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I have suffered from severe lower back pain on and off (mostly off, thank goodness) for about 7 years. This episode which began on Wednesday morning is the worst ever and I am popping pills and...
We all know that electric toothbrushes are the greatest thing since sliced bread, but where is the best place to buy one? As you all know I am currently between jobs, and am on a very low income, so...
What is the current situation regarding choosing where to go for treatment; I am waiting for day surgery and still have a very long wait, roughly 10 months after already waiting 8 months. Can I ask to...
in April I wrote that I had an appt re above, I have been taking the tablet prescribed Vesicare 5mg and pessaries and I am happy to say its worked for me I no longer have any problems at all and I can...
My GP visited me today as I am at present unable to walk very well, and during our conversation the subject of my demise arose and he asked me if should I have an heart attack, would I want to be...
A friend's baby is due late July but has been told that it is under weight and in the danger zone. What are the dangers and would an early ceserian be on the cards?
Im talking "Senile Dementia" not other kinds of brain damage. With old age approaching, if you had a choice, do you think you would rather hold on to your sanity or you physical abilities....
so last year the doctor prescribed me 1mg of lorazepan but I did'nt take them I had a large brandy instead, if I feel as tough I need to take them next week when I am off on my hols will they still be...
Yes I do not think anyone will be surprised to hear I am on here again. My SIL came out of hospital at 1.30 on saturday and got married at 3.00. But as soon as I walked into church I could see he was...
hi this has been like this for 2 days now and all i can described is ... if say you have laid on your arm to long and it goes funny and you lift it to scratch your nose and it just feels strange sorry...
I appear to have been bitten on my face, though god knows what by. I have a very sore, red lump just to the side of my eye/nose. It started off as a very itchy patch of skin, but has now turned into,...
thanks for your answer SOG - yes I had been an extremely hardworking civil servant for 40 years - never got a minute what with work and staff and now nothing. I have been blood tested for everything...
Our SIL was told by the hospital doctor his morning they would have liked to have kept him in hospital intil after the weekend but being as he is getting married they will allow him home, tomorrow.!...
This has happened twice now in the past two or three months. I have awoken to find a small amount of dried blood on my chin, and a painful scratch underneath. I went to bed with nothing there, so...
Hi squad, could you help with this question please? If you start a Low Fat Diet, does the bad Bile remain in your Gall Bladder? Sometimes I feel so sick in the mornings and am putting weight on hand...
Have to go soon with first to the hygienist /sadist and then to the dentist, any ideas on how to relax and how to distract your mind from all that is going on in your mouth! I think I have a low pain...
My mum who is 83 has just been told she has type 2 diabetes, its no because of her weight as she only weighs 8 stone. She has been given tablets but she keeps saying she feels as though she doesn't...