Health & Wellbeing

Beth54 · Beth54

Hi all, I have to have more surgery on my nose. They didn't get it all. There was a SCC and a BCC and they got all the SCC but not all the BCC. Naturally it was a big shock to me. Luckily my second son had driven me in, and was out in the waiting room. I got the nurse to call him in, as I was a blubbering wreck. Not only...

mongrel · mongrel

I have just started using C PAP Machine and was not told whether the machine can stay on power or do I need to turn it off when not being used. The instruction manual with the machine is written in Japanese and German.I will not be seeing the doctor until Tuesday and need assistance. If any of my nomad frien...

Vic41 · Vic41

These foods are best & more powerful when eaten raw. We're such slow learners...Earth's amazing pharmacy.... A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye.. And YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow...

patmc49 · patmc49

Anyone got a remedy to stop this bloomin awful itching. Have taken antihistamine to bring down swelling. Just itchy spots left aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

Pejay · Pejay

Well, what a tale to tell...... As in the previous thread quite a few (including me) added our bits about long term coughs etc. I have finally come to get some answers, and now start on fixing it up. ENT said yes it was reflux, but just in the throat, referred me to a Gastroentorologist, who in turn decided...

Nelly · Nelly

What do you do when you are travelling and need to get your blood pressure checked for example? To get into doctors would be very hard I would imagine.

kiwijims · kiwijims

I have been sitting here, having a Think about my aches and pains, ( 70 this year ) The Wife said something which is very true..... Our Parents never told us what it would be like, or how it feels when one starts to get old, after all, how does one make you feel the way they do ? You wake in the morning with stif...

milo · milo

Has any one been to a Counselor before? thinking about talking to my gp to see if there is one that I can afford on my pension.. I'm just struggling at the moment.. 3 months tuesday, since dad left.. Some days are just hard to get out of bed or out the door... any way, Hope there as good as the counselor on t...

Duh · Duh

I was given this today by a heart specialist to help me lose weight. I am going to do my best to follow this advice. Please note this is not saying don't exercise, just that you can lose weight without it, would be especially handy for those who can't exercise because of physical problems. The specia...

grahos · grahos

I am thinking of buying a Jayco Flamingo campertrailer. I see many of these 2nd hand some almost new,eagle,swan,flamingo and others. Is there a problem folding these up, Could you share your experience good and bad and inbetween please.

Vic41 · Vic41

Hi folks, during a trip earlier in the year, my wife got diarrhoea (the runs, may have the spelling wrong). We were in a very small town council caravan park (no after hours staff on site) and everything was closed at night except for a servo, luckily a lovely young UK backpacker working there had s...

Cloak · Cloak

Used to feel bad for people with this problem but it will never happen to me right? Now it's uncomfortable to sit, stand and walk. Also the indignity of having to wear a sanitary pad for 2 weeks but the worst of it was the Doc put his finger where the sun don't shine. Don't like this getting old caper someti...

Happywanderer · Happywanderer

Woke up this morning with another cold sore starting. Thankfully I carry Virasolve with me so no problem getting straight onto it. Will take a while to go as always. I get at least 3 a year, always in the same spot on my top lip. Have asked the doctor about it, nothing they can do, caused by a virus etc, etc. I...

Vic41 · Vic41

http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t57195268/fruit-ripened-with-carbide/

milo · milo

have been having a bit of a tooth latley so bit the bullit and went to my dentist, but found after an xray need a root canal done.great bloody timing with all the stuff I'm going thru right now .. so seing a speciallist on monday, might have to go to wollongong and get it done, so will have to sort dad out for wh...

Beth54 · Beth54

Yay!! I finally have a surgery date! 20oth March will see me in the PA Hospital having most of the skin on my nose cut off, then a skin graft. Scary, but after waiting almost a year, I want it done before it grows any more.

golivers travels · golivers travels

Hi all, I have been lurking but not posted for a while. I am currently in Day 8 out of an Aortic valve and root replacement. I am sure there are many others out there who have had open heart surgery And Knew that this operation would come one day as I had a congenital heart problem. It certainly came around ve...

