Getting old sucks

[SHOOTER12 8810]

On 12/31/2023 at 4:46 PM, SHOOTER12 said:

What worries me is that while it feels exactly like prior RC injuries  I've got additional things going on. Super sharp pains running all the way down my arm, and any movement of my arm causes hellacious cracking and popping throughout my shoulder area. Even pain and stiffness up that side of my neck. 

 

On 12/31/2023 at 6:15 PM, SurlyGator said:

You need pictures, Shooter.  X-Ray pictures.  MRI pictures.  Lots of pictures.  Sorry man.

Well fuck.

Just got back from UTHC, totally screwed again. Multiple major tears, irreparable except for reverse shoulder replacement AGAIN. Just about ready to give it up. Life isn't supposed to be this way, I've been through fucking enough already. Scheduled for February 8th.

[thunderlounge 7866]

Hang in there man.  This too shall pass. 
 

I’m about to look for a new primary care doc. What comes after isn’t going to be fun, and why I keep putting it off. Probably not a good idea, but in a humble admission, I’m pretty much a 5yo when it comes to that shit. Terrifies me. 

[RPM 26322]

On 1/7/2024 at 9:10 AM, Mother mopar said:

Here's to gabapentin in hopes it makes it a bit better.

I take it 3x a day for nerve pain in my feet. It definitely helps.

[Crapinon 2257]

23 hours ago, thunderlounge said:

Hang in there man.  This too shall pass. 
 

I’m about to look for a new primary care doc. What comes after isn’t going to be fun, and why I keep putting it off. Probably not a good idea, but in a humble admission, I’m pretty much a 5yo when it comes to that shit. Terrifies me. 

I just has to get a new PC because mine retired. I ended up going to a guy who was 3 years behind my youngest daughter in school. I feel really old

[Mother mopar 3319]

I take it 3x a day for nerve pain in my feet. It definitely helps.

Good to hear, I'm on a small dosage (100mg) a day for a week then go to 2x a day. Doc mentioned we have plenty of room to play with rewarding strength.

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

 Turn 54 in a few months.  I'm overall having a great time and my only desire is for time to standstill a bit a more these days.  Mortality bothers me, but what can you do.

A few pages/months back I saw some folks talking about soreness and working out.  I'm going to shamelessly recommend pliability.com.  It is basically 'slow' yoga (sometimes called yin I believe) where you hold a pose for a few minutes at a time.  Think long static stretches.  Has made a difference for me, for sure.  Ease into it if you're new.  Oh, and this is a referral link for 2 weeks free, and I think I get rich if anyone signs up and pays for it:  : https://pliability.com/app/signup?referral=dae4710e5  Mainly putting it there for the two weeks free so you can see if you like it or not.  I don't put much faith in the 'extras' like the mobility test or what not, but the routines themselves have helped me greatly.

I do weights 3x a week these days (some weeks 2x).  Some light cardio in the gym when it is winter.  Skateboard and snowboard.  Sometimes mountain bike (need to get more on that this summer) and stand up paddle board.  Weight is in healthy range, BP is fine, Diet mostly healthy.  Cholesterol however went up every year no matter what I did, so now I'm on a statin. 

Also had that calcium CT score and I'm so jealous of all of you with zeroes.  Mine was 135.  Statin has brought my cholesterol levels in check so hopefully that helps in the long run.

First one I was on did not work out for me in terms of mental health.  Really bad effects after a few days on it.  Switched to atorvastatin and has been fine.

Take care everyone.  Oh, and I'm reading a book titled "Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live."  Might be worth looking into.

 

[Newdoc 3448]

17 minutes ago, MC Fresh Breath said:

Turn 54 in a few months.  I'm overall having a great time and my only desire is for time to standstill a bit a more these days. 

This is how you humble brag on this thread. Well done sir.

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

Oops, does seem that way.  But yeah, I feel like I'm at a good point and do wish I could freeze time.

