Experiences with

Chronic kidney disease (CKD)

has anyone with CKD stage 3 been taking this class of drug and found it to be useful during their course? any improvements noticed in blood or urine work. I cant help but thinking of what if it adds more problems. I dont want to add anything new to this condition here.

Hi All, Would appreciate help with my recent blood test results please. I am taking 75mcg/100mcg alternate days. Then upped my T3 in April to 12.5mcg per day after blood tests showed high cholesterol. My recent tests show T3 increased from 4.3 to 5.47 so very positive increase. LDL down from 3.4

I am due to go on holiday overseas in September but now have irregular heart beats and possibly some AF. I had ablation last year. The deadline to cancel hotel is Sunday. I am waiting results of a heart monitor but had dreadful night with odd rhythms. My partner is desperate to go and I am but he can

Hi I’ve had AF for a number of years now but it seems to be controlled by bisoprolol apart from my Apple Watch telling me I’m in AF which I wouldn’t have realised. Anyway blood tests have shown I’m very low in B12 and vit d and anaemic and I’ve been feeling dizzy, tired and my ankles and feet swelling

My 77 year old husband stable in stage 3b for couple years recently had dizziness and some nausea. PCP did an EKG and found sinus bradycardia. Last EKG two years ago was normal. He has not had any dizzy spells for couple months and his first cardiologist visit advised him to maintain his BP meds etc

I've been on these and both caused augmentation and with both was increased to maximum dose yet still had restless legs causing sleepless nights, anxiety and depression.Before I went onto medication I found out I was severely anaemic, I don't know how it happened to me as I was previously fit and healthy

i’m at 69-year-old male that has had four oblations in the last eight years for a fib. I am now in a flutter persistent 100% of the time. I’m considering another ablation in November by one of the top doctors in the country. I Heard that sometimes too many oblations can cause a stiff heart which I am

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hi my mum is a 90 year old lady with 1 kidney - her baseline gfr in January 2023 was around 40. She was taken by me to A&E one week ago with suspected acute kidney injury after a course of water tablets & 2 courses of anti biotics ( for possible urine infection ) led to dehydration, nausea and vomiting

Does anyone have any experience of having a spleen embolisation? If so, did their spleen carry on necrosis 5 months later? Has anyone had a drain for 5 months outputting necrosing puss? How long were they in hospital for? My bother has PV and portal vein thrombosis and was directed to have radical

My husband came home from 4 days in hospital due to chronic cough, breathing problems and multiple episodes of AF daily 10 weeks post ablation. He was given 240mg prolonged release diltiazam (adizem xl) He is constantly dizzy heart rate drops to 50’s later in the day after taking it in the morning as

Today I joined the pace and ablate club Operation went well Through a vein in the groin Slight pain with the deeper local anaesthetic Ablating av node with heat Felt like heartburn uncomfortable but not too bad At some point I had no natural heartbeat or pacemaker He recorded an escape

Hi everyone, My mum with CBD has been living with us since April, she was forgetting things a bit before but has got a lot worse whilst with us. She will forget something we have done already a hour ago or something you told her 10 mins ago. Just wondering if this is normal age related dementia or

Hi all. First a piece of good news. One of my daughters finally got a diagnosis of Hashimoto’s and was prescribed Levothyroxine last week. That’s as far as the good news goes regarding doctors. For over a week when I lie down in the evenings I develop chest pain, nausea, tingling hands/feet etc

I was diagnosed with AF a few months ago and before that only really knew something was wrong back in March when I found I got out of breath walking up a hill that normally would have been fine. Anyway, yesterday I had my first cardioversion which was successful. Today I went out for a bit of a gentle

Hello. This is my first time posting here. I will share a little about myself and skipped best history.I have been having them off and on since my 30's, I am now 66. I have worn a couple of holter monitors and a 7 day king of hearts monitor, results usually show PAC's, PVC's and atrial runs. I have had

Hello. I have posted before about being overweight with AF and the fact that I am too heavy for an ablation. I have been on a weight loss pathway with the nhs for 5 years culminating in weight loss surgery booked for yesterday. The surgery organisers had spoken to my cardiologist and confirmed that

Thank you to all those who have recently posted replies to my recent question ‘Has anyone had problems with Flecainide not working?’. Your answers have clarified the some of the options to discuss with my cardiologist, hopefully in a couple of days. I propose to gradually stop taking Flecainide but

Have used hot, salt-water gargling and antiseptic wash, but before being diagnosed with CKD stage 2. I give grandkids zinc, honey, cherry as antiviral throat lozenge. Is it okay to use with ckd?

hello all I’ve been suffering from breathing problems - short of breath sometimes - with a tight feeling around my ribs, like I need to undo my bra. I’m having tests on my heart but all seems ok so far, just waiting to have an angiogram in a couple of months. I’m an ex smoker, gave up in April, so I