Kingster Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Coincidentally the side effect thing is now on the bbc as an article... Vaccine side effects: My experience of them and what they mean https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56375307 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 16 minutes ago, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary said: Sorry to digress, but just in connection with your other posts re-the mental health thread etc. Stating the obvious I know, but the two parts of the health system looking after you are properly aware of each other, aren't they. Gabapentin, also used to treat neurological disorders as well as nerve pain, is a very powerful drug, and can in some have negative side effects. I have diagnosed PTSD, and have bouts of clinical depression. It took me a year to realise why the regular checkups as the Gabapentin dosage was titrated up to the right level included a very odd mini question and answer section with the nurse doing the assessment. (Eventually memorised enough questions at the time, to Google, and found out it was basically a suicide risk snap shot, as the drug is known to heighten the risk in those susceptible. - explained the occasional nervously raised eyebrows I'd get occasionally when I'd say, "hmm if you'd asked me that last week, the answer would have been..." Sorry for the drift. Thanks, yes I am aware of those things, one of the main treatments of it is for Epileptic fits amongst other things. Regarding the two halves of the NHS, I don't know, technically I am no longer under the supervision of the mental health dept, since I left therapy a few years back. I would have thought that at least my main medical records would show that I had gone through the system, as it were. I do get a few side effects of the Gabapentin however, although none are mental issues, mind you, you all be the judge of that, lol. And I know the questionnaire very well,lost count of the times I did that, we ended up binning the concept after a while as my answers were always the same back then. Good spot Dave though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 17 minutes ago, Chris King said: Coincidentally the side effect thing is now on the bbc as an article... Vaccine side effects: My experience of them and what they mean https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56375307 A very good piece Chris thanks, and having read the following ( which I hope is peer reviewed) I have to apologise for my postings earlier, the piece goes on to say There are examples, like pandemic flu in 2009, where stronger side effects meant a strong immune response," said Prof Pollard. But that is not the case with the Covid vaccine, everyone is getting roughly the same protection. So I was incorrect, no biggie, sorry everyone. I wonder now if the YT Doc will do a new vid?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHew Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, OldStager said: I wonder now if the YT Doc will do a new vid?. Maybe he's a YTS Doctor.....🤣🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 3 hours ago, OldStager said: There are many sources, all I can do is look at the evidence and decide for my self. Most of my stuff comes from the Doctor up this end of the country on YT. The Doctor who is not a medical doctor but a PhD in nursing training IIRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 minute ago, CraigHew said: Maybe he's a YTS Doctor.....🤣🤣 I think what has happened is that in the early days of the vaccine , everyone just assumed it would behave just like any vaccine when it comes to treating a corona virus , perhaps in the light of very recent research this is not the case as I am now reading up on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Man On The Clapham Omnibus said: The Doctor who is not a medical doctor but a PhD in nursing training IIRC I have no clue on his background at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 47 minutes ago, Howard said: Interesting. I'm on immunosuppressants - fortnightly Imraldi injections and weekly Methotrexate injections for arthritis and wasn't told to stop. Indeed, the advice was that stopping could lead to a flare-up which would give my system a harder time. I was concerned that the immunosuppressants might reduce the effectiveness of the vaccine and I have read since that it might. Which goes to show the lack of clarity - I’ve been on weekly methotrexate tablets with the same consultant since about 1995 and he gave me different advice - which one’s right? 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, CraigHew said: YTS As an aside, you're dating yourself there...🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 7 minutes ago, OldStager said: I have no clue on his background at all. Quote Dr. John Campbell is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing studies at the University of Cumbria. He has been a clinical nurse and a nurse tutor for over 30 years. In addition to writing books, he has also produced a range of videos and podcasts on various health and nursing related topics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 I have no knowledge regarding Dr Campbell's competence to comment on medical matters, but it is certainly worth noting that even a medical specialist doctor would hesitate to broadcast as widely on various matters as Dr Campbell does. Medical (and surgical) consultants do tend to dive for cover when asked about matters outside their field - perhaps because they aren't able to charge a fee, or maybe because they fear being caught out! Dr Campbell is a competent lecturer of long standing so I doubt that he would comment on such weighty matters without doing some background checks. Nullius in verba is generally prudent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 I wish I had never mentioned him now, may we move on 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 I've been luckier than some of you chaps as far as joint and skeletal pains are concerned - I'm a devout coward when it comes to risking my body! A couple of years ago I found that I had a persistent pain in my right shoulder area and the view of a family medic was that it was a minor rotator cuff injury and that it would resolve itself in time. Take paracetamol and an anti-inflammatory such as ibuprofen, I was advised. In the ensuing month or so I took two ibuprofen tablets at bedtime every night and, sure enough, the pain began to ease. We went to Airbourne air display at Eastbourne on the weekend I stopped the ibuprofen and it was warm and breezy - a good way to get dehydrated. When I got home and had a well deserved pee I was alarmed to see a blood clot pop out, just the one, but no more during the evening. Next day I experienced what I can only describe as a pee/blood-clot explosion when the clot that was blocking the urethra burst out! Long story shorter, I saw my GP and was referred to a urologist, but just as an afterthought at the end of the consultation slot, I mentioned taking ibuprofen for a few weeks and I saw the light bulb come on in her head! Apparently it is an infrequent but documented side effect of extended use of ibuprofen, especially in men who've been operated on for an enlarged prostate by the TURP procedure. None of the hospital tests revealed anything except the gorgeous young Oriental female urologist commented as she peered into my bladder with the telescope she'd shoved in by the only available aperture, "...the bore of your prostate is a bit rough..." Now I thought that was rude at such a short acquaintance! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 minute ago, OldStager said: I wish I had never mentioned him now, may we move on 😄 Oh don't Old Stager, I'm a cynic and always peer behind the arras! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Me too, which is why I rely on evidence. It will be interesting after all this is over to dissect all the info broadcasted and written and see who was correct in all this mess that is Covid. Although science moves that fast, what is right one day, is wrong the next... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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