Experiences with

Hip Replacement

9 weeks ago I had a successful hip replacement and all there is amazingly good.However 4 weeks ago I started developing weird chest and abdominal pain for no apparent reason.

This apparently was flagged already when I had a chest xray after my second hip replacement, 4 years ago. No one ever told me this. I spent 4 years with this pain and all that time the hospital knew but nothing was said.

have been unwel for over 4 years now I have fibromyalgia since 2014 which I managed fine until 4/5 years ago became increased unwel daily .. have had to leave my job now due to ill health … recently had health check to see if could help as GP kept saying all in my head … results for Hormonnes were as

I messaged my GP surgery and requested a full thyroid blood test (not just TSH which is all I’ve been able to get since COVID) as well as iron, vits B and D tests. I’ve been feeling really rotten, and want to look at every potential reason. Now, bear in mind I have been on HRT (prescribed by them) for

Did you gain any weight when you talk HRT? I'm very concerned about this as I've read several reviews of people saying that they did and I haven't eaten disorder so that kind of thing terrifies me.

Did you gain weight on your HRT? I'm worried about this and have read reviews of many people that gained a lot of weight on it so I'm very scared yes I haven't eating disorder say that kind of thing scares me.

I had an ankle scan years ago as part of a work "well woman clinic" and was told I was borderline oestopenia Then as I had my ovaries out because of cysts I had a private dexa scan as a baseline for making decisions about hrt etc My results seemed a bit 'off' but everyone says oh it's fine (it probably

Hi keep suffering with emergency toilet problems in morning sometimes comes on so quickly don't make it so fed up ruling life think it could be perimenopause as 53 now got worse over last year feeling like carnt cope much more trying to hold down job and my horses and feeling like giving up everything

I saw a specialist in endometriosis last week and it was eye opening. I had to pay for it or wait 12 months so I opted to go private. I spent over an hour with him and he was incredible. He explained everything and was very practical. I had a list of questions and he answered all of them. I already know

I am a 57 year old female living on a smallholding in the Welsh hills. I have historically suffered on/off back pain that tended to travel between my lumber and thoracic regions, the last three years being more on than off. I finally have a diagnosis, of quite frankly, a condition/disease that I had

Does anyone here have hypothalamic amenorrhea where your body does not produce estrogen due to your eating disorder? I do and it causes me severe hot flashes and feeling hot all the time and I can't stand it. I have been suffering for over 6 months with this severe hot flashes and I've tried black cohosh

I have had hot flashes and I mean severe hot flashes and feeling hot all the time 24/7 especially in my face for the last 6 months but even before that I was having trouble for several years. I have tried taking black cohosh 80 mg a day and that didn't do anything except for maybe take 5% off. I went

I have been struggling with severe hot flashes and feeling hot all the time for about 6 months now. I have severely low estrogen as in non-existent at all and so my levels are not even showing up to even zero because of the fact that I've not had very many periods due to the fact that I have secondary

I have had my second monthly GnRH injection out of three that I am having but have really been struggling with menopause side affects such as hot flushes, all over aches and feeling exhausted. Has anyone else had this and did these symptoms go on their own or did you have to have HRT tablets or did anything

I've seen the consultant for Adenomyosis. He is referring me for an urgent mri to confirm it's Adenomyosis and listed for a hysterectomy, including my ovaries. It's an 18 month wait.So, I've been prescribed Amitriptyline and he wants me to trial Prostsap again. Which I'm nervous to do, as it was the

I’m just after some advice on my recent blood test I had taken myself. I know the drill no levo 24 hours before. NDT gap of 8 hours. Vitamins stoped week before My test was taken at the same time as all other blood test 7.10am. I always stick to this routine to ensure consistency. I decided to take

I’ve been on thyroid replacement for about six years now and starting to feel that quite soon I will have improved as much as I’m going to and I’m wondering if HRT could be the last part of what I need to feel more like me. I’ve remained reasonably well all things considered but it’s as though I’m a

Hello This is my first time on this board but I am also on the Thyroid UK board - hello! I've always wondered about this - and hope that someone might be able to answer or have any other explanation? When I was 43 - nearly 10 years ago - I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid via an ordinary

Hi everyone, I hope that you are having as pain free a day as possible. Just an update on my follow up appointment. I had probably one of the worst weeks of my life last week. Weaning off morphine and Citalopram, side effects from the Duloxitine and then such a bad flare up of the burning pain that

HiI have on going palpitations. They are partly what drove me to gp in 2019 when I was diagnosed. They are better than they were. I take 100/15. I have found They are less when I take my t3 all in one go. I am about to start trial of hrt. (I have a second post). The doctor sent me for an ECG. This