Gerty Dancer · Gerty Dancer

I've had a cough for 10 weeks now, I've heard it called the 3 month cough, but I know of at least one poor lady who has had it 5 months. You can catch it from grandchildren, and Dr's treatment with antibiotics makes no difference. Have met several who say they have coughed for 5 or 6 weeks, but so far hav...

Dunmowin · Dunmowin

Earlier today, Mr D started complaining about lower back pain (excrutiating), so this evening, we went into the afterhours GP at Joondalup Hospital, who diagnosed kidney infection or stones and prescribed Cephalexin. He took the first one at the pharmacy before we returned to Yanchep. By the t...

chaslib · chaslib

Well - being a child of the 50's and 60's and growing up in a time when skin care consisted of the sun, baby oil and coconut oil, I guess I was destined at some time down the track, to face the results of those years in the Queensland sun! I had a couple of BCCs off recently and there was one on my nose that the dr...

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	BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE... ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Hi all, I have to have more surgery on my nose. They didn't get it all. There was a SCC and a BCC and they got all the SCC but not all the BCC. Naturally it was a big shock to me. Luckily my second son had driven me in, and was out in the waiting room. I got the nurse to call him in, as I was a blubbering wreck. Not only...	Beth54	49	2886	06:31 AM Jun 14, 2014 by Jonathan
	Another C PAP Question. (Preview) I have just started using C PAP Machine and was not told whether the machine can stay on power or do I need to turn it off when not being used. The instruction manual with the machine is written in Japanese and German.I will not be seeing the doctor until Tuesday and need assistance. If any of my nomad frien...	mongrel	13	1128	07:29 PM Jun 5, 2014 by pambaz
	Earth's Pharmacy.... (Preview) These foods are best & more powerful when eaten raw. We're such slow learners...Earth's amazing pharmacy.... A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye.. And YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow...	Vic41	5	900	09:24 PM Jun 1, 2014 by Vic41
	scrub itch (Preview) Anyone got a remedy to stop this bloomin awful itching. Have taken antihistamine to bring down swelling. Just itchy spots left aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh	patmc49	8	1529	08:55 PM Jun 1, 2014 by Vic41
	Follow On Re: Chronic Cough (Preview) Well, what a tale to tell...... As in the previous thread quite a few (including me) added our bits about long term coughs etc. I have finally come to get some answers, and now start on fixing it up. ENT said yes it was reflux, but just in the throat, referred me to a Gastroentorologist, who in turn decided...	Pejay	3	1046	10:07 PM May 28, 2014 by neilnruth
	Check ups (Preview) What do you do when you are travelling and need to get your blood pressure checked for example? To get into doctors would be very hard I would imagine.	Nelly	5	769	03:06 PM May 14, 2014 by Cloak
	What our Parents never told us (Preview) I have been sitting here, having a Think about my aches and pains, ( 70 this year ) The Wife said something which is very true..... Our Parents never told us what it would be like, or how it feels when one starts to get old, after all, how does one make you feel the way they do ? You wake in the morning with stif...	kiwijims	7	1220	09:27 PM May 12, 2014 by wendyv
	Counselor (Preview) Has any one been to a Counselor before? thinking about talking to my gp to see if there is one that I can afford on my pension.. I'm just struggling at the moment.. 3 months tuesday, since dad left.. Some days are just hard to get out of bed or out the door... any way, Hope there as good as the counselor on t...	milo	10	1513	06:00 PM Apr 29, 2014 by Kantiki
	The 3 Steps to Weight Loss Without Exercise - Successful strategies to change you approach to eating... ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I was given this today by a heart specialist to help me lose weight. I am going to do my best to follow this advice. Please note this is not saying don't exercise, just that you can lose weight without it, would be especially handy for those who can't exercise because of physical problems. The specia...	Duh	30	2883	11:54 AM Apr 19, 2014 by Vic41
