General chit chat

@Faith-and-Hope, I've heard it's extremely painful to pass kidney stone.

I have never had one @Mazarita, but WH has had a dozen or so .... and yes, I believe they are very painful.

Oh @Faith-and-Hope That's really not good. My Dad had a lot of trouble with those, so much pain. The doctor's told him it's the nearest thing a man gets to the pain of child birth. So I imagine it must be pretty damn painful but with a booby prize at the end,

The kids tease him that he has given birth more times than I have @Spookytookims .... 😏

He has a good sense of humour, (around the mood regulation issues associated with the e.d.) .... but it might also be a spin off from his tightly controlled daily-repeat diet that is contributing to it .... dunno.

The c/s behaviour will be messing with his body chemistry. He is in danger of diabetes and stomach ulcers apparently, so it wouldn't surprise me. It's still hard watching him suffer, whatever the cause, like when he is exercising injured .... :face_with_rolling_eyes:

Waddayagonnado ??

yeah @Faith-and-Hope my dad ended up having to move countries, that's actually how we wound up in Australia. They told him if he stayes where we were he'd likely have them ongoing. They were right. after we moved he didn't have them any more.

yes must be very hard watching him siffer, I know it was sure hard for us with my father because he just was never one to complain and so we knew he must be in so much pain when he was writhing around and moaning... was quite scary actually, especially being a kid at the time. I know my mother felt pretty helpless watching and not being able to do anything until the doctors decided one way or the other if he would pass one or they had to operate. So glad when it all stopped, was such a relief for all of us, of course more so for dad.

Oooo Cooties, I always though that was a symptom of The dreaded Lurgy! 😄

@Former-Member Maybe you should post this on Turtle Island thread, in case others don't know why I So named the episode.

@Faith-and-Hope I can 100% understand the fatigue. It's hard when boundaries keep getting pushed to sustain the same sense of compassion and sympathy. It gets very draining and frustrating to maintain without fatiguing.

Good morning, @Former-Member, and that's cool the info you posted on the lurgy. I like lurgy better than cooties, which sounds like a form of lice to me, lol. Someone was talking about how many of us have been going down with 'the dreaded lurgy' on the forum. There was even speculation that we might be passing it on to each other by computer viruses! Mine's still hanging around, slowly clearing out properly I hope. I want it gone completely by the time my mum and old friend arrive up here on Tuesday week. Haven't seem mum for a year so it's a very special occasion.