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Youre only young arent you? You sound like youre dropping to bits! As someone who has worked in the NHS for a decade now, general and mental health sides, youre whole alternative medicine argument is 99% bullshit mate. Haha i'm 30 but I dont think I was built to last I actually would say that about 90% of my problems are all interlinked IMO which is why i'm of the mind set that the whole "chi" thing is at least somewhat true. Depends really... I mean I dont go to chinese health shops to buy tree roots at £50 a pop, but I do think that one part of your body can causes symptoms in other parts and not in the problem area... and that if modern day medicine can't offer an answer to problems, then why not give other things a go? I dont see the point in just sitting there accepting that your fucked for the next 50 years or what ever.

Tbh its not exactly a well known condition, and no doctor i've talked to has even heard of it... strangely though the lady in the dyslexia support until at my work (Newcastle College) knows about it... so I think its a kind of "alternative" illness so to speak related to Dyslexia. I think for many things modern medicine can help so i'm being a bit one sided in my argument admitedly... take for example if I had an infection i'd quite happily take antibiotics rather than just die lol. But there are still a lot of times medicine doesnt treat the problem and just the symptoms. Haha yeah GP's are shite! I saw a physio last week as am convinced the problem is actually located in my back somewhere and to do with trapped nerves... he was the 1st person i've spoken to who actually believed there may be some validity in what I was saying. He even asked questions about my vision and disorientation before I mentioned anything to do with my health problems up there.

Sorry, but that is just laughable. There are plenty of modern medical treatments that are demonstrably curative and in contrast there are virtually no alternative medicines that are. In fact once an alternative medicine is shown to work it ceases to be alternative any more, it just becomes medicine. 'Ancient practices' almost always don't have any plausible physiological mechanism as to why they should work or any clinical evidence to show that they do. There are some exceptions, for instance herbal medicines, but when these are shown to be effective they are usually purified and used as pharmacological treatment anyway. There are always going to be difficult cases where the diagnosis is uncertain but that doesn't mean you should go running to the nearest quack. Anyway, hope the both of you get better asap. It is true that the body is a natural healer. Actually things such as accupuncture work by pinpointing pressure points in the body... releasing pressure and tension in one area can have an impact in another. Take for example my knackered back. The physio started pushing on a pressure point and I felt pain somewhere completely different... I think the Chinese called it your "chi" (I could be wrong and it wasn't the chinese but thats not really important) which I think is like an energy force running through your body... now pain in one place might actually be associated with a completely different problem... modern medicine wouldn't treat it like that... it would say "oh pain in your arm? Let do a scan of your arm" Basically what i'm saying, and what modern medicine fails to address is that your body works as "one"... and GP's etc tend to treat the body as many different sections. I'm not saying go to the nearest quack either... my advice is to try proven alternatives... i.e. accupuncture etc My advice was to investigate the symptoms... maybe there's a website out there with 1000's of people all complaining of the exact same issues post op? I dont advise doing 5 minutes of research and then buying loads of pills from on-line pharmacies to treat something undiagnosed. My advice would be to take any findings to a doc and present them to them, ask them to look at them and give me some feedback. Accupuncture is based on unfounded principles. These 'energies' the chinese refer to are not detectable using any known technology, belief in them is akin to belief in the supernatural (contrast this with the massive amount of knowledge western medicine has accumulated on the nervous system). How do you think the chinese found out about these undetectable energies? Post mortems were forbidden in their culture which is why they never found out about stuff that really does exist - the nervous system, the cardiovascular system etc. Also, plenty of trials have shown it doesn't matter where you place the needles, and plenty of others have shown accupuncture is no more effective than sham accupuncture (where fake needles are used). In short, there is no plauible reason to believe accupuncture is effective. Why does it seem to work then? Two reasons - the placebo effect and regression to mean. That is, you believe in it so it makes you feel better, and you would have got better anyway as the body naturally healed itself. If it makes you feel better, then good luck, but ten years of research I've done on subjects like this have convinced me there is nothing in acupuncture or any other alternative treatments. Not every energy can be detected by technology... there are many things that are theorised that we can't actually detect "dark matter in space", "the paranormal" etc etc... but it doesn't mean that they dont exist, or couldn't possibly exist. So you dont believe that pressure points in the body can be manipulated to alleviate symptoms in a completely different part of the body? or do you just not agree in Accupuncture as a way of doing it? I'm not an expert in accupuncture so i'm not trying to sell it to the world or anything... my point is that if modern medicine can't diagnose you or help alleviate problems, then why not try alternatives rather than just accpeting your fucked? Western medicine isn't always right... god just look at our "cures" for cancer and the mortality rates associated with it! Western medicine is ruled by big companies who make a hell of a lot of money out of keeping you alive, but only just. There is no profit in alternative medicine depsite there being many more effective cures for cancer found in nature than in a massive pharmacutical companies back pocket... and that's why we live in a "pills of ills" culture.

