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Just when everything is going well.
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Arrived back at our Melb base last night after 5 days away.We put everything away and had dinner and sat down...then WHACK ! bloody hell talk about chest pain, I sat down for 2 mins then got the B/Pressure thingy out.I am normally 125 /68 ....however it was 190 /90 ! bugger sez me Ambo time ! They put the...
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** Quite Amazing **
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My in-laws are aged 89 and he is 96 .. They still live in their own home and without any other "live-in" support .. Both still have their Drivers Licences but are restricted to the local town now .. Pop wanted to drive from Parkes NSW recently to Tweed Heads to visit his new Great Grandson .. he s...
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Bottled Water - Which is best?
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I am not comparing bottled water to water out of the tap, although there is a lot of controversy over fluoride being used in tap water which is said to be poisonous. My query is on bottled water, which is best with no added chemicals? Also do some bottled water suppliers just get it out of the tap anyway?...
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Whats the best remedy against allergies to dogs. Please help!
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We INtend to travel in Transit van , but my dogs always come with me, to expensive to put in boarding kennel and they would fret. will try and get house sitter, but dogs are very attached to me, they've been my companions for the last 4 years. Anybody knows a sure remedy against allergy dogs? Please help....
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bowl cancer
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hi I would like to know if u can tell if have bowel cancer please
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A very interesting read.
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I've been looking for ways to heat the camper safely and I remembered I had a new bottle of Kerosene in the cupboard, I decided to Google uses for kerosene and this popped up, something I'd certainly never heard of and could be a useful remedy for some ailments. Send me $!0 via PayPal if it helps any of you o...
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Isisford -great outback service 24/7
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Had reason to contact health clinic at Isisford at 12.30am Tues. after all home remedies and suggestions failed (a moth in my ear) What an obliging Nurse Helen who persevered with patience and eventually after 90 minutes got the moth out and had us back at the waterhole by 2.30am. What a wonderful se...
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just add another problem
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Today I went to Dr for ongoing problem & mentioned pain in right leg. So then an ultra sound & now to add to all my other woes I have DVTs (clots) in 3 different veins. Not sure why so now more tests etc to see if something will show up. Would you believe today I took 17 pills!!!! Mostly ones to cou...
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Antibiotic overuse and allergic reaction
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Hi, just wanting others thoughts and experience. I work with children and have spent a week with 70 % of them coming down with high temperatures and sniffles. So naturally I would likely pick up something. I had the flu shot this year, this didn't help. I had mild temperature, mild earache and then lost...
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Wonder if they'll find one
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I'm off to have MRI tomorrow (brain). Hope they find some working cells & not just an empty space!!
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Psoriasis treatment
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We hear of so many treatments - sorbalene cream or soap, cortisone cream or medications, coaltar products. None have helped my husband so far. I've heard about OLD MANS WEED, a potion made from a weed which grows along the Murray and which the Aboriginal people have used for skin complaints. Has anyon...
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Tuesdays the day !
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"Yep" tomorrow, Tuesday is the day this little kiwi goes in to Hospital for the long awaited bore out of the Arteries in both legs, Or rather the correct Procedure is called, Transluminal Balloon Angioplasty "what a mouth full" Everyone knows that a kiwi can't fly, sure hope...
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Another flare-up
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Just when I thought I was improving (temporal arteritis) & was due to start reducing my dose of steroids next Tues. last night it flared up again. Headache & soreness & swelling in the artery. So off to the doc this morning & my steroid dose was upped by another 25mg. So now taking 7...
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whoooo!!
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Check that out people !!! just weighed myself which I hadn't done for a while. I was sitting around 93KG and now 87.2 whooo, I've haven't been under 90 since I was a kid!! Now I just have to loose the spare tyre, the guts guts and all,,,.. Hoping to be 80-85 by end of year , when I started all this a few years bac...
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Colds Health Quiz .....
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http://www.abc.net.au/health/quizzestools/quizzes/2014/08/07/4062919.htm
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Aged Care help
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I wonder if anyone can help me. Mum is in Aged Care in Mornington Victoria. I am trying to find an organization who sends people into Nursing Homes to take Residents out shopping. Mum is estranged from the family in Melb and is going stir crazy coz she can't get out. The Nursing Home does not have anybody...
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travelling with rheumatoid arthritis
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Hi, would love to hear stories from people living with or travelling that have rheumatoid arthritis. thanks. Rocket -- Edited by the rocket on Sunday 1st of June 2014 01:09:37 PM
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Medical Digital Revolution (iDoctor) - Video
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I posted this in General as not everyone visits this section, but am repeating it here as it is so worth watching. Video, and sound needed. See; http://www.youtube.com/embed/r13uYs7jglg -- Edited by Vic41 on Tuesday 29th of July 2014 05:46:30 PM
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giving up smoking
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I went to our quack the other day, my complaint was that I was loosing the feeling in my legs, they were as cold as charity from the knee down, the result of a heap of tests is that I have lost 2/3's of the blood circulation to both legs. this was blamed directly to my smoking over the last 50 years. I now have to...
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Visiting grandchildren
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Has anyone solved the problem of catching something from the grandkids every time you visit? I thought we had missed out this time but not so. Sniffles and a cough - just like no 7 grandchild has come down with!! Don't you just love the little darlings - they share everything with you.
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