How healthy are you?

[MisterTommyH]

Nothing wrong with me that I know about.

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.

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

Squaddie!!!!
Like port?

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.

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.

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