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Postby eddy » Wed Jul 10, 2019 1:06 pm

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Postby mikey » Wed Jul 10, 2019 1:06 pm

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Postby dodint » Wed Jul 10, 2019 1:08 pm

So I’m basically at the point where a head cold puts me on my ass for like 2 weeks. I’ve had cold before. I know they didn’t used to be a big deal. Now I can barely function. I get dizzy, nauseous, I can’t eat, I get the chills and I’m achy as all hell.

Is this just me getting old? Is this not normal?
Perhaps it's an adenovirus and not a typical common cold.
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Postby NTP66 » Wed Jul 10, 2019 1:08 pm

It's probably lupus.

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Postby shmenguin » Wed Jul 10, 2019 1:14 pm

It's probably lupus.
This is kind of my underlying question. Not necessarily lupus (even though I may have lupus), but I have an undiagnosed but acknowledged auto immune disorder. Wondering if it’s amplifying things, or if getting old is just a nightmare.

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Postby NTP66 » Wed Jul 10, 2019 1:16 pm

I was kidding, but it still sounds like something you should be talking to your PCP about. Unless I'm wrong, you're around the same age as I am, and those symptoms don't sound normal to me.

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Postby shmenguin » Wed Jul 10, 2019 1:20 pm

i have health records a mile long with UPenn. the literal message from the head of rheumatology was "you're not dying". which is actually SOP for rheums when there's not enough clinical data.

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Postby iamjs » Wed Jul 10, 2019 1:21 pm

woke up on Monday with a noticeable lump on the side of my face. It wasn't sore or anything and didn't look like a pimple since it was well below the surface, so of course I freak out. I called my doc, they get me in for an appointment that afternoon. I went in thinking the worst, imaging a scenario where is gonna cost more money than what is stashed in my HSA and then some.

So what did they find? Ingrown hair, probably from dryshaving a spot that I missed over the weekend. Two days later, and it's almost gone.

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Postby shmenguin » Wed Jul 10, 2019 1:23 pm

one of my life’s great pleasures is digging out ingrown hairs from my face and neck. you blew a chance at glory by letting it be.

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Postby meow » Wed Jul 10, 2019 1:36 pm

Love this thread

mrs meow dug out an ingrown hair at the hinge of my jaw a few months back. That sucker was 3 inches long

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Postby meow » Wed Jul 10, 2019 1:37 pm

So I’m basically at the point where a head cold puts me on my ass for like 2 weeks. I’ve had cold before. I know they didn’t used to be a big deal. Now I can barely function. I get dizzy, nauseous, I can’t eat, I get the chills and I’m achy as all hell.

Is this just me getting old? Is this not normal?
Is this a sinus issue? Sounds like me when I have sinus issues

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Postby shmenguin » Wed Jul 10, 2019 1:43 pm

Love this thread

mrs meow dug out an ingrown hair at the hinge of my jaw a few months back. That sucker was 3 inches long
**** yes. I also love the clumps. When you have a bunch of hairs in one pore, and they just slide out like butter.

I really would cause these on purpose if I knew how.

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Postby count2infinity » Wed Jul 10, 2019 1:47 pm

My thighs get quite a few ingrowns. More than anywhere on my body. They’re super easy to remove too, with a bit of a squeeze they pop right out. No idea why they form there so often.

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Postby meow » Wed Jul 10, 2019 1:50 pm

My thighs also have a higher than usual number. Prime for picking them out while pooping

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Postby shmenguin » Wed Jul 10, 2019 2:03 pm

So I’m basically at the point where a head cold puts me on my ass for like 2 weeks. I’ve had cold before. I know they didn’t used to be a big deal. Now I can barely function. I get dizzy, nauseous, I can’t eat, I get the chills and I’m achy as all hell.

Is this just me getting old? Is this not normal?
Is this a sinus issue? Sounds like me when I have sinus issues
i've never had a diagnosed sinus issue. should i be feeling explicit sinus discomfort if there's a problem? i don't have that. i have mucus to spare, but i don't have that sort of weight in my sinuses that i'd expect.

i also get this 2 or 3 times a year. same symptoms. non-viral. i'm thinking it's more likely one of my inflammatory flare ups, and the mucus is a result of my body going into attack mode.

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Wed Jul 10, 2019 2:31 pm

This thread today... :lol:

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Postby iamjs » Wed Jul 10, 2019 3:41 pm

one of my life’s great pleasures is digging out ingrown hairs from my face and neck. you blew a chance at glory by letting it be.
I didn't pop or break it yet, but the antibiotics have really knocked it down a bunch.

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Postby Shyster » Wed Jul 10, 2019 4:57 pm

Squat and swipe?
Yes, in the shower, with a waterproof electric trimmer set to the lowest setting. That was the best method I was able to come up with. One of the hair-guide attachments for my trimmer is basically a plastic cage that covers the cutter from all sides. It's lowest setting is probably 1/4". I use that one because I do not want the trimmer to accidentally dig into anything down there. The trimmer is sufficient because I don't need that area to be shaved smooth or anything. I just need to weed-whack the hair back enough that it's not uncomfortable to sit on.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Wed Jul 10, 2019 6:44 pm

I've never had an ingrown hair (or nail) in my life. Is that not normal?

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Postby dodint » Wed Jul 10, 2019 6:46 pm

Me either; this conversation is lost on me.

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Postby mikey » Wed Jul 10, 2019 6:49 pm

Same, to my knowledge.

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Postby Shyster » Wed Jul 10, 2019 7:26 pm

I developed ingrown toenails as a teenager on my big toes, to the point where I was squeezing pockets of pus out of the sides of the nails pretty much every day. I had the surgery where they cut down the sides of nails and then use acid to kill the nail matrix so that the nails are permanently narrowed. Worked like a charm with no problems since.

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Postby NTP66 » Wed Jul 10, 2019 7:27 pm

Aaaand it’s time to unsubscribe.

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Postby dodint » Wed Jul 10, 2019 7:30 pm

Yeah, I wasn't thinking of foot nails. I had them in my teens and 20s. Had a really infected one removed down to the root by a GP. Because it was infected it was removed without anesthetic. That ruined me for a long time. Luckily I seem to have grown out of that.

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Postby shmenguin » Wed Jul 10, 2019 7:31 pm

r/popping

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