Health & Wellbeing

Flicka9736 · Flicka9736

Four weeks should today my 72yo dad had an accident while fishing and fell 5 metres down a rock wall. He was put on a ventilator and In an induced coma for nearly a week due to his injuries (hence the reason I've been in rocky for nearly the entire month ). He spent close to 3 weeks in icu, then a week in the surg...

justcruisin01 · justcruisin01

Bast wishes to John who is in a Sydney hospital at the moment, hope you are soon back on the best part of the coast. JC.

moamajohn · moamajohn

Gday.I.m 63 and I go to a skin clinic once a year for an outer body service so to speak.My lady doc said that the tiny freckle on the inside of my upper right arm was still the same as last year but she suggested that we remove it. This was done as you see the next day [3 weeks ago].Well last week she rang to say t...

magraret · magraret

Hi all out there i would like to ask the question for those of you who have a child/grandchild with autism for those who have there a couple of question i need help with please i hope i dont offend any one with this post but as we are all fellow travellers and most have family they leave behind when travelli...

hako · hako

G'Day, like many other GNs, we prefer to buy Australian. With toothpaste there has only been one 'normal' type of toothpaste (white, mint flavoured) that is locally made - Cedel brand. It sells for about $2 and is usually hidden in the supermarket behind a post down the bottom. The good old brands like...

sarg · sarg

I have just started using a C PAP (assisted breathing) machine during the night and WOW what a difference it makes to how I feel during the day. I usually awake early (5.30-6.00am) and before I was wanting a morning nap by about 10.00am and another in the arvo.....BUT now I have plenty of energy all day l...

Wombat 280 · Wombat 280

Worth the read and action as appropriate

hako · hako

For some time now I've been donating blood for no better reason than I was talked into it (I am a chicken). Anyway, the other day when donating I mentioned to the Nurse that I'd be 70 in a few months so I might only be able to donate and other 4 times till my 71st birthday which was the cutoff age. She said s...

milo · milo

well, still got more testing but will know for sure saturday morning not looking wonderfull

petengail · petengail

We all know there are many remedies for bites. Well management found a new one when chatting to a fellow nomad on our last trip. Rectinol haemorrhoidal ointment! 10 minutes ago I was bitten behind the knee by an ant it stung like mad. Well a little drop of the ointment and no more pain. When I was appl...

milo · milo

G'day all, Just back from my cardiologist today, as you know was in hospital last month for a week, with a bad reaction to the flue needle, after an ecg last week he gave me a full check up,.. he said all is ok , I do have a dicky valve but that's to be expected with what I had when young with open heart ops and suc...

Happywanderer · Happywanderer

I'm using the Efudix cream on my sunspots on face and hands as prescribed by my doctor. Been just on 3 weeks of a 4 week program. A couple of the spots bleed without warning. I can wake up with blood pouring off the end of my nose or just splashing water on my face, look up and a spot is bleeding. Also a couple on...

neilnruth · neilnruth

I'm afraid I am totally 'gobsmacked' after a phone call from my mother. Her doctor has told her my Dad is 'in the wrong place' (dementia ward). While I'm still waiting to talk to the doctor myself I can't believe what she has said. She was one of two doctors who said Mum had done the right thing by putting Da...

milo · milo

my cholesterol tablets have days of the week on the packaging , any ideas why?

Pejay · Pejay

Never heard of it??? Neither had I 'til about a month ago, but ..... OK, let me go back abit, I have been feeling really stressed and tired for quite a long time - thought it was to do with all that has been going on with my family over the last 7-8 years (and still having to cope with the situation with my mum - 3...

Loki · Loki

Hi, Can anyone please tell me the best way to get a flu shot on the road? I get one every year from my GP but he's a long way away and I'll be a while on the road yet.

milo · milo

does any one wake up some days with a flem attack? what i mean is heaps of flem coming down the back of your throat? I get all sweaty when this happens and it takes a while to go and recover... does any one else get this?

petengail · petengail

This may affect many Grey Nomads - paticularly those on pensions. The very generous Government Dental scheme, the Chronic Desiases Dental Scheme (CDDS) finishes at the end of this month. This newspaper article from the Brisbane Courier Mail, outlines the scheme that will replace it. As I type t...

milo · milo

Hi all, just had a stress test with my cardioligist , who i see every 2 years due to having 2 open hearts when I was younger... all good , had to run about 6k in about 5 mintes on the tred mill, with verious speeds.. lucky i had been doing alot of walking latley !!! good reports no more visits for another 12...

Boothie · Boothie

Diagnosed with gout in the right knee a couple of months ago. Doing all the right things, eating the right food, avoiding the wrong foods, drinking plenty of water etc. Have been real good with no attacks until today. No idea what has brought it on and am in agony. Up to my second Colgout tablet which...

