Just thought I would let you all know for future reference if there are any sufferers in NZ, that I saw Dr Andrew Law yesterday, and found him to be excellent in every way. He has a good understanding of Chiari, Syrinx, Spina Bifida, amongst other things and was very helpful to me. He's very experienced (I did some homework!) and a really down to earth guy who takes a patient seriously.
We have had several members from NZ....not sure if ne are still active right now...we have had clintsmum, and a few others.....I can only recall her name right now...sorry, but if u use the search this community feature u should be able to put in the topic to locate older threads on the topic of location and see if they r still active....they may troll and see this too...
Hi Robyn...PM (private message) a member clintsmum....she is in NZ and is a big advocate for chiari awareness.
She is not real active on the forum, but does keep in contact if u send her a message.
He lives on the Gold Coast, Australia, Im in NZ and want to know what to suggest. He will try get a doctors apt but its kinda urgent and being a new NZ person working in Aust, it may cost him hundreds of $ to even see a doctor…can he get a treatment over the counter in Aust?
Hi... I had a protected sex with a girl in Massage Parlour in NZ. Here in NZ, parlours offer safe sex. So we have protected varginal sex for about 5 min. There was no kissing at all with the girl. Then I left the place. After that I have been fearing to get some STD's like HIV, Chlamydia etc from that single encounter.
Please help me regarding this. . . . I am quite worried these days . . .
Thanks Doc
I appreciate your reassuring information. I am unsure if the NZ tests are duo's as such and many NZ medical professionals seem to think you need to wait 4 weeks but I rang a lab pathologist and he said the blood tests do have a p24 antigen component.
1. Do you know what tests NZ uses?
2. I am concerned because I had a stomach illness starting two days before I had the test, until a couple of days after. If this was ARS, would the antigen, or the antibody tests show positive??
My granddaughter (10) has just been diagnosed with SVT. (No treatment as yet). She was due to fly to the UK from NZ for Xmas to stay with her Dad. Her Mum NZ resident now says she can't fly. Is SVT a bar to flying in children?
Other than these two episodes she is well and no other known underlying medical conditions.
She would be flying with me and I am a registered nurse.
Just wanted to express my sympathy to our NZ friends after the second blast at Pike River Mine today, which ended any hope of finding the trapped 29 miners alive. My heart goes out to you guys.....
Doctors here in NZ dish out tramadol like lollies 'instead' of opiates.
Reading the posts here I am shocked to see it's just as nasty as coming off opiates...if not worse! I wonder when NZ will realise this...?
Not sure where you live but in NZ when I asked for something for my nausea they said tough love there was nothing to prescribe. Suggest travel calm ginger pills and ginger beer...
I am in my late thirties and my son was 3 years old at the time of my diagnosis. I live in NZ and during my darkest days of my terminal prognosis there was no ovarian cancer foundation in NZ. Since then one has been formed called the Silver Ribbon Foundation for Gyneacological Cancer and I am currently the volunteer Marketing Mgr as I have beat the odds and I am in remission.
Over the last 3-4 weeks I have developed slight persistant numbness/weakness in my left pinky and half of my left ring finger nearest the pinky, this is constant and also
sporadic numbness/weakness in my feet (usually the top of the foot) and right hand during sleep. This tends to wake up, I can then 'shake out' this numbness/weakness and go back to sleep but not after lying there for a while wondering what is going on. I have been on a round the world trip for the last 9 months.
@krazyrach i was just wondering if you werr in nz as you said jandals and the no to the hair cut lol thats mine and my partners culture and we are maoris from nz but currently livig in australia and its soo bloody hot already
Hi ladies!! i am 16 weeks pregnant and m based in NZ. The weather is really cold here. From last 2-3 weeks m suffering from flu and didn't take any medicine. I feel better for 3-4 days and then goes back to the same condition; fever, itchy throat, cough nd bad headache. I am really worried about it, is it affecting my baby as well. Please su me to get rid of it.
I'm from NZ but not in Auckland. .
that girl/lady is from hong kong and she came to NZ 6 weeks back or so. She said she got tested before coming to NZ as part of visa requirements. So she said she does not have HIV or any other diseases.
I checked sex workers teeth and tongue and they seem to be ok. As per the manager, she smokes but does not take drugs.
Later my worry has increased when I read about this that herpes increases the chances of catching HIV :(.
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