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PhillyPhreak54 · February 23, 2011, 03:58:58 PM

Quote from: ice grillin you on February 23, 2011, 03:31:27 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 23, 2011, 02:18:16 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 23, 2011, 01:49:20 PM
should never ever take medicine for the flu...its probably the reason you got it in the first place...body takes that shtein gets better for a bit then gets sick again because it wants more drugs

Say what? Are you some sort of indian medicine man?

I get sick I take medicine. Especially when I have to fly and didnt want my head to explode

other than the occasional baby aspirin to break a fever my parents didnt believe in medicine...i think ive been sick twice since i was a kid....and i ride mass transit everyday

ive also never had a stomach or headache in my adult life

real talk

I get the flu once a year and thats about it.

Even as a kid my only real problem was ear infections and the flu here and there. So I am relatively healthy and my farging $500 deductible precludes me from going to the doctor unless I have a damn good reason.

ice grillin you · February 23, 2011, 04:13:16 PM

Quote from: DH on February 23, 2011, 03:56:50 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 23, 2011, 03:31:27 PM
ive also never had headache in my adult life

cmon

i assume this would not include hangovers?

swear to god...nor has my brother

and you arent going to believe this either but i dont get hangovers...maybe had like 10 in my life...altho im not necessarily saying thats because i dont take medicine...because my bro gets vicious ones almost everytime he drinks a lot

DH · February 23, 2011, 04:25:57 PM

i dont get hangovers either, but i get ridiculous headaches. i went through a series of mri's back in college and they actually thought i may have had a brain tumor because i was getting them so often and intense...ending up getting a spinal tap, and the severity of them pretty much went away for a while...ill still get them from time to time though and theyre farging crippling.

ice grillin you · February 23, 2011, 04:28:56 PM

those sound like migraines...do they even count as headaches....they seem like something else all together to me (my girls mom gets them all the time)

DH · February 23, 2011, 04:33:47 PM

when i get a migraine (which now happens maybe thrice annually), its curtains. cant work, cant drive, etc. worst part is it even hurts to watch tv as the colors make it exponentially worse. truthfully, if i woke up with a migraine on a sunday in the fall, id probably miss a game.

people like to classify any bad headache by calling it a migraine. theyre two completely different things - most likely, if youre able to function, its not a migraine.

SD · February 23, 2011, 04:58:56 PM

Quote from: DH on February 23, 2011, 04:33:47 PM
when i get a migraine (which now happens maybe thrice annually), its curtains. cant work, cant drive, etc. worst part is it even hurts to watch tv as the colors make it exponentially worse. truthfully, if i woke up with a migraine on a sunday in the fall, id probably miss a game.

people like to classify any bad headache by calling it a migraine. theyre two completely different things - most likely, if youre able to function, its not a migraine.

I'm the same way and I feel your pain. I used to take Midrin which definitely helped. I find moderating my caffeine consumption, keeping extra hydrated when I'm drinking, and having Ibuprofen handy whenever I feel one coming on helps.

Seabiscuit36 · February 23, 2011, 09:33:44 PM

I never take Tylenol or Ibuprofen unless its for a fever.

DH · February 24, 2011, 09:19:49 AM

Quote from: SD on February 23, 2011, 04:58:56 PM
Quote from: DH on February 23, 2011, 04:33:47 PM
when i get a migraine (which now happens maybe thrice annually), its curtains. cant work, cant drive, etc. worst part is it even hurts to watch tv as the colors make it exponentially worse. truthfully, if i woke up with a migraine on a sunday in the fall, id probably miss a game.

people like to classify any bad headache by calling it a migraine. theyre two completely different things - most likely, if youre able to function, its not a migraine.

I'm the same way and I feel your pain. I used to take Midrin which definitely helped. I find moderating my caffeine consumption, keeping extra hydrated when I'm drinking, and having Ibuprofen handy whenever I feel one coming on helps.

i was given prescription painkillers when i was first diagnosed with them, but cant remember what it was called...the pills were the size of my fist, but gdamn, they put me in a happy place.

other than that, i find excedrin and aleve work best

smeags · February 24, 2011, 09:55:55 AM

migranes are no joke, i used to get them years back and the wife has been dealing with them for over a year now. still haven't found somethinng that helps her with them.

on the antibiotic subject, i avoid taking them at all costs pretty much kind of like i never get a flu shot.

PhillyPhreak54 · March 01, 2011, 09:22:13 PM

I got my MRI results today and was found to have a ruptured ligament in my ankle.

I have to have surgery at some point - for all the broken bones and shtein over the years I've never had to go under the knife.

Pisses me off and I am worried about being inactive for 4-5 weeks.

Seabiscuit36 · October 18, 2011, 05:43:39 PM

Did you get surgery? I was playing volleyball Sunday before the game, and came down off the sand on a hill. My right ankle rolled in, blew up immediately. Had a neighbor drive me back home, watched the birds game, then went to the ER. Its now tuesday, the pain i'm getting is primarily on the inside part of the ankle, underneath the ball. I'm thinking i tore that ligament, but i'm not sure.

Going to an Ortho thursday at the ER's recommendation. They didnt find a break, but said there was more going on based on the size of everything, and the pain. Kinda wondering if i really have to do the surgery rout, what my expectations are

hbionic · October 18, 2011, 05:48:01 PM

R.I.P.

Sgt PSN · October 18, 2011, 05:59:12 PM

Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on October 18, 2011, 05:43:39 PM
Kinda wondering if i really have to do the surgery rout, what my expectations are

PhillyPhreak54 · October 18, 2011, 06:24:28 PM

SB - yep I had it on 10 August and it was successful. They ended up repairing the ATF ligament which I'd damaged even worse since the diagnosis. I also had some bone chips and cartilage damage.

It sounds like that's what you did as that's the ligament that suffers when you roll the ankle badly.

I was on crutches for two weeks and in one of those big walking boots for six weeks.

I'm able to walk good and it feels good but can't run or lift on it yet...I can only ride the exercise bike for cardio.

Seabiscuit36 · October 18, 2011, 06:48:01 PM

farg. I was shocked it wasnt broken after the xrays. shtein blew up like rjs's toilet on a monday after an eagles game.
Here's what i was looking at during the game

and today

the worst pain when i put pressure on it is just under the ball on the inside, where there is some ligament. Its really swollen up in a ball so i'm not sure if its a full rupture or whatever. Not happy at all.