Health

[Tadao]

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I noticed the science and health thread is just science now, so here is one for your health.

Got the gay ass meme out of the way so I effectively reduced one of Babs posts. You can thank me in silence.

[Tadao]

Here is some cool stuff I wanted to post a few days ago.

Its from http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/

First off : Memory test.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/memory/

Second on : Nervous system, senses challenge

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/senseschallenge/

[dextire]

Those are great! Pineapple and soy sauce taste good together?

[Tadao]

Sweet and salty are a very important combination in cooking.

[MLE]

Those are great! Pineapple and soy sauce taste good together?

Fuck. Yes.

[WhiteRat]

I'm comforted in knowing that Ebaum's is still around.

[Colonel Flagg]

FYI Levaquin is da bomb.

Effing expensive, tho.

[Evil Robot II]

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[MLE]

So does vicodin do nothing for pain, or is the pain I'm in just too much to be dulled by it?

[Tadao]

add booze to the equation

[MLE]

I can't drink because of interactions it can have with other daily medications.

[Tadao]

:(

[MLE]

So no other over the counter or easily gotten from doctors medicine that will stop this sharp, stabbing pain in my side from a torn muscle that had 14-year old scar tissue through it?

[Tadao]

A healthy amount of NAIDS. Like 4 aleeve at once. It will help reduce the inflammation in the muscle.

[Babs]

Consult your physician if the pain persists for more than a couple of days (mainly a week) and he'll more than likely put you on Etodolac. Basically a higher dosage form of an anti-inflammatory. No negative drug interactions with Vicodin as well I believe.

[Tadao]

Just above you dumb ass.

Non
Steroidal
Anti
Inflammatory
Drug

[Babs]

Then get it right the first time you fucking idiot. It's not NAIDS you uneducated faggot, it's NSAIDs. Pretty sure I would know more about this shit than you would you pompous goon.

[Tadao]

Lol, capitalizing the plural vrs repeating the post above you? No Babs, you really suck. As you can see in the post just above you idiot rant, I left out the S showing I know that it is a plural. I'm positive you have no idea what a NSAID is until just now when you googled it. Not only that.

So yeah, you know jack shit.

[Babs]

Yeah, seeing as I have a fucking job in the pharmacy and you don't. Yup, you obviously know way more about it than I do. Go enroll into a Pharm D program and then talk to me. Like I said, you're a fucking goon.

[Tadao]

OH HEY MLE, GO GET SOME ETODOLAC.


Etodolac may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:

constipation
diarrhea
gas or bloating
vomiting
headache
dizziness
ringing in the ears
runny nose
sore throat
blurred vision
Some side effects can be serious. If you experience any of the following symptoms, or those mentioned in the IMPORTANT WARNING section, call your doctor immediately. Do not take any more etodolac until you speak to your doctor.

unexplained weight gain
swelling of the eyes, face, lips, tongue, throat, hands, feet, ankles, or lower legs
fever or chills
blisters
rash
itching
hives
hoarseness
difficulty breathing or swallowing
yellowing of the skin or eyes
excessive tiredness
unusual bleeding or bruising
lack of energy
loss of appetite
pain in the upper right part of the stomach
flu-like symptoms
pale skin
fast heartbeat
cloudy, discolored, or bloody urine
difficult or painful urination
back pain
SURE IT WILL COST YOU MORE MONEY TO SEE THE DOCTOR, BUT I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

[Tadao]

Thank god I don't get my medicine from you. Your reading level is at 2nd grade.

[Babs]

Oh I forgot, it's the only drug in the world that has side effects. Before I even make that point (which I shouldn't lie, I'm not even going to explain anything regarding drug side effects and symptoms with your uneducated ass) I would love to point out how you tried to make this assumption that I have to google some fucking generic drug to understand it's contents and use when you just blatantly googled the side effects of the drug itself, you hypocrite. Thank god you work at fucking walmart and not in a pharmacy, you goon.

[Babs]

Dumbass goon getting murdered by the infamous "idiot" Babs. Fucking priceless.

[Tadao]

You know, now that I think about it, it makes no sense whatsoever that you got a job in a pharmacy after less than a year. I bet you're making the whole thing up. You're such a little poser. No wonder you didn't know what a NSAID was.

[Tadao]

Oh yeah, Ohio has very low standards.

[Babs]

Who the fuck still calls someone a poser?

