Category Archives: LYMPHOEDEMA

THE JOY OF……..A GOOD LONG WEE, WHEN YOU SUFFER FROM LYMPHOEDEMA LIKE ME!

Posted on July 17, 2016 by SCARFMAN

I’ll let you all into an embarrassing secret of mine for a moment, the other morning I raced into the bathroom quicker than Linford Christie in tight Lycra and shouted the following OUT LOUD as I weed(in the voice of … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, COMEDY, EMOTION, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged amusing health story, anxiety, banter, big wees, BLADDER, CELLULITIS, COMEDY, COMPRESSION, compression socks, COMPRESSION STOCKINGS, coping with lymphoedema, David Coleman, David Colemen, DOCTORS, EMOTION, fluid drainage, GALLBLADDER REMOVED, gallbladder taken out, going to the toilet, GPS, Health, health comedy, IRRITABLE BLADDER, JOY, Linford Christie, living with lymphedema, living with lymphoedema, lymph fluid, lymph gland drainage issue, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphatic fluid, lymphatic glands, lymphedema, LYMPHOEDEMA, MALE HEALTH, MENS HEALTH, mental health, nerves, NHS, pee, physical health, poisoning my body, PROSTATE INFECTION, PROSTATITIS, record breakers, swelling in the legs, SWOLLEN ANKLES, SWOLLEN FEET, SWOLLEN LEGS, symptoms and side effects of lymphoedema, toilet, TRUE STORY, urinating, urination, useless doctors, WEE, WEEING | Leave a comment

SUFFERING FROM ILL HEALTH CAN BE HEARTBREAKING AND SOUL DESTROYING AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN NOT EVERYBODY BELIEVES YOU!

Posted on February 25, 2016 by SCARFMAN

“You sure you’re not getting obsessed with your bits”? A GP said this to me once. “I think we discussed this last time how you’re maybe getting obsessed with your blood sugars”. A Diabetic Nurse said this to me once. … Continue reading →

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A QUICK TICKLE NEAR MY GROIN AND SOME MASSAGING WITH NOT MUCH PRESSURE….MY FIRST EXPERIENCE OF MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE!

Posted on November 8, 2015 by SCARFMAN

ME : “Hi, it’s Andrew Lloyd” Therapist : “Hello, do you want to take your shoes off before coming through” Now, I will be honest with you and say that this request here to take my shoes off did take … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, Uncategorized | Tagged #LYMPHGLANDS, #MANUALLYMPHATICDRAINAGE, #MENSHEALTH, alternative medicine, alternative therapy, ANATOMY, blog, BONES, COMEDY, COMMUNICATION, DIARY, feet swelling, fight infections, groin, Health, HOLISTIC, HOLISTIC MEDICINE, HOLISTIC THERAPY, humour, ILL HEALTH, ILLNESS, immune system, KARL PILKINGTON, LEGS, legs lymph glands, LEGS SWELLING, lymph, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphatic fluid, lymphedema, LYMPHOEDEMA, MALE HEALTH, MANUAL LYMPH DRAINAGE, manual lymphatic drainage, MASSAGE, MASSING, MEDICINE, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MLD, MUSCLES, no hands, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, shoes, shoes off, skin, SOFT TISSUE, SWELLING, SWOLLEN LEGS, SWOLLEN LIMBS, talk, therapist, Tibetan monks, UNWELL | Leave a comment

MY LYMPHOEDEMA IS IMPROVING AND ALL I HAVE DONE IS………..EXERCISE MORE!

Posted on October 29, 2015 by SCARFMAN

“Lymphoedema is a chronic condition that causes swelling when the lymphatic system is not able to drain fluid properly”.(Google search). “Lymphoedema is a swelling that develops as a result of an impaired lymphatic system. This may be as a result of … Continue reading →

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‘HOPE IS THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS ME ALIVE’ – MY ‘MIND’ SUMMER CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION ENTRY ON THE THEME OF HOPE.

