ever had a health scare??

Robsweezie · 10-01-2015 01:33AM #1

had one recently. found what I thought was a noticeable bruise on my arm that I couldn't explain- it was an unsightly grey colour. for days I ignored it but a family member noticed it and inquired as to whether it was a bruise or not. I tried to brush it off as nothing and hoped it would fade but as the days passed it wasn't budging. I was growing concerned and checking it constantly.

this was a particularly horrible predicament. my cousin died of leukaemia ten years ago and the first sign of illness was a multitude of unexplained bruises out of nowhere, so it was very close to home. the most morbid thoughts ran through my head about death and dying and what if I ended up the same.

so in the shower I decided to to check whether it really was a bruise by washing the area with shower gel, and lo and behold the ''bruise'' was gone. turns out was just a patch of stubborn dirt/ ink or something ( I have perfect hygiene you arseholes!!). the sense of relief could not be underestimated. I was preparing myself to go to the GP over this. just for closure.

I know it seems trivial but I genuinely was frightened for my life. nothing like a good health scare to put things in perspective and realise whats important. facing your own mortality is terrifying. look after yourselves boardsies.

HardenendMan · 10-01-2015 01:40AM

Glad that it turned out to be nothing, Rob.

I had a panic attack recently. Thought I was a dead man. Since then a lot of things that would wind me up before are very trivial now.

10-01-2015 01:40AM

How dirty are you that you had to scrub a possibly bruised area after several days to find out if it was a bruise?

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 10-01-2015 01:42AM

We eventually convinced my old lad to go to alcoholics anonymous after he passed out drunk and fell down the stairs and banged his head, woke up in hospital.

He went to one meeting, and listened to another man tell the story of how he lost his job, driving licence and family because of drink, and he'd finally given it up after he too woke up in hospital having drunk kerosene.

My dad came home, in brilliant form and with renewed optimism. Said he couldn't possibly be an alcoholic, because he'd never drunk kerosene.

Bullchomper · 10-01-2015 01:45AM

My doctor said "boo" to me once (blatant lie). Hope your feelings of panic have subsided. You'll feel better once you've had a check up and (easier said than done) try not to worry.

Turtyturd · 10-01-2015 02:12AM

Not personally. But when our eldest was born he was left the whole day in distress, and was eventually born in a panic with the cord wrapped around his neck due to the incompetence of the staff. I don't think it hit me at the time how serious it could have been but every day I am thankful that it turned out okay.

harry Bailey esq · 10-01-2015 11:30AM

HardenendMan wrote: »

Glad that it turned out to be nothing, Rob.

I had a panic attack recently. Thought I was a dead man. Since then a lot of things that would wind me up before are very trivial now.

Panic attacks are a c*nt,especially when you are not used to them.Terrifying

Canis Lupus · 10-01-2015 11:39AM

I've a lump above my collar bone. Figured it was a cyst. Turns out it's looking like lymphoma and it has cousins in my chest area. Happy new year to me.

The Diabolical Monocle · 10-01-2015 11:42AM

try putting the gray spray paint in the shed and the deodorant in the bathroom next time.

Mesrine65 · 10-01-2015 11:49AM

I had a bag lock on my 'cherry blast' parachute jump & had to use the clutch to disconnect my main canopy & deploy my reserve chute (thank God for static lines) :eek:

Nearly had a heart attack with the fear

stampydmonkey · 10-01-2015 11:53AM

Have had a mole removed after my poor Da passed away from malignant melanoma. Really sad but now wary of every bloody freckle on my body.

Also a few years ago found a lump on one of my balls...needless to say wasn't the most pleasant of wait to get it confirmed as a cyst....on the plus side got my balls felt up by some lovely doctoress' s

Littlehorny · 10-01-2015 12:10PM

Had to get checked for skin cancer once, worked out doors all my adult life. Patches on my nose were sun damage but not cancerous thank fook. As the song goes "but trust me on the sun screen".

