How healthy are you?

[Berlin]

Ok, so I was just wondering how many Orgers can say they have *nothing* wrong with them.

I seem to go from one injury to the next, niggles and old age are catching up to me. Generally it's just a lot of small stuff but sometimes I get three or maybe four small things wrong at the same time.

So how healthy are you? Who's a picture of health?

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[Mikey10]

I'm not that healthy diet or exercises wise but I don't drink or smoke and I'm still young so I'd say I'm ok for now.

I'm also very skinny as my metabolism is fast and not a big eater so I should probably adjust my diet and get out do a bit of sport a few days a week but I really can't be asked.

[Bibio]

nothing major but nothing minor. recent results have indicated that it's nothing that can't be fixed but i'm not looking forward to how it's fixed.

[chris8886]

up until nearly 2 years ago i was in the nothing wrong with me group, but since then i've had some serious heart issues, due we think (docs this is) to a stomach virus i picked up in vietnam. then cardiac arrest while in thailand and then another one about a month ago or so :( which has all lead to my license being taken off me for 6 months due to the defibrilator i've had to have fitted :(

[chris8886]

this all having previously been as fit as a fiddle as well might i add *oh and only being 26 as of a few weeks ago too :(

[Bri w]

Being wiped out by a Citroen Saxo, head on, has left a few long term issues that will never go away. Too long eating the wrong things whilst recuperating compounded heart problems.

The diet is working well, and I'm working on managing the other problems. Plenty would swap me, so the glass is half full.

[Fallout]

I've put a couple of minor things. One example being knees that ache. Possibly early onset arthritis maybe. Otherwise healthy, but I feel this question will be very subjective and also many won't be honest with themselves. Someone is bound to chime in with "I'm perfectly healthy", forgetting about some minor complaints they don't consider as health issues.

[Kenzie]

I have a blood problem. My body produces blood too fast which means the cells are smaller, which means my spleen can't filter them out fast enough so gets swelled up. It then pushes on my ribs which hurts. Try putting your fingers under you ribcage and you get the idea. Take asprin daily which has "sorted" it, however they don't know what caused it.

[andrewsmith]

Not the healthiest person, I like a beer, like the odd takeaway, I do train to keep weight off. I've got Asthma and damaged lungs through TB. In the last 2 years I've fallen apart' dodgy shoulder, iffy back and a dodgy wrist from accidents

up until nearly 2 years ago i was in the nothing wrong with me group, but since then i've had some serious heart issues, due we think (docs this is) to a stomach virus i picked up in vietnam. then cardiac arrest while in thailand and then another one about a month ago or so :( which has all lead to my license being taken off me for 6 months due to the defibrilator i've had to have fitted :(

Bloody hell Chris!!
GWS

[L3nny]

Never had anything more than a mild cold with regard to illness.

A few cartwheels across the tarmac at Mallory last year however means I have a mild discomfort in my shoulder pretty much all the time which now and then can flare up a bit. Getting better though.

[MisterTommyH]

Nothing wrong with me that I know about.

[Specialone]

Knees are fecked, left shoulder gives me jib, after heavy work my right bicep and shoulder are bloody painful for a few days after.

But that said, so far I've never been in hospital, never had a serious illness and I'd like it to stay that way.

[timwilky]

Apart from gut issues from age 20 that were cured when a doc finally put me on Lansoprazole I was healthy until work tried to kill me.

I puked blood and in panic went to A&E, at triage they went into panic mode about my blood pressure and were not interested in my guts. When it hit 220/180 they were convinced I was going to have either a stoke or heart attack and finally the med brought it down enough for them to start looking at my gut problem.

So I thought I was reasonably healthy. medicated normal blood pressure back on two wheels to ensure stress no longer bothered me. But started to have a issue. A sore firemans helmet. The wife has had a history of thrusg and I was blaming her despite her saying she was clear. I then got a sore throat that antibiotics did not cure so the doc said he would change them and the wife said is that all you are going to do. So he ran some blood tests.

2 days later I got the news of why I was feeling like poo. type 2 diabetes and sky high cholestrol.

So now my travel insurance costs a fortune. Despite now being medicated normal for the killers. I am less risk than an undiagnosed time bomb. But have to tick the boxes that charge.

[Thunderace]

Hardly an advert for health myself, I'm a heavy smoker and a big fan of the beer, but the Army keeps me fit, lower half of my body aches most of the time due to all the running and tabbing.

[andrewsmith]

Hardly an advert for health myself, I'm a heavy smoker and a big fan of the beer, but the Army keeps me fit, lower half of my body aches most of the time due to all the running and tabbing.

Squaddie!!!!
Like port?

[Milky Bar Kid]

I have a goosed right knee for which I will be going for surgery to sort in the near future.

