Has this ever happened to you?

[Latu]

Is it possibly I don't get enough sleep?

[DrFrag]

Originally posted by Latu@Mar 8 2004, 12:22 AM
Is it possibly I don't get enough sleep?

Could be. If you feel better with more sleep then have some more sleep. We all need diferent amounts.
I don't want to play doctor though, I'm not qualified and it's not safe for me to try.

They're clearly tired to see me, to don't know what to tell me and what to do... I always thought that it's possible to find the solution of a problem if we don't give up. But since many month, they just telling me something like : "I'm sorry we don't know what to do..."

Yeah, it's tough for both sides. People who know me consider me a computer expert, and I am pretty skilled. In all the years I worked fixing hundreds of computers I did come across two or three problems that I couldn't solve. In fact I spent so long trying to fix the problems, years sometimes, that ultimately the problems were solved by the computers becoming obsolete and replaced. It was at these times I was thankful I didn't work in the medical profession, because no doubt they have the occasional patient with such an exotic or unusual condition that they really don't know what to do. And they don't really have the option of waiting for that person to die or move house or whatever. Frustration for all.

[jeffbert]

I worked in electronics for 10 years, and with modular systems, we could just swap the suspect module for a known good one, and if that fixed it, we knew where to look for the exact malfunctioning part. Too bad that doesn't work with humans. I could use some new joints, most of which are not replacable; new eyes because both are very weak and one has floaters; new motor nerves...

But I just hate it when some #@$%C*** doctor does only so much to help. My rehabilitation specialist gives me nerve-block injections, but does not treat anywhere near enough muscles to make any but the most trivial difference. I can only get 400 units of botox, or I could have much better control over my left leg.

& I have even broken my wrist, gone to the emergency room, only for them to look at the thing & send me away, without treatment but with a bill. Then I went to an orthopedic surgeon, and he X-rayed it, but was not prepared to deal with the extreme muscle imbalance, he could not see clearly the break. He did nothing to help, but was happy to give me a bill. I only learned much later, after spraining the same wrist, that I had broken it. I do not know how it healed without being properly treated. stupid %^$#@* doctors! :angry:

[Strange Wings]

Originally posted by jeffbert@Mar 8 2004, 06:30 AM
& I have even broken my wrist, gone to the emergency room, only for them to look at the thing & send me away, without treatment but with a bill. Then I went to an orthopedic surgeon, and he erayed it, but was not prepared to deal with the extreme muscle imbalance, he did nothing to help, but was happy to give me a bill. I only learned much later, after spraining the same wrist, that I had broken it. I do not know how it healed without being properly treated. stupid %^$#@* doctors! :angry:

This is unbelievable :angry: !! I really wonder 'bout those so-called 'doctors', who are
supposed to be there for caring for the patient, but it seems they're only
caring for themselves. In that case, it drives me even more mad when I just watched some TV-doctor-episode where the patient gets cared and loved and ev'rything, all along
with competent doctors and surgeons of course, etc. Someone should tell the makers of those series that reality's looking pretty different than they think :angry: .

Adding the climbing health-costs we have to pay won't support any increase of the
world economy <_<.

[DrFrag]

I'm so thankful for Australia's health care system when I hear stories like that. Hospital emergency is free here, surgery and operations are free (as long as you're prepared to queue, otherwise you can pay for private cover and get faster service). My doctor consultations are $30, and the government pays $25 of it so I only pay $5.

Of course, we pay higher taxes. I think it's 22% for the first $5000, ramping up to 49% above $60,000.

new eyes because both are very weak and one has floaters

Is that where you see floating "blobs" on your vision, especially when you look at a blank wall or the sky?

[jeffbert]

Yes it is. & the worst part was that I thought I was having a stroke, and freaked out completely. Since then, it is rarely noticable.

In regards to healthcare costs, I just happen to live near the NIH, and my botox injections, that would have cost at least $1600 per treatment (4 times annually) are free! Too bad NIH does not do the nerve block also.

[DrFrag]

Originally posted by jeffbert@Mar 11 2004, 05:46 AM
Yes it is. & the worst part was that I thought I was having a stroke, and freaked out completely. Since then, it is rarely noticable.

I get it also, as it's a symptom of CFS. I always wondered if there was a more medical sounding name for it, but I guess "floaters" will do! I only notice it on bad days. Have you ever tried looking directly at one of the blobs and it slides faster and faster away across your vision? Ah, the fun games you can have!

[Strange Wings]

Originally posted by DrFrag@Mar 10 2004, 05:03 PM
Is that where you see floating "blobs" on your vision, especially when you look at a blank wall or the sky?

I've got the same problem for about 9 years now. When I look at the sky or on a bright
flat surface I too see those 'floaters'. One of them appears slight beneath my left eye's
focal point, so I just can't fix it. If I keep trying it moves away.
I wonder if this could be removed by a surgical operation (maybe with Laser correction
or whatever they call it :huh: ).

[Latu]

Originally posted by Louis'74@Mar 11 2004, 02:01 PM
If I keep trying it moves away.

what do you mean by if I keep trying it moves away??? :huh:

[jeffbert]

There are drops of blood floating around inside your eyeball, moving in a three-dimensional space. Try viewing the world through a fish tank.