Edited January 11 by MC Fresh Breath

[mchookem 16336]

i don't visit this thread because DAMMIT I'M NOT OLD and also i doubt any of y'all are discussing perimenopausal symptoms lol... but thought it might be a good place to ask...

anybody have experience with cardiac ablation for afib? 

in 2020 i started having intermittent bouts of afib that correlated with instances of high alcohol usage (i.e. parties and such) around my menstrual cycle. very likely hormone related (thus the perimenopause mention). it was inconsistent and i saw my pcp in Austin multiple times over about two years, with ekg, echo, etc...he could never detect it during those times. 

then we moved to Denver and the altitude and continuing hormonal changes seems to have made it 'persistent'...i was hiking at about 9k last summer and suddenly realized i felt like i was literally gonna pass out. it was pretty scary...got a pcp here soon after and boom - persistent afib. no other health issues, just my heart freaking out.

i barely drink anymore, and i'm still not fully menopausal (fuck this fucking bullshit, fuck! lol). 

anyways...i had the cardioversion (hard 'reboot') back in November...lasted about three weeks, which is not actually abnormal. so now we're discussing ablasion.

i'm feeling reluctant bc the thought of, like, burning shit and creating scar tissue on purpose inside my heart is kinda just freaking me out 😳 but i'm still pretty young...had a long meeting with cardiac specialist this week and went thru all the options... there are medications but there's longterm drawbacks there as well. and i just really don't want to be on any permanent meds at this point if i can help it...my mom had to carry around an index card front/back with all her meds so she could just remember them, and you can't convince me the toxic damage from some of that shit didn't contribute heavily to her demise.

i dunno...my dad also has afib for like 10 years now and is basically just of 'live with it' mindset...but he's 76, not 53. 

so that's more words than i intended, but basically i guess i'm asking if anybody has had their heart cauterized and how was it? 🤔😐

[tigol 2398]

i don't visit this thread because DAMMIT I'M NOT OLD and also i doubt any of y'all are discussing perimenopausal symptoms lol... but thought it might be a good place to ask...
anybody have experience with cardiac ablation for afib? 
in 2020 i started having intermittent bouts of afib that correlated with instances of high alcohol usage (i.e. parties and such) around my menstrual cycle. very likely hormone related (thus the perimenopause mention). it was inconsistent and i saw my pcp in Austin multiple times over about two years, with ekg, echo, etc...he could never detect it during those times. 
then we moved to Denver and the altitude and continuing hormonal changes seems to have made it 'persistent'...i was hiking at about 9k last summer and suddenly realized i felt like i was literally gonna pass out. it was pretty scary...got a pcp here soon after and boom - persistent afib. no other health issues, just my heart freaking out.
i barely drink anymore, and i'm still not fully menopausal (fuck this fucking bullshit, fuck! lol). 
anyways...i had the cardioversion (hard 'reboot') back in November...lasted about three weeks, which is not actually abnormal. so now we're discussing ablasion.
i'm feeling reluctant bc the thought of, like, burning shit and creating scar tissue on purpose inside my heart is kinda just freaking me out but i'm still pretty young...had a long meeting with cardiac specialist this week and went thru all the options... there are medications but there's longterm drawbacks there as well. and i just really don't want to be on any permanent meds at this point if i can help it...my mom had to carry around an index card front/back with all her meds so she could just remember them, and you can't convince me the toxic damage from some of that shit didn't contribute heavily to her demise.
i dunno...my dad also has afib for like 10 years now and is basically just of 'live with it' mindset...but he's 76, not 53. 
so that's more words than i intended, but basically i guess i'm asking if anybody has had their heart cauterized and how was it?

I’m just starting down the fucked up perimenopausal road, as documented in the mental health thread, and estrogen deficiency will fuck with your heart rhythms big time and it’s rarely discussed.

Just posting to say that I’m with on this journey with you. I’d look for a menopause specialist in your area first and get your symptoms checked out by them.