[Tadao]

Oh I forgot, it's the only drug in the world that has side effects. Before I even make that point (which I shouldn't lie, I'm not even going to explain anything regarding drug side effects and symptoms with your uneducated ass) I would love to point out how you tried to make this assumption that I have to google some fucking generic drug to understand it's contents and use when you just blatantly googled the side effects of the drug itself, you hypocrite. Thank god you work at fucking walmart and not in a pharmacy, you goon.

Seriously? You would have her take Etodolac over Aleeve?

I doubt she would.

[Babs]

Yup, I'm in no way a nationally certified pharmacy technician. You're so completely right. It's not like THE Ohio State University has one of the best Pharm D programs to enroll in.

[Babs]

Get over it, I do shit with my life and you envy others who are better off than you.

DEAL WITH IT.

[Tadao]

See, now I know you are full of shit.

[Babs]

The best part of it all is that it's all real and you're completely jealous of it. :lol

[Tadao]

Don't worry Babs, there will still be lots of scenarios where you can google the persons ailments and suggest the first thing that pops up.

I actually look forward to you giving bad advice in here.

[Babs]

I think it's time for you to go mix your MAOI with your Stimulants now. :chatter:lol

[Tadao]

So no other over the counter or easily gotten from doctors medicine that will stop this sharp, stabbing pain in my side from a torn muscle that had 14-year old scar tissue through it?

Consult your physician if the pain persists for more than a couple of days (mainly a week) and he'll more than likely put you on Etodolac. Basically a higher dosage form of an anti-inflammatory. No negative drug interactions with Vicodin as well I believe.

You are seriously the dumbest person I have ever come across online. I bet if I met you in person, I would have to kill you cause you would breed.

[Babs]

Etodolac is NOT over the counter you idiot. Did you even realize stating that made you contradict yourself as well? Remember, you said NAIDS [sic] you fucking goon. YOU, yes you, first recommended your nads as a remedy, which I might add is pretty utterly crass. All I fucking did, was basically concur and followed up with a generic brand drug this is commonly used in conjunction with Vicodin to help with inflammation.

People like you, I swear. They come in with their Medicare Part D plans whom bitch and whine about shit they don't even know.

[Babs]

Just to make you win and have this already useless thread come back to its topic.

Go to your doctor, tell them pain is still on an intolerable level. BOOM, higher milligram of prescribed analgesic.

[Tadao]

Etodolac is NOT over the counter you idiot. Did you even realize stating that made you contradict yourself as well? Remember, you said NAIDS [sic] you fucking goon. YOU, yes you, first recommended your nads as a remedy, which I might add is pretty utterly crass. All I fucking did, was basically concur and followed up with a generic brand drug this is commonly used in conjunction with Vicodin to help with inflammation.

People like you, I swear. They come in with their Medicare Part D plans whom bitch and whine about shit they don't even know.

She wants over the counter. No one believes you for the simple reason that you have to be able to read in order to go to school.
You have to die.

[Tadao]

Oh man, I would say "You must feel pretty stupid right now" but I sure you are still just as clueless as you have ever been.

[Babs]

Oh you're so right. I know absolutely nothing.

Yup, I would definitely not consult my physician about any on going pain I've been having for years. I mean, what kind of sense would that make.

Oh, and post script here:
So no other over the counter or easily gotten from doctors medicine that will stop this sharp, stabbing pain in my side from a torn muscle that had 14-year old scar tissue through it?

I'm pretty she's stating that as a question. WOW YOU'RE FUCKING DUMB DUDE.

[Babs]

Key thing was a drug that can be used SAFELY IN CONJUNCTION with Vicodin. Do you know what that means at all? Well of course not. How hard is it to put 2 and 2 together to realize, hmmmm she obviously consulted here physician before hand, HENCE THE FUCKING VICODIN, A SCHEDULE II DRUG, and was therefore prescribed to here. HMMMMMMMM, take that into account a long with the ability to have a more useful and effective YET SAFE NSAIDs drug to interact with. WOW, FUCKING WOW. I really had to lay that out. Yeah just take some fucking tylenol, I mean it's basically going to help 100 times better than Vicodin, DUH.

[Tadao]

I'm pretty she's stating that as a question. WOW YOU'RE FUCKING DUMB DUDE.

Meaning she is asking for....... come on dude. You're almost there. Ahahahahaah just joking, you'll never be able to read.

