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Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things
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There was an anti-skin cancer drug being developed recently that was nicknamed the Barbie drug (as the side-effects included weight loss and a fake tan) but I don't think it's completed clinical trials so I don't know if that's a long term advance in cancer prevention.
Sounds perfect, when can I get my hands on it.....
think I've changed my mind..... http://www.cieh.org/ehp/beware_the_barbie_drug.htmlIt causes nausea, headache, lethargy, facial and upper body flushing, itchiness and appetite suppression. You have to inject it daily for the first seven to 10 days then weekly after that. Despite these alarming side-effects the use of melanotan, the latest drug of choice for those wanting year-round, all-over tans, is sweeping the country.A 29-year-old male reported recently on a melanotan user website: "When I gave myself the second shot I had to lie on the floor. I was so dizzy that I felt seriously ill. The feeling was awful and I felt shivers and my heart was pounding."
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That's a common reaction but I wouldn't bother. There's loads of drugs with great-sounding effects but that are offset by horrendous side-effects that take longer to show up.Sounds perfect, when can I get my hands on it.....
Can I insert a quote from a prevous post I made about a free book you cvan download which illustrates some cuautionary tales about side-effects of drugs.Can I steer NPs to a connection from Ben Goldacre's website for a free downloadable book (as a pdf) about evidence-based medicine
well it's still free for now but I don't know how long for!:cool:
Strongly recommmend it!
And yes the downloadable book still seems to be free at this time so grab it while you can!
Parkinson's patients live longer than healthy people, but only if they take their meds. And you wouldn't touch those drugs with a bargepole if you you knew all their side-effects and didn't need them for your disease.:eek:There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
... the breakfast room ...PasturesNew wrote: »Posh alert!!!
If we'd had one, apart from the fact it wouldn't be allowed inside the house, the only space big enough for it would have been a 10' long hallway.
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You wouldn't think it was posh if you'd seen it. In my parents' house, there's a kitchen that's sort of in two halves - a tiny bit and a slightly larger bit with a door between them. The tiny bit has just about got enough space for the cooker, sink, washing machine, about 4 feet of fitted units (put in in 1975) and a free-standing cupboard. (Since LNE died it's also had his dishwasher, which I gave them - both WM and DW are slimline ones because there's no space for full size ones.) The larger bit has just about enough space for the fridge, toaster, table, and more cupboards with cutlery drawer - also a gas fire with boiler behind. One wall has a load of strings across it with clothes pegs on them. They were originally put up 40+ years ago for Christmas cards, but have remained all year round since then and have random pieces of paper: flyers for local events, the leaflet from the local pizza shop, my brother's change of address announcement from 1998, reminders of things that ought to be done, interesting newspaper cuttings, photos that various relatives have sent of their kids, a father's day card from years ago that my dad particularly like the picture on..... all sorts of things.
It's a wonderful welcoming family home sort of room, and yes, it's big enough for our family of 6 to squeeze round the kitchen table to eat, if you pull the table out from the wall and push it back afterwards, so just about enough space to try out the unicycle. But posh? Not really.
He used to practise his unicycle in the larger bit - it would be quite impossible in the smaller bit - and "breakfast room" seemed the easiest way to describe it on here, although actually the family have always called it the kitchen.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »I bet your neighbours will be delighted.
The neighbours have been blasting us out for years when their various sons have been learning how to play the electric guitar......from the first eek, out of tune notes to the now quite very good full songs.We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:Tvivatifosi wrote: »Morning peeps. Hope you are all well today with no fences down or housing damage with those winds last night.
I heard something on the news this morning that set a train of thought in place this morning and couldn't believe that I'd missed a milestone. Last year was five years after having my tumour removed. So I've got through five years of being alive and with no noticeable effects (other than a scar).
When I first had tumour removed I couldn't get a diagnosis and it was like that for a very long time. I knew it was a very rare type of potential melanoma, I knew that my path report wasn't good in that it had started to breach the next level of skin down and there were signs that it had travelled elsewhere. I knew it was very fast growing (it went from nothing there to big enough to have removed under guidelines in less than a year). Having said that, there was also a chance it was a benign tumour that mimicked melanoma. Either way it was a hard decision because it was so rarely seen. Plus the benign version was found mostly in children and almost never in the over 40s (and I was in my early 40s when it first appeared).
My local hospital trust could not determine accurately what type of tumour it was so they forwarded it to the regional panel. They too could not decide, so it went to the national panel, under the leading expert. They too could not decide so I spent 18 months in limbo. Eventually my husband and I found a Dr doing research in the US in terms of the genetics of melanoma, so I paid to have my sample tested there. They said they thought it wasn't melanoma. Finally, I could get a job, get insurances without that weight over my head.
In the meantime, while waiting for diagnosis. I'd asked the doctors here how I would know if I didn't have it. They said if I was still alive in 15 years, then I would finally know that I didn't have it. Well, five years down, ten to go. I can't believe I missed that milestone. Because of the uncertainty of diagnosis I used to pass each year with a big hurrah. Five down and I forgot. So I thought I'd mention it as it was a horrible time to go through and I spend every year - no matter what life throws at me - genuinely overjoyed to be alive.
If I remember our previous discussion correctly, you had one of those red or pink or white skin cancers that don't look like the normal malignant melanoma?
My "google" research suggested that 5% of malignant melanoma falls into that category?
Any way thanks for your advice it was most useful.
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PasturesNew wrote: »Yes, if a house is gaining value every month it'll offset the immediate costs if you have the cashflow, but the market's going the other way too. The only way it'd work with my old being at home would be if they had somebody around all the time. People coming in and leaving is unsettling, unpredictable and leaves a greater hole of "loss" every time that front door closes behind one.
