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Tag Archives: rib pain
I FEEL LIKE CRYING HAPPY TEARS THAT MY CHRONIC PAIN HAS FINALLY STARTED TO DECREASE….BUT I’M SCARED TOO JUST YET!
“If I can’t get back on the anti-inflammatories then my life is over. I won’t be able to cope with physio on my pelvis, having a girlfriend or going out five days a week for a job”. In the last … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, FAMILY, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged 1990S, ABDOMINAL PAIN, ADDENBROOKES CAMBRIDGE, ADDENBROOKES HOSPITAL, ANAL PAIN, anti-inflammatory, anxiety, BACK PAIN, blog, burning anus, burning bottom feeling, CELECOXIB, celecvoxib, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, CHRONIC ILLNESS, CHRONIC PAIN, chronic pain blog, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, comfort eating, CRYING, DEGREE, DEPRESSION, DREAD, EMBARRASSING BODIES, EMBARRASSING HEALTH PROBLEMS, EMOTION, etoricoxib, Family, FAMILY SUPPORT WHEN ILL, fightback, fighting spirit, GALLBLADDER, GALLSTONES, girlfriend, HAPPY TEARS, Health, health and beauty, health and neauty, health battles, health blog, health diary, hell, HERBAL MEDICINE, HOPE, iliospoas, ILL HEALTH, INFLAMED GROIN, INFLAMMATION, irrational, JOB, life setbacks, lifestyle, LOWER BACK PAIN, lumbar spine pain, MALE HEALTH, medication, MEN'S HEALTH PROBLEM, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MISERY, MOBILITY ISSUES, mother son, mother son relationship, MOTIVATION, muscoskeletal physiotherapy, naproxen, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, NATURE'S MOST POWERFUL ANTI INFLAMMATORY, negative mindset, negativity, nerves, NHS, NO CURE, nsaid, nsaids, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OCD MEDICATION, pain, pain relief, panic stricken, PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLES, PELVIC FLOOR SPASMS, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIC PAIN, PELVIS, physical health, physical torment, physiotherapy, POSITIVE, positive mindset, positivity, PROSTATE, PROSTATE E.COLI INFECTION, PROSTATE ILLNESS, PROSTATE INFECTION, PROSTATITIS, PSOAS PAIN, QUERCETIN, rant, rational, REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM, rib pain, SACROILIAC JOINT PAIN, sad tears, SCIATIC PAIN, SCIATICA, SEX ORGANS, SHOULDER PAIN, SORE ANUS, SORE BOTTOM, SORE INFLAMED PELVIC FLOOR, SORE RIBS, sore shoulder, SPINE, SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, SUFFERING, TEARS, TILTED PELVIS, TRAMADOL, true stories, TRUE STORY, Twitter, UNCATEGORISED, UNCATEGORIZED, UNIVERSITY, urology, WATER WORKS, WOORY, work, WORRY, writing
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SUFFERING FROM ILL HEALTH CAN BE HEARTBREAKING AND SOUL DESTROYING AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN NOT EVERYBODY BELIEVES YOU!
“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
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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
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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.
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
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CRIPPLED…………………….WITH FEAR! MY CONTINUING AWFUL STRUGGLE WITH OCD!
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
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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
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A NIGHTMARE ON HAIRCUT STREET!
Decided last week I needed a haircut so booked an appointment for one last Friday at 3.30pm. It was going to be a test with my vomit OCD and dog dirt phobias, because I had the taxi journey there to … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, COMEDY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged anxiety, BACK PAIN, Health, living with OCD, MALE HEALTH, nerves, OCD, PELVIC PAIN, PHOBIAS, physio, rib pain, SICK, TRAMADOL, TRAMADOL SIDE EFFECTS, VOMIT
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SCANS CAME BACK FINE, BUT HEAVEN KNOWS I’M MISERABLE NOW!
What has happened on the health front since last time I blogged? I went for an abdominal ultrasound scan to see if anything might be found to explain my current health problems. By this I mean the swollen puffy feet … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged anxiety, BLADDER PROBLEMS, DEPRESSION, DOCTORS, Health, ILIOPSOAS, IRRITABLE BLADDER, KIDNEYS, LIFE STORIES, MALE HEALTH, mental health, MUSCLES TIGHTNESS, OCD, PELVIC PAI N, physiotherapy, RETENTION, rib pain, SWOLLEN ANKLES
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FLOUNDERING, FRUSTRATED AND FED UP!
An update regarding my Mental and Physical Health battles – Firstly, before i write this blog can I just say a brief thank you to all of the people who took the time to read and send me lovely supporting … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, RANT, Uncategorized
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Tagged anxiety, Health, MENS HEALTH, mental health, nausea, OCD, rib pain
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A HEADACHE IN MY PELVIS AND BACK……….AND D-DAY IS COMING SOON!
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
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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
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