Experiences with

Anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (Anti-VEGF)

My father's dry amd has recently progressed to wet and we have been advised to get an Anti VEGF injection. He has advanced glaucoma as well and this is his only working eye (left). The other eye is already affected by glaucoma (90-95%).

I was diagnosed with egfr45 in 2018 by my GP. "but don't worry, I will keep an eye!" . That was all I heard until the following annual check egfr 11. No bloods taken during those 12 months at all. No monthly bloods taken for Glucophage XR as required. Not to be used under egfr of 30. It was 11

Hi lovelies,So I paid for some private bloods last month as I was taking DHEA and realised I should probably check my levels. Turns out they were way too high 😕 Have had to reduce that a lot. However - within the test I also had AMH done. It came back as 4.81 pmol/l which was a shock as last year in

Firstly, huge respect to anyone going through this process. I know first hand just how hard this all is.I'm currently 5dp5dt (transferred a good quality B grade blast and a 5 day mourla - fresh transfer). Trying to stay positive but have a gut feeling that it hasn't worked this time. Testinng out the

Hello warriors, After a year of NHS waiting it’s finally our turn to begin our first IVF cycle. I am 37, have 5 follicles and an AMH of 2.2, the consultant advised we have less than a 5% chance of success. I am taking the following supplements: • Conceieve Plus Fertility Supplements • Omega 3

Morning all, So I haven’t posted in a long while now, but as I’m sure you are all aware, this journey can be a long & difficult one, and each journey is completely unique. I’ve been wary of upsetting anyone, so apologies in advance if this post is painful for anyone to read. If anything, I’m hoping

Has anyone on here got Sjögren’s Disease or Syndrome and had cataract surgery? Recently, my eyesight has deteriorated. I’ve been treated for Rheumatoid Arthritis for years with all the usual NSAIDS, DMARDS and after my old Rheumatologist left, my new consultant started me on biologics which had all

Hello, We have begun our second round of ICSI today. However from my scan I am feeling quite deflated. (For context: 34. TTC for 3 years. Last round November 24. We were told I had a high AMH but during stimulation, although 15 made it to the correct size, only 5 were collected, all which did not

Hi there, I am 34 yo female, with stage 4 endometriosis. Had a 6mm endometrioma removed from my right ovary in 2023. AMH fell from 29 - 8 just from removal of that cyst. My partner is 31 and has a good sperm health.; We just went through our first ever round of IVF after over a year of trying naturally

Hi, Would love some advice & guidance please… I’ve recently completed my one funded NHS cycle which was unsuccessful. We got 10 eggs, 8 mature, 4 fertilised properly, 2 blastocysts (1 hatching) but NHS wouldn’t freeze as they were 5cc. I had a fresh 3dt (8 cell top quality) but then got early onset

Looking for advice on slow growing follicles. Low Amh, turning 42 very soon & partner with low count so already know we are not going to have the easiest of times however, I didn't take into consideration that I wasn't going to be able to produce even one follicle to get to egg collection. First cycle

Hi there,My partner and I have been trying for 15 months (I'm 37 and he's 43) I had a fertility check up a few years ago when I was single and they found I had an amh of 44 with lots of follices and it all looked fine. Since coming off the pill I've had light, short periods lasting only 2 days with spotting

Just thought I'd share that my amh has increased from 0.4pmol/l(Oct 2024) to 2.7pmol/l which I strongly believe was a result of taking NMN supplement. I have been taking the same supplements etc for years and in fact my diet has got worse this last year.Only thing new was NMN. This is in NO way an advertisement

I have stage 4 endometriosis and previously had a bilateral cystectomy in June 2023. I have since had 2 rounds of IVF, both fresh transfers have ended in biochemical pregnancies. My endometrioma grew back prior to IVF and around 6cm. I had been on the waiting list for surgery to remove the endometrioma

Hello! I'm new to the forum and it would be interesting to hear if there are people here who have had pericarditis several times but got better and stayed away? My own story is that my mitral valve was repaired in 2023 and since June 2023 I have had new episodes of pericarditis. The last flare up was

I am a healthy 76 year old female and due to acid reflux and stomach symptoms I have just had an endoscopy but I wasn't able to speak to the consultant after the test. I was given a Gastroscopy Report as follows, but no explanation, so have had to resort to Chat GPT! 'Glycogenic acanthuses in the

Hi, just on my second cycle of IVF. First cycle was cancelled as I didn't respond well to the long protocol. Only had one follicle in left ovary and even that was too small. Right ovary didn't respond at all. On my second cycle, short protocol and just had my first scan this morning and nurse couldn't

Hi, fairly new to all of this, I have low AMH 41yrs and male fertility problems so we are doing IVF with ICSI. Our first round was with high stims but I didn't respond so the cycle was cancelled. I found another clinic who do a natural modified cycle where they use low doses of stims and aim to retrieve

Hi everyone, I just wanted to seek some advice and support. I was experiencing some irregular bleeding between periods and this was quite alarming as I normally have very regular periods. I did go to a gynaecologist for some tests and one of the tests was to check my AML levels which came back to be

Until this weekend, I have very much had a fairly positive experience with my meds. I have been on short protocol, 225 Menopur, Framedel and then had my trigger last night which was changed the last minute due to risk of hyper stimulation. Since having had my last jabs last night, I just absolutely haven