The hypertension, high blood pressure club ?

[Seadog]

Foul muck

 

[roofman]

I can attest to that with steroids cetainly. Prednisolone is the panacea for joint issues. but loosing calcium (teeth, bones) and a detached bicep later I'm off them and coping so-so.
Still takes my mind of my 'dicky ticker'...'Allo!..Allo!' Pacemaker due on 29th bionic then. Welding? Change to a knitting forum? Brass rubbing? Carpentry? Zeppelin repairs?

How long was you on Prednisolone for mate?....i've had aching joints since my Rona jabs and recently started taking 10mg a day and its cured me, doctor wont give me anymore so i buy online from India and they come in a plain envelope within 10 days.

 

[ajlelectronics]

Foul muck

That's middle age spread according to the adverts though.

 

[prepman]

How long was you on Prednisolone for mate?....i've had aching joints since my Rona jabs and recently started taking 10mg a day and its cured me, doctor wont give me anymore so i buy online from India and they come in a plain envelope within 10 days.

2 years on 20mg/d/ Tried coming off a number of times....very slowly 4 or 5th attempt made it.
They're bad news. My rheumatologist said ther's no such thing as a free lunch. Sister-inlaw was on 10 came off (slowly) symptoms back, then on 20 came off, symptoms back. Now she's on 40mg/d. We're all in 70's. They're not intended for long term use. They are immune suppressants also. Not good stuff. My problems came on suddenly at almost bang on 70. Crp 135! Suicidal with it. A year with no treatment. Stronger and stronger pain killers which caused other issues. Put on prednisolone and it was like being re-born. But not something for the long term. Got slight discomfort now for which I take Tramadol very occassionally.
PS still have to take Alendronic acid and Adcal for a further 2 ys.
PSS. slowly is reducing by 1mg/month max.

 

[roofman]

2 years on 20mg/d/ Tried coming off a number of times....very slowly 4 or 5th attempt made it.
They're bad news. My rheumatologist said ther's no such thing as a free lunch. Sister-inlaw was on 10 came off (slowly) symptoms back, then on 20 came off, symptoms back. Now she's on 40mg/d. We're all in 70's. They're not intended for long term use. They are immune suppressants also. Not good stuff. My problems came on suddenly at almost bang on 70. Crp 135! Suicidal with it. A year with no treatment. Stronger and stronger pain killers which caused other issues. Put on prednisolone and it was like being re-born. But not something for the long term. Got slight discomfort now for which I take Tramadol very occassionally.
PS still have to take Alendronic acid and Adcal for a further 2 ys.
PSS. slowly is reducing by 1mg/month max.

Yes they are amazing that's why sportsmen and women take them for fast recovery after an injury, like everything in life it comes with a price as you have stated

 

[prepman]

Oldest woman died recently, 122, 96 years as a smoker, 2 pounds of chocolate per week.

Smoking chocolate isn't harmful then?

 

[MattF]

Smoking chocolate isn't harmful then?

That'd be great, if it was possible. I could kill two birds with one stone.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I didn't, don't do selfies, don't do dick pics.

For which we'll be eternally grateful.

 

[dobbslc]

How long was you on Prednisolone for mate?....i've had aching joints since my Rona jabs and recently started taking 10mg a day and its cured me, doctor wont give me anymore so i buy online from India and they come in a plain envelope within 10 days.

I've never heard of this, just about all my joints ache but I've never told the docs. Maybe I should chance the old bat on the reception desk and ask what might be going on!

 

[Morrisman]

Off to see the GP in an hour or so, one month since my initial scare of 190/100. Measured my bp last night and the third reading came in as 121/68 @ 56 That's the lowest I've ever had. I've lost 4kg in weight, which is negligible but the first drop in two years...and I feel a lot healthier.

However, I've started getting a sort of numb burning feeling in the front of my thighs when I'm stood still doing something for more than a few minutes. Or when I lie flat on my back in bed for a few minutes. It faded away the first few times, but I can feel it lingering today.

I can't imagine how or if this is related to my change of diet and suchforth, but it just seems so typical that as soon as I get rid of one worrying issue, another pops up.

 

[Tigman]

Since I've been on the Ramapril , and the atrostatin and amolodopine, my legs are retaining water , my knees are aching and I feel worse now than when they started me on it all , I'm going back to have a word when I get a chance !

 

[RaceDiagnostics]

Got an invitation to a general check up at the GPs tomorrow, BP, bloods and urine tests. I think they will freak out at my BP. It's been high for about 3 weeks now, I've been able to feel it's high. Appointment at 9 tomorrow, let's see what they say.

 

[premmington]

Oldest woman died recently, 122, 96 years as a smoker, 2 pounds of chocolate per week.

I have had a poop day at work... Got home and my 91year old Dad is at mine - wanting to take my two dogs for a walk. It is raining - Dad got wellies on and a shooting coat. We take dogs over the river bank - when we come home - I cook up 1/2kg of fresh sardines from Morrisons in a frying pan - wifey is out somewhere - serve it up to Dad and share it with him - open a bottle of red wine - Dad has half a glass. I walk him home - Mother aged 90 has been baking today. My eldest Brother is at our parents house visiting Mother.

