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29-12-2006, 10:49 PM
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Hubbys memory is shocking at the moment.
He said he cant remember anything that we did at our business in January when I was trying to work out a few things.He gets cranky over this I said dont worry we have other ways of finding things out in our filing system
( thank God)
Anyway I have talked him into coming for a drive up to Innisfail for weekend so far he wants to go.
Couldnt get out of bed this morning to go and say goodbye to son at airport:wall:
He is really down at the moment hopefully weekend away may be helpful?
Jen |
30-12-2006, 07:52 AM
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Well so much for that idea now he doesnt want to go away for weekend says he doesnt feel well. I think I will go I am not sitting around the house moping all weekend with him he said he doesnt mind me going!
Happy New Year!!
Jen |
31-12-2006, 02:48 PM
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Thanks Anthony. I've read this and made some notes. I hope that I will be able to express myself as well as you someday and help so many others! |
02-01-2007, 09:53 PM
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Hi Anthony I got your PM thanks. I remember reading somewhere on the forum about other sicknesses that come with PTSD.
Hubby gets Irritable Bowel he has had every test possible to see if there were any ulcers etc but nothing to serious was found. The last few days he has had IBS and bad stomach cramps he gets it quite a lot but this last week has been worse. This is from the PTSD isnt it?
Jen |
03-01-2007, 02:12 PM
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Yep... stress totally screws with the body, hence IBS. IBS is a known with PTSD, and more prevalent than not. They do the tests to ensure it isn't something else, when all other are discarded, it comes down to IBS. The other thread that your thinking about is Stress on Your Body. |
03-01-2007, 03:04 PM
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Yeah I have IBS, but instead of saying that (they did every test known to man) they tell me it's dairy?? Which I don't eat..
Bec |
03-01-2007, 06:13 PM
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Yer... idiots! Veterans and vet affairs here are a bit different, in that if IBS is diagnosed, then they send you off for the probe in your arse, all the tests known to ensure no cancers exists or other causes, then they accept IBS. Talk about an expensive means to come to a conclusion... DOH! |
03-01-2007, 08:05 PM
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Yep hubby had all the tests, probe down the throat one up the bum. Visits to naturapath even acupuncture, blood test etc.
And after all the tests were done and results were back I went with him to see his GP his GP turned to me and said well all the results show nothing but dont forget he is F****ED in the head ( Anthony knows this doc bedside manners):smile:
I can usually tell when the IBS is going to play up if he gets to stressed over something it usually follows the next day.
Jen |
13-01-2007, 05:43 PM
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Anthony,
I found this info very informative. We would like to learn more about the tests done for determining PTSD. How to locate Doctors that are the "good" Drs that know what they are doing.
U.S. of A. V.A. doesn't always "help" our veterans. They load them up on meds & drag out the testing they do over a period of months in to sometimes years. They conveniently "lose" records. It's truely sad that our military people are not treated with more respect & consideration for the job they endured so that our country has it's freedom.
ranger has PTSD (low cost clinic dr determined). V.A. has not yet acknowledged it, might not ever do so do to lost records.
rangers reactions are very much like you described in the military cup of overflowing at most times, slow to recover, etc. volatile most times.
The info helps and should be of great help to those of us family members of a PTSD sufferer..
Thank you
D |
13-01-2007, 11:13 PM
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D, you will generally find the good trauma experts from VA type centers, ie. the civilian doctors and therapists, not the military one's, as they generally are in the know about them. I don't know what your VA centers are like in the US, but if they are run by civilians, then they would be able to point you in the right direction of local trauma experts, however; if run by military, wasteing your time.
If you find the civilian support centers, they will generally know who's who in the zoo of trauma experts, and who simply wants to prescribe lots of medications and do no work. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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