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Initial utter devastation at my new prostate illness prostatitis, but this time I fight back

Posted on January 17, 2025 by SCARFMAN

A blog about the trauma of getting prostatitis again, but how I am determined not to let it ruin everything this time around. Panic At age 48, my whole world came crashing down around me just before last Christmas time. … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, Uncategorized | Tagged BLADDER, burning pelvis, cancer, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, DEPRESSION, fight back, Health, infection, MALE HEALTH, MENS HEALTH, NIGHTMARE, panic, PELVIC FLOOR, PROSTATE, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATITIS, spasm, taboo illness, urology | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, COMPLIMENT, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRIBUTE, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged anxiety, bad doctors, bad gp, being patronized, big brother, BLADDER, BLADDER PROBLEM, BLOOD SUGARS, CELLULITIS, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, CHRONIC ILLNESS, CHRONIC PAIN, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, compliment, CONTAMINATION, CONTAMINATION OCD, COPING WITH ILL HEALTH, DEGREE, degree interrupted by illness ill health, DEPRESSION, depression about health, DIABETES, DIABETIC, diabetic nurse, DIARY, differing medical opinions, DISCRIMINATION, DISGUST AT DOCTORS, DOCTORS, EMOTION, EMPATHY, exasperation at gp, failed diagnosis, Family, feeling weary, FEELING WORN OUT, fellow sufferer, FIGHTING, FRIENDS, friendship, GPS, Health, health battles, health diary, HEALTH ISSUES, HEALTH PROBLEMS, health story, health strugles, health worries, HELP, HOPE, ILL, ILL AT UNIVERSITY, ILL HEALTH, inept doctors, interrupted degree, isolation of being ill, isolation of ill health, knowing more than a doctor, LIFE, LIFE STORY, LIVING NIGHTMARE, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphedema, lymphemea, LYMPHOEDEMA, lymphoedema in legs, male, MALE HEALTH, male pelvic pain, manual lymphatic drainage, MEDICAL PEOPLE NOT BELIEVING YOU, MEDICINE, MEN, MENS HEALTH, mental depession, mental fight, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH DISCRIMINATION, MENTAL HEALTH PREJUDICE, MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA, mental help, mental illness, mental support, MIND, MISDIAGNOSIS, MOTHER, MOTIVATION, muscoskeletal physiotherapy, MY DEGREE, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, nerves, NHS, NIGHTMARE, nurse, obsessive complusive disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, osteopath, PATRONIZED BY DOCTORS, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIC PAIN, PELVIC PHYSIO, PELVIC PHYSIOTHERAPY, pgp, physio, physiotherapy, poor doctors, poor gps, PREJUDICE, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE ILLNESS, PROSTATITIS, psychological, psychological pain, rant, rib pain, SELF EDUCATION, SELF HELP GROUP, SHOULDER PAIN, Social Media, social media friendships, SORE PELVIS, SORE RIBS, sore shoulder, speak out about mental health, specialist womens physiotherapist, stigma, stigma of mental health illness, suicidal thought, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, SUICIDE, SUPPORT, SYMPATHY, tribute, true stories, Twitter, TYPE ONE DIABETES, UROLOGISTS, VASCULAR, VINDICATION, well being, when doctors don't believe you, when people don't believe you're ill, women's physiotherapy, WOMENS HEALTH PHYSIOTHERAPY, WORRIES | Leave a comment

‘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

THEY’RE ALIVE…….I HAVE CORE MUSCLES AFTER ALL. MY DEVASTATING SUFFERING WITH CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN…..BUT HOPEFULLY NOT DEVASTATING FOR MUCH LONGER!

Posted on October 9, 2015 by SCARFMAN

IT IS OFFICIAL, MY CORE MUSCLES DO EXIST AND IT IS NO LONGER A MYTH! Yesterday was the first time in years that I did not feel pain upon walking. It shocked me at first if I am honest. I … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, Uncategorized | Tagged ABDOMEN, anxiety, APPEARENCE, BACK PAIN, BARBER'S, BLADDER, BODY, BODY IMAGE ISSUES, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, CHRONIC PAIN, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, CONFIDENCE, CORE, CORE MUSCLES, cricket, CRICKET CAPTAIN, dad, DEGREE, DEPRESSION, DEVASTATION, DIET, DIETING, DISAPPOINTMENT, DISASTER, EMOTION, EXCITEMENT, EXERCISE, Family, FOOTBAL, football, GOLF, Health, ILL HEALTH, ILLNESS, INFLAMED PELVIS, INFLAMMATION, INSECURITY, IRRITABLE BLADDER, KEGEL KEGAL EXERCISES, LATE DAD, LOWER BACK PAIN, LOWER BACK PIAIN, male health problem, MEDICINE, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MOTIVATION, MUSCLES TOO TIGHT, MYTH, NHS, ORDEAL, OVERWEIGHT, pain, PELVIC, PELVIC FLOOR, PELVIC FLOOR TRIGGER POINT RELEASE, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIS, physical health, physio, physiotherapy, PITCH N PUTT, PROSTATE INFECTION, PROSTATITIS, QUERCETIN, SCHOOL CRICKET, SCHOOL FOOTBALL, SCIATIC NERVE, SCIATIC PAIN, SCIATICA, SELF LOATHING, SENSITIVE, soccer, SPORT, SPORTS FAN, TENNIS, TILTED PELVIS, TOO TIGHT, UNCATEGORISED, UNIVERSITY, urology | Leave a comment

A HEADACHE IN MY PELVIS AND BACK……….AND D-DAY IS COMING SOON!

Posted on March 5, 2014 by SCARFMAN

Time to post something personal, time to reveal my continued lifelong struggles with pelvic and back pain. Thing is, I’m a fighter, and will never stop fighting. A few weeks I got asked on twitter by one of my friends … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged BACK PAIN, BLADDER, BLADDER PROBLEMS, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, GALLSTONES, Graduating, Grief, Health, ILIOPSOAS, IRRITABLE BLADDER, liver, MENS HEALTH, MRI SCANS, NHS, osteopath, over acidic, over acidicness, pain, PELVIC FLOOR TRIGGER POINT RELEASE, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIC PAI N, physio, physiotherapy, PROSTATE, PROSTATITIS, PSOAS, rib pain, sacroiliac joint, SCIATICA, SPONDYLOLISTHESIS | Leave a comment

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Initial utter devastation at my new prostate illness prostatitis, but this time I fight back

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

THEY’RE ALIVE…….I HAVE CORE MUSCLES AFTER ALL. MY DEVASTATING SUFFERING WITH CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN…..BUT HOPEFULLY NOT DEVASTATING FOR MUCH LONGER!

A HEADACHE IN MY PELVIS AND BACK……….AND D-DAY IS COMING SOON!

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