The very many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXXI

[Hygro]

have you tried a colder shower to see if it's the temperature?

 

[Commodore]

have you tried a colder shower to see if it's the temperature?

No, I like my hot showers and it's not like the pain is crippling. It's more of a minor annoyance. It just bugs me that no one seems to have an answer as to why this occurs.

 

[sophie]

Then why ask at all?

 

[Commodore]

Then why ask at all?

Just seeing if you guys had any ideas.

 

[Hygro]

Try a colder shower and see if there's a change.

 

[sophie]

Just seeing if you guys had any ideas.

How can anybody help you when you clearly have no interest in actually solving the problem.

Is this what the doctor told you too?

 

[Commodore]

How can anybody help you when you clearly have no interest in actually solving the problem.

Is this what the doctor told you too?

Is there any particular reason you a being such a jerk right now?

 

[Mouthwash]

Is it normal for people to not eat from silverware that dropped on the floor? I was setting the table for a dinner party at my parents' friend's house and dropped a bunch of plastic knives, but she didn't seem to understand why I would want to throw them out.

 

[Arakhor]

Well, it's wasteful for one thing. You could easily rinse them off and use them at least once.

 

[Mouthwash]

Well, it's wasteful for one thing. You could easily rinse them off and use them at least once.

She didn't tell me to rinse them, and it was only a few. Probably like ten cents worth.

 

[Samez]

@Commodore
Might it be a matter oft musscle relaxation in your back?

 

[The_J]

Anyone here have any theories as to why my kidneys hurt after I take a shower? It doesn't happen every time, but sometimes after taking a shower my kidney area gets real sore for anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour

Does the skin get sore (just for clarification)?
And warmth actually should relax the muscles, so this doesn't make too much sense. In addition to cold showers, I'd try a hot water bottle/bag/whatever in that area sometimes to see what happens.
Just to ponder with what could be happening...warmth increases the blood flow. It should relax the muscles. If there are any obstructions in that area, which would require the muscles being stable, then this could lead to problems. No idea what this could be though. An accumulation of liquid maybe. Or the increased blood flow causes problems within the kidney. Which it shouldn't, because it's their job to filter blood. If so, then the increased amount causing problems, which could mean...er...I have no idea.
(not a medical doctor here, obviously)

Is it normal for people to not eat from silverware that dropped on the floor? I was setting the table for a dinner party at my parents' friend's house and dropped a bunch of plastic knives, but she didn't seem to understand why I would want to throw them out.

I'd only consider this normal for at max your own family, and only within your own walls.

 

[Mouthwash]

I'd only consider this normal for at max your own family, and only within your own walls.

But how many people do it? Is it common?

 

[Synobun]

I'd probably feel a little strange if I went to a dinner party and was given plastic cutlery to contend with.

 

[Mouthwash]

I'd probably feel a little strange if I went to a dinner party and was given plastic cutlery to contend with.

They probably didn't have enough regular silverware. Jewish dietary law specifies that you can't eat diary products with the same implements as meat, so silverware is typically divided in half.

 

[Takhisis]

Commodore, do you take any particular pose when showering? Perhaps you bend down and are straining yourself? Just a thought.

 

[shadowplay]

Anyone here have any theories as to why my kidneys hurt after I take a shower? It doesn't happen every time, but sometimes after taking a shower my kidney area gets real sore for anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour and then the pain subsides and feels fine the rest of the day. This has been happening for as far back as I can remember and no one (not even doctors) has ever been able to give me a definitive answer as to why this happens. I've even looked it up online and there aren't any solid answers there either.

Additional info: It only happens after showers, no other time. I also take really hot showers if that might have anything to do with it.

Have you ruled out something like fibromyalgia?

 

[Synobun]

Have you ruled out something like fibromyalgia?

???

Fibro is a diagnosis of exclusion, so ruling that out would involve diagnosing something else.

Either way, shower-spawned kidney pain is not one of fibro's symptoms.

 

[timtofly]

Is it normal for people to not eat from silverware that dropped on the floor? I was setting the table for a dinner party at my parents' friend's house and dropped a bunch of plastic knives, but she didn't seem to understand why I would want to throw them out.

So certain foods cannot touch each other, but the dust from the floor is just fine? Makes sense to me, unless the dust on the floor is the left over mixture of the foods that you are avoiding in the first place.

 

[Arakhor]

If I dropped my knife/fork on the floor whilst I was eating, I'd go and wipe it off if it were clean or rinse it at the very least if it wasn't.