[nnm 36443]

30 minutes ago, mchookem said:

i don't visit this thread because DAMMIT I'M NOT OLD and also i doubt any of y'all are discussing perimenopausal symptoms lol... but thought it might be a good place to ask...

anybody have experience with cardiac ablation for afib? 

in 2020 i started having intermittent bouts of afib that correlated with instances of high alcohol usage (i.e. parties and such) around my menstrual cycle. very likely hormone related (thus the perimenopause mention). it was inconsistent and i saw my pcp in Austin multiple times over about two years, with ekg, echo, etc...he could never detect it during those times. 

then we moved to Denver and the altitude and continuing hormonal changes seems to have made it 'persistent'...i was hiking at about 9k last summer and suddenly realized i felt like i was literally gonna pass out. it was pretty scary...got a pcp here soon after and boom - persistent afib. no other health issues, just my heart freaking out.

i barely drink anymore, and i'm still not fully menopausal (fuck this fucking bullshit, fuck! lol). 

anyways...i had the cardioversion (hard 'reboot') back in November...lasted about three weeks, which is not actually abnormal. so now we're discussing ablasion.

i'm feeling reluctant bc the thought of, like, burning shit and creating scar tissue on purpose inside my heart is kinda just freaking me out 😳 but i'm still pretty young...had a long meeting with cardiac specialist this week and went thru all the options... there are medications but there's longterm drawbacks there as well. and i just really don't want to be on any permanent meds at this point if i can help it...my mom had to carry around an index card front/back with all her meds so she could just remember them, and you can't convince me the toxic damage from some of that shit didn't contribute heavily to her demise.

i dunno...my dad also has afib for like 10 years now and is basically just of 'live with it' mindset...but he's 76, not 53. 

so that's more words than i intended, but basically i guess i'm asking if anybody has had their heart cauterized and how was it? 🤔😐

My mother had two ablations. They were life changing. She dealt with afib for years and tried to manage it with medication, etc.  The medicine knocked her down. Made her extremely sluggish and severely impacted her life. 
We were very reluctant to do the ablation because we have hemophilia in our family. A surgery described as burning and scraping the heart freaked me and my siblings the f out.  My mom was only a carrier of the hemophilia gene, but she still had lower than normal factor levels and had some bleeding episodes in the past. 
She went ahead and did it despite our objections because she just couldn’t live her life the way it was. She was extremely active, gardening and walking at least 5 miles a day up until a few months before she died last year, as well as caring for my Alzheimer’s dad until his death 2 years ago. 
The ablation went perfectly and changed her life. She got off of all the medication and was able to go back to her very full, active life. 
It was great for about 10 years and then she had to have it repeated. That was good for another 3-4 years until she died of unrelated issues. 
Purely anecdotal, but I encourage it now. 

[CatManDo 205]

Hey mchookem, I can share some of my experiences with cardiac ablation procedures for afib.  I'm a 64 year old male, and I've experienced afib most of my adult life.  In my 40s it began to occur more frequently, so my cardiologist had me taking flecainide as a "pill in the pocket" whenever an afib event would occur...the flecainide would usually return me to normal rhythm within a day.  It finally reached a point where the afib was occurring very frequently, so in 2011 (when I was 52) I had the cardiac ablation procedure...it kept me basically afib-free for the following 2 years, but by the end of year 3 the afib had returned fairly frequently.  The flecainide would generally help, but by early 2022, I started having extended afib events and medication was not helping any longer.  So in September 2022, I had another ablation procedure, and I have been totally afib free since then (1-1/2 years, cross my fingers).  I've been told that sometimes multiple ablation procedures are needed, but my cardiologist seems confident that with the recent ablation my afib has been permanently eliminated.  If you're in the Austin area, I highly recommend Dr. Paul Coffeen with the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia group...he performed both of my ablations.  In my old age, I have developed PAC (premature atrial contractions) which is basically an occasional skipped heart beat, but the doctors tell me that is fairly common for us older folks and is not related to my past afib.

I've been lurking on Shag and Surly going back to the Malikmas days (2015), and have been wanting to begin posting some, so you're afib post was the one that finally drew me out.  As an old guy, I'll definitely be posting on this thread fairly often, I'm also well-experienced with the colonoscopy procedures (I've had 6 or 7 so far).  I'm a 1982 UT architectural engineering graduate, and have been a diehard Longhorn fan since I was in 3rd grade (when I first really began understanding sports), and I was totally hooked after the 1969 national championship.

And yes, I like cats, that's our girl Boo in my profile picture.

I hope this helps!

[KaiserSoze 998]

1 hour ago, mchookem said:

 

in 2020 i started having intermittent bouts of afib that correlated with instances of high alcohol usage😐

A good friend of mine started experiencing this a few years back (in his late 50s) typically after drinking even if not that much. After weighing the pros/cons of meds vs. ablation he went with the ablation surgery. It has been ~3 years now and all good- no issues since the procedure. 

