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Anyone contracted any interesting illnesses ?

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Hi Peeps.Just wondered if anyone else has contracted or developed any interesting illnesses since Demob, or perhaps during service ?
I only ask because I was lucky to never have to see the inside of a hospital (except the one i work in !) for anything more than stitches (normally cos I was drunk and damaged myself in some way!), that was up until 2 years ago, when,at the tender age of only just 40, I was diagnosed with Chronic Leukaemia......nice :-). Only found out due to a random blood test which picked it up, and as it is a chronic form of the disease I do not (fingers crossed) have to undergo anything that involves being nuked or having a cocktail of nasty chemicals injected into my poor old bod, simply regular blood tests :-).
I spend a lot of my time now raising cash and awareness for Leukaemia Research and the Anthony Nolan Trust.My last mad fundraiser was in September when myself and an NHS colleague drove from the UK to Gibraltar in a 21 year old VW Scirocco Scala. (More info is on our blog here: www.scirocco2morocco.blogspot.com ) .Anyone else dealing with illness and want s to talk about it ?
 
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Hi Peeps.Just wondered if anyone else has contracted or developed any interesting illnesses since Demob, or perhaps during service ?
I only ask because I was lucky to never have to see the inside of a hospital (except the one i work in !) for anything more than stitches (normally cos I was drunk and damaged myself in some way!), that was up until 2 years ago, when,at the tender age of only just 40, I was diagnosed with Chronic Leukaemia......nice :-). Only found out due to a random blood test which picked it up, and as it is a chronic form of the disease I do not (fingers crossed) have to undergo anything that involves being nuked or having a cocktail of nasty chemicals injected into my poor old bod, simply regular blood tests :-).
I spend a lot of my time now raising cash and awareness for Leukaemia Research and the Anthony Nolan Trust.My last mad fundraiser was in September when myself and an NHS colleague drove from the UK to Gibraltar in a 21 year old VW Scirocco Scala. (More info is on our blog here: www.scirocco2morocco.blogspot.com ) .Anyone else dealing with illness and want s to talk about it ?
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I've been trying to convince the NHS I have Tourettes but don't know how to go about it. I already know how to twitch and swear but I'm fcuked if I know how to convince the Doc:S
 
I was told recently "Mankind was never designed to live over the age of 40!"

At the tender age of 42 It was announced that I was a Diabetic (Type 2) - I still believe it was "some things" I was told to take in GW1! Although I have never felt any diabetic diffculty or effect in my life I was diagnosed from tests following GW1 - I do take the pills I am given just because "the Insurance people" get really cranky if I say I 'want them! Due to this condition I get the OAP's Flu Jabs every year too.

And then this year, at the still tender age of 50, I took a couple of paracetamol for a headache and ended up in Hospital within an hour of having an Anaphilactic Shock (Spelling?) to the paracetamol.

Apparently I went the size and colour of 'Verucca' from Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory and you couldn't see my ears behind my face.

I work some 100+ miles away from home and was quite surprised to see my wife and kids there too - to the point where I wondered just how serious this 'episode' really was! My wife managed to walk passed me twice, in the ward, and eventually homed in on my voice!

I now have to wear a Medical Alert Necklace to state my diabetic condition, and my 'severe' allergy to paracetamol, to the world if required!
 
Sorry to hear about your experience Rigga.Funny though, how you can just be merrily bludering through life worried about all the normal stuff (What happend to all the money.....why do my kids cause me so many problems..etc) when along comes something that puts a lot of your "daily worries" into some sort of perspective. I bet that the tablet episode gave you a shock.A bit like passing out and finding yourself facing terra firma with your brain trying to figure out how the hell you managed to get from one point to the other without it having any say in the matter......very unsettling, so I guess your experience of waking up in hospital was a bit of a shock too !.Just got to ask, does your user name come from you being a rigger at some time ? I was an "Eng Tech A" in my previouse life, spent most of my time fixing some broken piece of crap in drafty hangers in Lincolnshire,Suffolk and ultimately Scotland......can't say I miss certain aspects of life in the mob :-)
 
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.Just got to ask, does your user name come from you being a rigger at some time ? I was an "Eng Tech A" in my previouse life, spent most of my time fixing some broken piece of crap in drafty hangers in Lincolnshire,Suffolk and ultimately Scotland......can't say I miss certain aspects of life in the mob :-)
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Yes - I was a Rigger - in fact I was once A Mech A, A Fitt A and finally A Tech A - although I was a CAA Licence holder for 10 years whilst in the Mob, I didn't make "Dual Trade" until I left the Mob to join the 'real' world of civil aircraft maintenance and engineering. I'm now a Part 145 Quality Manager.

Good Thread drift!
 
cranwellpoacher said:
Hi Peeps.Just wondered if anyone else has contracted or developed any interesting illnesses since Demob, or perhaps during service ?
I only ask because I was lucky to never have to see the inside of a hospital (except the one i work in !) for anything more than stitches (normally cos I was drunk and damaged myself in some way!), that was up until 2 years ago, when,at the tender age of only just 40, I was diagnosed with Chronic Leukaemia......nice :-). Only found out due to a random blood test which picked it up, and as it is a chronic form of the disease I do not (fingers crossed) have to undergo anything that involves being nuked or having a cocktail of nasty chemicals injected into my poor old bod, simply regular blood tests :-).
I spend a lot of my time now raising cash and awareness for Leukaemia Research and the Anthony Nolan Trust.My last mad fundraiser was in September when myself and an NHS colleague drove from the UK to Gibraltar in a 21 year old VW Scirocco Scala. (More info is on our blog here: www.scirocco2morocco.blogspot.com ) .Anyone else dealing with illness and want s to talk about it ?
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I noticed some good news in the Telegraph today about the treatment of Leukaemia. It seems that there is now a (research) bit of kit that means you don't get the 'total body' radiation effects.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/396...ould-transform-treatment-for-bone-cancer.html

Good Luck
 
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