Experiences with

Accidents at home

One of my regrets -and worries- concerning atrial fibrillation is that the medical community is almost exclusively concentrating on finding ways to stop the condition in its tracks rather than preventing it to occur altogether. Instead of allocating funds and time to study the triggers and causes of

My husband was discharged from St James Hospital in Leeds in September 2024. He was unable to have a liver transplant due to being too frail. He is back under the Gastro Unit in Blackpool for his ongoing care. He was on Lo-La for his Hepatic Encephalopathy which has been working well for him. He has

Its me again ! very worried have slow transit bowel/IBS and recurring impactions last two years. Since Xmas been taking Laxido with senna various doses but last two weeks on 4-5 sachets a day but stopped this on monday due to passing poo 12 or more times over several days, However 2 days later feel

Has anyone experienced vertigo or dizziness on Horizant? I take 600 mg (2 pills) and on day 9 I start getting dizzy. I stopped taking Horizant in January after 9 days when I started feeling dizzy and started taking it again this month. Again I got dizzy on day 9 of taking it. I'm not sure if I should

My consultant said don’t eat 2 hours before AND 1 hour after taking Adoport, making 3 hours without food altogether. I’ve just picked up my new supply and noticed a sticker saying 2 hours after food OR an hour before. Has the advise changed or was I told wrong in the first place? As I’m diabetic it

My lovely Dad, 73 came out of hospital last week and is having palliative care at home in a hospital bed. He’s completely bed-bound with a catheter and is asleep nearly all the time. He can’t even pull himself up to sit up in bed or put the duvet cover over his shoulders.

How do we know that resumption of pain is due to a flare of PMR rather than general aches and pains in the same areas i..e. Shoulders, arms, thighs, buttocks…. .? I have had PMR for a year now and have gone from 20 mg a day to 5.5mg. I have 2 stomas and I have struggled managing my colostomy on the

Hello, my husband is since two weeks in hospital with Cryptococcal Meningitis. He left Intensive care a few days ago. is anyone out there who is going through the same stuff? I realise that this will be a long way of recovery and it would be nice to share it with someone who is in the same position

So it’s been a brutal shock, and further to the grief has been the reality of how well I cope with looking after myself, I did suspect that Sara being the lovely home maker that she was enabled me to look and be far more able that I truly was.

Long story, don't want to TLDR. Had car accident as toddler, possible skull fractures. Never talked about in the family. Didn't really find out about it until I was in my 30s. I have always had really poor coordination, can't catch a ball etc. Could my brain injury have caused clumsiness? I don't have

We have been seeing the parkinsons physiotherapists and got an OT that is due to come and access our home for his current needs.

My daughter is 9 and for the past few years seems to have gone backwards and is having more accidents than ever. It started by her wetting the bed occasionally to this being every night.

I got home from hospital c8.45pm but the day was not without incident. As promised, an update.In order to be there for the requested 7.30am, an alarm of 5.15am was needed. Just under an hour's journey on -2° roads is it exactly calming.

Dear all, I’m hoping you wise and knowledgeable people will be able to help. I have tried to research about having a General Anaesthetic when you have PD. My current general neurologist has advised trying to avoid surgery because GA can mean some patients get significantly worse and don’t recover

Hello there everybody out there, I was hoping to ask you a question. Our family had our eldest dog Hudson put to sleep a few days ago. He was an old gentleman and we, I believe, picked the right time to let him go. All of us have been dealing with it - the loss - our house feels a lot quieter now he

Hi, I have a 10year old son who has been on desmopressin for the last 2 years. We have had great success with it right from the start, he went from wetting every night to only very occasionally, generally when he was worried about something happening the next day. From March to September he even managed

I suffered from PTA when I had my accident and have no memory at all of the week in hospital , the accident. Small amount of memory from the first several months and now four years past accident I still have short term memory problems .. this is being looked at by a neuropsychologist …from yhe beginning

hi there. My dad has been sedated for over a week and whenever they take him off the ventilator he breathes a lot faster. They are now giving him a tracheotomy. I just wanted to know people’s experiences on how long they had them in for and if they were removed before leaving hospital etc. Background

I have been on Prednisone for the past 4 years and have successfully tapered down to zero twice, while being in so much pain, only to have to restart again. I am currently on 3 1/2 mg and have been tapering down to that level every three weeks dropping only 1/4mg at a time. I began this very slow

I choose to care for him at home, he needs all care but is still aware of me and still watches TV. Last week he was very drowsy and we noticed he was leaning to the right with the right side of his mouth drooping slightly. He has alien limb syndrome on the left so usually leans to the left.