Dangerous game that. It depends really... if I wrongly diagnosed myself and bought loads of pills from on-line pharmacies then yes... however I didnt, and as a result I was able to return to work, and lead a fairly normal life. If I hadn't done that i'd still be off work 12 months later. So for me it was, and still is, the only thing that has had any impact on helping me return to health. You can't possibly know that though. You'd think not, but actually I could test out that theory and prove it incorrect in a couple of hours max. You see I self diagnosed myself with something called "Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome", and if I use a light blue dyslexia overlay sheet on my PC I can use it without too many problems. If I took it off and used a PC for 2 hours i'd be fucked... my eyes would be strained, i'd be dizzy, my vision would be blurred, and the screen would litterally start jumping around in my vision. If I had to do that for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week i'd be literally on my back and unable to do anything other than lie in a dark room, I definately couldnt be at work as as soon as my eye's go like that any artificial light light source makes my vision go a bit like i'm in a club and there's stobe lighting on. So I managed to find what my problem was, and a work around to allow me to continue working and pay my bills. However to this day I still don't know what made me be perfectly "normal" one day, and then to wake up the next completely fucked. I have my own theories and am trying to persuade the docs to send me for the tests I think I need... rather than just saying "oh well its just something you'll have to live with" like the last time I went!!!

Sorry, but that is just laughable. There are plenty of modern medical treatments that are demonstrably curative and in contrast there are virtually no alternative medicines that are. In fact once an alternative medicine is shown to work it ceases to be alternative any more, it just becomes medicine. 'Ancient practices' almost always don't have any plausible physiological mechanism as to why they should work or any clinical evidence to show that they do. There are some exceptions, for instance herbal medicines, but when these are shown to be effective they are usually purified and used as pharmacological treatment anyway. There are always going to be difficult cases where the diagnosis is uncertain but that doesn't mean you should go running to the nearest quack. Anyway, hope the both of you get better asap. It is true that the body is a natural healer. Actually things such as accupuncture work by pinpointing pressure points in the body... releasing pressure and tension in one area can have an impact in another. Take for example my knackered back. The physio started pushing on a pressure point and I felt pain somewhere completely different... I think the Chinese called it your "chi" (I could be wrong and it wasn't the chinese but thats not really important) which I think is like an energy force running through your body... now pain in one place might actually be associated with a completely different problem... modern medicine wouldn't treat it like that... it would say "oh pain in your arm? Let do a scan of your arm" Basically what i'm saying, and what modern medicine fails to address is that your body works as "one"... and GP's etc tend to treat the body as many different sections. I'm not saying go to the nearest quack either... my advice is to try proven alternatives... i.e. accupuncture etc My advice was to investigate the symptoms... maybe there's a website out there with 1000's of people all complaining of the exact same issues post op? I dont advise doing 5 minutes of research and then buying loads of pills from on-line pharmacies to treat something undiagnosed. My advice would be to take any findings to a doc and present them to them, ask them to look at them and give me some feedback.

Dangerous game that. It depends really... if I wrongly diagnosed myself and bought loads of pills from on-line pharmacies then yes... however I didnt, and as a result I was able to return to work, and lead a fairly normal life. If I hadn't done that i'd still be off work 12 months later. So for me it was, and still is, the only thing that has had any impact on helping me return to health.

