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2 years ago on my 70th birthday I got a kidney stone which, eventually with hospital visit and medication, passed. Last year on my birthday I...
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Help please,lab results
Hi everyone,my mum's lab results,she's on levo 100 mg ;she's 74 years old; Tsh- 0,37 ( 0.25-5.00 ) FT4-13,26 ( 9.0-20.0 pmol/l ) FT 3- 4.24 (...
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Rx Vit D Ergocalciferol and K2 MK7
I’m reading about potential side effects after reading that some people had vit D toxicity after high rx doses. My vit D is 21 and I have hig...
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Dexa “T” scores and “Z” scores—- need advice
I have GCA/PMR ( temporal biopsy negative ) and previously posted that my “ new ” ( we moved ) rheumatologist and eye doctor doubt that I eve...
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Help with my mum again
Vit D was 57.9 - am going to leave this for now until work out what's going on especially where calcium is increasing regardless....
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Lost the fight
On Feb 3, 2018 , my sweet husband lost his fight with prostate cancer. Again, diagnosed at age 48 and fighting it for 12 years, he passed....
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Husband Just Diagnosed
My husband was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer in March 2018. His PSA was 1900, Gleason 7, 4+3, mets to spine and scrum....
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My Rheumatology doctor is refusing to treat me whilst I am taking T3 which is prescribed by my Endocrinologist can he do this?
He was quite nasty, I tried to explain I take T3 because it keeps me without too many hypo symptoms and relatively healthy and that I am not ...
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Calcium supplement or is food enough ?
Good morning all I have had PMR for about a year now, i'm down to 4mg prednisolone, gradually reducing to 3mg....
Terrified!
In 2009 my hospital doctor retired and no-one replaced him so I was obliged to go on NHS thyroid register at nearest town Infirmary. Having r...
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Pred and constipation??
Since going on pred.... what a difference....
My journey so far after being diagnosed in October 2017. What should I do next?
Hi All, My name is Haniff. I am 58 years old now and I was diagnosed with stage 4 advanced prostate cancer in October 2017, which had metasta...
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Megadosing Vit D3 to slow down my prostate cancer
See my below history and how D3,K2 ( MK-7 ), Magnesium, and Omega 3 gems ( Norwegian Fish Oil, Omega 3 fatty Acids ) may be stopping or even ...
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Calcium intake
I have been on lupron for 13 years and discovered mets to spine and shoulder blade a year ago. Started Xgeva and Xtandi 6 months ago....
Vitamin reactions with Levothyroxine
Does anyone know what restrictions there are with regards to taking any vitamins or supplements whilst on Levothyroxine?...
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New Results Medichecks and NHS: Suspected Hypothyroidism, Male 40yrs
Hi guys this is a follow up from my post about a week ago original post: Ok to the point: I have not been tested in years and my GP used to s...
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Hello from someone new to all this PMRGCA stuff
I have ust been diagnosed with GCA three days ago on 21 Feb 2018. Friends soon started saying they had older relatives with similar symptoms ...
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Dehydration - side-effect of pills or just me?
Hello again. Thank you to everybody who ever posts on here - I've learned so much from this forum....
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THE RESULTS ARE IN.
OK. hooray....
§1```What do you folks think of these results?
New here. Wifey has been diagnosed with Hashimoto's TPO 6 x Normal maximum at 243....