[Dennis Taylor 18830]

2 hours ago, KaiserSoze said:

A good friend of mine started experiencing this a few years back (in his late 50s) typically after drinking even if not that much. After weighing the pros/cons of meds vs. ablation he went with the ablation surgery. It has been ~3 years now and all good- no issues since the procedure. 

How's his drinking?

[SurlyGator 865]

6 hours ago, mchookem said:

i don't visit this thread because DAMMIT I'M NOT OLD and also i doubt any of y'all are discussing perimenopausal symptoms lol... but thought it might be a good place to ask...

anybody have experience with cardiac ablation for afib? 

in 2020 i started having intermittent bouts of afib that correlated with instances of high alcohol usage (i.e. parties and such) around my menstrual cycle. very likely hormone related (thus the perimenopause mention). it was inconsistent and i saw my pcp in Austin multiple times over about two years, with ekg, echo, etc...he could never detect it during those times. 

then we moved to Denver and the altitude and continuing hormonal changes seems to have made it 'persistent'...i was hiking at about 9k last summer and suddenly realized i felt like i was literally gonna pass out. it was pretty scary...got a pcp here soon after and boom - persistent afib. no other health issues, just my heart freaking out.

i barely drink anymore, and i'm still not fully menopausal (fuck this fucking bullshit, fuck! lol). 

anyways...i had the cardioversion (hard 'reboot') back in November...lasted about three weeks, which is not actually abnormal. so now we're discussing ablasion.

i'm feeling reluctant bc the thought of, like, burning shit and creating scar tissue on purpose inside my heart is kinda just freaking me out 😳 but i'm still pretty young...had a long meeting with cardiac specialist this week and went thru all the options... there are medications but there's longterm drawbacks there as well. and i just really don't want to be on any permanent meds at this point if i can help it...my mom had to carry around an index card front/back with all her meds so she could just remember them, and you can't convince me the toxic damage from some of that shit didn't contribute heavily to her demise.

i dunno...my dad also has afib for like 10 years now and is basically just of 'live with it' mindset...but he's 76, not 53. 

so that's more words than i intended, but basically i guess i'm asking if anybody has had their heart cauterized and how was it? 🤔😐

I work in the arrhythmia industry (pacemaker/ICD sales) and work with some finominole EP with very high success rates in A-Fib ablation.  I highly recommend the procedure, assuming you aren't older than ArmyBrat.  I even know a graduate from the EP fellowship program I work with here that is in practice in Denver.  PM me if you want a name.

 

15 years ago I would have said it's too new, no long term data, etc.  That procedure is legit if you are in the hands of a high volume ablater.  Do your homework, but do it.

[Brisketexan 105156]

i don't visit this thread because DAMMIT I'M NOT OLD and also i doubt any of y'all are discussing perimenopausal symptoms lol... but thought it might be a good place to ask...
anybody have experience with cardiac ablation for afib? 
in 2020 i started having intermittent bouts of afib that correlated with instances of high alcohol usage (i.e. parties and such) around my menstrual cycle. very likely hormone related (thus the perimenopause mention). it was inconsistent and i saw my pcp in Austin multiple times over about two years, with ekg, echo, etc...he could never detect it during those times. 
then we moved to Denver and the altitude and continuing hormonal changes seems to have made it 'persistent'...i was hiking at about 9k last summer and suddenly realized i felt like i was literally gonna pass out. it was pretty scary...got a pcp here soon after and boom - persistent afib. no other health issues, just my heart freaking out.
i barely drink anymore, and i'm still not fully menopausal (fuck this fucking bullshit, fuck! lol). 
anyways...i had the cardioversion (hard 'reboot') back in November...lasted about three weeks, which is not actually abnormal. so now we're discussing ablasion.
i'm feeling reluctant bc the thought of, like, burning shit and creating scar tissue on purpose inside my heart is kinda just freaking me out but i'm still pretty young...had a long meeting with cardiac specialist this week and went thru all the options... there are medications but there's longterm drawbacks there as well. and i just really don't want to be on any permanent meds at this point if i can help it...my mom had to carry around an index card front/back with all her meds so she could just remember them, and you can't convince me the toxic damage from some of that shit didn't contribute heavily to her demise.
i dunno...my dad also has afib for like 10 years now and is basically just of 'live with it' mindset...but he's 76, not 53. 
so that's more words than i intended, but basically i guess i'm asking if anybody has had their heart cauterized and how was it?