[The Leader]

This thread is better than it was a few days ago.

[Kitsa]

Wait, I thought Babs was doing some phlebotomy thing?

[Dommin]

Those are great! Pineapple and soy sauce taste good together?

It's called Teriyaki.

[Fathom Zero]

This thread is better than it was a few days ago.

It's like my birthday every other day here. I'm happily surprised so much.

[MLE]

To clear up some stuff- I wanted over the counter because I really hate seeing the doctor. Also, the scar tissue is 14 years old, not the pain.

Anyway, that issue's passed and now I have a fever, ripped up throat from coughing, and my nose is running like a faucet.

[Zhukov]

So I've been suffering from regular migraines my whole life, usually one every fortnight or so, sometimes more, sometimes less. This past month I've been getting them every two or three days.

Had to quit my job and go on sickness benefits, which is really depressing, but better than no income. Been given some new medication which doesn't seem to work (All there seems to be is stronger versions of medication I've already tried) but I hope they just stop being chronic as suddenly as they started.

So there you go. Not asking for help or advice, just putting that out there.

[Grislygus]

Yeah, my cousin gets constant migraines. Professional medical opinion seems to be that she's kind of screwed.

[Tadao]

Never had one, I hear they really really really hurt.

[executioneer]

don't we already have this thread

[Kitsa]

I get migraines, and my experience is that they're somewhat cyclical. Not that I understand the cycle, by any means, just that they come and go.

I currently have one of those miserable sore throats. My daughter was sick last week and the ER doctor said this would be highly contagious to children, but not adults. The doctor was a liar.

[Shrubfest]

Today I was prescribed naproxen. Are they any good?

[Fathom Zero]

My friend takes them because he gets mad headaches from anxiety issues. He says they work hella good.

[Shrubfest]

Sounds good. Drugs ahoy, matey!

[Tadao]

I always like it when advice comes from someone who actually takes the drug.

[Fathom Zero]

Ibuprofin suffices for myself, but he says sodium naproxen is stronger. They're both cheap, so whatevs.

[Zhukov]

I hate taking medication, and am always apprehensive to take anything.

[Fathom Zero]

I took ibuprofin like candy with no discernable effect for a long time, so I stopped taking anything for headaches. I'm thinking it's all psychosomatic. Or I have a bunch of tumors.

[MLE]

My right ear's blown out (torn eardrum). I haven't been able to hear anything other than a low rumbling sound from that side since then. I have an appointment with my ENT tomorrow, so I'll let you all know if they expect this to have lasting damage.

[Colonel Flagg]

Or I have a bunch of tumors.

Yes, that's it. The most common cause of headaches is cancer.

[Colonel Flagg]

My right ear's blown out (torn eardrum). I haven't been able to hear anything other than a low rumbling sound from that side since then. I have an appointment with my ENT tomorrow, so I'll let you all know if they expect this to have lasting damage.

Perforated eardrums are sucktastic (experience). Seriously I hope things go OK with your ENT. Good luck.

[MLE]

This is the second time with the same ear. I'm hoping the damage with go away with time with this one.

[Tadao]

Take 4 aleve.

[MLE]

I would, but i took naproxen already and don't want to mix drugs.

[Colonel Flagg]

I think you should take the sodium salt of (+)-(S)-2-(6-methoxynaphthalen-2-yl) propanoic acid

[Kitsa]

So over the past week or so, I have had the sinus infection from hell.

It started when my daughter got a runny nose and a scary-high fever. It looked like RSV to me and I couldn't get her temp below 102.7 even with kids' tylenol, and she wasn't being cooperative with fluids, so we took her in to the ER to get checked (shit always happens on a Friday or Saturday night when you can't get in to the doctor). They also thought she had RSV but it turned out to be a "cousin" of RSV. The physician assured me that this particular incarnation was highly contagious to kids but not to adults, as most adults had already had it. Yes. Right.

Of course, just as she's coming out of it, I'm starting to get the shitty fever feeling. So I had the high fever (the type where your hair hurts, your teeth hurt, the bedsheet hurts against your skin, and so on), the runny nose, the sore throat, all of that. For a day it kind of acted like bronchitis and then it decided that it could really nail me in the sinuses.

