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Back to the Wheelchair (and a bit of Iceland)

February 25, 2020February 25, 2020Ilkka Koski

Today I got home from the hospital, where I’ve been for a week. It all started during my trip to Reykjavik, Iceland, where I landed with an Icelandair B757 on Thursday 13th of February. During Thursday and Friday there really was nothing to do outside, since the storm winds started to be violent in Reykjavik. So after all of the hurricane force wind warnings, cancelled tour activities etc in the area, I really didn’t get out of the hotel(s) until Saturday. And on that day, I walked the litte...

The Story of the Foot

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020Ilkka Koski

The story of my five-point-fractured Charcot Foot is continuing next week, when I’m going to the next specialist at a different surgical hospital here in Helsinki. Since my doctor at the previous clinic (in Espoo) was so clearly an amateur with her childish and rude behaviour, I do have to have a second opinion on what I should do with the foot in the near future. Of course it might be, that the amateur doc is correct with her instructions, but since I have absolutely no points of trust...

[FI] Hei hei, Espoon Diabeteskeskus

January 14, 2020April 17, 2020Ilkka Koski

Viimeinen käynti Espoon Diabeteskeskuksessa on ohi, ja mieli hyvillä koska enää ei tarvitse käydä lääkäri ***** T********n pakeilla. Siinä missä saman hoitopaikan diabeteshoitajista ja jalkahoitajasta ei ole pahaa sanottavaa, kerää ko lääkäri ihan jo omalla töykeällä käytöksellään, virnuilullaan ja potilaan ongelmien vähättelyllä runsain mitoin pisteitä vuosituhannen nuijimpien lääkäreiden taistossa. Tätä on nyt tullut katsottua kolme kertaa, ja harmikseni en tätä viimeisintä nauhoittanut puhelimella koska siinä varmasti olisi syyllistytty jonkinlaiseen laittomuuteen. Harkitsin kyllä vakavasti, ihan vain aiempiin kokemuksiin perustuen. Tämän käynnin antina oli jonkin verran asiallista puhetta, vaikka ko lääkäri...

Progress and Pain

January 5, 2020January 5, 2020Ilkka Koski

It’s 2020 now, and time to update you with what’s happening regarding my health. Lyme’s disease The medical treatment to Lyme’s disease has now been on for over 6 weeks (or is it already 7..), and things have finally made some progress. The medication consists of a bunch of supplements, and 3 antibiotics: Azithromycin is an antibiotic used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. This includes middle ear infections, strep throat, pneumonia, traveler’s diarrhea, and certain other intestinal infections. Doxycycline is an antibiotic used in the...

Needles, Borrelia and Charcot

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019Ilkka Koski

It’s been a while since my last health update in English. so here it is. The pic above is from my previous flight to the borrelia clinic in Germany (it’s some part of Munich in the pic). There’s lots of things happening in two fronts — my original and still ongoing daily (probably) neurologic problems, and my Charcot foot (the fractured one caused by Type 1 Diabetes). I decided to launch a new probe to my original, main problems, which include but are not restricted to: Burning sensation in...