I also have the odd nagging pain in my left shoulder after tearing my rotator cuff but it's only very rare now and seems to be decreasing in frequency the longer time goes on.

Other than that, I'm pretty healthy.

[Lozzo]

As well as having some metalwork holding my legs together that give me occasional pain, I've still got ongoing kidney problems that started nearly 3 years ago. In 2010 I had 5 operations to remove some embedded stones and one 15mm in diameter which has left me with a part functioning left kidney.

Prior to that I suffered a mild stroke nearly 8 years ago (only small lasting effects) and two mild heart attacks when I was 20 and 21, both (so I'm told) caused by my hugely excessive drinking and extremely poor diet/partying all hours as a teenager.

Strangely, I feel really fit despite being a smoker, doing no exercise, having a stressful job and eating junk food every day.

[Nobbylad]

Going in for a knee op on 1st November. Right wrist and elbow now playing up and left hip. I train (kickboxing) as much as I can, which is usually twice a week and recently got into Brazilian jujitsu which is great for fitness but hard to find the time for.

Doc says no more running or impact sports after knee op and wanted me to take 3-6 weeks of work. I'll probably go back after a week.

Despite trying to stay fit, I do like a beer or three and also the naughty but nice foods. I occasionally go through a healthy eating period but then I reward myself with carp foods again lol.

[BanannaMan]

Have a couple of minor problems but not anything that bothers me, otherwise in the best health I've ever been in since losing 3 stone by May last year. I continue to exercise and try to eat healthy and rarely get sick.

[fatlad]

Ive had a Mpfl knee cap reconstruction after dislocating my knee cap 3 times Otherwise im ok :)

[-Ralph-]

How do you define 'Health'?

I'm perfectly healthy, and my doctor certainly would describe me as a strong healthy young man compared to a lot of the cases he sees on a day to day basis.

I do have some issues.

I'm a couple of stone overweight, but not such that it affects my 'health'.

I have a couple of old physical injuries (mainly motorbike inflicted), but nothing that affects me day to day.

I'm asthmatic, but that's 'always there' something I've had day in day out for years, and you learn to manage it and live with it. For me, unless I get a chest infection or a persistent environmental problem, managing asthma is no more difficult than having a shower and going for a poo once a day.

And I'm a bit deaf, combination of loud music, loud exhausts, helmet wind noise and loud datacentres, but again it's another 'always there' and being deaf whilst sometimes inconvenient, doesn't exactly make you unhealthy.

I measure health by how often I have to go to the doctor, and how often I need to take time off work, and that's not very often at all (less than once every 2 years on average). You could be in a wheelchair and not be 'unhealthy' if that's the way you measure it.

[-Ralph-]

Oh, I'm guessing my liver isn't in the best state, but that's self inflicted ;-)

[Fruity-ya-ya]

I can't complain. Arthritic knee held together with screws and a prayer, right shoulder and elbow frequently ache due to other sport related injuries but I'd say I'm not in bad shape. Go to the gym when limbs allow and the only thing I should/could do something about is my weight. All things considered I'm not in bad shape.

[Jayneflakes]

Serious issues since childhood, continued poor health through adulthood and am now getting worse. All fun though, just wish that it did not hurt so much so often! :D

On a serious note, mental health. It really sucks when that lets me down. But there are too many people to ashamed to say that they have struggled with mental health. So to hell with it, being mental sucks at times, but is hilarious at others!

Love from Jayne
(straight jacket wearer and proud!)
:D

[Nobbylad]

Unfortunately (as you probably know), a lot of mental health issues are misunderstood and many people don't realise they have mental health problems. But that's a reflection on society and how we're not encouraged to discuss feelings etc.

[andrewsmith]

Unfortunately (as you probably know), a lot of mental health issues are misunderstood and many people don't realise they have mental health problems. But that's a reflection on society and how we're not encouraged to discuss feelings etc.

Here here

[Mrs_giggles]

well i somewhat of a contridiction, my doctor says after doing six monthly check up im above adverage on being quite healthy, ie no high blood pressure, colesterol , not overweight etc no real issues.
but if you are taking into account conditions im epileptic , with a low immune system and weak muscles supporting my spine.... my underlying conditions dont have any real bearing on my general day to day health and stay quite active most of the time... so...
does that class me in the healthy or not healthy bracket of first asked question... i personally feel that even with underlying health conditions people can still be as healthy if not sometimes more so than people who are generally classed as no issuesmedically per say

[carelesschucca]

Hmm! I dunno healthy I really am.

I don't get enough exercise, five-a-sides once a week isn't enough, used to swim, 3k 3 times a week.

I also worry myself to death, and being honest I probably take bouts of mild depression, and at the moment I'm smoking like a beagle in a laboratory. (probably linked to the worrying)

More importantly I'm becoming arthritic (god bless my grans genes) my hips kill me the day after the football, It seems as if my right side is broken, my hip, ankle and shoulder all seize and I need to 'pop' them to get them moving again. Strangely my right wrist is ok, must be the amount of use it gets.

