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Hip Replacement

Thank you in advance for any insight. These are my test results, sourced from a private company - Randox. I would be hugely grateful for any help in interpreting these or my symptoms. I have experienced severe weight gain - which NOTHING will shift including weight loss drugs. I have had a hormonal

hi Hope everyone is keeping as well as possible 😌 I wanted to ask if anyone still has active endometriosis after non medically induced menopause. I’m 53 and post menopause for nearly 4 years. got diagnosed formally with both endometriosis and adenomyosis Peri menopause for 10 years before periods

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hi had a meniscus op repair for torn cartlidge 2007 and have all sorts of problems since, with by right knee, swelling so much with walking and can’t stand in one position for long, and have a bakers cyst swelling pouch on the back crease of knee which is painful. my left leg has carried the right

TLDR: First time poster diagnosed Hashimotos and POI, investigating IBS which is potentially also autoimmune cause. Fatigue, depression and anxiety are ruining my life. Low Adrenal Index Test results so considering self-medicating with Bovine Adrenals. High TSH and anti thyroid antibodies, but low-end-of-normal

So I had my laparoscopy last May, confirmed endo, coil fitted. Pain returned after a few months. In November I was put on Zoladex injections with Tibilone HRT tablets, this helped the pain a lot and reduced it to a few times within the 3 month period of being on it. Now the last 2 weeks the pain has

hiya( again 😏) Got a call from the receptionist on Wednesday my TSH level is 5 and I have been advised to stop my Carbimazole 5mg immediately, she was unable to offer any other advise other than I’m to continue having my bloods every 4 weeks . Am I correct does the level of 5 now bring me into the

hi all, New here I’ve had endo for 15 years it eased up and I thought it had gone when I had my daughter 11 years ago but when she was 8 it came back with vengeance. Had a laparoscopy and encision surgery in Oct 2023 pain eased up for 3 months then came back yet again so now they have started me on

So I was on Decapeptyl for a few months last year, a month without HRT and a couple with. I stopped using it because it was causing me headaches and was switched to Zoladex alongside HRT. For the first 4 injections it was fine, it stopped my periods and I was doing ok, although my moods have got slightly

Hi! Just got my blood work back, normal range T3 and T4 but bdl for TSH. Feeling a little sluggish and tired, no tolerance to COLD, getting sick a lot and consistently gaining weight over the past 4 months. Just some background, I got my thyroid removed 2 years ago due to graves disease. I've been

It's now almost 4 weeks since Mark's knee replacement. He's doing well after a small setback at the weekend. He saw our Dr a week ago to ask if he could drive. Dr told him to ask the physio. She tested him on a step, checking the force he could use on his knee and gave permission for him to drive

Hello Lovely Members So I just had my dreaded Endo appointment at Royal Berkshire Hospital and the Endo prescribed me T3 but wanted me to add in 50mcg of Levo as my TSH is so suppressed and my T4 levels are non-existent. I agreed to try. I think this Endo is not on our list so his name is Dr ([i]name

At my last endo appt early Dec, the consultant kept his same stance that my blood tests were all in range and my symptoms were all due to perimenopause. He said there was slight room for a small increase in levothyroxine so ive gone from 125x5/100x2 to 125x6 /100x1 and told me to speak to my gp and

Hello, I am new here and looking for any advice. Since I was 10 and had my first period I have been in excruciating pain every month. After the birth of both my sons via c-section my periods changed and I thought this is amazing. Mild cramping and less bleeding. That didn’t last. When I turned

I had endo surgery in 2016 after 10 years of pushing for a diagnosis. I was found to have extensive scaring at the front (across section scar) and endo going into my bowel. I've had urinary symptoms for years, although they've never looked into this. I was told I had DIE.After surgery I fell pregnant

Hi everyone, Further to my previous posts, I saw private Endo last week who won’t prescribe T3 until Short Synacthen test is done for borderline low cortisol of 248 and reverse t3 blood test done to confirm poor t3 conversion (???). I have been told today by his secretary (after arranging the tests

Hi, I was told that in 2015 I had a fatty liver from having a scan for suspected gall stones. I wasn't told much more and no advice or follow up given. Last year I started getting pain and a kind of tight feeling on my right side just under my lowest rib. Gp did some blood tests and said nothing came

Hi all, I was diagnosed with Lupus last June. Luckily my symptoms are mild - and my rhumatologist agreed that i didn't need to start hydroxyholorquine if I didn't want to. I'm definitely peri-menopausal and a lot of "symptoms" of lupus overlap with perimenopause and my rhumatologist agreed it's

Coming off hrt after 12 yrs post oopherectomy /hysterectomy to see if it helps me feel better . Has anyone else done this ? Also on synthroid , will coming off estrogen patch and testosterone compound affect my dosage ?

hi I’ve just been given hrt and in the panic of wondering what new hell awaits me, I haven’t thought how does the patch work with my levothyroxine cos even if I apply the first patch four hours after my levothyroxine it will still be there the next day ? Help or am I over thinking it