weeks, with my brother and SIL and two other friends. We are all in our 60-70's and wanting to do as much as we can while we can.

My parents are long gone. Realistically, that's a relief when travelling.

PJM's mother long ago passed, but her father is 92 and is really in very good health but is terribly lonely and has 'had enough'. We saw him today and he said "just [expletive] do it" in relation to our travel.

My SIL's mother is also about 92-93, but she is fading. Thankfully, they have recently managed to get her into care as she was assessed as not capable of staying alone in her home where she has been since the 1950's (husband passed away in the 1970's) and recently had to spend some weeks in a hospital geriatric ward, which was very stressful for SIL, given the loomimg trip.

Not easy.

 

[Beer_budget]

Three weeks battling RSV, and I seem (knock on wood) to finally be on the mend. It's always doubly exciting in the later stages; with a compromised immune system, there's always an anxious watch and wait for signs of secondary infection, and I also have to come off my immunosuppressive meds while sick to reduce that danger, which leaves me at risk of a flare up, especially when it's been this long.

@Seat0B I'm so sorry to read about your mum. UTIs are terrifying with how fast they can spiral. I hope you are taking good care of yourself through all this.