Experiences with

Cerebrovascular disease

Does anyone have any top tips regarding recovery? I am on 7.5 mg pred. I have physio sessions booked for the first 4 weeks post op. My other knee will be replaced in the autumn. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

husband has suffered a subdural haematoma, didn’t have a fall, just happened. He had been on Aspirin for over 20 years so they thought that might have been a factor. He had burr hole surgery to remove the clot, as causing focal seizures, he’s now home on Lacosamide, but has side effects from them, memory

Hello, I have been taking Diltiazem (Adizem XL 240mg) daily at noon and it is slow release over 24 hours. Now I have to stop taking it and start Ranolazine 375mg modified release, twice daily. So do I take the last Diltiazem and then take the first Ranolazine 24 hours later at noon the next day? Would

hi everyone A biggish lump just appeared on my forearm, with bruising spreading up to my elbow and down to my wrist. It isn’t painful, if I banged it, I don’t remember doing it. Mrs Google says it could be a spontaneous hematoma, which always is worse for those taking aspirin or anticoagulants. I take

I am aged 68, in 1970 when I was swimming in my school swimming pool, I 'knocked' myself out hitting the edge of the pool. From then on I had what is termed Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy, I have had over 400 grand mal seizures, an aura before the 'event'. I remembered there was a hard lump like a small

Okay - there are five nodes located outside of the pelvic floor - by chest and neck. Had one round of chemo - after RP, Gleason 4 + 3, small amount of tertiary 5. No nodes noted in pelvic region when radical prostatectomy was done. PSMA was 5 at three months post surgery. PSMA was 7.5 on next test and

A year ago I shared my first post - "Holding very low stable usPSA - 0.03X range for six years; no ADT, no chemo". Seven years now since my third treatment, salvage extended pelvic lymph node dissection using frozen section pathology method. My latest uPSA results, from last week to last September

Hello everyone, I hope this is the correct forum. After nearly 4 years of severe fatigue, chronic headaches, bad vertigo to name a few symptoms, My latest brain MRI report says: " No acute intracranial pathology is identified. Cavernoma in the right parietal lobe has an uncomplicated appearance"

My dad used to sing all the time. He wasn't a great singer, never knew more than a couple of lines, but repeated them gladly. He loved music, and often came to me and said he had heard a new song on the radio, but unable to repeat any of the lyrics or remember the artists name, I could never guess what

Not feeling to well tonight, left hand feels weak some pain in arm ,and I'm very dizzy 😫 I'm so fed up 😭

Hi :) Has anyone done this? I was told my by hemo that its ok and that I can take a break from aspirin for 5 days before surgery...but im still worried about general bleeding and complications, so would love to hear if anyone have done it and how it went?

for a few months i have had problems with my hands. I am a online shopper in a supermarket. I only shop the 2 coldest parts of the store frozen and chilled. My fingers are getting very cold burning and numbness. I have just gone to pick my daughter up from work and had to wait 10 mins for her. By the

Hi, I lost my right field of vision (right homonymous hemianopia) after a fall. My MRI shows DAI but none of the lesions account for the visual field defect. My vision loss is very obvious and distressing to me so why it doesn't show on the MRI is causing me concern as well as difficulty in proving

I have been on Multaq for three months and it has kept me out of afib although my kidney functions have been affected. Just wondering how long some other people have been on Multaq and how it affected their kidneys.

my mother passed away from pemphigus because she was hemorrhaging from her mouth and nose etc. dr thought her labs were false positives and kept taking her off the steroids to redo the same tests. It also attacked her lungs. She had it for less than a year before she passed so i would recommend not waiting

My husband has recently been diagnosed with CBD, He was struggling with certain things ie, buttons zips, holding things in his left hand. Our GP referred him to the memory clinic, but they discharged him as they felt it was a neurological problem. We went back to the GP where they did some basic tests

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 Everone , special thanks to PMR Pro , Snazzy D and Dorset Lady for constantly advising as well as others on this marvellous forum . I`m suffering badly with adrenal insuffiency symptoms(Extreme fatigue , Anxiety , feel like I`m not on my own legs , Gastro discomfort, etc. ) . On 8 mg of pred at

After ending the Chemo (Taxotere) portion of my Triplet (Orgovyx & Nubeqa) therapy in early Sept, 2024 my PSA bottomed out at .09. Since then, my PSA has risen to 4.10 (December, 2024). MO ordered a PSMA-PET and it showed that the mets I had on my Lymph nodes were gone along with my Prostate, but still

Hello Warriors! After the 5th Jevtana infusion, my husband’s blood sugar was found to be in the 170s. Duke notified him to see a doctor. He has diligently been restricting carbs and sugar but his numbers are still high. Anyone else encounter this? Thanks!