Show threadArcadiagt5Jan 8

@stevegis_ssg Alas, I tried a couple of months back but the Australian Red Cross said no, because of the #TransientIschaemicAttack I had back in 2023.

I even got a letter from a GP first saying that I was stable and medically fit to donate but still no joy. :(

Show threadArcadiagt5Oct 23
@UncleDuke1969 @Unixbigot And I WOULD go donate blood were it not for the permanent block placed on me due to the #TransientIschaemicAttack in 2023. Apparently the Red Cross is concerned that the drop in blood pressure from donating might trigger another #TIA. This despite having a letter from a GP saying that I’m medically fit to donate blood. :(
Arcadiagt5Apr 21, 2025

Chortle. The prescription meds I’m carrying as a result of the #TransientIschaemicAttack never even came up at all when I entered #Japan… but there’s a question on the Australian #Biosecurity form explicitly targeting that sort of thing.

And I know better than to dodge that. I’ve ***worked*** with the Biosecurity crew, lo these many #MOGs ago

Oh well, I still have the medical summary/prescriptions I got before leaving, I’ll be fine. :)

Arcadiagt5Mar 29, 2025

Can we please have a moment of silence for the soon-to-be-departed sanity of whichever Japanese customs officer is going to have to try to read my handwriting on the Customs Declaration and on the Disembarkation card.

My writing was **always** terrible, and it’s probably the one area where I’ve noticed real degradation as a result of the #TransientIschaemicAttack #CherryBlossoms2025

Arcadiagt5Mar 24, 2025
Oh hey! I did the blog thing again… https://piratesobg.wordpress.com/2025/03/25/general-update-ahead-of-cherry-blossoms-2025/ #CherryBlossoms2025 #TransientIschaemicAttack
General Update ahead of Cherry Blossoms 2025

OK, deep breath.

Pirates of the Burley Griffin
Show threadArcadiagt5Mar 5, 2025
One of the few bits of good news to come out of the #TransientIschaemicAttack I had on 1/09/2023 was seeing a cardiologist post an ultrasound of the heart to be told: “so long as you maintain reasonable diet and exercise I won’t need to see you again.”
Show threadArcadiagt5Dec 27, 2024
@doskel @troberts I am, marginally, a touch typer on a QWERTY layout, getting THAT back after the #TransientIschaemicAttack in September 2023 was a key sign of my recovery. I don’t think that I could adapt to another layout at this stage, regardless of how inefficient it might be…
Arcadiagt5Dec 24, 2024
Re last boost: Hmmm. I had had mild(ish) cases of #COVID before the #TransientIschaemicAttack in September 2023 and although i believe that lifestyle issues (that I've since been working on correcting) WERE the primary cause, it is possible that the COVID was a contributing factor.
Show threadArcadiagt5Dec 11, 2024
In the aftermath of the #TransientIschaemicAttack I was asked to get an #EchoCardiogram done. That’s essentially an ultrasound of the heart, followed by a consult with a cardiologist.
Show threadArcadiagt5Dec 11, 2024
Back in September 2023 when the #TransientIschaemicAttack happened I was over 100kg, and basically hadn’t been under 80kg for as long as I could remember. Then I started on the #LiteNEasy diet.