September's Bells and Schools Thread

[daveT]

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Any numbness, tingling? Have you been tested for diabetes?

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What, do want me to die or something?

No, ma'am, nothing of the sort.

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Do you ever wake up and see a robed and hooded figure with a big scythe reaching toward you with an outstretched bony hand, who suddenly disappears after seeming to radiate thwarted disappointment?

[Mrs. Utah]

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Do you ever wake up and see a robed and hooded figure with a big scythe reaching toward you with an outstretched bony hand, who suddenly disappears after seeming to radiate thwarted disappointment?

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Kind of like this guy?

[katyseagull]

Sorry about your foot problems, daveT. That's very puzzling. I'm going to go look up a picture of the human leg right now and try to get to the bottom of this.

[katyseagull]

Ok so I take it the problem is with the posterior tibial tendon? Sounds like you tore it. What on earth were you up to that resulted in such a weird injury? Basketball or something?

I don't understand the purpose of the pepper gel. Why does the doctor want you to use it, for the swelling?

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I think it is used to increase circulation.

[daveT]

LOL.

That chart is good. I developed my own prognosis of the situation. Entertainme, I hope you laughed at my post. For those who are doctors:

I have very high arches, which results in over-pronation, this, added with running, caused shin-splints, which in turn caused knee problems. I also have a history of muscle spasms and strain. Soooooo......

Over-pronation: This is a result of high arches. A normal walk is that the human is to set their heel on the ground. The extra padding on the bottom of the foot is supposed to allow the person to roll out of the initial shock and continue on to his or her ball, which is that flesh right before the toes.

When you have very high arches, you are not properly equipped with the extra flesh in the instep, which means that there is no shock absorbing. The extra shock jars to the knees and the shin. This is more of a woman's problem. Men usually have flat feet, which creates the same sort of problem. For the women: look at your shoes, and notice that their is extra padding in the heal and instep. Your heals will usually be elevated, this is to assist in the rolling of your foot. Also, many woman's shoes are rounded at the bottom, to assist in walking. (I wish I knew this ten years ago)

Shin-splint: A party joke, really. This is caused by excessive use of the shin muscles. This is also called "runners shin." It is a party joke because it causes the muscles in the shin to turn to some kind of jelly substance. Very nasty to feel. I have one very small spot on my upper shin that was like that, now it is hard.

Spasm: Ripped muscles

Strain: Swollen muscles.

I told my doctor and podiatrist all this stuff, but they don't listen. I don't know what to think of that. I shouldn't expect them to be impressed by my big words. I think that they enjoy the challenge of discovering what the issue is on their own. When the podiatrist is twisting and massaging my leg and foot, I get the memory of sitting under the Christmas tree shaking presents.

Whenever you injure yourself, you will have swelling. This is a natural reaction to injury, as you body is attempting to add blood, adrenaline, or whatever to the harmed area. Excessive swelling results in blood clotting, and other problems.

Finally, heat also helps to reduce the general pain of arthritis. If you have arthritis and live in a snowy area of the world, you should move. But if you don't want to. You could take a pot of hot water, fresh off the stove, and dip the arthritic part of your body in it.

[entertainme]

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What, do want me to die or something?

No, ma'am, nothing of the sort.

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I promise I wasn't wishing death on you.

One of the symptoms of diabetes is diabetic neuropathy:

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In this syndrome, decreased sensation and loss of reflexes occurs first in the toes bilaterally, then extends upward. It is usually described as glove-stocking distribution of numbness, sensory loss, dysesthesia and nighttime pain. The pain can feel like burning, pricking sensation, achy or dull. Pins and needles sensation is common. Loss of proprioception, that is, the sense of where a limb is in space, is affected early.

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It's not uncommon for people to first discover that they have diabetes because they have pain and loss of feeling in their feet.

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I told my doctor and podiatrist all this stuff, but they don't listen. I don't know what to think of that. I shouldn't expect them to be impressed by my big words. I think that they enjoy the challenge of discovering what the issue is on their own.

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You really have to educate yourself. I'm convinced my husband lost some eyesight because of incompetent doctors. We had been to the emergency room and a specialist who did squat for him. Finally from his symptoms and some googling I deduced he had Iritis. I called the emergency room and said, "OK. I figured out what's wrong. If I bring him in this time are you actually going to treat him.

So, I'm pretty much the medical profession's worst nightmare. I print out studies and bring them to my doctor's appointments. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

[diebitter]

Wow I caught the trailer for 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age' this weekend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vITxj7Tq4f4


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Haven't seen the first movie Elizabeth yet, so will be hunting it down. Anyone seen it?

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The Spanish Armada: An interesting battle over about 15 days I think, and I'll recall some of it off the top of my head. The Spanish had about 150 warships I think, each loaded with infantry, so numbering 10,000 men. Philip was intending to conquer England and turn it back to catholicism and make it a Spanish province, and backing up the Armada were 30,000 men ready to be transorted from the region of Flanders (Belgium) where some Spanish duke had reign over a region. This was a serious invasion force, obviously.

I think the Englsh navy had about 200 ships. These were lightly manned vessels, but well armed. They could move faster than the Spanish ships, and they knew if the Spanish got close, the Egnlish would be lost to boarders. Hence the plan was to destroy the Armada by keeping a distance and the windward advantage by staying westward of it at all times (IIRR), and the plan worked. The Spanish Armada was driven back, the 30,000 troops could not get to the shores of England, and a deeply significant victory to the English occurred, leading eventually to an English navy controlling all the significant seaways of the world for centuries.

Half the Spanish ships didn't make it back to Spain. Not a single English ship was lost.

Again, the English won against a force by a method that recurs through many British battles, including Agincourt (but with arrows, rather than guns) and Rourke's Drift.

Often outmanned, but never outgunned.




EDIT: Here's the speech made by Queen Elizabeth at the docks of Tilbury to the English forces:


My loving people,

We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit our selves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery; but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects; and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live and die amongst you all; to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.

I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field.

I know already, for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and crowns; and We do assure you in the word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you. In the mean time, my lieutenant general [Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester] shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more noble or worthy subject; not doubting but by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.

[katyseagull]

I'm in a horrible mood. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] I feel like yelling at someone. please direct me to a thread where someone needs to be yelled at.

I would go into the mod forum and yell but those people scare the hell out of me. The last thing I need is a bunch of strangers ganging up on me to jump my [censored] because i yelled at them.