Bloody hell thats bad! Gotta say that doesn't sound at all normal for someone post op (erm not in the sex change way lol). Surely they've fucked up somehow and thats what's causing your problems? Have you tried getting a 2nd opinion? Maybe tried going private? If you could find the cause of your problems, and it was caused by botched surgery then you would be owed mega bucks in compensation! Hiya. Yeah Ive had so many tests...I've gone private too. Its so demoralising when they cant find whats wrong with you. At times I nearly gave up going to see any docs in the end. The only irregular thing my bloods keep showing is a high ESR rate. Which in itself tells them nothing. Thats a real shame nothing's really been diagnosed! Have you tried alternative medicine and practice like acupuncture etc? No, I confess I havent. Its difficult because over those 6months I had so many different problems and symptoms in various parts of my body!! I mean, where would I start with alternative meds??! I have been pretty much back to normal since December really so I just thanked my lucky stars I was better, but now after what happened the other night I am on edge. I just don't trust my body any more, I wander whats in store next! What a lot of crips we all are on here Well my problems are no where near what you've had, but I was basically unable to work for 6 weeks due to an undiagnosed condition, and I found GP's and hospital to be flipping useless. In the end I sat for days on the PC (which was no easy feat when the problem related to my vision!) looking up all my symptoms on the internet and managed to self diagnose myself. Unfortuantely there doesn't seem to be a cure, but I found ways to cope that allowed me back to work. That was a year ago, and I honestly dont think i'd be at work still if I'd not done all that research and found out what was wrong. The NHS is so shit that I even had to wait 6 months for the results of a brain scan to tell me if I had a brain tumour!!! Luckily I didnt as if I did that 6 month wait could have been the difference between life and death! I'm still pushing for the NHS to investigate my condition further but without much luck... but I wont give up, I even contacted Sir someone or other who sits on the NHS board and complained about my lack of brain scan results, and received them about a week later... I reckon I would never have received them if I hadn't done this. So basically what i'm saying is dont give up and accept that this is your cross to bare. health is the most important aspect of life, and research every symptom and find out everything about each one that you can... you never know what you'll find out. And dont just stick to modern medicine... its well known modern medicine treats the symptoms not the illness, whereas ancient practices are more designed to balance out your body and make it work the way it should.

Bloody hell thats bad! Gotta say that doesn't sound at all normal for someone post op (erm not in the sex change way lol). Surely they've fucked up somehow and thats what's causing your problems? Have you tried getting a 2nd opinion? Maybe tried going private? If you could find the cause of your problems, and it was caused by botched surgery then you would be owed mega bucks in compensation! Hiya. Yeah Ive had so many tests...I've gone private too. Its so demoralising when they cant find whats wrong with you. At times I nearly gave up going to see any docs in the end. The only irregular thing my bloods keep showing is a high ESR rate. Which in itself tells them nothing. Thats a real shame nothing's really been diagnosed! Have you tried alternative medicine and practice like acupuncture etc?

No idea how old you are, but i'm gonna take 35 as just a figure for the sake of it: Drink lots of lager Usually stay out till 6am clubbing with the young uns Drink lots of novelty cocktails Love chart music... especially N Dubs! Hate watching documentaries, or anything that broadens the mind... I love Holyoaks tho! Proper skint all the time, in loads of debt and always turn up late for everything Tbh I think my version would be a lot more depressing than your's if that was your life at 30+

Alex James hit the nail on the head when he said you celebrate your 20th with alcohol, your 30th with drugs and your 40th with food. I did my 20th with drugs, my 30th with alcohol and will probably do 40th with food... so almost the same Yep i'm only 30 but the thought of going to Blu Bamboo really wouldn't appeal to me these days. In fact going clubbing in general just isn't appealing anymore, would much rather have the lads over for a poker night with whisky and cigars if I was going to get wasted. And even then i'd be regretting it for days after

Its a hell of a coincidence if it is!