Then it happens - Mum makes a pot of tea - Dad opens a brandy bottle and gets some small glasses. Mother sits me and my older Brother down at the kitchen table and starts feeding us - pastries and cakes she has been cooking. My Mother was a good cook - no really a very good cook - but what we were eating - was cooked thru OK - but lost the "fit and finish" of a younger woman. Plate ofter plate - me and my older brother just "absorbed them" - ate them as good little boys should.

I enjoyed my cakes and had a nice time....

 

[Barking Mat]

I have had a poop day at work... Got home and my 91year old Dad is at mine - wanting to take my two dogs for a walk. It is raining - Dad got wellies on and a shooting coat. We take dogs over the river bank - when we come home - I cook up 1/2kg of fresh sardines from Morrisons in a frying pan - wifey is out somewhere - serve it up to Dad and share it with him - open a bottle of red wine - Dad has half a glass. I walk him home - Mother aged 90 has been baking today. My eldest Brother is at our parents house visiting Mother.

Then it happens - Mum makes a pot of tea - Dad opens a brandy bottle and gets some small glasses. Mother sits me an my older Brother down at the kitchen table and starts feeding us - pastries and cakes she has been cooking. My Mother was a good cook - no really a very good cook - but what we were eating - were cooked thru OK - but lost the "fit or finish" of a younger woman. Plate ofter plate - me and my older brother just "absorbed them" - ate them as good little boys should.

I had a nice time....

Well enjoy it whilst you can, my mum's 80, and this is pretty certainly her last year, she didn't expect to see her birthday last October, she didn't expect to see Christmas last year, so now she's just enjoying every day.

Cancer eh, never smoked, hardly drank, she's beaten cancer 6 times in the last 25 years, but not this one.

Enjoy the time you have with them is what I've learnt.

 

[premmington]

Well enjoy it whilst you can, my mum's 80, and this is pretty certainly her last year, she didn't expect to see her birthday last October, she didn't expect to see Christmas last year, so now she's just enjoying every day.

Cancer eh, never smoked, hardly drank, she's beaten cancer 6 times in the last 25 years, but not this one.

Enjoy the time you have with them is what I've learnt.

My Mother was deemed fit enuf in May 2022 "to come home and die" after a month in hospital.

March 2023 - she has spent the whole day Baking pastry at home. A year is along while in an old persons life! It is...

She has - heart failure and constant bleeds on the brain after a fall which causes bruising that looks like she has been in the wars.

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My Mother aged 90 - smokes about 120fags a week and drinks - but she does drink. My sister and the nurses question me - if my Mother uses alcohol for pain management? If at 90yrs old she does - who am I to question it?

Mother has COPD - she is short of breath - but still climbs the stairs to bed in a three bedroom house (she has a stair lift but will not use it).

Mother is sharp - still has her witts about her. She is funny - good in coversation - like she was 20yrs old.

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Dad aged 91 is fit - can walk in wellies in soft sand/mud - walk in the cold and rain. Up hill without any problems. His problem is - he is forgetful (I am being polite here with that description).

Dad smokes a pipe - very odd cigar - but not every day now... Dad will drink still now - but only half a glass - one to be sociable....

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Present me - my aging parents in "kit form" and I could make - "one out of two" - I could give you (make) the "worlds oldest person"...

But alas you never get to keep your physical and mental health as you get older - you never get to keep them both - you loose one or the other.

 

[The Artilleryman]

Since I've been on the Ramapril , and the atrostatin and amolodopine, my legs are retaining water , my knees are aching and I feel worse now than when they started me on it all , I'm going back to have a word when I get a chance !

Water retention will be the Amlodipine, joint pain will be Atrostatin - see if you can try Ezetimibe, it's a 2nd line medication, usual without the side effects of statin.

 

[northwest]

She has - heart failure and constant bleeds on the brain after a fall which causes bruising that looks like she has been in the wars.

I am on really powerful blood thinners now so I bruise like a peach. My arms are covered in bruises (4 jaw chuck mostly ) I told my missus she best be careful because if the Police see them there will be questions. The reply - "I will just tell them it is defensive wounds"!

 

[premmington]

I am on really powerful blood thinners now so I bruise like a peach. My arms are covered in bruises (4 jaw chuck mostly ) I told my missus she best be careful because if the Police see them there will be questions. The reply - "I will just tell them it is defensive wounds"!

Mum aged 90 on high doses of 120mg Edoxaban (Lixiana) daily.

She doing OK - but black and blue - also high risk of stroke if she miss a dose (has this been explained to you?)


What you taking?

 

[prepman]

Mum aged 90 on high doses of 120mg Edoxaban (Lixiana) daily.

She doing OK - but black and blue - also high risk of stroke if she miss a dose (has this been explained to you?)


What you taking?

Yipes...thought warfarin was bad enough. I'm on aspirin now. Had my meds reviewed. Will be put on the diabetic med for it's heart therapy effects later on. Lot of info on the web. Can't think of it's name.

 

[premmington]

Yipes...thought warfarin was bad enough. I'm on aspirin now. Had my meds reviewed. Will be put on the diabetic med for it's heart therapy effects later on. Lot of info on the web. Can't think of it's name.

Big risk with long term blood thinners is: If you miss a dose you will get a blood clot and a stroke.

But if you don't take blood thinners and are suffering with heart failure - you will die anyway.

Read the label and take the required dose or contact your GP if you don't - it is the law....