Experiences with

Debulking surgery

Hi all I'm having a balloon inserted next week and wanted to find support and talk to people undergoing similar weightloss surgery.

I'm on bisoprolol 1.25 once a day for skipped beats. I have had two heart surgeries one fallot tetralogy one for pulmonary valve replacement. Does anyone experience more skipped beats or flutters when they have a cold etc?

hi all, hope you’re well. I know this will be different for everyone, but how long after excision surgery did you take recover? How severe was your endo? And how long off work did you take? Thanks so much xx

I was diagnosed with IBS nearly twenty years I am 68 now. 3 years ago it flared up nausea pain constipation. Hospital run all the tests cameras, scans etc. found nothing significant. As I have not improved saw the gastro doctor at hospital this week see if he has any more answers. He said I need further

Hi Everyone, We found out two weeks ago that my husband has high grade prostate cancer. He is 59. PSA 5.9. Gleason 4+5, 4+3 and 3+4. There was perineural invasion in one sample and intraductal in another. He has had an MRI and a CT scan, as well. He is scheduled for a bone scan next week. No prostate

Hi everyone. Thanks for the pre- surgery advice on my previous post. I had my laparoscopy around 2 weeks ago on the 20th March. It was an uncomplicated procedure and I was found to have a normal pelvis with no evidence of endometriosis. Obviously I am so relieved to be told this. However, they said

In recent monbths I have struggled more with Phantom Pain. Someone in the GP Surgery sent me this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWMKucuejIs but I find it does nothing expect give me a headache watching this high speed jerky clip! Do you think it is actually useful?

Hi, I guess I am just looking for some advice and good news stories. I had my egg retrieval yesterday. I was a slow responder to stimulation but managed to get about 4 follicles on either ovary to the right kind of size. They managed to get 2 eggs which I was really disappointed with. However received

Hello all. Had a cat scan yesterday. Report shows "huge" vental hernia. Dr.said largest he had seen. Has anyone else had this experience. They are planning surgery when I am off avastin 6 weeks.

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How does this read? I'm reaching out on a couple of message boards where old folks suffer with advanced osteoporosis: "I'm in bad shape, can’t stand erect, in pain all the time, compression fractures up & down lumbar to thoracic. It’s been about 3 years in total 11 compression fractures. I’ve had 3

In in bad shape can’t stand erect pain all the time compression fractures up & down lumbar to thoracic. It’s been about 3 years in total 11 compression fractures. I’ve had 3 Kyphoplasty’s but have refused any of the pharmaceutical treatments prescribed for bone density issues; tried and can’t/don’t

According to reported side effects data, about 4 % of people on interferon experience shortness of breath for one reason or another. I have been on interferon (Pegasys) for Jak2 ET since March of 2021. In 2021 I also noted that I was breathing heavily with minor exertion (walking). As I was a smoker

Hi everyone It's me again. I hope you are all doing ok. Last time I posted I was feeling really unwell on my dose of T3 but had an upcoming appointment on 6th March. On the day it was a different Endocrine Nurse who I didn't know & was difficult to understand due to her accent but basically told me

so, have started Caelyx every 4 weeks as carboplatin and paclitaxel and Niraparib have stopped working. Surgery to remove peritoneum and resection liver not an option. Does anyone have experience of just Caelyx? Is it effective on its own? Thankyou

I am 21 weeks pregnant. My baby has been diagnosed with the following, Subaortic VSD, aorta committed to right ventricle, very hypoplastic pulmonary valve, right arch mirror image branching with duct from left subclavian artery and retrograde flow. He will require heart procedure at about two days old

Hi everyone. This is question is for anyone who is either having HD or has had PD and is switching to HD. I have been a PD patient since the beginning of my journey. I chose it as I felt it would allow me to go on working partime and have a next to normal life balance. Unfortunately, my PD exit site

I have seen one of the Surgical team today about ongoing " muscular chest pains" which started about 7 weeks after surgery and now in week 6....been told probably nerve damage and can take 6 months to heal.Anyone else had nerve damage post op, able to let me know their experiences, good or bad?

I’m on APIXABAN with no effects, however my GP surgery (the pharmacist) has suggested I take a STATIN (Atorvastatin) because of slightly high cholesterol (5.11). I’m good with that esp having had it all explained to me, however, does anyone else take a statin alongside their anticoagulant and if so

Hey everyone, long time no post! I am really struggling at the minute as my pain and symptoms are getting worse by the day and I still haven't been given any indication of a date for my excision surgery even though they told me on 1st December it would be less than 6 months (I know it hasn't been 6