August 20th 2008
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Those of you who have been reading my posts here for some time may remember I used to suffer from migraines quite a bit. If you go through my archives, you'll see migraine-related entries going back as far as 1998. They started when I was a teenager and they only ...
September 14th 2006
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If I was half as witty as Unreliable Witness is, I'd know what to write, but quite frankly I'm overcome with 'OMG, I have diabetes and I knew this can happen, but not to me or anybody I know, and I better take my pills regularly and stick to my ...
September 11th 2006
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'Good morning, Department of health, how can I help you?'
Me: 'I think I have a problem with roaches. What can I do?'
'Come by our office with one of them, so we can determine what kind it is.'
Me: 'Oh. Ok, thanks.' (thinks 'Eeeew!')
July 10th 2006
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The good thing about having two ridiculous migraine attacks in the past couple of weeks? Not being able to keep anything down, not even water, and losing 2 kilos because of it.
These attacks are different from the ones I usually have, as they seem to stem from stomach/bowel irritation, with ...
July 4th 2005
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Dietician: What can I do for you?
Me: I've been diagnosed with diabetes and have been referred to you.
Dietician: Eat regularly, don't eat too fatty, don't skip breakfast, exercise more.
Me: You don't say!
June 21st 2005
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I don't want to make a big deal out of it (I'm obsessive about things, but would hate to become obsessive about weight.), but since I've been diagnosed with diabetes I've stepped up the eating pattern I had been trying to adjust to since earlier this year. I suppose what ...
June 3rd 2005
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My G.P.'s practice is run by two part time doctors. In my five years with them, I've only ever met Doctor #1 . I assumed the other one had another office -- I never really thought about it much. Turns out they work on fixed days and for some reason ...
May 26th 2005
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Selfish cunt that I am, I think Dutch GP's should be SEVERELY PUNISHED (an old fashioned flogging springs to mind) for going on strike this week when I'm supposed to hear what I should be doing about my bloody diet, medication and what not.
I'm not sure what exactly they're going ...
May 13th 2005
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Three months ago I had a blood test done and then I 'forgot' all about it. You're supposed to ring your doctor for the results, because they can't be bothered informing you. (What if it's really serious? Do they let it go? If you ring back a year later and ...
March 21st 2005
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It's amazing how quickly a body responds to exercise. I've had four 1-hour sessions at the physiotherapists' gym, doing all kinds of leg muscle exercises. The leg press machine was one I was told to be careful with and the first three times I couldn't really press more than 15 ...
