The OS Doorstep - a helpful and supportive thread in these tough times

boultdj

That's not right!Can you afford to go to a chiropodist[sp?], seeing as they specolise in feet.

grandma247

Princess take him to A&E if they do nothing.

FairyPrincessk

Morning Everyone!

SQ, I'm just going to chime in with the others and urge you to get your worries checked out. Most of them are likely nothing, but imagine how much better you will feel once that niggling worry is lifted!

All this talk of checks is making me dread the doctor tomorrow, but I keep telling myself it will be over in ten minutes. OH has found a very reasonable gig that evening. We haven't booked it yet because if I faint I won't be up to standing in a hot room, but if I don't the distraction will be lovely and I can look forward to it while I am NOT looking at anything in the surgery.

I had a cancer scare my first year of Uni. It took them awhile to rule out Cancer, and it was a very uncomfortable 5 or 6 months for me, still trying to adjust to Uni, family on the other side of the continent. In the end it turned out to be absolutely nothing, just a fluke, but I remember then that the difference to my potential survival was huge based on when they had found it--as in, probably going to live a long and happy life if detected early, and probably less than five years if detected late. I'll take the long and healthy life and a few minutes discomfort over the alternative any day.:beer:

Fuddle--Dorset sounds so exciting! How much fun will it be to explore and possibly move!

Cheapskate---enjoy your holiday. It sounds marvellous and well-earned. And, eating from the pantry for a holiday sounds a lot more fun than eating from the pantry for one of life's little "surprises"

I will mentioned the ideas about falafel to OH. I had always thought that the skins on chickpeas must make them difficult to bind and presumed falafel was made with dried chickpeas, so pleased to hear you have all had success mashing them up. I haven't looked yet to see what is for tea today.

Right, well, I think today may be the day for the first harvesting of my courgettes. I was a few weeks behind in getting the garden out, since we didn't move to this house until June, but I'm excited. I think I'm fighting a loosing battle with the broccoli. First the cabbage worms and now I'm spraying soapy water twice a day for aphids. However, my peppers are looking fetching.:cool:

Hugs to any who need them, and a gentle prod to any with health worries to get them checked!x

fuddle

Princess does the doctor know they are bleeding? I am so sure that there will be something that can be done about them and I think you need to ask for a referral. Do a bit of back ground reading and state to the GP what you would like and what tou have already done. I tend to think of GP's as a stepping stone to further help and maybe sometimes the GP themselves don't know everything. I certainly wouldn't let one GP who says no be the end of it. Ask for another practise GP, then another and if they don't help your OH with this look into how you can take it to the next step.

cosette

kezlou wrote: »

Thats the thing I'm unsure whether ds1 needs. What really got to me is that they said he would have to wear a retainer on the night for the rest of life. When I asked why the nurse said its just in case the teeth move again. I also didn't like the selling pitch and being made to feel guilty.

This is just standard advice I'm afraid, teeth really do move!

My children were advised to wear retainers continuously for a certain amount of time, then every night for a another length of time and then at least 3-4 times a week at night for life.

It's a balance between what is needed and pragmatism - the orthodontists know full well that most people will ultimately ignore this advice, but they have to give it because it is best practice.

In the case of my own children, one does wear the retainer every other night, although it is occasionally uncomfortable. The other found it too painful and has stopped wearing the retainers, which is a shame because he had to wear braces of different sorts for over 4 years! I think I'm going to try to get him to go back and see if he there is anything they can do to help. Third child has braces off next week so will see how he handles it, although to be honest I can't see him doing the whole retainer thing.

Hello by the way! Another lurker here...

grandma247

My youngest daughter had braces and when we moved the orthodontist found us another one in the new area. It was the worst move ever. When treatment was finished he fixed bars to the back of her teeth permanently. Her teeth are now crumbling away. Our newest dentist said they have stopped doing this because they are very hard to keep clean and the teeth do start to crumble afterwards. I wish now we had gone with removeable retainers

Rosanna79

Princess, Sorry to hear about your OH's verruca problems. The bleeding certainly is a concern and unless one has had these blighters it's impossible to understand how painful they can be.

Unfortunately NHS chiropody / podiatry is even more limited these days than when I was working as a community nurse. In fact I had a verruca as an adult which simply did not respond to any chiropody / podiatry treatment at all. In the end I contacted my GP surgery and they had an enormously long waiting list for their 'wart' clinic. The receptionists gave me a photocopy of a newspaper article as 'something I might like to try in the meantime'!!

Basically it involved taping a piece of banana skin, white side onto the verruca and leaving it there until one had a bath or shower and then repeating the process. The idea was that the banana skin somehow interacted with the verruca, initially making the surrounding skin retract and the verruca more prominent and gradually shrink it. It would take weeks to work but as there were months to wait for this 'wart' clinic months to wait for this 'wart clinic' I decided to give it a try.

I was amazed that although it took weeks to clear it actually worked. The verruca cleared completely and never returned. Being an allopathically trained health professional I can be sceptical about so called 'alternative' treatments. When everything else has failed though and one is in pain it's often worth a try. I hope this helps and maybe if you Google something like 'banana treatment for verrucas' you may get more detail.

Good Luck. HTH

mumoftwo

homesteadchick wrote: »

What do I have to do to get rid of this newbie badge? It's embarrassing...

LOL!

Keep posting sis

kezlou

Thank you cosette and grandma

I really appreciate you posting, i'm feeling better now, now i know its normal. I definitely won 't be going for a fixed retainer. Crumbling teeth :eek:

Myself and OH have decided to wait and see what the other dentist says and the in-house orthodontist.Its only an extra week to wait.

Verrucas i got this absolutely revolting nail varnish type remover. It stunk and once it had dried the smell went away and it was see through. I'd been plagued for years by them and have large patches of dried skin where they used to be.
Took about 6 months but that stuff really worked. Think it was called Omicur medicated nail lacquer amorolfline.
I suffer from athletes foot and one of my toe nail is badly infected. I've given other nail lacquer to get rid of that too. Took me five years to convince the GP to give me something.

SQ - get to the quacks!!! Honestly it will make you feel better just having the check up.;)


SDG :T great news the first step is always the hardest.

Fuddle - enjoy Dorset! Beware if you move you'll have to deal with this jezebel!!! ENjoy your holiday hun, :rotfl:at your OH sounds like something mine would do :rotfl:

Were off to a local cycling day in a bit, free cycling for all! Including trikes and adapted bikes for the wee fellas. Should be fun, hopefully go to stewarts park if its nice afterwards.
Just need to make sure i take painkillers so i can handle walking there and back .

Pooky

The current advice for veruccas (DH saw the chiropodist last week) is to cover it in duct tape, keep replacing the tape and it may take up to a year but veruccas hate the dark, damp, airless condition and kill themselves off by trying to "over grow". I've seen a huge improvment in DHs in just a week.

It's chilly here today, I've tidied up the garden, done a bit of weeding and done a bit of an Autumn tidy up (putting spare chairs, flower pots, parasol etc away), swept all the hard standings down and thrown a lot of dross in the composter.

DD2s gone off with friends and will be home tomorrow, DD1 is off out for the day with her BF so a nice quiet afternoon with the sewing machine I think.