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  1. Pushed on something and felt a pinching/burn in my neck following c3/c4 decompession surgery

    Had this surgery a month ago and felt this burning/pinching in my neck. Now it's more of a minor ache. This was as a result of pushing my medium-size dog to move. ....

  2. Do you think the right-to-die law should change?

    The results of a new poll on Patient.co.uk, released today, reveal that 81% of people support a change in the law governing the right-to-die. This week sees two ....

  3. My Daughter.

    My daughter aged 33 fell ill Dec 12, she was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, I am her

    Father and since my daughters illness have been unable to function. ....

  4. The doctor has just booked me in for a scan to check my gall bladder which she thinks is inflamed.

    I went to see her about my c-section scar (nearly two years old) hurting.....and she found a lump which she thinks is my gall bladder and thinks it is inflamed. ....

  5. A referral at last!

    Hi everyone.

    Im new here. Just thought I'd post as no-one around me seems to understand.

    After being in pain for about ten years, I have finally managed to ....

  6. Overactive Thyroid Graves Part 4

    We all have Graves Disease or overactive thyroid issues, most of us have been through RAI and are now on thyroxine.

  7. My Barrett's Oesophagus experience

    I am taking Lansoprazole for my excess acidity and reflux, due to being on other medications which are known to affect stomach acids. However, if I stop, as in the ....

  8. Help with my symptoms

    I'm Tess! Iv not been diagnosed with ME.....yet. But I have a long history of symptoms and after my last blood tests for thyroid/anaemia have come back as normal, ....

  9. Getting a diagnosis.

    Im just looking here for some advice.

    I have been suffering from fatigue/exhaustion for years now, must husband says he has never know me not to say I'm tired. ....

  10. Can an occupational therapist help an elderly after an accident?

    A family memeber (75 years old) was in an accident and was knocked over by a motorbike. She was left in a coma for around a week. She has woken up and has lost majority ....

  11. 8 week set back

    ! had a left THR late November and on about 8 weeks post op I stupidly over stretched whilst picking something from the floor. There was a sharp pain right in my ....

  12. Anyone had a muscle come away from the bone after a hip replacement?

    I had a right hip replacement in December which never seemed to settle properly. 3 weeks I discovered the muscle in my right leg had come away from the bone. I was ....

  13. After hip replacement

    I see there are many people worried about the hip replacement op. I had both hips replaced within

    7 months five years ago. Aged almost 70 I was also worried, ....

  14. Long term use of Omeprazole

    Hello,

    I am a long term user of this medicine and wanted to share my experience of this medicine and my condition which was diagnosed some 15 years ago.

    I ....

  15. \"Stress incontinence\" Ladies only!

    I'm a middle aged woman. I've been on beta-blockers for over 30 years. Three of years ago, I was prescribed doxazosin in addition to atenolol. Originally I was prescribed ....

  16. Bunion Operation

    I hope this will help anybody having or thinking of having a bunion operation.

    I had my operation on my right foot 4 weeks ago. I had read so many horrific articles ....

  17. Mirtazapine withdrawal

    Hey everyone,

    I've been on Mirtazapine 30mg since Feb his year but I've had alot of problems with. Ear infections, burning mouth syndrome etc. so my Psychiatrist ....

  18. Painful colonoscopy

    Having had many operations in the past plus chemotherapy I can say without any hesitation that my colonoscopy carried out at Nottingham City Hospital was the most ....

  19. I am nearly 17 and am going to have a hip replacement- Info on recovery and limitations.

    Hey Guys,

    So I am soon to be 17 and have had CDH, also know as Congenital Dysplasia of the Hip for all of my life.

    I have had many surgeries through my life ....

  20. IF YOU HAVE THREADWORMS - PLEASE READ!

    This information came from my very knowledgeable and helpful G.P

    He said, if you catch threadworms you NEVER get rid of them... all you can do is bring the population ....

  21. So what happens when you start falling for your doctor?

    How do doctors deal with patients who seem to like them in that way is it obvious if you dont actually say anything but seem a bit embrassed or nervous when the ....

  22. ORLISTAT - First Day

    After waiting since the end of April to get my prescription for Orlistat it finally arrived yesterday so I've started on my first day today.

    I've previously taken ....

  23. new orlistat paitent

    Hi guys I've just started taking orlistat today and this will seem like a really silly question, I know

    it is a fat blocker so do I need to take one of my 3 pills ....

  24. Conditions of being subscribed orlistat

    My GP tells me he thinks the conditions of being prescribed orlistat are that you go on a low calorie diet for three months and if you fail to lose weight you can ....

  25. Shifting attacks of Polymyalgia

    I am new to this site and find reading other patients' reports both comforing and helpful.

    I have had PMR for ten years but was not diagnosed early. A Rheumatologist ....

  26. Why arent they going away? I have done everything....

    I don't know what to do? My 6 year old was diagnosed 5 days ago after about a week of the doctor not knowing what it was, and telling us to wait it out. Then we ....

  27. Have weaned from 40mg Citalopram

    I have been on a weaning programme to come off citalopram; it has taken me 5 months to get from 40mg a day to zero. However today I am having brain zaps every minute ....

  28. whats could these symptoms mean???

    hi, my girlfriend seems to always be suffering with something wrong with her and has been to the doctors but they recons theres nothing wrong with her.

    shes 23 ....

  29. I was given Trimethoprim tablets for a urinary infection...

    I was given Trimethoprim tablets for a urinary infection, and then two days (4 doses) later my doctor changed them to CEFALEXIN following the results of a urinary ....

  30. Emotional meltdown - it must be the menopause, not going nuts!

    Was so heartened in the midst of my recent 'personality change' to realise that the reason must be hormonal, as i had begun to think i was going nuts!I read a great ....

  31. Fibro & TMJ

    Hi All,

    Just joined this site today on recommendation of my Dr. Today I have been diagnosed with TMJ, after suffering extreme pain for 6 weeks. It has really ....

  32. Mood Swings and heightened PMT issues

    Hi All,

    First post for me..... I'm 47 and for the last few (6+) months I have noticed that my mood swings are ricidulous. Each day can be completely different ....

  33. Klinefelters

    Im a 58 yr old,Just last week,Klinefelter was discovered,Well that explains all the difficulties I had All my life till now,Im using Andro Gel for testosterone replacement,Im ....

  34. I want my life back!!!

    Hi All

    I have fibromyagia, TMJ, CFS and I am at my witts end with pain management. I have had numerous pain killers starting from paracetomol, Ibruprofen, co-codamol, ....

  35. Trochanteric bursitis & Polymyalgia help

    My 83 yr mum diagnosed early 2013 with Polymyalgia. Responded to initial pred dose of 40mg dropped to 30mg after a week and gradually reduced to 20mg Then 8 weeks ....

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