I had it done a year ago - I’m your age. I’d had afib episodes with increasing frequency (resolved with cardioversion). Didn’t like getting shocked 2-3 times a year, my doc (here in Austin, Kessler) didn’t like it either. He recommended ablation, has done a jillion. Just had my own year follow up, no episodes since surgery. An occasional skipped beat, but he says that’s normal, let’s stay the course.

[DalTxHornFan 3106]

9 hours ago, MC Fresh Breath said:

 Turn 54 in a few months.  I'm overall having a great time and my only desire is for time to standstill a bit a more these days.  Mortality bothers me, but what can y

 

 

Time Stand Still -- RIP Neil Peart:  

 

 

[KaiserSoze 998]

3 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

How's his drinking?

Same as before

[mininghorn88 2293]

I have SVT. I lived with it for a number of years with no treatment as the episodes were very infrequent. Dehydration was sometimes a trigger for it so I tried to stay hydrated. Over time the episodes increased and I took Metoprolol to control it for a few years with no side affects. Eventually the meds did not work as well and I began to have episodes again so I elected to have an ablation. I had the procedure done this past March. Glad I did it despite putting it off because of the concern of having my heart messed with.

I was semi-conscious during the procedure. I could feel them changing my heart rate. I also remember developing a horrible itch on my leg that I kept trying to scratch and they ended up restraining my hands. Also recall talking a bit during it as well. Just went to the cardiologist yesterday and they have reduced my visits to once a year instead of twice a year.

I am 57 and am very active and have not slowed down at all prior to or after the procedure.

[mchookem 16336]

well thanks guys...ngl, y'alls feedback is making me think again, possibly differently 🤔 which...is why i asked! 

lol 😊 appreciate the info and experience sharing, thanks!

 

[Armybrat 40851]

[Underdog 28711]

 

[Bozo_Casanova 26488]

On 1/11/2024 at 9:04 PM, Brisketexan said:

I had it done a year ago - I’m your age. I’d had afib episodes with increasing frequency (resolved with cardioversion).

If I ever get cardioversion I’m going to get a  CTRL-ALT-DEL tattoo on my chest

[Brisketexan 105156]

If I ever get cardioversion I’m going to get a  CTRL-ALT-DEL tattoo on my chest

That was of course the running joke I had with my doc. “Reboot me, but if you get the spinny wheel thing, reboot me again.”

[ROFL BOX 6649]

[ROFL BOX 6649]

[Jerry Callo 8704]

3 minutes ago, ROFL BOX said:

The clear move is to go for the hand holding the walker.  Touché motherfucker.

[High Plains Drifter 11050]

On 1/6/2024 at 11:44 AM, nnm said:

Since I’m still feeling pretty crummy from the Rona last month, lingering cough, tired, etc., I figured I was going to have a crappy weekend anyway, so why not get my flu shot and 2nd shingles shot. Got them yesterday afternoon. 
Now I feel like I really do have the flu. This stinks. 

 

On 1/7/2024 at 8:52 AM, Jerry Callo said:

On 1/6/2024 at 11:44 AM, nnm said:

Since I’m still feeling pretty crummy from the Rona last month, lingering cough, tired, etc., I figured I was going to have a crappy weekend anyway, so why not get my flu shot and 2nd shingles shot. Got them yesterday afternoon. 
Now I feel like I really do have the flu. This stinks. 

That second shingles shot really sucked.

 

That shingles shot is no joke. Sorest shoulder and worst general feeling like shit I ever had after a vax. 

 

[locodos 5387]

1 hour ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

 

That shingles shot is no joke. Sorest shoulder and worst general feeling like shit I ever had after a vax. 

 

yeah but universally better than the shingles.   

csb: The nurse who was gave me the shot told me the symptoms would be rough, but then she shared that for her 50th B-day she was getting the shingles vax.  Evidently she had worked in a clinic and her experience with pain management in shingles patients meant she was going to ANYTHING to avoid getting them, including spending her birthday feeling a bit low.