Posted on October 13, 2015 by SCARFMAN

HOPE IS THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS ME ALIVE! Ever woken up wishing you had not? I do not mean because you fancy another half-hour or so in bed, I mean because your whole being is CRIPPLED with anxiety … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, death, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, FAMILY, grief, HAROLD LLOYD, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, social media, THE ARTS, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged #MENTALHEALTH, #PELVICPAIN, A-LEVELS, ALIVE, ANGUISH, BACK PAIN, BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, BEREAVEMENT, BEREAVEMENT COUNSELLING, BLADDER, BLOGGING, BOMBSHELL, CAREER, CAREER GOALS, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, COLLEGE, CONTAMINATED, CONTAMINATION, COUNSELLING, CREATIVE WRITING, CRIPPLED, CRIPPLED WITH FEAR, dad, DAD DYING, death, DEGREE, DEPRESSED, DEPRESSION, DESPERATE, DEVASTATION, DIABETES, DOCTORS, DOCTORS SURGERY, DOG POO, DOG SHIT, DREAD, DREAMS, DYING, EMPATHY, FATHER DIED, fear, FEAR OF TRAVELLING, FEELINGS, FIGHT, FIGHTER, FRIENDS, frightened, FUNERAL, GALLBLADDER, GALLBLADDER SURGERY, GALLSTONES, GILMORE'S GROIN, GPS, Graduating, GRADUATION, GREIVING, Grief, HAROLD LLOYD, Health, HERNIA, HERNIA SUGERY, HONEST, HOPE, HORSE MUCK, HORSE POO, HUMAN SPIRIT, ILL, ILL HEALTH, INSPIRATION, INSPIRING, IRRITABLE BLADDER, LATE FATHER, LIFE GOALS, LIFE STRUGGLES, LIVERPOOL, LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY, LIVING AWAY FROM HOME, living with OCD, LJMU, LOWER BACK PAIN, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, memories, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH STORY, MENTAL HEALTH THOUGHTS, mental illness, MENTAL PAIN, MIND, MIND CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION, MOTHER, MUM, NASTY SMELLS, NERVE COMPRESSION, NHS, NO HAPPY ENDING, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OCD AWARENESS WEEK, OCD FLARE UP, pain, PANIC ATTACK, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIC PAIN, PENGUIN PUBLISHING, PHOBIA, PHOBIAS, physical health, PHYSICAL PAIN, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE GLAND, PROSTATE HEALTH, PROSTATE INFECTION, PROSTATITIS, PSYCHOLOGIST, PSYCHOLOGY, rib pain, sacroiliac joint, SCIATICA, SHOCK, SICK, SINUS SURGERY, SISTER, SMELL PHOBIA, SMELLS, SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, SUFFERING, SUICIDE, SWOLLEN LOWER LEGS, TOUCH, TRUE STORY, UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY LIFE, UNUSUAL OCD, UPSET, VOMIT, writing | 1 Comment

“FATTY, BUM BUM…..” DAY SEVEN OF MY FIRST EVER DIET AND ALREADY I FEEL BETTER FOR IT!

Posted on September 29, 2015 by SCARFMAN

“Fatty, bum bum….oi Mister, can you lend us some money? Fatty, bum bum” These words got shouted at me one evening whilst I was walking home from the doctors in the early part of the summer this year. They were … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, FOOD, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, social media, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged ABUSE, anxiety, APPEARENCE, ATTRACTIVE, biscuits, BODY IMAGE, BODY IMAGE ISSUES, bread, calories, change of diet, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, CHRONIC PAIN, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, COMPRESSED NERVE, CONFIDENCE, crisps, DEPRESSED, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, DIAGNOSIS, DIET, dietician, DIETING, DOCTORS, eat too much, EATING HEALTHY, eating too much, EMOTION, EXERCISE, FAT, food, food blogger, GALLBLADDER, GIRLS, GPS, Graduating, GROWING UP, Health, HELPLESSNESS, HOSPITALS, HUNCHBACK, ILIOPSOAS, ILL HEALTH, ILLNESS, INFLAMED PELVIC, KEEP FIT, KICK UP THE BACK SIDE, LACK OF CONFIDENCE, LOOKS, LOWER BACK PAIN, LUMBAR SPINE BACK PAIN, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MID LIFE CRISIS, MISDIAGNOSIS, MOTIVATION, nerves, NHS, nutrition, OCD, OVERWEIGHT, pain, PAINKILLER, PELVIC FLOOR, PELVIC FLOOR TRIGGER POINT RELEASE, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIC PAIN, physical health, PROSTATE, PROSTATE INFECTION, PROSTATITIS, PSOAS PAIN, rant, SCIATICA, SHY, SHYNESS, SLIM, slimline, SLIPPED VERTEBRATE, SOCIALISING, SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, SPORT, SPORTY, STREET ABUSE, STRESS, STRESSFUL, TILTED PELVIS, true stories, TRUE STORY, UGLY, UNATTRACTIVE, UNIVERSITY, VERBAL ABUSE, WAISTLINE, weight, white bread, WRONG DIAGNOSIS | 1 Comment

NEVER FELT SO ANGRY, FRUSTRATED AND DEPRESSED AS I DO RIGHT NOW….ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE OCD!

