What a time to be alive...

[Paul in NZ]

As previously posted - on friday I ended up with a foot infection which for me (type 1 diabetes) can be a big deal.

I'd ignored it (well I rubbed in some left over cream in the bathroom - I think it was for worms but it had a red cross on the packet) and I was feeling pretty sick. In fact - I could feel the burning up my leg which, from watching old movies was a sure sign the venom was spreading. Well maybe not but when i drove home at lunchtime to go to the doctors I pulled over for a spit at one stage - I was a sick puppy.

Magic ointment and a massive dose of antibiotics and 3 hours later I'm a different chap.

Few days later - feel great - bit of dried up skin is the only sign.

Being on insulin I know that 100 years ago - I'd be well dead by now anyway but to me this is a small miracle. Before WW1 a small infection like that could have killed me and now, $50 and I'm on top of the world.....

What an age we live in....

[ManDownUnder]

Welcome back.

[mstriumph]

thanks, PNZ .... i needed a 'happy ending' story right about now :yes:

glad you are ok!!

[phantom]

With you there Paul, just today was reflecting with workmates that not too many years ago my heart attck would have killed me instead of just knocking me back for a few weeks:scooter:

[Lissa]

Good to hear you are ok. My dad has diabetes and other health problems, so glad we live in the age we do. Infact he even joked I could pillion him oneday.... hes thinks I'm joking but I'll pillion him around the house when hes back on feet again. :D

[riffer]

Yeah, bloody Type I diabetes.

I got a dead hair in my beard about four weeks ago. As usual, it got infected. Which drove my blood sugars up. Which fed the infection.

End result - a bloody great gap in the beard and a huge spot on my chin.

Dammit - I'm not going to get any antibiotics - I'm fighting this sucker, even if its making me feel like shit.

Increased the Humulin to 80 units morning and night now. And the Humalog's usage is going through the roof - and we just had an afternoon tea at work - mmmmm pies for afternoon tea!!!!

[crashe]

Glad to hear you are ok Paul.:yes:

Infact both Paul and Riffer....... you boys take it easy...... and look after yourselves better.:yes:

[Colapop]

It was a white tail spider - they're responsible for everything!

[Paul in NZ]

I have started... The ironic thing is - I picked up the infection in the shower at the bloody gym... Quite funny really.

But seriously - its too easy to focus on the bad stuff. Look around us - what an age to live in...

[Paul in NZ]

Yeah, bloody Type I diabetes.

I got a dead hair in my beard about four weeks ago. As usual, it got infected. Which drove my blood sugars up. Which fed the infection.

Had the same thing happen to me. Except no beard to hide the lump under my chin and a customer call to go on... It looked like I was spawning a small moon... Eventually dug the bastard thing out - messy....

[bistard]

See that will teach you for going to a GYM!!,I have been telling my wife for ages now,that GYMs are bad places & they are bad for you
I stick to my lazyboy recliner at home

[Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)]

Good you are ok now - I have just been learning about the many side effects of Diabetes! My mother has injections every day - so I get my bloods done often.
Last nite I was getting a takeaway coffee in Manners Mall and a guy beside me was shaking, white as a sheet - I heard his friend telling him his levels were very low - and he was telling him to drink the oj, eat etc.
It's good to learn about these things - at least you know a little if you have to help someone.

[Steam]

I would have died twice already, if I had not had modern medical science helping me. GO GO MODERN MEDICINE!

[Whynot]

Last year my appendix decided its time was up and exploded ....
luckily i was already in the hospital getting ready to get it taken out.

I would also not be around anymore if it happened a hundred years ago or i was in a third world country :mellow:

[Squeak the Rat]

Now that you are ok..... worm-cream? :rofl:

But hell yeah, we take a lot for granted and it's good to reflect on that. Half the population doesn't even remember the cold war (no, that's not a war between Iceland and the Eskimo's)

[Steam]

Mind you, there will be no humans left alive in 50 years, and it will be modern medical science's fault.

How long do ya reckon it'll take before some Islamic Fanatic or Christian Millenialist nutter splices together Ebola and the cold virus? Or HIV and the cold?
All it takes is a modestly equipped biology lab, found in any universtity around the world, and in tens of thousands of company labs.

Some scientist already did it with Polio and the Cold virus for research purposes, but deactivated the part of the virus which did the replication, or something like that.

It's just a matter of time, get your kicks while you can...

[Paul in NZ]

Now that you are ok..... worm-cream? :rofl:

Of course. All men in our family know that almost anything up to amputation can be cured by rooting around in the bottom of bathroom drawers and applying expired creams. You see our theory is that ALL creams from the docs come out of one big jar and they just change the label to get you to buy more. Whats worse - since pennicillin (sp) is based on a mould - it never expires - logically, the mouldier it gets the more powerful it gets.

Women of the family dispute this theory - often violently but we continue on in our quest.

The mistake I made was having a sore foot, I was not keen on hobbling all the way to our bathroom so I stupidly went to the closest drawer that i knew had ointments. Sadly it was where Vicki now stores the animal remedies. Apparently our family theory does not work across species.

[Paul in NZ]

Mind you, there will be no humans left alive in 50 years, and it will be modern medical science's fault. ...

No - it's already happened - as far as i can see there are very few humans left now. Everyone else has sold their souls to the internet.

[car]

Magic ointment and a massive dose of antibiotics and 3 hours later I'm a different chap.

I love the instant-wellness that antibiotics bring. With everything else, you've got this long drawn-out battle to fight, so slow and incremental that you don't really notice any improvement. Antibiotics just go *bam* and within hours it's game-on.


What an age we live in....

Aye. Back in the mid '80s I got a ride on one of the first medical magnetic resonance imaging machines in the UK, or so the consultant told me. Consequently, I haven't spent the last twenty years in a wheelchair.

Result!

Still, I could get hit by a bus tomorrow.

[Paul in NZ]

Still, I could get hit by a bus tomorrow.

In Central Otago?

[Squeak the Rat]

It's just a matter of time, get your kicks while you can...

None of this doom and gloom chap, we'll be off planet by then, the peasants can rot while we enjoy sunsets overlooking the venusian horizon.....

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?p=858762#post858762

[car]

In Central Otago?

Every fifth vehicle is a bus crammed full of people, come out to see all the purty rocks and water.

[Paul in NZ]

Every fifth vehicle is a bus crammed full of people, come out to see all the purty rocks and water.

Ah yes - road maggots and tour busses...

[Hitcher]

I thought I had warned you of the dangers of personal hygiene. And fucking gyms.

[elle-f]

Awesome to hear things are on the up and up. Bloody take care will ya. I have an appointment with the podiatrist in January - same thing - diabetes but Type 2 and i too say OMG if i was living 100 years ago i might not have type 2 - damned macdonalds..........easy eating.........blah blah *L*

Cheers and have a great night :)

[Paul in NZ]

I thought I had warned you of the dangers of personal hygiene. And fucking gyms.

Hey - MY relationship with the gym is purely physical... erm.. non sexua.. um normal... Besides, my personal trainer warned me people would be jealous - he told me to kick sand in their faces....