General / Mental Health Support Thread

Scottyboi said:
Mrs has just been diagnosed with Fibro, they have changed their mind from RA. Trying to get them to do an MRI now to rule out MS. Taking bloody ages to make any progress.
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My Mrs has had all sort of ailments after she caught Covid, cut a long story short she developed fibromyalgia had a brain scan 18 months ago and yesterday finally her appointment came through to see the consultant who ruled out ms which was a huge relief and confirmed the fibro was due to Covid and they have seen 30k plus patients since Xmas with the same conditions. Covid has a lot to answer for.
 
Oh and when we was sat in the outpatient department it was empty. NHS how did this happen
 
city2 said:
My Mrs has had all sort of ailments after she caught Covid, cut a long story short she developed fibromyalgia had a brain scan 18 months ago and yesterday finally her appointment came through to see the consultant who ruled out ms which was a huge relief and confirmed the fibro was due to Covid and they have seen 30k plus patients since Xmas with the same conditions. Covid has a lot to answer for.
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Thanks for the info never even considered the possibility of COVID causing it, but she already had an autoimmune condition before 2020 tbf.
 
I'm going back to work on Monday and I'm shitting it a bit.

Work are being incredibly supportive. I'm going back part-time for the first couple of months, with reduced responsibilities. I'm so so lucky in that regard.

But still nervous. Only the managers know about my health problems and I'm worrying a bit about facing everyone else. So much has happened.
 
Lauz9888 said:
I'm going back to work on Monday and I'm shitting it a bit.

Work are being incredibly supportive. I'm going back part-time for the first couple of months, with reduced responsibilities. I'm so so lucky in that regard.

But still nervous. Only the managers know about my health problems and I'm worrying a bit about facing everyone else. So much has happened.
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Good luck with it mate, I'm sure it'll be fine. Mate I've been supporting returned this week after weeks off with stress/anxiety. Only myself and his boss aware of why he was off. I was there onsite ready to meet him. His boss decided to work from home that day
 
ob said:
Good luck with it mate, I'm sure it'll be fine. Mate I've been supporting returned this week after weeks off with stress/anxiety. Only myself and his boss aware of why he was off. I was there onsite ready to meet him. His boss decided to work from home that day
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I'm glad you were there for him! That's one of those scenarios where the boss surely needs to be in if at all possible.
 
Lauz9888 said:
I'm going back to work on Monday and I'm shitting it a bit.

Work are being incredibly supportive. I'm going back part-time for the first couple of months, with reduced responsibilities. I'm so so lucky in that regard.

But still nervous. Only the managers know about my health problems and I'm worrying a bit about facing everyone else. So much has happened.
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I had a very distant relationship with my colleagues at the court but I approached them in ones and twos to tell them why I was off for six weeks. All very supportive.

It’s entirely your decision though.
 
joeyh123 said:
Gonna put this in here rather than start a thread. I suffer from ankylosing spondylitis. Having a fucking terrible time with it at the minute. Normally I'm pretty positive and can get through it but the pain at the minute is absolutely killing me. And whilst I wouldn't say its affecting my mental health at the minute it's getting pretty close.
Any blues have this condition? I'm sure there probably is.
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Hi Joey,

I am so sorry to read this.

My father has AS. Growing up seeing him in so much pain was always so upsetting.

He waited about a decade to get diagnosed-GPs get little or no training in it. He is now 78 -his spine is totally fused, his neck, he has quite sever kyphosis because of it-zero mobility in his neck. He currently has severe pain in his feet, neck-he had an operation at the end of last year because he had bone spurs growing in his neck which meant he couldn't eat solid foods without risking choking. The op wasn't a great success-but he had to try.

He fell a few years ago and because of his fused spine it took months to find he had broken his back in 3 places and several ribs.

Personally I started to develop chronic uveitis from the age of 19-episodes every three months or so, suffered with the classic buttock/sciatica pain every now and then and fatigue and ibs symptoms plus occasionally psoriasis.

I have recently been experiencing significantly more pain in my hips, eye problems again and dactylitis and been to GP but its like pulling teeth-waiting on the results from the HLA B27 test-although I was positive 35 years ago (I studied genetics at university and worked in Bath rheumatology hosp). Usually age of onset is much younger than me-dad was early 20s when his started and a lad at Uni was diagnosed at 22/23?

Dad has always kept active-he still plays golf, his swing is quite something! He uses special fold out mirrors to help him drive.

Not sure anything I've said particularly helps-it can be a brutal disease.
For other readers it affects approx 1 in 200, a chronic inflammatory disease, with a correlation to the gene HLA B27 but not exclusively. Usually early onset as a young adult, early morning stiffness that improves with exercise (the reverse from mechanical back issues) and usually affects sacroiliac joints in hips and spine and also other parts of the body like the eyes.

Bryn Gunn has it as has, so has Lee Hurst, cricketers Mike Atherton and Michael Slater and the former Tory MP Tom Randall-google him and you can see the classic stiffness and bending his knees so that he can look forward.

Keep fighting Joey.
 
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PinkFinal said:
I've been thinking of visiting a mental health walk-in centre because things have become quite dark for me. Quite - what a joke. Very.
I lost my dad in December but that's only the start of it.
Spring is on the way and things must change.
I mostly successfully manage to avoid social media and especially people.from my youth and early adulthood in case I try and get into comparison games. But I did accidentally stumble.on a page full of people from my past and found out some had recently died, in their.50s Then there is my childhood sweetheart getting married and i.feel that could have been me.

This stuff fucking kills you.
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Talk to someone. Don’t leave it, the sooner you get help the better. I know.
 
PinkFinal said:
Really struggling today
Couldn't get up

Premier league season can't come quick enough
I know it's silly but just 'little' things like football can make a huge difference

Fucking nightmare
Samaritans call tonight without a doubt
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Bad days happen. Tomorrow is a new day and I hope it's better for you.
 
PinkFinal said:
Really struggling today
Couldn't get up

Premier league season can't come quick enough
I know it's silly but just 'little' things like football can make a huge difference

Fucking nightmare
Samaritans call tonight without a doubt
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@PinkFinal you did get up, you put one foot in front of the other and sometimes that’s all you can do.
Football is on the horizon, it gives you something to think about, to get away from other life pressures.
Talking to Samaritans is a great call but also remember you have your City family on here.
Sometimes you have to go through darkness to appreciate the light. Your light will come, without a doubt. Keep going.
 
PinkFinal said:
Really struggling today
Couldn't get up

Premier league season can't come quick enough
I know it's silly but just 'little' things like football can make a huge difference

Fucking nightmare
Samaritans call tonight without a doubt
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Feel your pain. Getting up is hard some days but once you do it’s usually ok. Keep the faith blue. ;)
 
PinkFinal said:
Really struggling today
Couldn't get up

Premier league season can't come quick enough
I know it's silly but just 'little' things like football can make a huge difference

Fucking nightmare
Samaritans call tonight without a doubt
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Come on pink mate. Keep rocking and footy starts soon . Shanghai masters snooker is on in the meantime..?
 
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