Ontopic Health Thread: post your AIDS, diseases and infekshunz here.

eileenbunny said:
I'm just catching up on your health. This totally blows. I'm sorry you are in a flare, but glad it's getting better. Don't use more spoons than you have though. You might need them!
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I get 5 spoons a day!
some days i can get to 5 like a rockstar, some days 3 puts me out. i think the trick is that each spoon is 4 light spoons and maaaaybe 1 heavy spoon VS 5 heavy spoons.

There was a whole month i was like spoons? what spoons, i’m a superwoman .. yeaaa that didn’t end well lol
 
Dory said:
Sure its not psoriasis instead? Some coal tar shampoo might help ya
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I guess it’s possible, but I’ve always been able to control it with any cheap dandruff shampoo and regular showers. I think that’s the key. I need to figure out how to get back to showering closer to my comfort frequency, which was daily. Even every other day would work.

I’m not well-versed on psoriasis symptoms but the people I’ve known with it have it in hairless places also, which I don’t.
 
Immigrant said:
I guess it’s possible, but I’ve always been able to control it with any cheap dandruff shampoo and regular showers. I think that’s the key. I need to figure out how to get back to showering closer to my comfort frequency, which was daily. Even every other day would work.

I’m not well-versed on psoriasis symptoms but the people I’ve known with it have it in hairless places also, which I don’t.
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I only have it on my head, others in my family have it on arms etc. If you're not going out as much that could be making it worse as sun helps with psoriasis.
 
Immigrant said:
What’s with the spoons? What do you do with them?

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on the chance that you're wondering in earnest on top of being silly, spoons is used as a metaphor for units of energy or ability by people with disabilities, chronic conditions, or mental health conditions. it's spoons because that's just what happened to be around in the diner at the time when the person who came up with the metaphor was coming up with it. the idea is, every day you have a finite number of spoons. every action costs spoons, some smaller things like making a phone call might cost 1 spoon, while bigger things like taking a shower might cost 3 or 4 spoons. once you're out of spoons, you're done, you can't do anymore. sometimes you can borrow against tomorrow's spoons, but that means you have less spoons to start with tomorrow. you don't always have the same number of spoons - on bad days, you might already be starting with half your spoons gone.
 
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as she was explaining the metaphor to her friend, she gave her friend a bunch of spoons and had her friend describe her day, all of the little things like brushing her teeth, making coffee, driving to work, etc. she would take away some spoons for each thing, and her friend quickly ran out of spoons. the idea is that people with chronic conditions etc. have a lot fewer spoons than other people & have to ration them carefully because even seemingly small things can cost a lot of energy/spoons when there's so few spoons to begin with
 
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august said:
on the chance that you're wondering in earnest on top of being silly, spoons is used as a metaphor for units of energy or ability by people with disabilities, chronic conditions, or mental health conditions. it's spoons because that's just what happened to be around in the diner at the time when the person who came up with the metaphor was coming up with it. the idea is, every day you have a finite number of spoons. every action costs spoons, some smaller things like making a phone call might cost 1 spoon, while bigger things like taking a shower might cost 3 or 4 spoons. once you're out of spoons, you're done, you can't do anymore. sometimes you can borrow against tomorrow's spoons, but that means you have less spoons to start with tomorrow. you don't always have the same number of spoons - on bad days, you might already be starting with half your spoons gone.
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Thank you.

I have never heard that term ever, and I’ve been around plenty O healthcare pros in my time.
 
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Immigrant said:
Thank you.

I have never heard that term ever, and I’ve been around plenty O healthcare pros in my time.
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en.m.wikipedia.org

Spoon theory - Wikipedia

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it looks like it was coined around the early aughties, so it's relatively new. hope this helps! it's obviously an oversimplification, but sometimes having a simple & tangible way to introduce an idea can help when the people you're explaining it to don't have the same frame of reference.
 
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august said:
en.m.wikipedia.org

Spoon theory - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org en.m.wikipedia.org

it looks like it was coined around the early aughties, so it's relatively new. hope this helps! it's obviously an oversimplification, but sometimes having a simple & tangible way to introduce an idea can help when the people you're explaining it to don't have the same frame of reference.
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I read part of the Wiki page and realized I’ll have the same issue with that as the pain scale, but I also understand HC pros have to have some way for patients to communicate what they feel.
 
august said:
on the chance that you're wondering in earnest on top of being silly, spoons is used as a metaphor for units of energy or ability by people with disabilities, chronic conditions, or mental health conditions. it's spoons because that's just what happened to be around in the diner at the time when the person who came up with the metaphor was coming up with it. the idea is, every day you have a finite number of spoons. every action costs spoons, some smaller things like making a phone call might cost 1 spoon, while bigger things like taking a shower might cost 3 or 4 spoons. once you're out of spoons, you're done, you can't do anymore. sometimes you can borrow against tomorrow's spoons, but that means you have less spoons to start with tomorrow. you don't always have the same number of spoons - on bad days, you might already be starting with half your spoons gone.
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I have never heard of this.
 
august said:
on the chance that you're wondering in earnest on top of being silly, spoons is used as a metaphor for units of energy or ability by people with disabilities, chronic conditions, or mental health conditions. it's spoons because that's just what happened to be around in the diner at the time when the person who came up with the metaphor was coming up with it. the idea is, every day you have a finite number of spoons. every action costs spoons, some smaller things like making a phone call might cost 1 spoon, while bigger things like taking a shower might cost 3 or 4 spoons. once you're out of spoons, you're done, you can't do anymore. sometimes you can borrow against tomorrow's spoons, but that means you have less spoons to start with tomorrow. you don't always have the same number of spoons - on bad days, you might already be starting with half your spoons gone.
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i love you
 
Domon said:
ive never in my life experienced anything i would rank above a 4 on the pain scale. Its completely subjective
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What's weird for me is how much it can fluctuate to me. I cut my thumb to the bone more than a decade back, I still have nerve damage. Due to the adrenaline I would put the pain at a 2 or 3. Even after while healing it didn't get much above a 4 unless I hit it on something.

However, about a year ago, hitting my thumb with a hammer bad enough to lose the nail a couple weeks later had me on the ground struggling to breath for a couple minutes.
 
Mr. Asa said:
What's weird for me is how much it can fluctuate to me. I cut my thumb to the bone more than a decade back, I still have nerve damage. Due to the adrenaline I would put the pain at a 2 or 3. Even after while healing it didn't get much above a 4 unless I hit it on something.

However, about a year ago, hitting my thumb with a hammer bad enough to lose the nail a couple weeks later had me on the ground struggling to breath for a couple minutes.
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Ive done both those things, and yeah, the partial amputation was a 2 or 3 at best. The hammer was 4ish, hurt real bad for an initial 10 seconds where you're jumping up and down and cursing, and then dulled out.

I've never broken a bone, i wonder if thats up there above the 4 level due to shredding muscle fibers, etc etc
 
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