Posted on September 22, 2015 by SCARFMAN

ANGRY, FRUSTRATED AND DEPRESSED…….this is how I feel right now. I have been feeling like this for at least the last three years if I am honest, but last night as I went to bed these feelings were utterly overwhelming … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, COMPLIMENT, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, NHS, OCD, skin infection, TRUE STORIES, twitter, Uncategorized | Tagged ANGER, ANGRY, ANGUISH, anxiety, ANXIOUS, BACK PAIN, banter, BLOGGING, CAREER, CATHARTIC, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, CONTAMINATION, CONTAMINATION FLARE-UP, DEPRESSED, DEPRESSION, DOCTORS, DOG DIRT, DOG DIRT FEAR, DOG DIRT PHOBIA, Family, fear, FIGHT, FLARE-UP, FRUSTRATED, frustration, GALLBLADDER REMOVED, GALLBLADDER SURGERY, GPS, Health, HEARTACHE, HEARTBREAK, HERNIA SUGERY, HOPE, ILL HEALTH, JOB, JOBLESS, laughter, LIFE, LOWER BACK PAIN, LUMBAR SPINE BACK PAIN, MALE HEALTH, MALE MENTAL HEALTH, MENS MENTAL HEALTH, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, MIND, MIND MANCHESTER, MIND MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY, MIND UK, MISERY, nerves, NHS, NO HOPE, O.C.D, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OCD ACTION UK, OCD UK, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIC PAIN, physical health, sad, SADNESS, SELF HARM, SINUS SURGERY, SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, SUFFERING, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, SUICIDE, SUPPORT, UNIVERSITY, UNLOADING, UPSET, WRITER, writing, WRITING CAREER | Leave a comment

CRIPPLED…………………….WITH FEAR! MY CONTINUING AWFUL STRUGGLE WITH OCD!

Posted on July 17, 2015 by SCARFMAN

Ever woken up wishing you had not? I do not mean because you fancy another half-hour or so in bed, I mean because your entire being is CRIPPLED with anxiety and fear? Fear about confronting the day ahead because you … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged anxiety, ASPERGER'S SYNDROME, BORDERLINE PSYCHOTIC, CAN'T COPE, CONTAMINATION, CRIPPLED WITH FEAR, DEPRESSION, DIARY, DOCTORS, DOCTORS SURGERY, DOG DIRT, DOG DIRT PHOBIA, DOG POO, EMOTION, fear, fed up, HEALH, HELP, HELPLESSNESS, ILL, ILL HEALTH, LIVERPOOL, LOWER BACK PAIN, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, MALE MENTAL HEALTH, MENS HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA, MENTAL SUFFERING, MIND OCCUPATION, nerves, NHS, NO HOPE, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OCD STRUGGLES, PELVIC PAIN, PERSONAL, physical SUFFERING, PSYCHOSIS, rant, REAL LIFE, rib pain, SEVERE OCD, stigma, SUFFERING, SUICIDAL, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, TORMENT, TRUE STORY, UNCATEGORISED, UNIVERSITY, WORRIES | Leave a comment

ANOTHER SETBACK AND BODY BLOW……….I DO HAVE LYMPHOEDEMA AFTER ALL!

