OTB 4.0 - Banter rebooted!

McChubbin

This popped up on my FB feed:
The Top 15 Most Popular Tattoos on Reddit.
Some gorgeous stuff here

Penny Tration

I'm quite sick. not hungover, just genuinely sick.

Picked a good day for it, because I have an aappointment with my gp tomorrow morning and a hospital appointment in the afternoon :pac:

January

My eyes are itchy

Killer_banana

January wrote: »

My eyes are itchy

Put used teabags on them.

Imagine Dragons Radioactive (Live at the Joint)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybirL3EtMb8

I really love the band, their live stuff is ten times better than anything recorded. I have got to see them live!!

Hayfever is destroying me at the moment! I take prescription stuff but by 8pm in the evening the wheezing and itchy eyes and sneezing is full force! Super high pollen at the mo!

Penny Tration

My hayfever is rotten at the moment too. Raw eyes, constant sneezing, several nosebleeds per day and blocked up ears. That's even while taking antihistamines, nasal spray and eye drops :pac:

Waiting to see my GP now. My usual doctor isn't in, so I'm seeing a male doctor. Awkward, because the three things I'm going in for are all female problems :pac:

I'm the same gs! Prescription antihistamines and eyedrops are doing nothing! I'm off to the doctor tomorrow myself!

Ah I hate that!!

Penny Tration

kellief wrote: »

I'm the same gs! Prescription antihistamines and eyedrops are doing nothing! I'm off to the doctor tomorrow myself!

Ah I hate that!!

The male doctor called a female doctor in after I asked for a second opinion when he told me my pill is only 50% reliable. Turns out it's 98.9% reliable. Considering he was googling it, i should have known he was wrong :pac:

Booked in for the hayfever jab next week.

Just out of hospital after seeing a psych there. He wanted to put me on Prozac. I refused. :pac: So I'm on antidepressants again. Oh joy.

Angron

I got the hayfever injection, but it hasn't been 100% effective. Still have the odd day where I'm all sniffly and sneezy.

I had to take liquid prozac before, made me sick as hell.

Penny Tration

Angron wrote: »

I got the hayfever injection, but it hasn't been 100% effective. Still have the odd day where I'm all sniffly and sneezy.

I had to take liquid prozac before, made me sick as hell.

Liquid Prozac? Jaysus!

I refused prozac, so I'm on the standard antidepressants. If they don't work in 6 weeks, I have to go on prozac

dodderangler

Just finished work. Gettin my ribs done again ( I know I keep postponing my tattoos) but I'm gonna get into studio next week for me ribs.
Should take 3 hours

I haven't heard of the hayfever jab, if it means I can breathe I'll get it!

At least they listened to ya gs and are giving the other meds a chance.

Angron

green_screen wrote: »

Liquid Prozac? Jaysus!

I refused prozac, so I'm on the standard antidepressants. If they don't work in 6 weeks, I have to go on prozac

Yeah, it just came in a bottle so I had to take a spoon or two of it.

Lockstep

Motorbike's regulator/rectifier has blown. Arsebiscuits.

Killer_banana

green_screen wrote: »

The male doctor called a female doctor in after I asked for a second opinion when he told me my pill is only 50% reliable. Turns out it's 98.9% reliable. Considering he was googling it, i should have known he was wrong :pac:

I understand the area of study for GPs is so broad they're going to have gaps in their knowledge but the way some react to those gaps is flipping ridiculous. One time I raised my worries about having OCD to a doctor I was told 'we all have our little quirks.' Yeah we do but quirks don't normally cause me to have panic attacks or cause me to stay at home because at least here I know what I'll be faced with and how to deal with it. It can be funny when you know they're talking bollocks but it's worrying to think now everyone will know that and take what they're saying at face value.

Killer_banana

Killer_banana wrote: »

I understand the area of study for GPs is so broad they're going to have gaps in their knowledge but the way some react to those gaps is flipping ridiculous. One time I raised my worries about having OCD to a doctor I was told 'we all have our little quirks.' Yeah we do but quirks don't normally cause me to have panic attacks or cause me to stay at home because at least here I know what I'll be faced with and how to deal with it. It can be funny when you know they're talking bollocks but it's worrying to think now everyone will know that and take what they're saying at face value.