Nino Brown · 10-01-2015 12:13PM

I was sick for a few days, like really sick, vomiting every 20-mins for about 3 days. I was admitted to hospital with acute kidney failure, my kidneys had basically stopped working altogether. Doctors did every test/scan they could to figure out what was wrong, all were coming back negative, they were saying at least if they could find something, they could treat it, but they were stumped as to what was causing it.
I wasn't aware at the time, but there was a shortage of beds in the hospital, but they eventually got me a room, in the oncology ward. That morning I thought I had food poisoning, by lunch time I was full sure I had kidney failure, and cancer, possibly kidney cancer. That night they just kept pumping fluid into me through a drip to force my kidneys to work. The next morning, they did a test again, kidney function was back to 100%, they sent me home, never had a problem since.

Rosy Posy · 10-01-2015 12:16PM

Canis Lupus wrote: »

I've a lump above my collar bone. Figured it was a cyst. Turns out it's looking like lymphoma and it has cousins in my chest area. Happy new year to me.

I'm so sorry to hear this- I hope you're getting the treatment you need and have friends and family around you.

I had an abnormal smear in my early 20s and the nurse who gave me the results told me the best thing I could do to avoid cancer was to quit smoking. Gave up the fags that day- best thing I ever did!

Lisha · 10-01-2015 12:16PM

Canis Lupus wrote: »

I've a lump above my collar bone. Figured it was a cyst. Turns out it's looking like lymphoma and it has cousins in my chest area. Happy new year to me.

Sorry to hear that. Rotten start to thr new year indeed. I hope the treatment goes well for you.

MayoForSam · 10-01-2015 12:27PM

I was over in the US last June with work. Had a few local craft beers when I got there one evening. Next morning, I woke up with terrible stomach pains. Managed to get into work for a meeting, but I was in agony so had to bail and got my boss to bring me to the local trauma center.

As soon as I produced my credit card, they weren't long examining me and sticking a load of electrodes on my chest. They started doing some tests, which took a while since one of their analyzers was acting up. In the meantime, they made me drink some concoction (pain killers and Maalox mainly), which did start to kick in and alleviate the pain after about 30 minutes.

Next thing, the doctor comes in and tells me to remain clam but one of the test results had come back and shown an elevated level of one particular enzyme which might indicate I was having a heart attack! I was feeling better at this stage but leave it to the experts, right? So they decided to send me to the local ER in the main hospital, about 10 minutes away. Away I go on a stretcher, into an ambulance and up the road at 60 mph, sirens blazing. I had a great view out the back window.

At the ER, I met the cardiologist and he laid it on the line, saying if it was a heart attack, they might have to 'open me up'. By now, I was feeling fine and was in a state of shock. Before anything else would happen, they had to run some more tests. Another hour passed, then the doctor came and told me, "Sorry, there's nothing wrong with you, we had a faulty reading on one of our analyzers. You're free to go.".

So after signing a few release forms, they let me go, I got a taxi back to work and went back to my meeting. Got a big round of applause when I walked in.

I was still getting bills around 3 months later ($1200 for my ambulance ride for example), luckily work insurance took care of it. I was impressed by the US medical system, it works very well once you can pay for it. And I will be avoiding local (very yeasty) craft beers on my next visit.

Nino Brown · 10-01-2015 12:31PM

MayoForSam wrote: »

I was still getting bills around 3 months later ($1200 for my ambulance ride for example), luckily work insurance took care of it. I was impressed by the US medical system, it works very well once you can pay for it. And I will be avoiding local (very yeasty) craft beers on my next visit.

The bill for my 1 day in hospital was $18,500 dollars. The service is unreal, but if you don't have insurance you are screwed. Luckily I had insurance with work too.

rainbow kirby · 10-01-2015 12:39PM

Fainted while I was running one night around 5 years ago, went to see the doc in college the next day, got booted down to Vincent's almost straight away and ended up getting a full round of cardiology testing. Gave me quite a fright at the time, turned out there was nothing wrong, thankfully, but apparently they had to do it all as a rule-out for cardiomyopathy.

