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Respiratory tract infections (RTIs)

Hey Everyone! I wonder if it is a good idea to get a DNA fragmentation and oxidisation test done on husbands sperm. I don’t know the recent figures off hand but they were pretty bad - we were having ICSI. The embryologist seems to think the sperm looked ok….and blamed the eggs...but Im so not convinced

I just got done with my MRIs and MRAs, so we’ll see if results show much. My blood test came back with sed rate normal (always has been) and C-reactive prrotein headed down. It went from normal in PMR, to 1.3 and then 2.0 in GCA. Now at 0.8, so barely high and heading in the right direction. Still feeling

Hi everyone, this is my first time posting on here. I don’t really have a question, just thought it might help me to share my most recent fertility heartbreak with this community. We found out about a year ago that it would not be possible for my husband and I to conceive naturally due to male factor

I have had 1 failed cycle of ICSI. Since then I have had lots of tests to do everything possible for next round. 1 test that wasn’t done in clinic and has flagged up seperately is that my thryroid is 4.05. After doing research i believe under 2.5 is the magic number for pregnancy. As a result of this

hi I forgot to ask my rheum nurse about my hair. I’m on methotrexate and seems to be ok with no abnormal hair loss but since taking it I haven’t had my hair highlighted . Anybody advice with this ? I have left message on advice line but wondering others people’s experience. Thanks

Our grandson aged one is having jabs. I looked up and these are scheduled for one year olds. MMR is a weakened vaccine. Does anyone know if it’s safe to be around him as a immunosuppressed or where to find out in green book please ? Hib/MenC Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) Meningococcal

I don't understand this stomach acid 'thing'. I take a proton pump inhibitor for high stomach acid but people insist that as you get older you're stomach acid reduce. I'm 79. Also that doctors erroneously mistake low stomach acid for high!! What is going on? Any thoughts

Had COVID 9/12/2022 and still have no taste or smell. I am 71 and on no medications. I have been told to eat citrus to shock the taste buds so oranges,lemons,ginger,limes are on my daily menu. Eating BLD by texture to satisfy ion the mind. Lost 27 lbs and I am not heavy guy at 162 now…..My bride of

Hi Everyone I hope you are ok, I have spoken with Create fertility one cycle is £6265 and a three cycle is about £18k - (so saving 795) To me that price is eye wateringly expensive? Question: Is the benefit of doing the three cycle just time? I am concerned that my embryo/blastocyst rate is poor

I've been offered a covid jab as I work with vulnerable people but I'm currently experiencing a real flare up of my asthma. Has anyone else had this situation and gone ahead with the jab? Did it make it worse? I'm thinking to postpone the vaccination.

Hi,Has anyone had the experience of their periods being delayed after having steroid injections. If so, for how long? I'm a week late. They haven't been this late in a long while. I have an IVF consultation next month so I'm worried they won't return Thanks

Hi unfortunately my fresh icsi cycle failed . I have been bleeding really heavy for 3 days since I came off the progesterone and the lubion . Sorry for being graphic just wondered if this was normal . I had started to spot brown blood on Friday after the negative test which by Sunday was a heavy bleed

Good evening. Wondering if anyone has experienced AF symptoms worsening after a covid vaccine? I have paroxysmal AF and am in day 6 of AF…usual symptoms so far (palpitations, high heart rate, breathlessness when active, occasional lightheadedness) so nothing out of the ordinary. However I had the covid

I have not got an asthma diagnosis, but had inhalers (salbutamol, Clenil, Fostair) for 18 months after suspected Covid in March 2020. I stopped using them after I stopped noticing a benefit, and by then I had a breast cancer diagnosis so I had more to worry about. My breathing seemed fine other than

Apologies this question was asked recently but can’t find it now! Do you think I should postpone my covid jab tomorrow? Have been fibrillating for 9 days. Felt fairly weary to start with though pulse rate not above 100. Still out of rhythm but feel I am getting better every day and don't want it to

Hi does anyone know if you can have the covid booster whilst taking prednisolone? what is the lowest dose of prednisolone that the covid booster will work with ? I am worried that prednisolone will stop the covid booster from working .. please advise asap many thanks

I have been waiting for 4 years to see someone in the pain management clinic at our local hospital. What a complete joke. When are the doctors and so called specialists going to help a patient who is in considerable pain and saying to him I want to cut my foot off. He was a complete waste of time, why

Hi everyone I have severe asthma and was diagnosed with adrenal insufficiency in 2020 after taking lots of Pred when Covid triggered my asthma. I was just left on 5mg Pred for two years with no endocrinology involvement. I was eventually transferred to an endocrinologist who tried me on hydrocortisone

Hiya anyone on their 2 week wait ? Am 5 days in test date is 5th of march and today had a break down and cried , I have been so crampy past 4 days , today was okay untill abit later in afternoon I just feel so bloated 😫 and heavy in my lower abdomen anyone go on to have a positive? I feel like my AF

Hey guys,I haven't been on here a while, but I've been busy trying new ways to manage and get better (and also had bad anxiety for a while which is the main reason I wasn't here😕) and I wanted to share in hopes that it could help someone else. So last year a had trouble walking, looking at people when