I had one locum GP tell me that the condition I have (endometriosis) doesn't really exist and I'm just an addict looking for painkillers. I told her where to shove it and left. I was never so insulted in my entire life!
There are amazing GP's, but the education gaps for conditions are so worrying!

Killer_banana

kellief wrote: »

I had one locum GP tell me that the condition I have (endometriosis) doesn't really exist and I'm just an addict looking for painkillers. I told her where to shove it and left. I was never so insulted in my entire life!
There are amazing GP's, but the education gaps for conditions are so worrying!

One of my best friends has endometriosis and was told repeatedly by doctors/pain therapists that the pain was all in her head. It took two years to get a laproscopy and she said compared to other stories she'd read online that was fairly short time to get a diagnosis. It's pretty shocking how many doctors seem to think the condition doesn't actually exist.

Killer_banana

Killer_banana wrote: »

One of my best friends has endometriosis and was told repeatedly by doctors/pain therapists that the pain was all in her head. It took two years to get a laproscopy and she said compared to other stories she'd read online that was fairly short time to get a diagnosis. It's pretty shocking how many doctors seem to think the condition doesn't actually exist.

That's a really short time!! I was seeing my GP with problems since I was 14, I was finally diagnosed at 21. There is a worrying level of uneducated doctors around! I had to explain the condition to a doctor in A&E before!!

Penny Tration

One of my friends has endo, and was told she was imagining it and offered therapy :pac:

I'm so fcuking tired. Those tablets are worse than sleeping pills.

Fell asleep, face first into my dinner last night. Went to sleep for the night at 10, up at 7, still so tired I can barely walk.

9 hour shift in work is going to be interesting...

Orim

Can't stop listening to this. There isn't enough brass bands around. Of course it helps that it was a whopper tune anyway.

Killer_banana

So on my okcupid profile I mention having shaved my head for charity and there is even a picture of my shaving my head. My most recent picture also shows my hair has grown back. Got this lovely message earlier today:

'Just because you have cancer doesn't mean you can be a total bitch to people.....'

Not the sharpest tool in the box this one...

Lockstep

Currently on a Social Distortion binge. This song rates particularly highly with it's harmonies. Great video as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otZ1SfwbE64

Penny Tration

I'm dying. I need my bed. I've legit never been this tired before. I keep falling asleep standing up in work

jenizzle

Orim wrote: »

Can't stop listening to this. There isn't enough brass bands around. Of course it helps that it was a whopper tune anyway.

I LOVE Karnivooooool! This is the most random thing I've heard today

green_screen

green_screen wrote: »

I'm dying. I need my bed. I've legit never been this tired before. I keep falling asleep standing up in work

Did you get sleep yet??

It terrifies me hearing about people like your friend!!

Penny Tration

kellief wrote: »

Did you get sleep yet??

It terrifies me hearing about people like your friend!!

Sleep? I'm still in work!

Yeah, I felt awful for her. She's being treated properly now, but it took a hell of a lot of fighting.

Orim

jenizzle wrote: »

I LOVE Karnivooooool! This is the most random thing I've heard today

The horns are just deadly and they're worked into the song so well. Can't go wrong with something a bit different.

I'd love to see them live, haven't seen them playing around here though.

dodderangler

Change of plans. Booked myself today and deposit down for my rib piece. Gonna take 5 or 6 hours on my ribs. I'm really looking forward to this. My idea for the tattoo is basically a viking god and half his face is just a skull and some script writing underneath

McChubbin

Sounds savage, Dodderangler. Vikings and skulls are always awesome.

In other news: GOT MAH HURR DID.
Nothing like the smell of fresh hair dye. Smells like victory.

P_1

dodderangler wrote: »

Change of plans. Booked myself today and deposit down for my rib piece. Gonna take 5 or 6 hours on my ribs. I'm really looking forward to this. My idea for the tattoo is basically a viking god and half his face is just a skull and some script writing underneath

Seems appropriate...