Face Ache
It's 1.30am and I cannot sleep cos my face hurts. I think its a reaction to the new tablets prescribed to me by Doctor Strange this week. Let me explain.
If you recall from earlier blogs I've been having some investigations done into why Balloon Dog intermittently dribbles leaving my bits drowning in occasional weeny flash floods when out on the bike. Not a lot but enough to get it checked.
The ultrasound says I am ultra sound. Last week Doctor Strange humiliated me as he put what I think was his finger into that place that should only ever be an outie. I know for sure he was laughing as he said relax and think of England just before he took my cherry. Oooohhh! Ewwww! Aaaagghh! ...says Doctor Strange...
Anyway its all smooth he says which is good in that there are no unwanted lumps and bumps on my prostatey thingy. I can if I wish have a PSA blood test says the Doc just before he bombarded me with a plethora of information to convince me not to have it done. It's up to me he says. Funny that I thought doctors were there to help and guide patients, not to leave us dangling with should I shouldn't I questions floating in the back of our minds.
An enlarged prostate is quite the fashion for the over 50 male types and the next step was for the drug pusher to push some drugs at me. So I've started to take another drug, Contiflo XL, which is designed to reduce tension in the smooth muscles of the prostate and the urethra blah blah blah... Any side effects says I? Might cause some dizziness says Doctor Strange as he wipes his gangly finger clean.
So far I've had two tablets. I now cannot sleep as it feels like my sinuses and throat have collapsed and my gums hurt (a lot) as though I have toothache across the whole of my mouth. My tongue tingles and feels swollen. I must've been in the ring with Frank Bruno for the last 2 days as my face feels smashed. It's like having a bad summer cold, one on steroids, but without the cough and sneezy bits.
Dear me. These I think are side effects to the drug. Paperwork says swelling of the soft tissues of the throat mouth and neck affect less than 1 in 10,000 patients so ain't I the lucky one. It is recommended that I stop taking the tablets. No shit Sherlock.
I'd rather have a permanently wet nappy than suffer this crap. My face hurts. I've taken paracetamol to see if I can get to sleep tonight for I have a long ride to Bedale tomorrow.
I'm not one for taking tablets anyway and have always done my best to get off them as I've successfully done for my Type 2 diabetes. I tell myself that this is just another experience in this life that reaffirms the facts that whilst some treatments are meant to be good for you, at times they introduce more problems than they cure.
It's crapola baby.
Nite
If you recall from earlier blogs I've been having some investigations done into why Balloon Dog intermittently dribbles leaving my bits drowning in occasional weeny flash floods when out on the bike. Not a lot but enough to get it checked.
The ultrasound says I am ultra sound. Last week Doctor Strange humiliated me as he put what I think was his finger into that place that should only ever be an outie. I know for sure he was laughing as he said relax and think of England just before he took my cherry. Oooohhh! Ewwww! Aaaagghh! ...says Doctor Strange...
Anyway its all smooth he says which is good in that there are no unwanted lumps and bumps on my prostatey thingy. I can if I wish have a PSA blood test says the Doc just before he bombarded me with a plethora of information to convince me not to have it done. It's up to me he says. Funny that I thought doctors were there to help and guide patients, not to leave us dangling with should I shouldn't I questions floating in the back of our minds.
An enlarged prostate is quite the fashion for the over 50 male types and the next step was for the drug pusher to push some drugs at me. So I've started to take another drug, Contiflo XL, which is designed to reduce tension in the smooth muscles of the prostate and the urethra blah blah blah... Any side effects says I? Might cause some dizziness says Doctor Strange as he wipes his gangly finger clean.
So far I've had two tablets. I now cannot sleep as it feels like my sinuses and throat have collapsed and my gums hurt (a lot) as though I have toothache across the whole of my mouth. My tongue tingles and feels swollen. I must've been in the ring with Frank Bruno for the last 2 days as my face feels smashed. It's like having a bad summer cold, one on steroids, but without the cough and sneezy bits.
Dear me. These I think are side effects to the drug. Paperwork says swelling of the soft tissues of the throat mouth and neck affect less than 1 in 10,000 patients so ain't I the lucky one. It is recommended that I stop taking the tablets. No shit Sherlock.
I'd rather have a permanently wet nappy than suffer this crap. My face hurts. I've taken paracetamol to see if I can get to sleep tonight for I have a long ride to Bedale tomorrow.
I'm not one for taking tablets anyway and have always done my best to get off them as I've successfully done for my Type 2 diabetes. I tell myself that this is just another experience in this life that reaffirms the facts that whilst some treatments are meant to be good for you, at times they introduce more problems than they cure.
It's crapola baby.
Nite
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