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Medical take on the Biden news...
Here's the thing.
Now I've turned 60 (how?) I've started wondering what's next to become an issue health-wise.
In my 50s I started off with frozen shoulders, and ended up with the unforseen genetic quirk causing obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy which required Open Heart Surgery (goddammit!).
So, what's on the horizon Arthritis? Proper baldness? Bladder / libido issues? Losing mental acuity? I tell you this slow / stalled recovery has been hard on my mental health.
My heart has been tested to within an inch and is now in great condition, so are my arteries. My dad died of bowel cancer. I've been tested by colonoscopies and through the post poop testing and that's all good. My mum died of vascular dementia. I had a MRI of my brain recently (Thanks Doc) and that's also come back as clear (as in they found the brain and it's not full of holes).
So, what's on the horizon Arthritis? Proper baldness? Bladder / libido issues? Losing mental acuity? I tell you this slow / stalled recovery has been hard on my mental health.
As I don't seem to be able to edit the above post, I'll add losing teeth and hearing to that list of possibles.
(the option to edit a post only lasts a few mins)
- Arthritis
- Proper baldness
- Bladder / libido issues
- Losing mental acuity
- losing teeth and hearing
I'm a couple of years younger, but I'd say yes, all of the above! 😲😁
An interesting way to think of it is:
genetics loads the gun, but lifestyle pulls the trigger
meaning that the ailments/diseases we get can be reduced or avoided if we live healthier.
I remember both sets of my grandparents would often have fryups for breakfast, and end the day with cakes and (sweet) tea, or crumpets toasted on the open fire with loads of butter & jam. I cannot remember them without false teeth ! 😁
and it came to pass (again):
Hopefully you had the right stool for the job(bie).
Done and posted. Not saying anything, but there was plenty to choose from that morning.
😄💩
Had a catch up with my old boss who retired a couple of years ago. He's 67, still active, has his own active video business and apart from middle aged spread has always been in good health. Then one morning he noticed an odd swelling around his nether regions while out in Cyprus. He took an earlier flight home and went straight to A&E. Whatever tests they ran they said he had an infection and gave him a course of antibiotics. That didn't clear it so he went back to A&E (I would have gone via my doctors if it was me by now) where he was given a second course of antibiotics.
Rather than wait he then went private (there's a private hospital in Southend) and they ran the various tests, along with his first prostate check.
His PSA level was 5000. Obviously he had no idea if that was good or bad.
"Anything greater than 20 starts pointing more toward cancer. Anything above 50 is usually a very strong indicator of prostate cancer."
It was not good news. Now he's on daily tablets (chemotherapy) and a monthly injection of a new drug that's just finished successful trials. What it does is to turn off the prostate cancer cells (especially if they start to spread throughout the body). His last PSA level was 28 and he has another injection coming up next week. Looks like he'll be on the injection long term.
He's had a rough last 9 months, but things are looking more positive now.