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	so excited! (Preview) Four weeks should today my 72yo dad had an accident while fishing and fell 5 metres down a rock wall. He was put on a ventilator and In an induced coma for nearly a week due to his injuries (hence the reason I've been in rocky for nearly the entire month ). He spent close to 3 weeks in icu, then a week in the surg...	Flicka9736	10	1213	04:10 AM Sep 20, 2013 by Gerty Dancer
	ANDREA; (Preview) Bast wishes to John who is in a Sydney hospital at the moment, hope you are soon back on the best part of the coast. JC.	justcruisin01	10	1269	03:18 AM Sep 20, 2013 by Andrea
	Get to the doctors once a year! (Preview) Gday.I.m 63 and I go to a skin clinic once a year for an outer body service so to speak.My lady doc said that the tiny freckle on the inside of my upper right arm was still the same as last year but she suggested that we remove it. This was done as you see the next day [3 weeks ago].Well last week she rang to say t...	moamajohn	9	976	03:26 PM Sep 19, 2013 by mongrel
	granddaughter with autism (Preview) Hi all out there i would like to ask the question for those of you who have a child/grandchild with autism for those who have there a couple of question i need help with please i hope i dont offend any one with this post but as we are all fellow travellers and most have family they leave behind when travelli...	magraret	3	752	03:34 PM Sep 5, 2013 by Gerty Dancer
	Toothpaste - Australian made or an alternative. (Preview) G'Day, like many other GNs, we prefer to buy Australian. With toothpaste there has only been one 'normal' type of toothpaste (white, mint flavoured) that is locally made - Cedel brand. It sells for about $2 and is usually hidden in the supermarket behind a post down the bottom. The good old brands like...	hako	11	3883	01:13 PM Aug 19, 2013 by Clare46
	C PAP Machine. (Preview) I have just started using a C PAP (assisted breathing) machine during the night and WOW what a difference it makes to how I feel during the day. I usually awake early (5.30-6.00am) and before I was wanting a morning nap by about 10.00am and another in the arvo.....BUT now I have plenty of energy all day l...	sarg	9	1258	10:35 PM Aug 6, 2013 by sarg
	Hep C Alert (Preview) Worth the read and action as appropriate	Wombat 280	6	1886	11:59 PM Jul 30, 2013 by JulieM
	Donating blood (Preview) For some time now I've been donating blood for no better reason than I was talked into it (I am a chicken). Anyway, the other day when donating I mentioned to the Nurse that I'd be 70 in a few months so I might only be able to donate and other 4 times till my 71st birthday which was the cutoff age. She said s...	hako	6	846	07:17 AM Jul 29, 2013 by The dog lady
	not good (Preview) well, still got more testing but will know for sure saturday morning not looking wonderfull	milo	23	1451	03:02 AM Jul 20, 2013 by AnnaRose
	Relief from bites - Rectinol haemorrhoid treatment (Preview) We all know there are many remedies for bites. Well management found a new one when chatting to a fellow nomad on our last trip. Rectinol haemorrhoidal ointment! 10 minutes ago I was bitten behind the knee by an ant it stung like mad. Well a little drop of the ointment and no more pain. When I was appl...	petengail	9	1827	05:58 AM Jul 8, 2013 by Shogun
	All A O.K !! (Preview) G'day all, Just back from my cardiologist today, as you know was in hospital last month for a week, with a bad reaction to the flue needle, after an ecg last week he gave me a full check up,.. he said all is ok , I do have a dicky valve but that's to be expected with what I had when young with open heart ops and suc...	milo	5	762	09:36 PM Jun 23, 2013 by Legendts
	Efudix cream ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I'm using the Efudix cream on my sunspots on face and hands as prescribed by my doctor. Been just on 3 weeks of a 4 week program. A couple of the spots bleed without warning. I can wake up with blood pouring off the end of my nose or just splashing water on my face, look up and a spot is bleeding. Also a couple on...	Happywanderer	57	16536	05:36 AM Jun 21, 2013 by Gerty Dancer
	Gobsmacked at doctor's advice (Preview) I'm afraid I am totally 'gobsmacked' after a phone call from my mother. Her doctor has told her my Dad is 'in the wrong place' (dementia ward). While I'm still waiting to talk to the doctor myself I can't believe what she has said. She was one of two doctors who said Mum had done the right thing by putting Da...	neilnruth	11	1595	10:18 AM Jun 4, 2013 by Grams
	why does tablets have days of the week on the packaging? (Preview) my cholesterol tablets have days of the week on the packaging , any ideas why?	milo	4	884	03:44 PM Jun 4, 2013 by Grams
	HAEMOCHROMATOSIS (Preview) Never heard of it??? Neither had I 'til about a month ago, but ..... OK, let me go back abit, I have been feeling really stressed and tired for quite a long time - thought it was to do with all that has been going on with my family over the last 7-8 years (and still having to cope with the situation with my mum - 3...	Pejay	26	2287	03:45 PM May 22, 2013 by Pejay
	Flu shot on the road? (Preview) Hi, Can anyone please tell me the best way to get a flu shot on the road? I get one every year from my GP but he's a long way away and I'll be a while on the road yet.	Loki	21	1249	04:41 AM May 17, 2013 by neilnruth
	flem attacks (Preview) does any one wake up some days with a flem attack? what i mean is heaps of flem coming down the back of your throat? I get all sweaty when this happens and it takes a while to go and recover... does any one else get this?	milo	6	1072	06:28 PM May 14, 2013 by milo
	Government Dental Scheme (Preview) This may affect many Grey Nomads - paticularly those on pensions. The very generous Government Dental scheme, the Chronic Desiases Dental Scheme (CDDS) finishes at the end of this month. This newspaper article from the Brisbane Courier Mail, outlines the scheme that will replace it. As I type t...	petengail	4	931	05:54 AM Apr 26, 2013 by Happywanderer
	stress test (Preview) Hi all, just had a stress test with my cardioligist , who i see every 2 years due to having 2 open hearts when I was younger... all good , had to run about 6k in about 5 mintes on the tred mill, with verious speeds.. lucky i had been doing alot of walking latley !!! good reports no more visits for another 12...	milo	6	999	04:16 PM Apr 11, 2013 by jules47
	Gout (Preview) Diagnosed with gout in the right knee a couple of months ago. Doing all the right things, eating the right food, avoiding the wrong foods, drinking plenty of water etc. Have been real good with no attacks until today. No idea what has brought it on and am in agony. Up to my second Colgout tablet which...	Boothie	12	1182	07:43 AM Mar 31, 2013 by Dunmowin
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