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I am taking multiple vitamins to try to increase my platelets count. And am wondering if this is ok.Am taking: B12 with foliate tablets Iron tablets Vit C in fizzy form ( like Alka-Seltzer) Only one a...
Hi! I’m in a wheelchair all day and rely on Tena lady incontinence pull up pants or equivalent. They work quite well apart from when I need to adjust my position. Whatever has been absorbed is...
Following the all clear after the scan of my uterus a week last Wednesday, I had to go to the hospital on Saturday for a CT scan of my abdomen. I've now had a phone call asking me to go in for a...
I am sick and tired of reporting these blatant adverts. Please please don’t click on these “questions” and they may, just may, take the hint and GO AWAY....
Broke a bone in my lower arm yesterday. Came home with a cast and told to take paracetamol. Very uncomfortable but I can cope with that. My question is - is it normal for fingers to be swollen? Cast...
My wife has been in constant discomfort and frequent severe pain for some months from tenderness and pain in the bladder region. She had a hysterectomy many years ago. Xray was clear. Today she had a...
On a lighter note, off on the Brixham ferry from Paignton Harbour shortly. Last week we had dolphins one day and seals the next. Regard it as a quasi-religious experience, an hour at sea for a tenner....
https://news.sky.com/story/archie-battersbee-cannot-be-moved-to-hospice-to-die-high-court-rules-12665859 What could happen if when moving him he died instantly? Would his parents Sue the hospital?...
Last night was a complete nightmare - spent all night trying this cream and that and painkillers. Rung doctor's this morning and receptionist answered - I told her that the doctor (locum) I spoke to...
Walking burns your calories enough! But shower two times a day! Since I started shower once a week, I can easily gain 0.5 kg! They dont know that water can wash the fat off our body, making us skinny...
I’m trying to think of things that REALLY mattered to me when I was 13; and what was SO UNFAIR, that I would now find hilarious! Think Kevin the teenager. What really mattered to you at 13, that you...
My youth club leader can't stop passing gas on Zoom. I think she told another leader and she didn't want us to know that she couldn't stop, and they hide it from from us. I think she can't control it...
A middle aged friend of mine has a problem I’ve never encountered before. He’s single again after splitting from his wife a while ago, and he gets incredibly nervous when meeting women on dates. So...
I know!! But had to finish work early today. (Previously never even taken all holiday entitelement, let alone sick days) Heart pounding, dizziness, fatigue and breathing problems. Managed to get an...
I had a lipid profile blood test and one of the results (triglycerides) was abnormal. It was non fasting (apparantly they don’t ask you to fast anymore). I had a meal at 12.30pm and the blood test was...