One side of my face puffed up like I had the mumps, the lymph nodes under my chin swelled, my right eye started tearing up randomly like I'd just had a stroke, and I felt like someone standing at the headboard of the bed had just taken a sledgehammer to my right eye socket. I was more or less in that condition for three days before I became functional again. My lymph nodes were so swollen that I have residual pain where they displaced tissue. Over the course of the past week, my fever's never gone under 99.

I'm kind of doing a balancing act with Tylenol, Motrin and Excedrin. I expect my liver to explode sooner or later. I'm also drinking copious amounts of Robitussin.

Fuck viruses.

[Colonel Flagg]

I'm also drinking copious amounts of Robitussin.

Might I suggest that instead of cough medicine, some medicinal whiskey may be much more effective, plus it will taste better. :yum As long as you're making your liver work out, what's one more on the "to do" list?

Seriously, hope you feel better soon.

[Kitsa]

Thanks.

My favorite part of the ordeal was when I stumbled into CVS looking for the one type of Robitussin that didn't have an ingredient that would interact with my other crap and do me in. I picked out the two most likely candidates, went to the pharmacist-consult window, and said, "I am on Synthroid and I have adrenal problems. I know that there is only one type of Robitussin I can take. Is either of these right?"

Her response (and yes, her name tag included a Pharm.D) was, "Uh, I dunno...I think that one maybe."

So then I had to pick the one that was closest to straight guaifenesin that I could find and go home to wait and see if I died or not.

I'm better today except for a bad headache and on-and-off hoarseness.

[Tadao]

Having diseases makes you know things you would normally not care about.

[Kitsa]

I didn't think I was unreasonable in expecting a pharmacist to know though :(

[Colonel Flagg]

I didn't think I was unreasonable in expecting a pharmacist to know though :(

You weren't - pharmacists are usually better at that sort of thing than the doctors prescribing the meds.

I can relate to the hoarseness though. Twice today I coughed so hard that I thought I was going to puke. Not the nicest sensation in the world. :x My normally dulcet tones are taking on the "3-pack-a-day" vibe.

[Evil Robot II]

Nurse, the internet retards are fighting again, get me 1000cc's of ritalin, STAT!

[Evil Robot II]

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OHIO

[Kitsa]

Evil Robot doesn't believe in this thread, guys.

[Tadao]

But this thread believes in him. :tear

[Evil Robot II]

Montel Williams just told me that buying his blender will improve my health and security.

[Evil Robot II]

Jimmy Dean sausages and frosted mini wheats will cause children to become more intelegent and helpp stop the spread of aids.

[Evil Robot II]

Rats mice and rodents can be driven out of my house will digital pulses. Thankls to riddex pulse theres no need for strangers to enter your home and spray your children's pet food with poison. Riddex Pulse interfaces with mice via 2ghz wireless pulses to upload fear programs to the animals, causing them to run away. WARNING Riddex pulse can be harmful to one out of every 1,000 people causing them to lash out violently and my cause epilieptic seizures in children.

[Colonel Flagg]

Jimmy Dean sausages and frosted mini wheats will cause children to become more intelegent and helpp stop the spread of aids.

Yes, but Jimmy Dean Sausages only come in those GOD DAMNED small 12 ounce packages. They used to give you a full 16 ounces of sausage in a single package, but not anymore.

I wanna eat, godammit.

[Fathom Zero]

It's hard to feed a wife and a daughter that're a little plump on 16 ounces of sausage, let alone 12. I'll just go back to making my own. Doesn't taste as good as yours does, but...

[Kitsa]

Finally going to the ENT tomorrow. Sinus infection has settled into feeling like I have four abscessed molars simultaneously, and Excedrin isn't getting it anymore. Going crazy and can't hear out of my right ear.

[Colonel Flagg]

:(

Good luck, Kit.

[Kitsa]

Thanks. It was a really frustrating visit. I saw my doctor's partner because each person there handles ONE AND ONLY ONE THING and mine doesn't do sinuses. So I went there and told them exactly what had gone down: that I'd caught a viral respiratory infection from my toddler a couple of weeks ago, that it had morphed into what felt like a sinus infection, and that the pain had settled in my jaw and upper teeth. Also, that my right ear felt clogged-up and I couldn't hear out of it.

I didn't actually graduate med school, but from the education I've had it seems like that's a fairly straightforward issue, as in sinus infections make teeth hurt a lot, that sinus infections after viral respiratory infections are pretty standard, etc.

