Doctor Doctor. (4 Viewers)

[The Chilli King]

Anyone know the name (or better still, the phone number) of that doctor on dame street.
Or even better, any good doctors around town. (City centre doctors tend to be pretty shit - they're only there to give sick notes to alcoholics and engineering students from carlow who can't handle real life. right?)

 

[jane]

Chinese medicine is the way to go. I regularly get stuck with needles and stuffed full of foul-smelling herbal concoctions, but it works for me, and for a lot of people. Acupuncture doesn't hurt that much (depending on who does it and how thick the needles are) and can be used to deal with all sorts of things you wouldn't expect. I went in with a five-year old knee injury that most doctors refused to even begin to deal with (it was pretty damn bad) and stress levels through the roof. Now I can dance and prance and run (most of the time) and I'm a dozen times healthier all around, including the stress.

Couldn't recommend more highly. Really. I go to Melt in Temple Bar.

 

[Rogue]

Chinese medicine is the way to go....
Couldn't recommend more highly. Really. I go to Melt in Temple Bar.

Is it expensive?...relatively.

 

[jane]

Is it expensive?...relatively.

It could be cheaper, but for me it's been the only thing that's worked. For five years, I was in constant pain, sometimes couldn't even get up and down staircases. The word 'surgery' was bandied about a bit, and I certainly can't afford that. Plus, I wasn't sleeping from stress, I had no energy, and my body was generally shot to shit. The difference between me eight months ago and me now is totally worth the money.

A half hour appointment for acupuncture is like 20 euro, which is cheap enough, but you have to go a good few times for it to work.

The benefits are that they treat the person, not just the symptoms, so you end up just being generally re-balanced as well. The effects are longer-lasting, too.

 

[egg_]

Chinese medicine is the way to go.

Ah yes
Any branch of medicine that thinks rhino horn makes you horny and tiger bone makes you strong has got my vote

 

[Theseus Mock]

hey jane, what d'ya say yourself & meself get together with a pin-cushion for 10 euros an hour?

 

[jane]

hey jane, what d'ya say yourself & meself get together with a pin-cushion for 10 euros an hour?

Aw, stick a needle in it. .|..|

Wait, who gets the tenner?

 

[thegoone]

Chinese medicine is the way to go. I regularly get stuck with needles and stuffed full of foul-smelling herbal concoctions, but it works for me, and for a lot of people. Acupuncture doesn't hurt that much (depending on who does it and how thick the needles are) and can be used to deal with all sorts of things you wouldn't expect. I went in with a five-year old knee injury that most doctors refused to even begin to deal with (it was pretty damn bad) and stress levels through the roof. Now I can dance and prance and run (most of the time) and I'm a dozen times healthier all around, including the stress.

Couldn't recommend more highly. Really. I go to Melt in Temple Bar.

does it give sick notes to alcoholic students?

 

[The Chilli King]

Yeah I've been to the Accupunture place at Portabello a few times (dr. Jane Lee) for a trapped nerve and it worked wonders. Also my girlfriend had blepharitis in her eye for 9 months, which just wouldn't go away. After countless trips to the eye and ear hospital and even a specialist in Oakland she tried eastern medicines. After 2 weeks of drinking some really nasty tea - it totally cleared up.
Thing is, I think i've got an infection in my ear and would desperately like to get them syringed too. My left ear has been popping for a couple of weeks and since I've flown last weekend I still feel like i'm in a pressurised cabin at 2000 feet. I know accupucture would do the trick, but I want rid of all my wax build up too.

 

[jane]

Have you ever tried ear candles? They're nasty looking, but a friend of mine swears by them. Nasty, nasty, but they work. I think they sell them in most health food shops.

Ear infection, though. Yeah, you probably need to go for the antibiotics.

What is blepharitis? It sounds elephantine.

 

[Theseus Mock]

What are the symptoms of blepharitis?

Symptoms of either form of blepharitis include a foreign body or burning sensation, excessive tearing, itching, sensitivity to light (photophobia), red and swollen eyelids, redness of the eye, blurred vision, frothy tears, dry eye, or crusting of the eyelashes on awakening

What does it look like?

 

[jane]

Blech! Or, should I say, bleph.

Look like an 'itis' alright.

 

[Psychotic no 2]

Yoda, I mean Enchance. I think you should officially be recognised as the resident sage of thumped.com. You seem to have the answers to many things.

What are the symptoms of blepharitis?

Symptoms of either form of blepharitis include a foreign body or burning sensation, excessive tearing, itching, sensitivity to light (photophobia), red and swollen eyelids, redness of the eye, blurred vision, frothy tears, dry eye, or crusting of the eyelashes on awakening

 

[Theseus Mock]

speak good of me you do.

but i don't think yoda had yahoo in front of his little paws.

 

[The Chilli King]

Yep that'll be it allright. Allthough it never got as bad as that picture, it came close. There were mornings when she couldn't open her eye because her lid was so swolen and the crust so heavy. Looked liked the end of Rocky.

Thing is though it was kinda my fault too. One day when changing my banjo strings, a dirty old d-string lashed out of the bastard and just barely scraped her eyelid. The next day there was an extra wrinkle there. A month later it looked like that picture.
Me = bad man.

What the hell are ear candles? How do they work?

 

[Ex-User (250)]

candles made from ear wax?


sorry..

 

[Theseus Mock]

you bad person chillin king!!

well, at least it doesn't make you cringe like that person who posted that one of their work mates sliced the scelera bit of their eyeball whilst turning over some huge piece of paper.

 

[jane]

Yep that'll be it allright. Allthough it never got as bad as that picture, it came close. There were mornings when she couldn't open her eye because her lid was so swolen and the crust so heavy. Looked liked the end of Rocky.

Thing is though it was kinda my fault too. One day when changing my banjo strings, a dirty old d-string lashed out of the bastard and just barely scraped her eyelid. The next day there was an extra wrinkle there. A month later it looked like that picture.
Me = bad man.

What the hell are ear candles? How do they work?

Oooh, that's awful. Sounds painful.

Ear candles are for treating colds and stuff, and they clean the wax out of your ears, too. They're special candles that you light, stick in your ear, stick your head on its side on a table for about 20 minutes, and then wait for the magic moment, which should be pretty much immediately.

 

[jane]

candles made from ear wax?


sorry..

Hmmm....no, but now that you mention it, it's a good idea.

 

[Theseus Mock]

Perfect for that romantic candle-lit dinner.


So jane, the wax just comes oozing out then?