DBB · 10-01-2015 12:45PM

Canis Lupus wrote: »

I've a lump above my collar bone. Figured it was a cyst. Turns out it's looking like lymphoma and it has cousins in my chest area. Happy new year to me.

Scary times. And yes, what a sh1t start to the year

All the best with the treatment, take care of yourself.

Grayson · 10-01-2015 12:45PM

I died.

It was when I was a kid. I had meningitis, whooping cough and pneumonia. I was resuscitated when I got to hospital. I don't remember a lot but it scared the **** outta my parents.

I also had my lung collapse the day after a friends birthday party. I thought it was indigestion or a stomach problem. Because of that I managed to smoke half a pack whilst waiting at A&E.

Day Lewin · 10-01-2015 12:55PM

A call-back after a mammogram. (The breast-check thing) Something abnormal, needed to be looked at again.

Crikey. Shock.

My youngest child was about 8 at the time. It was only a few days until the appointment but they were among the nastiest few days I ever spent, lying sleepless, wondering, husband beside me doing exactly the same.

In the event it turned out ok, just a patch of opaque tissue: but this incident motivated my husband to start strongly encouraging me to stop smoking. Not that there's very much connection, but cancer scares we can do without.

As he said at the time, he didn't look forwards to nursing me through a fatal illness. Understandable.

I did quit the smokes a number of years later.

doriansmith · 10-01-2015 01:19PM

About a year and a half ago I found a large lump in my breast. Husband brought me straight to the doctor, both of us in a total panic. The doctor reckoned it was a tumour but most likely benign. He said the lump was at least 4cm x 5cm & that was just the surface he could feel. Had to go get it checked out in a breast clinic in hospital a few days later.

Those few days were a nightmare. The worry about how big the lump was and therefore how advanced it might be if it was cancerous. And anger at myself for not checking myself regularly etc.

When my hospital appointment came up, I got examined by a doctor who agreed it was probably a benign tumour & said either way I'd be looking at surgery as it was so big. They then did an ultrasound but there was a delay so I was waiting about an hour. Longest hour of my life. Eventually get called in & the ultrasound shows that it's actually a massive cyst. They drained it there and then. The relief was unreal.

Robsweezie · 10-01-2015 01:22PM

Canis Lupus wrote:

I've a lump above my collar bone. Figured it was a cyst. Turns out it's looking like lymphoma and it has cousins in my chest area. Happy new year to me.

best wishes canis, I can't imagine what it feels to have the fear become reality, your health is your wealth, hope the next few months is a turnaround for you

salmocab · 10-01-2015 01:25PM

I found a lump on my right ball about 4 years ago and I was planking it, went straight to doc got referred for an ultrasound it turned out to be just a cyst but for a few days I was up the wall. Not normally one for doctors but on that occasion I was straight round and bags down letting him have a look and feel, no sign of embarrassment from me.

the evasion_kid · 10-01-2015 01:26PM

MayoForSam wrote: »

I was over in the US last June with work. Had a few local craft beers when I got there one evening. Next morning, I woke up with terrible stomach pains. Managed to get into work for a meeting, but I was in agony so had to bail and got my boss to bring me to the local trauma center.

As soon as I produced my credit card, they weren't long examining me and sticking a load of electrodes on my chest. They started doing some tests, which took a while since one of their analyzers was acting up. In the meantime, they made me drink some concoction (pain killers and Maalox mainly), which did start to kick in and alleviate the pain after about 30 minutes.

Next thing, the doctor comes in and tells me to remain clam but one of the test results had come back and shown an elevated level of one particular enzyme which might indicate I was having a heart attack! I was feeling better at this stage but leave it to the experts, right? So they decided to send me to the local ER in the main hospital, about 10 minutes away. Away I go on a stretcher, into an ambulance and up the road at 60 mph, sirens blazing. I had a great view out the back window.

