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[mingy]

PS,

       I still think your honey badger would struggle against my Tibetan Mastiff ........

[661]

My lesson of the day was that doctors must get some incredibly painful scratches because when he stuck the needle into my spine he said I would feel a sharp scratch. ***##*!!!!****'***!*!*! some scratch that was. I also learnt that doctors time is different to ours - when after two minutes he said he was about halfway done, two minutes is apparently half of ten. (But not complaining as they have been brilliant and fitted me in at short notice and will save me a hell of a lot of pain in the near future, brilliant NHS once again).

As said, with the patient prone, curled into a ball anticipating the forthcoming pain, standing behind them and announcing "just a small prick" , doesn't usually help the situation

[Tamworthbay]

Did you allow each product to fully dry out before applying the next?
 
Some of them can take months in damp conditions to fully cure.

Errr no!! I just applied each product a day apart, which could therefore be the problem Batman!!

My lesson of the day was that doctors must get some incredibly painful scratches because when he stuck the needle into my spine he said I would feel a sharp scratch. ***##*!!!!****'***!*!*! some scratch that was. I also learnt that doctors time is different to ours - when after two minutes he said he was about halfway done, two minutes is apparently half of ten. (But not complaining as they have been brilliant and fitted me in at short notice and will save me a hell of a lot of pain in the near future, brilliant NHS once again).

The "sharp scratch" phrase is just a substitute for what they really want to say, which is something like "here comes a prick with a needle". Trust me though, once you've uttered those words once and the patient either falls about laughing, or makes some wise ass remark about calling yourself a "pri*k with a needle", you soon tend to adopt the "sharp scratch" phrase instead.

I realise it's just a standard remark to try and put you at your ease. I don't suppose the truth would have helped -"be prepared for ten minutes of excruciating pain and the weirdest sensation you will have as I poke a needle into a small hole in your spine and move it about a lot, if you thought the ones in your shoulder and other bits were bad, you ain't seen nothing yet"
But then the fact they have to go through the procedure in great detail doesn't help. I am one of those people who is prepared to trust the doctor as they know what they are doing so I don't need to. By all means discuss the risks with me but the intricate detail doesn't help. I appreciate they have to do it but for me its not helpful, I know roughly what will happen and that's too much!
But on the other hand, boy I am glad I had it done. I went from covering 100m in about five minutes minimum to walking freely with low pain in just a few hours and has the first decent nights sleep in weeks. As I have said before, and will no doubt say again, thank god for the NHS. People will only realise how good it is when it's gone.

The joys of old age mate !!!!!!!!!

Tell me about it. Crap at 42 though, had twelve years of it now and it gets on your nerves sometimes. Had needles shoved in more places than I can remember now. Fingers are the worst but the spine was a close second. But at least we live in an age where there is stuff they can do. I take seven different tablets a day, plus self injections, then a load of stuff on top. If it wasn't for the NHS a I would be in a rough state by now. Blooming sore today though.

Hell, so sorry to hear that, my apologies for the comment, I did not realise you were in that much pain. I agree totally about the NHS system in this country.
There are too many folk who misuse it, heavy drinkers, drug users etc which, leaves less time and money to concentrate on more serious illnesses. 
My daughter is a qualified dispenser at a large chemists and she stated to me that on an average day she sees six drug addicts who take methadone under her supervision, and this is in the Lake District !!!.
I said i would happily swap it for cyanide if i got the chance, they have a choice of which road to take, you did not.
I do hope you maintain a stable condition in the future.
 
Kind regards
 
                     Neil

No worries mate, no offence taken. I do feel about 90 some days and I can be a right grumpy beggar too! The NHS have kept me going and are brilliant, especially the consultant and specialist nurses. They don't get paid half of what they deserve. It is a very strange expereince though sticking your back end in the air while a guy you don't know lines up with a row of big needles! There has to be a joke in ther somewhere!

[mingy]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did you allow each product to fully dry out before applying the next?
 
Some of them can take months in damp conditions to fully cure.

Errr no!! I just applied each product a day apart, which could therefore be the problem Batman!!

My lesson of the day was that doctors must get some incredibly painful scratches because when he stuck the needle into my spine he said I would feel a sharp scratch. ***##*!!!!****'***!*!*! some scratch that was. I also learnt that doctors time is different to ours - when after two minutes he said he was about halfway done, two minutes is apparently half of ten. (But not complaining as they have been brilliant and fitted me in at short notice and will save me a hell of a lot of pain in the near future, brilliant NHS once again).

The "sharp scratch" phrase is just a substitute for what they really want to say, which is something like "here comes a prick with a needle". Trust me though, once you've uttered those words once and the patient either falls about laughing, or makes some wise ass remark about calling yourself a "pri*k with a needle", you soon tend to adopt the "sharp scratch" phrase instead.

I realise it's just a standard remark to try and put you at your ease. I don't suppose the truth would have helped -"be prepared for ten minutes of excruciating pain and the weirdest sensation you will have as I poke a needle into a small hole in your spine and move it about a lot, if you thought the ones in your shoulder and other bits were bad, you ain't seen nothing yet"
But then the fact they have to go through the procedure in great detail doesn't help. I am one of those people who is prepared to trust the doctor as they know what they are doing so I don't need to. By all means discuss the risks with me but the intricate detail doesn't help. I appreciate they have to do it but for me its not helpful, I know roughly what will happen and that's too much!
But on the other hand, boy I am glad I had it done. I went from covering 100m in about five minutes minimum to walking freely with low pain in just a few hours and has the first decent nights sleep in weeks. As I have said before, and will no doubt say again, thank god for the NHS. People will only realise how good it is when it's gone.

The joys of old age mate !!!!!!!!!

Tell me about it. Crap at 42 though, had twelve years of it now and it gets on your nerves sometimes. Had needles shoved in more places than I can remember now. Fingers are the worst but the spine was a close second. But at least we live in an age where there is stuff they can do. I take seven different tablets a day, plus self injections, then a load of stuff on top. If it wasn't for the NHS a I would be in a rough state by now. Blooming sore today though.

Hell, so sorry to hear that, my apologies for the comment, I did not realise you were in that much pain. I agree totally about the NHS system in this country.
There are too many folk who misuse it, heavy drinkers, drug users etc which, leaves less time and money to concentrate on more serious illnesses. 
My daughter is a qualified dispenser at a large chemists and she stated to me that on an average day she sees six drug addicts who take methadone under her supervision, and this is in the Lake District !!!.
I said i would happily swap it for cyanide if i got the chance, they have a choice of which road to take, you did not.
I do hope you maintain a stable condition in the future.
 
Kind regards
 
                     Neil

No worries mate, no offence taken. I do feel about 90 some days and I can be a right grumpy beggar too! The NHS have kept me going and are brilliant, especially the consultant and specialist nurses. They don't get paid half of what they deserve. It is a very strange expereince though sticking your back end in the air while a guy you don't know lines up with a row of big needles! There has to be a joke in ther somewhere!

 

As long as it is only a row of big needles Clive, I would turn around sharpish if he mentioned " just a small p-ick".......

[Tamworthbay]

Or even worse if he had the honey badger ready

[blacktulip]

i learnt a lesson yesterday, never show a springer spaniel the slightest opportunity to get at your food as its a guarantee to try and steal it. greedy little....!! lol i still love him to bits though.

[Dusky]

i learnt a lesson yesterday, never show a springer spaniel the slightest opportunity to get at your food as its a guarantee to try and steal it. greedy little....!! lol i still love him to bits though.

Our dalmatian does teh same

( Got him out of the pet shelter, he was almost starved to death, so I get that he wants all teh food he sees now though :) )