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When I got to bed, I have to assume a semi-upright position, otherwise fluid build-up etc. makes it hard to sleep. Fair enough, this isn't hard to achieve (i.e. the upright position). What IS hard is...
He has COPD but has become increasingly breathless over the past few weeks relying more on his inhalers and moving much less. A routine checkup found that he has a resting pulse of 36 and an ECG was...
I'm so tired of wanting something I can't identify, even when I think I can. Tired of feeling incomplete. We all do in some way or another, some more than others but most people do at least. There are...
I had the teeniest of hair dye patch tests yesterday, as I’ve reacted badly to a different one a couple of years ago. So she put a dab literally just half a Cm across behind my ear yesterday...
You know the awful feeling you get in your leg when you know you're about to get a bad cramp? Well I've had it in my calf for over 24 hours now. It came on so suddenly, but won't progress to a full...
Hi sqad, the latest : my hospital appointment is for the end of the month. The polyp ( as they had diagnosed ) was like a large red throbbing ball in my ear canal. The Dr prescribed me some steroid...
I was involved in an incident last weekend that has shaken me to my core and made me realise I need to grow a thicker skin but how – I care about people but fall apart when dealing with any conflict...
This is causing a major major problem at home and is stressing me beyond belief. It’s slowly got worse and I honestly don’t know why. I’m ok eating tins of soup cup a soups, porridge, yoghurts,...
Not sure if this is the correct section but thought people here may have been in the same situation. Today I’ve had my benefits stopped- ESA and housing benefit. Long story but it’s linked with...
I've just completed (5 Aug) a 24 week chemo course for rectal cancer which involved 8 cycles of two weeks on Capecitabine 500mg 4 tabs twice daily, then one week off. The tumour had already been...
Its not until the summer/ hot weather is here when people strip off to a degree, that you realise just how many have loads of tattoos, some all over their bodies. It must be a very lucrative business...
Hi there, My mum had a fall today, it was just like she slipped over something rather than blacking out or fainting. we had to get the paramedics to pick her up as she has bad hips and couldn't pull...
Fiancé began complaining of a sore knee yesterday afternoon. It got to the point where he was REALLY complaining and was questioning what he had done. He hasn’t hit it, fallen or been bitten. He...
How's the Shingles doing? If I'm correct this'll be you're 5th/ 6th week?
Which means you should be coming to the end of the virus hopefully and the pain subsiding , I hope so,...
for almost 18 months i have had what is charmingly called bile acid malabsorbsion, and now its been called bile acid diarrhoea. with frequent trips to the loo, have seen doctors and been given various...
We hope to be going away soon but I always have this fear at the back of my mind about not being able to get to a bathroom at night, or even on a long car journey not being able to get to a toilet. I...
A lady I know sometimes does some sewing alterations for me, she insists she doesn't want anything for doing it, I have offered to give her something so many times, that it is getting to the stage I...