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on September 7th, I slipped on my back wet steps falling on my back and breaking three ribs, 8,9 and 10. I called my doctor to see if I should increase my prednisone and was told no, I am on 4mg. The following Friday I was having trouble breathing and went back to the ER. They then found out I had a

on September 7th, I slipped on my back wet steps falling on my back and breaking three ribs, 8,9 and 10. I called my doctor to see if I should increase my prednisone and was told no, I am on 4mg. The following Friday I was having trouble breathing and went back to the ER. They then found out I had a

hi everyone I’m new to this forum . Been having severe asthma flare ups my doctors starting to wonder if it’s something else I am in the process of further testing. I was just wondering if if asthma people on here have same issues. I’m currently on Tezspire biologic. I get tightness in chest , filled

Had PT Therapy at MD Anderson 15 years ago with Pencil beam radiation. Gleason at the time 2009 was 6 (3 +3) and PSA was 5.9. I am now 73. Successfully treated and follow up every year for 5 years showed my PSA at between .2-.4. For 15 years up untiil now, no symptoms. According to MD Anderson,

Hi all I hope you’re doing well! I’m writing on this forum to get some advice on a number of strange blood test results and symptoms I’ve been experiencing. Just for context, I’m a 26 year old cycling female with normal regular periods. Since the last year I noticed substantial weight gain (1 stone

Appointment with endo in a week, just got Blue horizon blood test back, worried TSH lower, was hoping to get uped another 5mg lio as felt that may help? Did test according to advice on here food, vit'vit's, timing ect. On 125 levo & 15 lio, def improvment since starting lio but still not right, dry

Hi a little advise if possible: normally levo 125mg and thybon 5mg. A new endo has taken me off thybon to try and work out if I have diabetes inspidius (water balance issues). I think I was slightly too hyper but 3 weeks later and I feel terrible - weight gain, constipation, no apetite. I don’t think

Hi all, Just a quick update for anyone that is interested, I went for the cardiac angiogram on Friday and apart from a few bruises and a rash, probably a reaction to the contrast dye, I seem to be okay, however no intervention was carried out because the findings didn’t correlate with the CT angiogram

I am a 78 year old female. I was diagnosed with CLL in 2012, was on w&w until 2015, then had 4 rounds of chemotherapy. I have been on Imbruvica since 2020. Recently I had a ECT at my yearly physical and it was abnormal. The ECT I had in 2019 was normal. I had a heart ultrasound which shows that I have

Hi Everyone....I may have asked this before, but I'm considering ECT and I'd like to hear from anyone who's had experience with it. I'm really scared and feeling a sense of urgency to make a decision. I saw a doc on Tuesday who thinks I'm a candidate, but will have a second opinion today. I haven't

I know with over OVCA (or any cancer), everyone hopes for “one and done”, but life sometimes doesn’t work out that way. I have had a number of reoccurrences but want to share that so far I’ve been knocking them back with various treatments, whether it be chemo, radiation, targeted therapy, immunotherapy

I know with over OVCA (or any cancer), everyone hopes for “one and done”, but life sometimes doesn’t work out that way. I have had a number of reoccurrences but want to share that so far I’ve been knocking them back with various treatments, whether it be chemo, radiation, targeted therapy, immunotherapy

Hi all I really hope everyone is doing the best they can. Sorry, I just thought I would write how I'm feeling more than a question, so today at 2.45am this morning my sister gave birth to a little girl and I'm struggling with my feelings about it, i'm happy everything went well and shes healthy , but

Haa anyone had same experience as me? I'm feeling lost upset confussed. A year ago I was diagnosed with endometriosis /adenomyosis and pcos I had lost my job to being in and out hospitals in extreme flare ups. To the point I now have morphine at home to reduce chance of me needing to stay in hospital

Haa anyone had same experience as me? I'm feeling lost upset confussed. A year ago I was diagnosed with endometriosis /adenomyosis and pcos I had lost my job to being in and out hospitals in extreme flare ups. To the point I now have morphine at home to reduce chance of me needing to stay in hospital

Hi all, Not been on here for a few weeks due to feeling exhausted. I've managed to complete the Active B12 test (thank you Richmond nursing in Llanelli) for fitting me in for the blood draw. I waited with baited breath for my test results to be put on my Medichecks account and I was so shocked when

This chart compares the risk of developing metastasis from prostate cancer, after 5 years from curative treatment, between three different arms of the EMBARK study (published in 2023): (1) Lupron monotherapy; (2) Enzalutamide monotherapy; and (3) Enzalutamide + Lupron combination therapy. The cohort

morning all, thank you for your help. So have just got latest bloods in. this is the picture so far... begining of june started as week knees going up stairs, then more Hyper symptoms- Hot flushing, sweating, weeing alot, skin burning at night, loss of weight, right eye red and puffy. tremors

I have just been diagnosed with severe chronic pancreatitis. I am really scared, even though I've had bad symptoms for some time. I'm on enzyme therapy and recently had to increase the dose. Would like to talk to people that have had experience with this. Thank you and I look forward to meeting you

Hi, I’ve been supplementing with 4,000 iu Vit D and here’s my latest result. I take co factors of Vit K2-MK7 and magnesium. I have 2 queries I hope you can help me: 1) Is 127nmol/l sufficient (I have hypothyroidism and I have a poor conversion) 2) Should I be adding Vit A? I’ve read that Vit D