So he looked in my ear and up my nose, told me everything looked clear, and then gave me hearing tests. It came out that my left ear was compromised, not my right (even though I can't hear out of my right ear?) and he told me to ask my dentist if I developed TMJ.

TMJ? This pain had sudden onset less than a week ago, during a sinus infection. My dad got sick the same time I did and he has identical pain in the right jaw and upper right molars. Some sort of infectious TMJ? There are several other people sick around here that I know of, and all complain of one stuffed-up ear with sinus infection symptoms and jaw pain.

Whatever. The physician was nice but the overall message was "Why are you here?" . He asked if I go to the dentist...I'm there once every three months, at least. I could breathe out of my nose today, but that was a novelty. I guess I wait till whatever this virus is decides to leave me alone, or I go insane and pull my own molars with a wrench like in one of those stupid episodes of House.

[Tadao]

I hate doctors. I got lucky and found a nice GP just recently. The jury is still out on my rheumatologist.

[Colonel Flagg]

The more I learn about the science of medicine, it becomes clearer to me that there is no science in medicine. :(

[Kitsa]

The pain on that side of my face was damn near killing me today. I can't even think straight, so I made an appointment with my family doctor. He pressed a spot on my cheekbone that damn near sent me through the ceiling, so his opinion is that I DO have a sinus infection. Now I have an augmentin script, we'll see.

[Tadao]

Did they say how long it should take to kill the bacteria and ease the pain?

[Kitsa]

I imagine it will be at least a couple of days. I have a really high pain threshold, so it boggles my mind to think of someone who doesn't having to deal with this. I can deal well with all of it but the tooth pain...like I said, feels like having all of my molars badly abscessed simultaneously.

I've got a follow-up in two weeks, it damn well better be cleared up by then because I'm getting really tired of this.

[Tadao]

The worst pain I have ever had was an ear ache and a tooth ache at the same time. I was a little kid so I don't remember the cause, but I remember the pain.

[Pentegarn]

Yes, but Jimmy Dean Sausages only come in those GOD DAMNED small 12 ounce packages. They used to give you a full 16 ounces of sausage in a single package, but not anymore.

I wanna eat, godammit.

How you supposed to feed 3 200 pound men, a girl, and a wife that's a little plump on a 12 ounce pussy sized package of sausage? Sonofabitch, someone needs to get their ass kicked.

[Kitsa]

The worst pain I have ever had was an ear ache and a tooth ache at the same time. I was a little kid so I don't remember the cause, but I remember the pain.


I think that periodically viruses and/or bacteria get lodged in those eustachian tubes, between your sinuses and ears, and just fester and make life hell for a while.

I was really hoping that after my second Augmentin there would be a got-dang miracle of some sort and my problems would be all of a sudden solved. Not happening so far. Also, while examining me yesterday the doctor pinched my radiated neck muscles, which promptly went into a spasm cycle, so there's that too. :lol2

[Kitsa]

Just as I got over the last sinus infection, my toddler came down with another cold. It took me a grand total of 2 days to get it myself. So just as a bad week of dental work and sinus crap came to an end, I felt better for a couple of hours before getting sick all over again.

I'm glad she doesn't go to daycare- I've heard horror stories from daycare parents about all the shit those kids bring home. I knew a couple in their 40s who had never had chickenpox. Their daughter brought it home from daycare and put them both in the hospital for a week. Of course, that was before the chickenpox vaccine.

[Kitsa]

Had a scar scraped off my skull under local anesthetic today. Good times!

[Fathom Zero]

OH FUCK DON'T TELL US STUFF LIKE THAT. :eek

[Kitsa]

it's the health thread :(

I assure you, it hurt me worse than it hurt you.

[Fathom Zero]

My imagination's pretty good. And I've had facial injuries that required more than a bandaid, as well.

[Kitsa]

This was an old, old injury. I had to wear a halo brace 20 years ago and on one side the scar was gradually and increasingly attaching itself to my skull. It made a big divot in my forehead that was getting bigger the older I got. It got to the point where it needed to be taken care of.

[Fathom Zero]

eeeeew grosssss

[Kitsa]

I assure you that the brace was way the hell worse than this.

Edit: Fuck these past two months, anyway. I've either been sick or dealing with dental crap or dealing with surgical crap. Would like a couple of days in which I feel relatively okay please.

[Tadao]

Seems like you've had a pretty lousy year.

[Kitsa]

Had worse, though, so not going to bitch overmuch.