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My sister has recently been diagnosed with a brain tumour...meningioma...this was a total shock to all of us and after being told all the worse case scenarios (death/stroke et )...I'm scared I won't...
Question for Sqad and any medics! I have been taking omeprazole for years and years, and recently tried stopping it to see if it would help neuropathy in the soles of my feet. It didn't, and my...
i have an appointment at optical express, eye surgery starts from £595 per eye , which i think is a great price if it goes well and eye can see perfect again. are there any cheaper options in uk ?...
I've noticed that for the past few months my chin gets wet without me realising it. Usually it's on the right hand side. My pillow isn't wet when I wake in the morning, so I don't think I'm doing it...
My baby son had surgery when he was born and has an 8cm scar running from the top to the middle of his chest. My mother in law has told me that, as he grows, it will remain at 8cm and won’t grow...
I had a bit of a scare recently, luckily panic over now.
my question is how do you get urinary infections? because i think i'm fairly hygenic, so was i unlucky?...
Please don't laugh....I have always had hairy arms (not too pretty on a female!). I usually use Nair when the weather gets warmer and I start to wear short sleeved tops. I don't bother in winter as my...
I have raging toothache, it wakes me in the night or rather it did last night, If I take Co Codamol now can I take another couple if it wakes me in the night?
I was diagnosed in March with coeliac after a biopsy due to having low iron stores.I have suffered bloating and discomfort since last August,i have been on a gluten free diet for 7 weeks now and the...
Hello I was in GP last Friday and if he saw my hand he sayd:"I really worry about your mental health" and I am worry what happend because on this Friday I am going to the GP again due to question...
In 2008 I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. No medication was prescribed. Three weeks ago I went for my biannual check up. Today I got a call from the practice nurse at my local surgery. She had...
My friend is still in hospital and is not very well and according to her sista and her - she doesn't want visitors - which I understand. However another friend who had cause to go to the cancer unit...
Is this caused by MD? This is my sons school friend whom I recall when lads camped here. My son is sooo upset & reproachimg himself for not being there for his friend. We are all heartbroken but my...
The journalist and agony aunt Sally Brampton has been found dead after walking into the sea, having suffered from depression for many years. I remember reading many of her articles over her career....
Hi there I have been having real problems with my left shoulder for years. I have had 4 injections, 3 of them were very succesful lasting on average about 9 months. 4th one failed. I was sent for an...
I have taken Lithium for most of the last 20 years. My serum levels have always been about 0.6/0.7 in my three monthly blood tests. This time it was 1.3 and the surgery contacted me so that I could...
I thought it was a really good idea yesterday to make some cocktails - Long Island iced teas - which contain white rum, vodka, tequila, gin, orange liqueur and coke! Now today it isn't feeling it was...