Experiences with

Animal-assisted therapy

I had right lung lower lobe segmentectomy three weeks ago and have been experiencing excruciating pain from muscle spasms. This usually happens if I've slept for longer than 3 hours either propped up with pillows in sitting position or on my left side. I'm woken with a tight, gripping feeling and regardless

End of Jan this year had a doozy of ha , blue lighted straight to Oxford bypassing local hospital.Straight into Angio theatre and stents in. Needed one in LAD but couldn't at time due to severity. Several days in hospital and discharged with them saying comeback in March for other stent. Went in as day

Does anyone know if it’s ok to use this type of therapy with CLL?

Hi I was diagnosed with mixed connective tissue disease in 2022 after years of struggling. I was started with hydroxychloroquine but struggled to tolerate it. My symptoms align more with rheumatoid arthritis. I started with my latest flare in August 2024. Just doesn't seem to be getting better. I

Waiting on 2nd biopsy to confirm I have bullous pemphigoid (skin rash/hives with blisters) . First diagnosed with eczema, started light therapy and rash exploded all over my body. Dr. put me on prednisone for 9 days (night sweats brutal, and took biopsy which came back as a drug reaction). As soon as

Hello everyone. Would love to hear your experiences with functional medicine and ADHD. My 10 yo son was diagnosed three years ago. He has been on Vyvanse, Prozac, and guanfacine for most of that time. He and I are in both individual and group therapy. He has some side effects, such as skin picking, weight

Hello all. I am wondering if I could get some feedback from the group in reference to radiation therapy combined with Lupron. Without getting into too much detail, It came back after 22 years. Grade 1 Gleason 6. PSA was less than 0.1 until after the 10th year where it started to slowly rise. Went up

Massive head injury then bacterial meningitis and a csf leak with more surgery 2018. Go to a dark and quiet room and lie down. I think it took longer for me to recover from BM than from my brain injury. I am only back ay work because I took off 8 weeks to recover. Otherwise that healing might not gave

You be careful out there. I fell in my kitchen just walking across the kitchen floor and broke my femur. This was before Christmas. And let me tell you something like that can really set you back. I was in the hospital twice. The second time due to high blood pressure. And rehab but boy when

Parent of an ADHD and I believe ODD newly teenager. Behavioral Therapy is needed. Any tips and advise or referrals are appreciated, I’m almost to the point where I want to whoop her, her smart mouth when she doen’t get to see my cellphone or whenever we attempt to talk to her, even calmly, she screams

Hi. I would appreciate your thoughts on my current situation. A couple of years ago I was on 100mcg Levo and I felt wonderful for 5 months. Then I started to get rapid heartbeat with night sweats. It frightened me, so I began reducing, testing, increasing etc. (over a long period, leaving time before

Hi everyone. Back in December I posted looking for feedback on whether or not to start treatment based on persistent fatigue that was out of sync with the blood work and size of nodes. As usual everyone who commented were so helpful and gave me lots to think about. I intended to report back after the

Hello, First post, not sure what to write really but I figure "hello" is a good start. I'm 59M. You never have to ask a Yorkshireman where he's from... 'cos he's already told you ;) I have lung cancer that has metastasised to my liver, just diagnosed last month. Had a bad cough in November (didn't

Hi there, I joined CF last year, first time posting on this forum. This is a bit of a splurge, sorry, but if anyone has any thoughts on how I could move forward I'd welcome the input. I'm a man in my late 40s and have had Rosacea for a long time now - call it 20 years, though always had very sensitive

Hey everyone, I know how tough the tinnitus journey can be. Some days are harder than others, and the constant noise can feel overwhelming. That’s why I keep creating music therapy tracks—to bring even a little relief, a moment of peace, and to remind you that you’re not alone. I’ve just made another

Stuart had an oesophagectomy on 14 November last year quite high up. He had another swallow test end of January which showed no improvement in his swallowing. We had a long meeting with speech therapist about this. He’ll have another swallow test in 3 months meanwhile he has a series of specific exercises

Hi everyone. I am not progressing as well as I felt I was and would be grateful for an objective view and some suggestions for next steps, if possible, please. I was diagnosed with autoimmune thyroid disease in 2019, am female, 67 years old, 5'5", around 10st. My symptoms are feeling cold, exercise

I was diagnosed in 2012 with Hashi's Hypothyroidism and struggled for over a decade to get an Endo who would work with my persistent low FT3. Unfortunately, my (sharp young bright female) Endo who understood that a low TSH is normal with combination therapy has moved away. I have been given to new young

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317720822_Complementary_and_Alternative_Therapies_for_Restless_Leg_Syndrome_An_Evidence-Based_Systematic_Review Complementary and alternative therapies have been found to be effective in both primary and secondary RLS. The severity of primary RLS symptoms can

The constant ringing, buzzing, or hissing in the ears can feel overwhelming. As someone deeply invested in helping tinnitus sufferers find relief, I’ve been working on creating effective sound-based therapies that can potentially ease the burden of this condition. I’m excited to share my latest Tinnitus