Do lots of us live with Medical Conditions?

greywolf said:
I have an irregular heart beat that comes out of the blue, also some times it beats very fast for several hours, happened quite a few times but its still scary when it does happen especially if its coupled with an irregular beat at the same time. Had all the checks done and been told theres nothing they can see wrong with it, just one of those things.
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Yep although ive never had hours of fast beating, sometimes i can feel a strong beat after a pause, they are quite odd sometimes, make your body shake a bit when your in bed!

I went for allsorts of scans and ECG's etc etc. Just told to live with it...

Some say that it may only last a few years then rectify itself, others live with it forever.

Just out of curiosity, does yours go regular when exercising?
 
Lactose intolerant.

Need to watch what i eat, checking labels all the time in supermarkets :\

Not the worst thing to live with but can be annoying especialy if eating out/work.
 
AcidHell2 said:
It was a serious question.
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Because i have had conflicting views on it...some say its hereditary and i have been told by one medic that i could not have got the syndrome from rats...at the end of the day it doesn't effect me so its not a problem.
 
Honestly, I don't really have anything I suffer from. I do have an absolutely terrible memory, but I don't think it's a condition.

Oh, also, I hate my heart beat. I can feel it in almost any part of my body, and I can hear the blood pulsing through my head, it hurts and gives me a headache if I even so much as notice it.
 
Vixen said:
Did you notice a big difference afterwards? I really want to see how it affects my ice skating as at the moment I feel like a "normal" person trying to train with a cold.
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Yes. I know quite a few people who've had it done too. Most will tell you that bending forward is no longer a really bad idea. At the very least you won't feel as bunged up and groggy all of the time.

I hope it all goes well :)
 
lukechad said:
Yep although ive never had hours of fast beating, sometimes i can feel a strong beat after a pause, they are quite odd sometimes, make your body shake a bit when your in bed!

I went for allsorts of scans and ECG's etc etc. Just told to live with it...

Some say that it may only last a few years then rectify itself, others live with it forever.

Just out of curiosity, does yours go regular when exercising?
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I had all the ECG's etc and got told to live with it as well...

Tbh ive never exercised when its irregular as Ive never wanted to make it worse. Although I only notice its irregular when its rearly bad, sometimes it makes me cough when it skips a beat or puts some in.

Went to the hospital once when it was bad around 5 years ago. Basically told me to exercise more so when it does happen I recover quicker or may prevent it from happening. I have been exercising a lot more and I think it has helped abit.

Its difficult to say more due to the no medical advice rule on here.
 
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Morba said:
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.
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Well, longer they delay the better, currently hips last around 10 yrs, and you can revise the op usually a maximum of 3 times.
They do it now, she'll be outta options by 65.
Hopefully some new tech will pop along, but days of gorwing new things are still a very long way off in my book.
 
heart/circuit thingie problem. not affected me proper yet except for running out of breat real quick i.e. 5 mins of football. guess it'll pick up and get worse in the coming years. ah well.. live my life til whilst i can
 
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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I have Ulcerative colitis, Mine is being controlled by asacol tablets and steroids when it flairs up. Luckily it has been quite managable but does sometimes cause problems with work as i,m in the forces.
 
Asthma, spinal arthritis, heart disease, including unstable angina, various alergies, high blood pressure, and all the other crap that goes with being 49.
No wonder i am such a miserable git.
 
Azagoth said:
Severe Atopic Eczema here, it's treatable but incurable.
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Snap!!

Currently in Hospital with mine...!

Just starting to realise what i thought was okish (it being pretty bad), is actually pretty bad! lol

Need to get back into the swing of having better skin, so i know when its bad bad again instead of just living with it as is!
 
Cybermyk said:
Yes. I know quite a few people who've had it done too. Most will tell you that bending forward is no longer a really bad idea. At the very least you won't feel as bunged up and groggy all of the time.

I hope it all goes well :)
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Thanks :). I'm almost looking forward to it now!
 
I've got Crohn's disease and vestibular damage (permanent dizziness). Life can be pretty damn hard to cope with at times.
 
spoonz said:
Very similar to me. Annoying isnt it :D
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Same here plus i have the added fun of having severe Glaucoma from all the steroids that the hospitals lashed on my face when i was a toddler when my skin was really bad.

Outcome stress from going blind with the Glaucoma= Skin constantly messed up= Need more steroids to control=Crap quality of life (End of rant lol).
 
Had two blood clots and nearly died from a pulminory embolism. Prior to this I had thrombophlebitus. Recoverd from these now but have to contend with asthma and copd-and have just been diagnosed with menires disease which makes my life an absolute misery. I can cope with the pain from the other ailments but theres not a lot you can do when your balance keeps "going".
 
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome here. It can have all sorts of weird side-effects which include hirsuteness, insulin insensitivity, weird menstrual pattern...

Lots of women have it to a larger or lesser degree. Personally I found my weight spiralling out of control despite being fairly active and well-behaved with food, I was getting long and over-frequent periods (bit crap when you're menstruating every other week), and I've always had a hair-lip.

Anyway, went to the doc and he agreed with my self-diagnosis, tests came back positive (including ultrasound pics taken of my ovaries to look for cysts), I got put on Metformin (usually given to Type II Diabetics), and a Pill which has anti-androgen qualities.

Thankfully now I'm pretty normal and I'm off the metformin, but I do have to keep up a higher level of activity than most people to keep my weight even. I could just eat like a fly instead but what kind of existence is that?
 
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