[HouTex 1878]

6 minutes ago, locodos said:

yeah but universally better than the shingles.   

csb: The nurse who was gave me the shot told me the symptoms would be rough, but then she shared that for her 50th B-day she was getting the shingles vax.  Evidently she had worked in a clinic and her experience with pain management in shingles patients meant she was going to ANYTHING to avoid getting them, including spending her birthday feeling a bit low.

This.  And the shingrix shots are very effective.  I got shingles before it was available and I was too young for the old, not very effective, shot, and as soon as shingrix hit the market my doctor said to get the two shots asap.  I know a guy who has diminished eye sight in one eye from shingles.  

[Armybrat 40851]

Went to the clinic this morning to have the tech nurse do a function check & adjustment on my new pacemaker.
While she was fiddling with the control gadget I played a trick by suddenly grabbing my chest and flopped around a bit. 
Her eyes got real big and was about to say something until I started chuckling and said “just kidding!” 
While my wife was cracking up, the nurse tech admitted the gag really had her going for a minute, and said no patient had ever played that one before. Lol

[Dennis Taylor 18830]

4 hours ago, HouTex said:

This.  And the shingrix shots are very effective.  I got shingles before it was available and I was too young for the old, not very effective, shot, and as soon as shingrix hit the market my doctor said to get the two shots asap.  I know a guy who has diminished eye sight in one eye from shingles.  

You can get shingles multiple times?

[Armybrat 40851]

6 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

You can get shingles multiple times?

Yes.

[thunderlounge 7866]

When you get a shot that makes your veins feel like they are filled with fresh lava, let me know. 
 

25 years later and I can still vividly remember that feeling. It. Sucked. 

[Scheiss Meister 8408]

4 hours ago, HouTex said:

This.  And the shingrix shots are very effective.  I got shingles before it was available and I was too young for the old, not very effective, shot, and as soon as shingrix hit the market my doctor said to get the two shots asap.  I know a guy who has diminished eye sight in one eye from shingles.  

I had a co-worker who is a Vietnam vet.  He was shot twice and stabbed once while there.  He had a shingles episode that he said hurt worse than all three wounds combined.  That episode nearly blinded his left eye.  The doctors were worried that the virus would travel up his optic nerve into his brain and cause damage there, but it did not, thank God. 

We, of course, told him that anyone who got wounded three times couldn't possibly have a brain, so he was in no danger there.

[HouTex 1878]

29 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

When you get a shot that makes your veins feel like they are filled with fresh lava, let me know. 
 

25 years later and I can still vividly remember that feeling. It. Sucked. 

Was that the old shingles shot?  The new one (double shots) has been out for 5 years or so and it also hurts going in.  I also had cold/flu symptoms that kicked in around 12 hours after both shots.  But it didn’t last too long and it shouldn’t prevent people from getting the shingrix shots.  

[Mother mopar 3319]

When you get a shot that makes your veins feel like they are filled with fresh lava, let me know. 
 
25 years later and I can still vividly remember that feeling. It. Sucked. 

This sounds like anthrax series shots I got in the military.

[locodos 5387]

35 minutes ago, Scheiss Meister said:

I had a co-worker who is a Vietnam vet.  He was shot twice and stabbed once while there.  He had a shingles episode that he said hurt worse than all three wounds combined.  That episode nearly blinded his left eye.  The doctors were worried that the virus would travel up his optic nerve into his brain and cause damage there, but it did not, thank God. 

We, of course, told him that anyone who got wounded three times couldn't possibly have a brain, so he was in no danger there.

It's been my experience even the manliest of men who have had shingles get a little animated talking about the experience.  One of my father's friends is a commercial fisherman, he famously lost some fingers working the wench on a haul siene, he just put the fingers in the fish box and kept going till his guys dragged him to the hospital.   He doesn't talk about that, but will tell you about his bout of shingles!