Yes both you and my DW will be trying to sell or rent out a house this spring.
It is not looking good, an empty house soon devalues and there is always the risk of damage or break in.PasturesNew wrote: »
Officially the old hasn't been diagnosed. Still has a lot of capacity and understanding. The old can present well conversationally ..... it's only when you know something's wrong/bizarre that you can spot stuff. e.g. if somebody overheard the old telling me "My grandson's just visited me, did you see him? He's only just left" they'd think "All there mentally". I'd reply "No, I must have missed him.".... but there is no grandson/never has been - and I simply play along with whatever nonsense the old comes out with.
Sounds just like my Great Aunt - there wasn't a court in the land that would not have believed her fantasies.
Beware the elderly eye witness.
[Bit of excitement yesterday, had a few moments of moral struggle, and then phoned "The Old Bill". Went down my lane and found jewellery hanging in the bushes. Two jewellery cases and a domestic safe had been smashed open and the rejects thrown over the hedge]
There is a book: "Contented Dementia" [Oliver James 2008 Vermillion] that recommends playing along with their fantasy.
I find it incredibly difficult to do though, when they appear to be being deliberately nasty as well as untruthful.
One of MIL's carers had it off to a "T" - she could steer the outburst off into calmer waters, while others would try to oppose the outburst and make is twice as bad.PasturesNew wrote: »
We tried that one at first and it appears that if you have cash available in the bank over the threshold then you don't get that. We're certainly along a path of self-funding from day 1 now and our (several times) name dropping of the 12 week rule came to nothing.
I will try to look into this in more detail - but I'll be out of circulation for a long weekend - friends coming to stay.
I think the last day's worth of your PN posting's have been the best on here in along while.0 -
vivatifosi wrote: »I try not to think about the Aussie link tre because my Mum feels terrible about it. In reality though, my Mum is one of six siblings and there is skin cancer in all but one of the six branches of that tree.
But I'm still really happy! That was the point of my original post. Going through something like that really makes you value life, even the really sh*tty bits. I'm quite an optimist by nature but when I heard the news this morning about mel and realised that it was now over five years I was looking around and no much how much gales were lashing I just felt surrounded by sunshine. I'm going to stop typing now because it looks like American psychobabble, which I hate, but I'm still very happy:o.
Mrs Generali is off to the hospital soon to have about 6 moles removed.
It's funny seeing the different attitude to them here vs the UK. In the UK Mrs Generali asked a couple of GPs about removing them and was basically treated like a nut job. Here the doc asked about the moles, if they'd changed or were new or anything. One was new so he said, "That'll have to come out and we'll do all the others while we're at it".
They would have been out within a fortnight but for Christmas. I'll get my 3 hacked out soon too I think. It only costs about 500 bucks once the insurance and Medicare have chipped in so it seems daft not to have it done really. I'm very fair skinned and got burnt a few times as a kid.0 -
As I am in the area of second homes..... there are much better pickings to be had from holiday lets and holiday homes. The area's good and I've had the benefit of 'watching' a holiday let sit empty there for the past few years, so know it's not likely to be a problem. Plus, we'll be using the house as a base for a sibling to stay for what looks like one week/month and I'll move back in there when I have to leave where I am at the moment in a few months.John_Pierpoint wrote: »
It is not looking good, an empty house soon devalues and there is always the risk of damage or break in.
Yes - 100% believable fantasists.John_Pierpoint wrote: »
Sounds just like my Great Aunt - there wasn't a court in the land that would not have believed her fantasies.
Beware the elderly eye witness.
I found a plastic bag (6"x8" or so) stuffed full of stuff like that in my front garden one morning - we're talking a patio garden and it was just sitting propped up by the gate. I peeked inside and it looked like all fashion/junk but didn't want to disturb any 'evidence' so took it to the police station. Never heard another thing.John_Pierpoint wrote: »
[Bit of excitement yesterday, had a few moments of moral struggle, and then phoned "The Old Bill". Went down my lane and found jewellery hanging in the bushes. Two jewellery cases and a domestic safe had been smashed open and the rejects thrown over the hedge]
That's why I find it easier to just go along with what they're saying and agree/not as required.... the trouble is, a couple of times I've been caught out as the old has later asked for more details about the event that never happened. e.g. if the old thought I'd gone out with some people and I just said I had, hours later the old would ask where we'd gone.... and I had no desire to create an entire fantasy of where I'd been with people I don't actually know.John_Pierpoint wrote: »
There is a book: "Contented Dementia" [Oliver James 2008 Vermillion] that recommends playing along with their fantasy.
I find it incredibly difficult to do though, when they appear to be being deliberately nasty as well as untruthful.
One of MIL's carers had it off to a "T" - she could steer the outburst off into calmer waters, while others would try to oppose the outburst and make is twice as bad.
Oh dear .... the rest must have been very dire thenJohn_Pierpoint wrote: »
I will try to look into this in more detail - but I'll be out of circulation for a long weekend - friends coming to stay.
I think the last day's worth of your PN posting's have been the best on here in along while. 0 -
I'm swamped with work so reading but not really processing anything or even having enough energy to comment.
Kinda like me at the mo. I'm aware I'm about to have an explosion of work my way.
To be honest, I'm also having motivation issues atm.It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
2 Questions for the nice peeps...
I'm hoping that some of our own countryfile style posters may have an inkling, but anyone know if/when there is a chance of snow? Last year (ie december 2010) was a bit anomolous IIRC. The 2 februarys before we have had snow I think.
Other question, where to go for easter? Thinking of a 1-2 day break (already!)
TIA.It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0
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