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I have been suffering from sciatica since the end of May. Last Sunday, I had an "attack" in which I suffered excrutiating pain in my right leg. That reduced to becoming bearable after a couple of days...
When I went to GPs last week, there is now a notice advising that you are only to discuss one illness with your GP and other problems should be a separate appointment. ???? Why ?? I sometimes dont...
My last lot of methotrexate blood screening showed a raised ALT of 80. I'm on self injected 25mg per week. I'm waiting for a call back from rheumatology (GP faxed results over) but could this be...
we have been going to the beach several days running recently and will continue to do so until the weather breaks. It is very hot and humid. My daughter dresses her two children aged 4 and 8 in these...
Following the pins and needles in left hand, was at my GP to discuss blood test results and mentioned it. My lovely doctor took it seriously, said because it was the ring and little finger and pad...
When having the above procedure, the medicine you are given tell you how much you have to make, not whether you drink it all at once, or what. Is there anyone out there who can help Many thanks in...
Hello, just joined and it looks like a lively community here. I wonder if anyone can answer this for me? If someone has ovarian cancer, not detected or treated could it progress to invade the lungs to...
Corsodyl mouth wash is it actually really the best mouth wash- or just ad hype?
Tastes vile whatever flavour though...
I fell out of bed about 3 weeks ago - am inclined to squeeze into about a third of the bed (no reason) but since then my back or rather my upper hip/lower back is in dreadful pain. I am writing this...
A painful and depressing illness. Is there a skin cream that will help relieve it?
I had an op on both feet back in March. the stitches burst on my right foot, and butterfly stitches were added. the part of the wound where that happened still hasn't healed. it weeps clear fluid...
Hi, My Dr has been testing my iron levels every two months or so and after taking 2 x 210mg tablets it hasn't risen at all so am now on 3 x 210mg tablets a day. What will they give if it still doesn't...
I have an itchy right ear and it is driving me mad. On and off for weeks now and feels like someone it tickling my ear. No associated noise with it. It seems like it is inside the ear. Any one any...
Well, Sqad, it seems I am definitely wonky! Saw physio today about my knees (patella maltracking etc...) and she also noted lumbar lordosis (memories of being teased and called hollow back by an idiot...
A friend has seen her GP about a bowel problem. She returned today for blood test results and she says her haemoglobin levels are low at 8. The GP has referred her to the hospital for further tests...
Because my hearing has deteriorated very badly, I have been referred for a cochlear implant. I have read a lot about it and understand how it all works etc. but just wondered if anyone on here has any...
Got to have one of these tomorrow, anyone on here had one?
I tend to react quite badly to bites so when I got one over a week ago it was business as usual-very angry then it started to die down. Then a couple of days ago it started to itch like crazy again...
A family member has recently been placed in a psychiatric hospital following increasing episodes of disturbing behaviour. After studying lots of medical pages online, the only diagnosis that looks...
if he happens to be about, in early hours of Friday morning Mr fruit got up to use the toilet, I heard an almighty crash and found him collapsed on the landing sweating a lot he came round quite...