Bloody hell thats bad! Gotta say that doesn't sound at all normal for someone post op (erm not in the sex change way lol). Surely they've fucked up somehow and thats what's causing your problems? Have you tried getting a 2nd opinion? Maybe tried going private? If you could find the cause of your problems, and it was caused by botched surgery then you would be owed mega bucks in compensation!

Exactly! I did that and everyone was relaxed after and enjoyed the meal... much better than bricking it and being too nervous to eat as you're worrying about doing your speech

Haha Dr's are fuckin useless! I remember goign to one a couple of years back as was suffering from terrible insomnia... he asked: "are you thinking of killing yourself"? My response: "erm no" His response: "Well I can't help you then" So his recommendation to cure my insomnia was basically suicide... fuckin tosser lol!

Yup, all about how great your missus is and lucky you are so on so forth and a few thanks for this and that to the parents. i can't remember doing the speech as bestman at all, learnt it off by heart a month or so before the wedding as i was bricking it, stood up went through the motions and it went down well. Was me and another friend both doing bestman, he did first half of the speech (really laid back fella) me 2nd half, he wrote his half the night before the wedding in my house, totally froze when he stood up. Be prepared! etc band he had were great played the usual cheesy stuff during the evening do, but as people filtered out and left it was just our group and another small crowd of people left, at which point they started playing ac/dc etc... The last song of their wedding was "Enter Sandman" Ive done a best man and a groom speech and the groom speech is way easier. Far less pressure to be really funny, more about thanking everyone that helped for the wedding and telling everyone how amazing the mrs is. Doesnt need to be that long either. The opening line should always be 'on behalf of my wife and i'.... Guaranteed to get loads of cheers. Urgh, not looking forward to that. We got fuck all help from anyone and I was going to have the best-man thank the bridesmaids. On behalf of my wife and I, I would like to thank you all for attending today and sharing such a special moment with us... it really wouldn't be the same without all our loved ones here. I would also like to thank my wife's parents for raising her to be such a beautiful and strong woman, who is caring and loving blah blah blah I would also like to thank my own parents on (wife's name) behalf for raising me to be so unbelievably awesome Talk about how you 1st met your wife Talk about the little things that make her so special Thank the best man in advance of his speech Tell the bridesmaids how nice they look Ask everyone to raise a glass to your new wife And thats pretty much it... presents to family are optional depending on how much they have contributed.

I think mine faces south west... gotta say its pretty awesome in the summer having a barbie and sitting in the garden drinking beer until the sun goes down. Used to have a north facing yard in my old place, that sucked! Used to get a tiny strip of sunshine between 11am & 12pm and that was it.

Its when you see little spots/specks, especially when looking at light colours. Its little pieces of debris which are floating through the vitreous fluid in the eyeball. They seem like pieces of dust or dirt but you cant wipe it away as its within the eye. They are normally harmless but can be a sign of a torn or detached retina. MY best mate kept getting floaters then they became much worse, she was seeing them all the time, luckily she went to the opticians who sent her to hospital right away. She had laser treatment that day to repair the tears. Very scary! She needed the other eye done at a later date too. Which I do have, but is exactly NOT what I keeping telling them about but they dont fucking listen, so I gave up and lived with it. I have snow/static in my vision. A bit like when you turn your tv to channel 99 or whatever and there is fuck all here apart from b&w static. I've googled it and plenty others have the same thing but no one has found what it is. It's not getting worse so I just put up with it. Wow that's so fucked up as I have the exact same thing mate! Just came on one day and never went away!!! How are you at using a PC screen? I've always had problems with the contrast and brightness since I got this problem. I have had my eyes checked, my brain scanned and still no answer... tbh its settled down a bit, but I was off work for 6 weeks as was completely debilatated by it at one point. Docs have been useless with me too... any problems with back pain? I'm convinced its related to trapped back nerves! Im ok with a PC screen but I do struggle reading the sky tv info boxes, like channel listings etc. I also struggle with red writing on a green background or visa versa but thats more a colour thing. I find it hard to focus on the sky tv thing which is odd as I've got good vision otherwise. Back is fine other than the odd thing now and again. When you chuck two kids around as I do and fall alseep on the sofa I'm bound to to get some back pain! Hmm thats pretty interesting as my problem is black & white, which makes using a PC screen a pain in the backside. Sounds like you have similar problems just slight variation on the colour thing. Did yours just come on one day, and how did it start? Mine started with what I thought was a really bad migraine, then woke up the next day with completely fucked vision. Like I said its died down a bit but is still a constant battle as using a PC results in eye strain and makes me incredibly tired all the time... also developed a form a dyslexia as a result of it, and also concentration levels are very poor now a days