But all in I suppose I'm not to bad for being closer to 40 than 30!

Just need to stop the smokes and get off my lazy backside.

[JamesMio]

I'm a couple of stone overweight, but not such that it affects my 'health'.

I have a couple of old physical injuries (mainly rugby inflicted), but nothing that affects me day to day.

I'm asthmatic, but that's 'always there' something I've had day in day out for years, and you learn to manage it and live with it.

And I'm a bit deaf,



Sh@t, never mind unhealthy - it appears I'm Ralph!

[Littlepeahead]

up until nearly 2 years ago i was in the nothing wrong with me group

I have to disagree Chris, you were always a numpty of the highest order.

Now you are just a numpty who can't remember much.

I did worry that when you pushed me around in my wheelchair last year that you'd then wander off and forget where you'd left me!

But think of the advantages of losing your licence for 6 months - you get me as your chauffer.

[ClunkintheUK]

I'd say I am in the ralph camp. I was running a sub-40min 10K at the begining of the year, not problems with the indicator numbers (normal blood pressure, bang on for BMI and all those things) last day I took of work was about 3 years ago (flu jab gave me the flu).

I do however have two syndromes, one I developed in recent years and has nearly zero effect on my life (Asthema, exercise induced, so not the scary one) and a life long one which has no effect on me whatsoever, except preventing me from doing the one profession I have always wanted to do (pilot, I can only focus one eye at a time).

Oh i also have a handfull of old mountain bike injuries.

SO is that healthy or unhealthy?

[Bibio]

i think doctors make it worse deliberately.. never seen a doc in 10+ years then when i do it's no end of bleeeeding troubles.

[shonadoll]

Not healthy. But getting there. In past seven years spinal o, gallbladder out, ACL reconstruction using hamstring graft and finally cancer then separate ovary removal. Joy! Been on painkillers and sleeping tablets of various sorts for nine months now....

[thulfi]

Luckily without major problems. In my mind I feel unhealthy; how at 26, I'm just a more polluted run down version of myself at 16 (no thanks to uni).

never seen a doc in 10+ years then when i do it's no end of bleeeeding troubles.

Probably why you happen to be there in the first place.:rolleyes:

[Bri w]

So just what is healthy and unhealthy...?

I don't really consider a dodgy ticker, Menier's and arthritis of the hip and spine as particularly unhealthy, more an age thing. If my superb, athletic body was like this at 20 I'd be concerned but at 54 I think I've had great mileage considering the abuse its had.

If it hadn't bounced around a rugby field till 40 it might not be quite so battered now but it was great fun... mind you, it still gets some serious Guinness abuse

[chris8886]

I have to disagree Chris, you were always a numpty of the highest order.

Now you are just a numpty who can't remember much.

I did worry that when you pushed me around in my wheelchair last year that you'd then wander off and forget where you'd left me!

But think of the advantages of losing your licence for 6 months - you get me as your chauffer.

how about bugger off! :P

[Owenski]

If you consider a bike that's been down the road. Even of you patch it up there will always be something to show for that bad day.
I sum myself up much the same, I've had a few knocks and now they leave a mark.
First one will have been wrapping a frinds 125 round a lamp post at 17. That gives me lower back pain from time to time.
then a 30ft plunge when I f'd up a berm transfer whilst down hill mountain biking, shoulder and hips took a beating.
Countless other 'this is gonna hurt' moments on the downhill have left a mark.

Kiratee and boxing did a good job of messing up my wrists and shins.
Football made sure my knees are worse then my mother in laws.

Trying to bury myself in the bachelor life of drink and drugs in my late teens early 20's did a super job of ensuring my bowls got wrecked.
Smoking ensured that following swine flu 2 years ago I developed asthma but as has been said other than making sure I have my blue and brown breathers with me it's a doddle of a condition to manage.

I have had 2 genuine absences from work in my 5 years of working there, both in the last 2 years (not swine flu though, I conveniently got that during my paternity leave :-( that sucked) the other two were food poisoning and a still undiagnosed muscular issue.

So yeah other than been in a right state, I'm healthy. :-)

[Bibio]

Luckily without major problems. In my mind I feel unhealthy; how at 26, I'm just a more polluted run down version of myself at 16 (no thanks to uni).



Probably why you happen to be there in the first place.:rolleyes:

i had my tonsils out at 8 then never seen another doc till i was 25ish and only because i moved area and got hay fever.

at 26 i was as fit as a fiddle it's not till i started to hit 40 that the troubles begun... ooohh well i had lots and lot of fun when i was younger and all that fun is finally catching up on me i suppose.

[-Ralph-]

Those STD's that incubate for years are a bugger aren't they Bibio? ;-)

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