	Experiences with a Jayco or similar brand campertrailer (Preview) I am thinking of buying a Jayco Flamingo campertrailer. I see many of these 2nd hand some almost new,eagle,swan,flamingo and others. Is there a problem folding these up, Could you share your experience good and bad and inbetween please.	grahos	3	835	07:21 AM Apr 17, 2014 by Black Princess
	Diarrheoa Tablets (Preview) Hi folks, during a trip earlier in the year, my wife got diarrhoea (the runs, may have the spelling wrong). We were in a very small town council caravan park (no after hours staff on site) and everything was closed at night except for a servo, luckily a lovely young UK backpacker working there had s...	Vic41	24	1417	09:14 PM Apr 10, 2014 by Vic41
	Ahhh Haemorrhoids. (Preview) Used to feel bad for people with this problem but it will never happen to me right? Now it's uncomfortable to sit, stand and walk. Also the indignity of having to wear a sanitary pad for 2 weeks but the worst of it was the Doc put his finger where the sun don't shine. Don't like this getting old caper someti...	Cloak	1	743	07:29 PM Apr 8, 2014 by Gerty Dancer
	Another Coldsore ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Woke up this morning with another cold sore starting. Thankfully I carry Virasolve with me so no problem getting straight onto it. Will take a while to go as always. I get at least 3 a year, always in the same spot on my top lip. Have asked the doctor about it, nothing they can do, caused by a virus etc, etc. I...	Happywanderer	30	2472	07:23 PM Apr 3, 2014 by barina
	Health Risk - Fruit Ripened Overseas With Carbide (Preview) http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t57195268/fruit-ripened-with-carbide/	Vic41	1	552	07:51 AM Apr 3, 2014 by native pepper
	not now ,not now... (Preview) have been having a bit of a tooth latley so bit the bullit and went to my dentist, but found after an xray need a root canal done.great bloody timing with all the stuff I'm going thru right now .. so seing a speciallist on monday, might have to go to wollongong and get it done, so will have to sort dad out for wh...	milo	8	1169	10:59 PM Mar 27, 2014 by hako
	BCC SURGERY ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Yay!! I finally have a surgery date! 20oth March will see me in the PA Hospital having most of the skin on my nose cut off, then a skin graft. Scary, but after waiting almost a year, I want it done before it grows any more.	Beth54	30	2143	02:16 PM Mar 27, 2014 by Beth54
	Open Heart Surgery- aortic valve and root replacement. (Preview) Hi all, I have been lurking but not posted for a while. I am currently in Day 8 out of an Aortic valve and root replacement. I am sure there are many others out there who have had open heart surgery And Knew that this operation would come one day as I had a congenital heart problem. It certainly came around ve...	golivers travels	19	1323	02:41 PM Mar 21, 2014 by golivers travels
	3(?) month cough ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I've had a cough for 10 weeks now, I've heard it called the 3 month cough, but I know of at least one poor lady who has had it 5 months. You can catch it from grandchildren, and Dr's treatment with antibiotics makes no difference. Have met several who say they have coughed for 5 or 6 weeks, but so far hav...	Gerty Dancer	35	2824	10:25 PM Mar 19, 2014 by Gerty Dancer
	Mr D in hospital (Preview) Earlier today, Mr D started complaining about lower back pain (excrutiating), so this evening, we went into the afterhours GP at Joondalup Hospital, who diagnosed kidney infection or stones and prescribed Cephalexin. He took the first one at the pharmacy before we returned to Yanchep. By the t...	Dunmowin	27	2257	07:53 PM Mar 3, 2014 by jules47
	Skin Cancer (Preview) Well - being a child of the 50's and 60's and growing up in a time when skin care consisted of the sun, baby oil and coconut oil, I guess I was destined at some time down the track, to face the results of those years in the Queensland sun! I had a couple of BCCs off recently and there was one on my nose that the dr...	chaslib	24	2841	03:43 PM Feb 24, 2014 by chaslib
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