Experiences with

Graves' disease

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recently my usual anti inflammatory tablets were not available so they switched me to CELECOXIB. There is a side effect where you can get sores in your mouth. It did seem like I had small ulcers at tip of tongue but my whole mouth burned and the side of my tongue looked bumpy and swollen slightly.

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Currently at 4 mg prednisone. Started feeling sick 6 days ago and think this is much more than a cold (fever at about 100 F every day plus sinus congestion, dry cough and extreme fatigue). Fear it may be pneumonia as I'm way more miserable than I've ever been with a cold. Tested for COVID twice and

Well I was doing so well after my ablation on Wednesday, but I am currently waiting to be seen in A&E. Started fast AF, way worse than usual,last night and after extra Bisoprolol and Flecainide finally converted to normal sinus rhythm about 9 am. Phoned the cardiac department in Hammersmith where the

I want to monitor my heart rate better. I have a Withings Steel HR. I have thought for some time thr heart readings seem off. This morning I did a treadmill stres test as part of an ongoing diagnosis. The difference between the hospital equipment and my watch was horrible... My watch was off by 52

Just been taken off Bisoprolol due to ongoing side effect issues, been just put on Verapamil. Underlying issue is Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, diagnosed in 2020 while going through cancer treatment, also few episode's of AF Anyone had experience using Verapamil....TIA

I'm just over 6 months post-ablation and looking to stop taking bisoprolol, having been on 5mg daily for some time. Both my EP and GP have said I should just stop taking it and are dismissive of the effects of doing that. I've decided to reduce it gradually and went down to 2.5 mg with no real effect

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Hi, My husband has now been in the ICU for 3 weeks. The MRI showed that he has anoxic Brain injury due to the lack of oxygen when he had a cardiac arrest. I still have hope that he will wake up but the doctors keep having this talk with us basically telling us that he hasn’t shown us any signs and

Hi all - I wasn’t sure if I could post links, so I have pasted the entire article. There is a lot of misinformation and confusion about BBs and I thought this would help, especially the bit about being ‘beta blocked’. I am a male, 55 with history of SVT and palpitations. I take Dronedarone and 2.5mg

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My father has had a relapse of long controlled PSA in 2022 and his PSA levels went upto 10.58; abieraterone didn't work ; he was also put on Docetaxal, he could tolerate one dose of it only and was stopped on this...he is on Enzalutamide 160 along with Wysolone 5 mg for the last 4 months...with his

Hi - I’m 71 diagnosed with persistent AF .. had one failed cardioversion - now in second week of loading dose of amiodarone. Today Kardia said I’m in sinus rhythm which is great but my HR is around 50 and I feel v nauseous, tired etc. I’d like to go into the maintenance phase now (200 a day) as I may

just after some advice please - I had Afib 9yrs ago but been ok since then, just had a blood test which shows my cholesterol is high (5.5) and because of my history of Afib my Gp wants to put me on statins - im 44 years old - I don’t want to go on them and have told my Gp that I want at least 3 months

I had an aortic valve replacement on October 12th. Unfortunately following this I had a cardiac arrest and needed a pacemaker fitted. I am still on 4 mgms of Prednisilone for my PMR but I am now overdue for my 2nd Shingrix, Flu and Covid vaccine. Any suggestions of which I should do first and what gaps

After being told yesterday to up my flecainide to 100mg twice daily along with one Bisoprolol 2.5mg i had a good day, with no episodes. I didn't have a great sleep last night, maybe 6 hours. I got up about 6,30am and almost instantly went into AF which lasted about 15 minutes with a heart rate of 132bpm

Hi,I had my ablation 1 week ago, which was successful and am now back in normal rthym but my HR is around 48-50 max when I take an ECG on my kardia device Has anyone else experienced this? I've had my Bisoprolol lowered to 1.25mg and have been asked to keep taking amiodarone until my follow up in 3

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Thank you to everyone that has offered advice so far. I have the results from follow up blood test (6 weeks after hyperthyroidism reoccurrence diagnosis) My T4 is now within range but my TSH is still <0.01 but this has been marked as normal. (T3 not tested by the looks of it). Does this mean I am