At the ER, I met the cardiologist and he laid it on the line, saying if it was a heart attack, they might have to 'open me up'. By now, I was feeling fine and was in a state of shock. Before anything else would happen, they had to run some more tests. Another hour passed, then the doctor came and told me, "Sorry, there's nothing wrong with you, we had a faulty reading on one of our analyzers. You're free to go.".

So after signing a few release forms, they let me go, I got a taxi back to work and went back to my meeting. Got a big round of applause when I walked in.

I was still getting bills around 3 months later ($1200 for my ambulance ride for example), luckily work insurance took care of it. I was impressed by the US medical system, it works very well once you can pay for it. And I will be avoiding local (very yeasty) craft beers on my next visit.

I had something similar after eating a vindaloo one night... I was puking,farting and crying all at the same time though.

KatW4 · 10-01-2015 01:31PM

A couple of months ago I had a really bad head cold. I have asthma and it started acting up until eventually I was struggling to breathe. I went to the doctor who put me on a nebuliser but that didn't help so I was sent to A&E. I was put on another nebuliser and after a few hours I was breathing normally again.

I've never been so scared as I was for those few hours. Not being able to breathe is awful.

whiskeyman · 10-01-2015 01:50PM

Had headaches and unknown to me I was showing all the signs of a brain haemorrhage.
I phoned the my GP who advised I go to A&E or else 'I mightnt see you again'... nice way to shock me to going!

Had all the scans and spinal fluid removed as a prevention... turns out they couldn't see anything wrong.
it's funny at the time that as I was waiting for the doc in the hospital to tell me the news, you expect anything and are ready for anything. 'Do whenever... Crack open my head and fix it doc' I probably would have said.
thank fook it never came to that.
Definitely changed my attitude on a lot of things.

K4t · 10-01-2015 02:09PM

Regularly while reading posts in After Hours.

nomeban · 10-01-2015 02:44PM

Found a lump in my sack so went to the doctor to check it out.

Went into the doctor to find that it was a youngish hot blonde woman.

I instantly get nervous - willy shrivels up. I should have asked for a male doctor.

Whip down the pants and willy shrivels more due to the cold.

Mortification causes willy to shrivel up even more. Also the fact that I thought I had balls cancer didn't help my nerves.

Worst 10 minutes of my entire life.

Was referred the the hospital for a scan.

Got a chance to watch an ultrasound video of my balls on TV - that was cool. I saw the blood pumping around them and all.

Turns out it was just an enlarged vas deferens vein. (I think that's the spelling)

So I have no ball cancer.

Gael23 · 10-01-2015 02:49PM

One day last March I woke up at 6am with what I hope is the worst abdominal pain I will ever experience. My initial thought was that the previous evening I had eaten chicken right on its expiry date and I was paying the price. After some time I decided I wold get up and drink a glass of water as that often helps such complaints, and then bang.
The minute I stood up I felt as if my stomach had tied into a knot and I needed to throw up. I still wasn't too concerned but that feeling didn't go away over the next few hours and I had no diarrhoea which you would expect from eating gone off food.
Now on the next day I felt no better, and still in terrible pain but I had began to pass blood which instantly got alarm bells ringing. So the next morning (Saturday) I went to the out of hours GP and he did some tests but didn't really know what was wrong and gave me some medicines but instructed me to go to A&E if things got worse before I could see my own GP. I waited to see my own GP and cutting out 2 weeks or so of tests it turned out I had an impacted bowel to the extent I also had a urinary infection as the passage was obstructed.
Wasn't extremely serious but I had some really terrifying symptoms

endacl · 10-01-2015 03:43PM

Canis Lupus wrote: »

I've a lump above my collar bone. Figured it was a cyst. Turns out it's looking like lymphoma and it has cousins in my chest area. Happy new year to me.

Hopefully low grade. Wishing you a best case scenario.

ever had a health scare??

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