Experiences with

Lung surgery

I am following PMRpro’s advice and this morning dropped to 6mg prednisolone. I had requested more 5mg pred tablets on the MyGP app and last Friday got a call from the pharmacist at my GP surgery to say doctor wants me to drop to 4mg for 4 weeks then taper down every four weeks!! This was the GP who

My Covid vax appointment has been set up near my previous address (I moved 3 years ago) which is a good 30 min drive cross country and it’s timed for late afternoon. My surrounding neighbours all have theirs at their (and my) nearby GP surgery. My last vax 2 years ago was set up at a mass vax centre

my doctor told me he wants to do surgery on my eye to straighten out a crease on the retina membrane. At the same time he said he will do a procedure that might eliminate the need for the injections I’ve been having for AMD. is anyone familiar with this?

Hi, Male, 47, I appear to be suffering a few side affects of medication following a minor heart attack (if there is such a thing) that was treated with a small stent, 9 months ago. (Atorvastatin, Lansoprazole, Ramipril, Clopidogrel, Bisoprolol, Asprin) These include regularly waking up during the

Hi there I have stage 4 endo and due to have endo surgery, stoma reversal, bowel resection and partial bladder removal. This will be my first Endo surgery and will be open surgery. I’d like some advice on what to expect and what to pack for my hospital stay. As it’s not a laparoscopy il be in hospital

I have been advised I need aortic heart valve replcement,has anyone had the sugeaeo Mr Sanjay Asopa for this surgery? Would you recommend?

Hi I’m Alev and I’m new here, I’ve had thyroid cancer a couple of years back and had a full thyroidectomy due to cancer on both sides and spreading to my lymph nodes. To explain my story I need to go back to the beginning about over 10 years ago when I first started having symptoms and problems. For

**WARNING – LONG READ** Current situation I had to register with a new G.P. surgery in late January (reasons below). This surgery operates on the phone in at 8 a.m. for an appointment system and offers no bookable appointments. Because of the issues outlined in the background below I have yet to

I was just 2 years old when I first got my mechanical valve put in which i out grew when I was 18 so needed a new one, I decided to get a pigs valve which is a tissue one so I wasn’t on any medication and could lead a life without limitations, 7 years later that needed replacing so I felt healthy enough

Hi Firstly thank you to everyone who has offered their support previously since I was diagnosed with AF last November. Over the last few years I have been trying to hold off a total knee replacement. (TKR) I was walking more to strengthen my muscles to support my knee and managed to ditch the brace

Good morning everyone,I am hoping for some good news stories to keep me going. I have gained 2 1/2 stone since I developed hypothyroidism, and I am finding it so so difficult to shift it again even though my current dose of t4/t3 seems to work really well in other aspects (hypo tiredness gone, depression

Hi all so im had zoledex jab number 2 on tuesday and wednesday i had a major flare up and now im writing this at 3am with another major flare up.I was in A&E wednesday as the pain was so bad but after tests i was told it was uti and carry on. I was told the paind anyway by my endo nurse would get worse

Hi, I have suffered with heavy periods and pain during sex for years but I was told it was due to fibroids. In December 2020 I had emergency surgery to for a ruptured ovarian cyst. They had to remove my ovary as it was too damaged. Last October I started getting a dull ache down the left side of stomach

Heyy everyone, I'm going I for surgery to remove endometriosis on the 20th of May, I'm probs just being para but I go on holiday a month after, does anyone know if it's fine to fly after that time? 4 weeks is a decent amount of time so I'm assuming it will be fine😅

Hi Everyone,Appreciate your thoughts suggestion on this as am stuck....thank you. I was put on Amiodarone for 4 weeks post surgery last September. So Amiodarone was stopped 7 months ago. I was on 3 3/4 grains of Armour Thyroid for Hypothyroidism before surgery. Been stable for years on this dose. 16yrs

Hello lovely people, i hope everyone is managing to catch up on the long overdue sun ;) Sadly, my gynaecologist has found an ovarian tumour which needs to be removed and biopsied. Recovery from this will take between 6-8 weeks. I am in really good health otherwise but do take 150mg Levo and 45mg Liothyronine

Hi all, here again with another update on my healing. 9 weeks today since my full circumcision!!! I can’t believe how fast it’s gone, despite it feeling like it was taking forever at the time… but isn’t that the way with any surgery? Before I get going, special thanks to those experienced members who

Hi All! I was diagnosed in Nov of 2022 with stage 4b lung cancer and later, in May of 2023 with ovarian cancer. Not a metastisis but a second primary cancer. I’ve been a runner my whole life - almost 60 - and have lived a pretty “clean” life. So…all of this was pretty crazy. I had to go off the targeted

Thank you all so much for your good wishes before my mitral valve surgery , they certainly put me in a positive mindset beforehand 😊 As many people have said the nurses and people caring for you are truly amazing 🤍 I can’t quite believe I’ve done it ,come out the other side and been discharged today

1.5+ years post bi-lateral nerve sparing prostatectomy (well not 100% nerve sparing) my EF is probably and 8.5 where it was a 10 prior to surgery. If I'm really in the mood with a ton of physical (and visual) stimulation I can barely get to the point of penetration without drugs. So 80% of the time