I've had this for about a fortnight, I can't curl my fingers closed on my right hand without some effort and a bit of pain. My hand has a funny feeling like I'm about to or just had pins and needles....
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...
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...
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...
Issue being discussed on tonight's Sky "Press Previe". Some obvious [i]logical[i] answers, although not necessarily equally likely ones, are: 1. Surgeries are closing. 2. People are getting sicker. 3....
As I type two more ministers, David Mundell and Claire Perry, and Leader of the House Mel Stride, have stepped down from Cabinet roles, presumably because they were pushed -- joining a long list of...
Hi sqad, an update on the ear situation :been to the drs and I've got to have it looked at the hospital. Its a pseudomona - which is the same type of bacterial infection you were on about with a...
What a day for Ireland. I do love golf and am thrilled that Shane Lowry is playing so well in front of his home crowd. The noise from his supporters has been something else today. I trust he will have...
Not sure if I understand the gist of this hospital charity quiz ending soon. An example is Rose, Thistle and Leek, so the answer isShamrock. Stuck on 2 so help would be appreciated. Grange, Manor,...
I have a query Sqab, the first lot of penicillin I had ( flucloxacillin ) says it works best on an empty stomach and to take in between meals. This new penicillin I'm on ( co - amoxiclav ) says to eat...
One of Al Capone's henchmen asks " Hows your new girlfriend Al " Al, "She's dead" Henchman, "Jeez Al, I'm sorry to hear that, what did she die from" ?. Al, "Venereal Disease" Henchman, "Jeez Al, I...
Hi, I have a bad ear infection and the Dr prescribed antibiotics/steroid/anti inflammatory ear drops. I've taken them 3 times a day for the last 3 days and yet it's still the same. I know I ought to...
I find it difficult at times to have a conversation where I have to watch what I am saying,that could be the reason I make so many blunders on here, My daughter is forever saying you can’t say that...
It never ceases to amaze me on here how many times advice is asked for and given,some good and some not so good,and there is no follow up,no reply,no thanks,surely common courtesy dictates an answer...
The Maddie Macann case as received more funding to continue a trail that as long since gone stone cold, ( that's if there was a trail to begin with) is it time to call it a day?