Posted on July 3, 2015 by SCARFMAN

A week ago I had appointment at a local hospital where my worst fears were confirmed, I do indeed have a lifelong condition called lymphoedema(in my lower legs) after all. I say after all because I have had this possible … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, FAMILY, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, skin infection, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged acidic, ANGUISH, ANKLE SWELLING, ANKLES, anxiety, BACK PAIN, body blow, CELLULITIS, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, chronic health problem, CHRONIC PAIN, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, COMPRESSION PUMP, COMPRESSION STOCKINGS, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, DIARY, DOCTORS, DOPPLER LEG SCAN, EMOTION, Family, fed up, FEELING, FLOWTRON, FLUID BUILD UP, FLUID RETENTION, GILMORE'S GROIN, Health, HERNIA, HOPE, ILL, ILL HEALTH, LEG SWELLING, LEGS, LIFE, LIPODEMA, lymph, LYMPH DRAINAGE, LYMPH DRANAGE, LYMPH GLAND EXERCISES, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphatic drainage, LYMPHODEMA, LYMPHOEDEMA, LYMPHOEDEMA CLINIC, LYMPHOGRAM, MANUAL LYMPH DRAINAGE, manual lymphatic drainage, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MLD, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, NERVE COMPRESSION, NHS, NO CURE, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, over acidic, over acidix, pain, PELVIC PAI N, physical health, POISONING, rant, REAL LIFE, SADNESS, SCIATICA, SETBACK, SINUS SURGERY, SKIN INFECTION, SLIPPED VERTEBRATE, SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, STOCKINGS, SWOLLEN LIMBS, TRAUMA, TYPE ONE DIABETES, UNCATEGORISED, UNCATEGORIZED, UPSET, VASCULAR, VASCULAR CONSULTANT, WOORY, WORRIES, WORRY | Leave a comment

BOTH PALS AND MY GP ARE ON MY SIDE! (LYMPHOEDEMA DIAGNOSIS UPDATE).

Posted on May 21, 2015 by SCARFMAN

Monday was a relatively big day for me on the ‘get me better front’. If you read my last blog then you will have discovered how I had recently been given two opposing opinions by two Vascular Consultants…..in the space … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged ACUTE MEDICAL UNIT, ANANTOMY, ANKLES, ANXIETIES, anxiety, CHRONIC PAIN, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, COMPLAINT, COMPRESSION, COMPRESSION STOCKINGS, DEPRESSION, DIAGNOSIS, DIARY, DISTESS, DOCTORS, duplex leg scan, EMOTION, ENGLAND, FRUSTRATING, GP, Health, health and beauty, HEALTH MATTERS, HEARTACHE, HELP, HOSPITAL, HOSPITAL DOCTORS, HOSPITALS, ILL, ILL HEALTH, INCOMPETENCE, LEG SCAN, LEGS, LEGS SWELLING, LOWER LIMBS, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphedema, LYMPHOEDEMA, LYMPHOGRAM, MALE HEALTH, MANUAL LYMPH DRAINAGE, manual lymphatic drainage, MEDICAL COMPLAINT, MEDICAL CONDITION, MEDICAL PROBLEM, MEDICINE, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MISDIAGNOSIS, MLD, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, nerves, NHS, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OUTPATIENTS, PALS, PATIENT ADVICE LIAISON SERVICE, rant, REFERRAL, SCIATICA, SECOND OPINION, SOFT TISSUE, SOFT TISSUE MASSAGE, SUPPORT, SWELLING, SWOLLEN FEET, SWOLLEN LEGS, SWOLLEN LIMBS, true stories, TRUE STORY, UK, UK HEALTHCARE, UNCATEGORISED, UNWELL, UPDATE, VASCULAR, VASCULAR ASSESSMENT, VASCULAR CLINIC, VASCULAR CONSULTANT, WORRIES, WORRY, WRONG DIAGNOSIS | Leave a comment

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Category Archives: LYMPHOEDEMA

THE JOY OF……..A GOOD LONG WEE, WHEN YOU SUFFER FROM LYMPHOEDEMA LIKE ME!

A QUICK TICKLE NEAR MY GROIN AND SOME MASSAGING WITH NOT MUCH PRESSURE….MY FIRST EXPERIENCE OF MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE!

NEVER FELT SO ANGRY, FRUSTRATED AND DEPRESSED AS I DO RIGHT NOW….ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE OCD!

CRIPPLED…………………….WITH FEAR! MY CONTINUING AWFUL STRUGGLE WITH OCD!

ANOTHER SETBACK AND BODY BLOW……….I DO HAVE LYMPHOEDEMA AFTER ALL!

BOTH PALS AND MY GP ARE ON MY SIDE! (LYMPHOEDEMA DIAGNOSIS UPDATE).

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