Experiences with

Hydrocortisone / Tretinoin / Hydroquinone cream

Hi all. I was diagnosed with HGSOC 3c at the end of January 2025. My Ca 125 was originally 7497 but went up to 9838 prior to my treatment starting. I had 2 drains for ascites before my first treatment of Bevacizumab, followed by Paclitaxel and then Carboplatin. At the end of the bag of Paclitaxel (3

Hello all, new to this site, but learning a lot from all of the posts. I have been experiencing tinnitus in one ear for three months now and the ringing is very loud and high-pitched. I had dermatitis in my ear and stupidly jammed hydrocortisone cream into my ear canal. It was stuck in there for several

Emerging from the Darkness: My Encephalitis Story By Eldon Lake A Sudden Collapse In April 2023, life as I knew it changed in an instant. It began with an ache in my lower back—something I brushed off as a minor strain. I even visited an osteopath, convinced I had just overdone it somehow. But the

Hey everyone! I’m a 25-year-old guy in the UK, about 180 cm/86 kg, dealing with what my rheumatologist suspects might be an autoimmune condition. I have chronic joint pain (knees, hips, lower back especially) and I’ve been getting a burning red rash on my cheeks and nose that looks like a malar rash—lasts

I have tried hydrocortisone in the past, and it works temporarily but after a while it tends to build and I didn’t feel so well after a while; you have to be real careful with it. A caring MD will work with you on that.

Adrenals low. Starting on hydrocortisone 10mg. Does hydrocortisone help kick start the adrenals - very afraid and confused. Thank you

Hi all, hope you are enjoying the sun. This is a bit of a long post, so please bear with me and I hope you could give me some advice. I’ve been in hospital 5 times over the past 8 months due to , sepsis and severe diverticulitis flare and perforations in the intestines. I have just been discharged

on January 10th I was rushed to hospital where they thought I had had a major stroke. I hadn’t and when my husband came to visit early the next day I shocked them all by sitting up and greeting him with a hello. I had actually had an infection caused by a kink in my colon. This was sorted and I came

Hello, Just wonder if anyone can point me in the direction of dr that is willing to prescribe hydrocortisone in relation to thyroid med intolerance? My endo has let me down re- organising a synacthen and I don’t have a follow up until February 2026 which is infuriating and hugely unfair and I can’t

Hi everyone, The last 4-6 weeks very cold weather in North Wales / North of England (temps of 4c down to -2c), have been a challenge. My PMR is in remission and "replaced" or is it "supplemented" with adrenal insufficiency. I take 25-35 mg of Hyrdrocortisone daily, also a tiny dose (30mcg) of levothyroxine

Hi everyone, The last 4-6 weeks very cold weather in North Wales / North of England (temps of 4c down to -2c), have been a challenge. My PMR is in remission and "replaced" or is it "supplemented" with adrenal insufficiency. I take 25-35 mg of Hyrdrocortisone daily, also a tiny dose (30mcg) of levothyroxine

Should I lower my intake of I cal D3 seeing as my Vit D levels have come back at 78?Also,EGFR is 89.a bit high maybe?Also Endo has offered hydrocortisone when I reach 5 mg but have told Rheumy that I would rather stay on long term 5 mg as has been suggested as an option.Could I TRY to get lower than

Hello, Looking for any sort of advice or to hear if anyone has been through anything remotely similar to my dad (75) He was diagnosed with T3b prostate cancer in September 2024 (gleason score 9 and spread to 2 lymph nodes in pelvic region, PSA 35). He had one shot of firmagon (Sept 2024) but this caused

Thank you to everybody for your responses to my Steroid Treatment Card post. I have a follow up question. On the "emergency" treatment card it states that Hydrocortisone is the necessary treatment. On the basis that there are no stupid questions would pred also work? I ask because I have an emergency

Hello all, I'm so sorry my title sounds absolutely pathetic but I really feel like this is it. I'm on 20mcg T3 3 times a day. I have been.on opiates for years due to a back injury at work. This in turn made me tilt to the side called manual scoliosis. That years later and just recently caused me to

Hi, I am interested to know how many people ice their feet either during chemo or after it in the UK? Specifically during Caelyx? I have never seen anyone doing any icing where I go and have never had that conversation with the team, but thinking of asking. My feet haven’t felt great this cycle with

This is going to be a long story and I hope there is someone in this group who can offer advice. What treatment is used for skin problems? I have a sarcoidosis diagnosis (biopsy of lymph node in my 30s, now late 70s). Always had some kind of relatively minor skin problems most of my life. No one

I have an Endocrine appointment next week ,trying to make the most of it ! I wanted to dig deeper with my thyroids ,I take levoththyroxine I know it's a cheaper option ,is there anything I should be asking ? I see people elsewhere taking T3 / liothyronine what's the difference, is it better ? Find this

Sorry if this isn't the right platform for this - couldn't find another group and this was so unbelievably helpful all throughout my IVF journey and pregnancy. Hope someone can help! I had a caesarean 5 weeks ago and wondered if anyone had any recovery tips? I have been left with an apron/shelf tummy

Just come up to 2 years on Pred. Get to 7 mg o.k. any lower and I crash. Pain back. Diarrhoea, so exhausted am bedridden. Pain in neck shoulders and hips. G.P. ( described as Rheumatologist expert at G.P. practice) said problem with my adrenal glands so now prescribed Hydrocortisone slow acting - 15