Its when you see little spots/specks, especially when looking at light colours. Its little pieces of debris which are floating through the vitreous fluid in the eyeball. They seem like pieces of dust or dirt but you cant wipe it away as its within the eye. They are normally harmless but can be a sign of a torn or detached retina. MY best mate kept getting floaters then they became much worse, she was seeing them all the time, luckily she went to the opticians who sent her to hospital right away. She had laser treatment that day to repair the tears. Very scary! She needed the other eye done at a later date too. Which I do have, but is exactly NOT what I keeping telling them about but they dont fucking listen, so I gave up and lived with it. I have snow/static in my vision. A bit like when you turn your tv to channel 99 or whatever and there is fuck all here apart from b&w static. I've googled it and plenty others have the same thing but no one has found what it is. It's not getting worse so I just put up with it. Wow that's so fucked up as I have the exact same thing mate! Just came on one day and never went away!!! How are you at using a PC screen? I've always had problems with the contrast and brightness since I got this problem. I have had my eyes checked, my brain scanned and still no answer... tbh its settled down a bit, but I was off work for 6 weeks as was completely debilatated by it at one point. Docs have been useless with me too... any problems with back pain? I'm convinced its related to trapped back nerves!

i had the same problem, im a musician so this really fucked me for a long time. I saw a number of different physios but they were no help at all. Friend recommended an osteopath and the improvements have been huge. would recommend you forget about physio its quite likely your problems are caused by your spine, an osteopath will deal with that. Forgot I posted on this thread... funny you say that as when I went to the physio he checked my spine... ended up cracking it in about 5 places and i'm a completely different man! Gonna see him again in a few weeks for a bit more work, but the moment he cracked it I felt more sharp, more awake, no pain or tension... its was really amazing!

Happy Birthday mate

Problem with my vision, came on one night and never went away - undiagnosed Fucked upper back - Physio hasn't made any impact Impinged shoulder - Awaiting Physio Fucked ankle ligaments 11 months ago - Never seen anyone about it Chipped bone in shin a few weeks back Thats about all i've got going on at the moment... i'm not really built to last

Haha well she balanced it on top of my wallet, which she'd also placed on top on the toaster... so her version of events is that I picked up my wallet and the key fell in the toaster... Erm no it clearly fell on its own prior to me retrieving my wallet! I think she knows this deep down though as she's been trying to sort out a replacement, which she'd not do if it wasn't her fault. Like the time she knocked my £80 jacket on the floor when getting her own and didnt pick it up... the dog ripped massive holes in it... apparently she hadn't knocked it on the floor and it must have fallen on its own. However the fact she spent about 4 hours stitching it all up (and did an outstanding job) would suggest some sort of guilt lol! Women eh?!

Haha will do. I dont want a non remote one... I like to feel all posh locking the door without having to put the key in Even if it costs you an extra 80 bar? You're made for her. Haha erm no in all fairness I wouldn't shell out that much extra... i'll just make a beep beep noise with my mouth whilst walking to the car, and the slyly put the key in the lock and hope no one realises

Haha will do. I dont want a non remote one... I like to feel all posh locking the door without having to put the key in

Timpsons did my coded key but it would only unlock the door, it wouldn't work with the ignition due to the immobilizer, I had to go to Ford to get mine done but I didn't have the red key that you need to use to take copies from. How much did it cost? i have the spare key but its not the one with the remote locking as thats the one the wife "tidied" in to the toaster... and then had the nerve to blame me as I'd been the one who left the key in the kitchen it was about 10 years ago but I got a feeling it was about 100 quid or so. About what I thought it would be tbh