Do lots of us live with Medical Conditions?

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Just been watching Embarassing Illnesses on More4 and it got me thinking. Some very brave people dealing with medical issues that are incurable and affect there day to day life and confidence. They have to live with this knowing it will never go away. To be honest I watch this to make me feel better :D

I have an incurable condition that is under control and fortunately, no one would know I have it, just me. But it does affect my confidence.

Speaking to my friends and family, it seems lots of people have something they worry about and affects them daily, after all, nobodies perfect.

Do lots of people live with things, that affect their day to day life in however small a way? How do they deal with it.

(i'm now in serious topic in GD shock)
 
i had ulcerative colitis, and had my large bowel removed, and for about a year had a colostomy bag, that was pretty tough to deal with at the time.

had a lot of help from people on here at the time (who had the same or similar happen to them)

thankfully, I no longer have it, but have to live with other side effects now, just have to watch what I eat a bit
 
I expect so. I can't be the only one who fears doctors.
Although Haven't got anything wrong apart from a dodgy big toe, Dropped a bed on it. I expect I fractured it at least. But never went to doctors. Makes a nice clicking sound every time I move it.
 
my wife has an issue with her hips which has effected all the women in her immediate family, none of the males have had an issue though.
She will need a hip replacement soon (she is only 35), her 2 sisters and her sisters daughter will also have to at some point.

that can be a right pain to live with, especially when doctors just wont even think about putting her up for a hip replacement yet.
 
Depends what you mean by medical conditions.

I have a screwed up big toe nail after the NHS duffed an operation to get rid of an ingrowing nail. My friends say it looks like an alien.
 
Yeah, you could say that... :) Bilateral hydronephrosis (basically my kidneys are shot), ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, asthma, partial deafness, stuff like that. LOL
 
I have ankylosing spondilitis (a form of arthritis) and ulcerative colitis (inflammatory bowel disease).

Both diagnosed almost 10 years ago.

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I am also myopic (short-sighted) and have worn glasses since the age of 12, but I'm so accustomed to it that I didn't think to mention it!
 
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AcidHell2 said:
I expect so. I can't be the only one who fears doctors.
Although Haven't got anything wrong apart from a dodgy big toe, Dropped a bed on it. I expect I fractured it at least. But never went to doctors. Makes a nice clicking sound every time I move it.
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Docs would never have done anything anyway, now though, it mgiht be worth getting it checked, rebroken and reset.
im thinking about having mine done after breaking it last year
 
i have seemingly random liver disfunction. i have my good and bad days but as of yet no tests have given a definate cause for it, jus waiting for yet more tests in 2 months time
 
rghjones said:
Depends what you mean by medical conditions.

I have a screwed up big toe nail after the NHS duffed an operation to get rid of an ingrowing nail. My friends say it looks like an alien.
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so get it done again?
 
Morba said:
so get it done again?
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I went to the doctors about it a few months ago and he was the most unhelpful person I've ever spoke to. He basically said "could get it removed on the NHS, but there's a six month waiting list, or I could do it here next week but there's a 60% chance it won't work". What do you mean it won't work? You're removing a nail - what would it look like if it 'didn't work'?!

Thinking about going private but still unsure if it's better to have a weird toe nail or no toe nail at all and just a big toe stump thing.
 
bledd. said:
i had ulcerative colitis, and had my large bowel removed, and for about a year had a colostomy bag, that was pretty tough to deal with at the time.

had a lot of help from people on here at the time (who had the same or similar happen to them)

thankfully, I no longer have it, but have to live with other side effects now, just have to watch what I eat a bit
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My mum had entire bowel out and an historectomy at 45. Big adjustment in live but she dealt with it much better than I ever could have. Glad you better!
 
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