[RPM 26322]

15 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Went to the clinic this morning to have the tech nurse do a function check & adjustment on my new pacemaker.
While she was fiddling with the control gadget I played a trick by suddenly grabbing my chest and flopped around a bit. 
Her eyes got real big and was about to say something until I started chuckling and said “just kidding!” 
While my wife was cracking up, the nurse tech admitted the gag really had her going for a minute, and said no patient had ever played that one before. Lol

You're lucky you didn't hear them yell "CLEAR!"

[thunderlounge 7866]

16 hours ago, Mother mopar said:

This sounds like anthrax series shots I got in the military.

 

Bingo!

3 days of fire veins sucked, very much bad. 

[locodos 5387]

5 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

 

Bingo!

3 days of fire veins sucked, very much bad. 

Doesn't sound so bad to me!

[Shoxthemonkey 1981]

16 hours ago, locodos said:

It's been my experience even the manliest of men who have had shingles get a little animated talking about the experience.  One of my father's friends is a commercial fisherman, he famously lost some fingers working the wench on a haul siene, he just put the fingers in the fish box and kept going till his guys dragged him to the hospital.   He doesn't talk about that, but will tell you about his bout of shingles!

Musta been a bad bitch.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

20 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

You can get shingles multiple times?

Don't worry, after the first couple of times you'll probably just kill yourself

[Elvis 3371]

Shingles.  Fuck that.  My dad RIP got shingles inside his eyeball.  Yeah, he had shingles on his retina.  It was awefull. He had this schedule of something like 14 eye drops a day, 4 or 5 different types of drops. I would have probably killed myself if that was me.  

 

I'm 45 and I had chicken pox when I was a kid like everyone else.  Does the shingles vacine actually work to prevent shingles?  How does that work?  I would rather not have to kill myself over eyeball shingles in my golden years.

[Newdoc 3448]

On 1/11/2024 at 8:32 PM, SurlyGator said:

if you are in the hands of a high volume ablater.

So you’re telling us teenage guys are the ones needing to do this procedure?

[HouTex 1878]

10 hours ago, Elvis said:

Shingles.  Fuck that.  My dad RIP got shingles inside his eyeball.  Yeah, he had shingles on his retina.  It was awefull. He had this schedule of something like 14 eye drops a day, 4 or 5 different types of drops. I would have probably killed myself if that was me.  

 

I'm 45 and I had chicken pox when I was a kid like everyone else.  Does the shingles vacine actually work to prevent shingles?  How does that work?  I would rather not have to kill myself over eyeball shingles in my golden years.

The new Shingrix vaccine (a two shot vaccine over a couple of months) is very effective.  I believe over 90% effective.   It prevents you from getting shingles.  If you had chicken pox you have a 1/3 chance of getting shingles.  I was somewhat lucky when I got it.  It was in a shitty (literally) location but it wasn’t as painful as it could have been.  I caught it early and was given antibiotics and the pain was gone in a couple of days and the rash was gone in about a week.  The new vaccine became available about 6 months or so after I had shingles and I got the shots asap.  That was about 6 years ago and so far so good.  

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1 hour ago, HouTex said:

The new Shingrix vaccine (a two shot vaccine over a couple of months) is very effective.  I believe over 90% effective.   It prevents you from getting shingles.  If you had chicken pox you have a 1/3 chance of getting shingles.  I was somewhat lucky when I got it.  It was in a shitty (literally) location but it wasn’t as painful as it could have been.  I caught it early and was given antibiotics and the pain was gone in a couple of days and the rash was gone in about a week.  The new vaccine became available about 6 months or so after I had shingles and I got the shots asap.  That was about 6 years ago and so far so good.  

I got this 2 shot regimen and they were the 2 most painful shots I've ever gotten and I felt like shit for the next 2 days. But I'd do it again to avoid getting shingles. I've heard horror stories from people who've had it. 

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Good skit from Gervais.  

 

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On 1/9/2024 at 11:32 AM, RPM said:

I take it 3x a day for nerve pain in my feet. It definitely helps.

Neuropathic pain maybe, stupid Doctors are using instead of opiates for actual pain. This is a very bad idea but medical boards target us for overuse of pain medication which apparently includes when we use pain meds for non cancer patients.

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4 minutes ago, beer said:

Neuropathic pain maybe,

That's why I take it. Stopped the tingling/numbness in my feet to some degree. There's no high like opioids. Never considered it a pain killer.