Experiences with

Stoma surgery

Hello, I am a 42 yr office worker from Australia who has been circumcised due to BXO and phimosis. I tried creams for a few months and nothing was working, the tight ring kept getting worse and my foreskin kept drying and becoming pale white. I used to be able to retract my skin all the way down. I am

I really thought my vagina and stomach was going to burst open Friday n Saturday and was in such horrible pain. Think the paramedics thought I was moaning loudly dramatically for no reason as I wasn't showing a fever. Morphine tablet didn't touch the pain. At local hospital ended up on floor of corridor

Diagnosed in August this year with 4+3 and 3+4 PC. However Last PSA was 4.7. Trying to decide on treatment options. I am in the Boston area and have access to Cyberknife, Ethos Varian, or Retzius Prosectomy. 72 years old. I would prefer SBRT but without ADT as I had polio at 1 years old. My muscle

Hi everyone, I am 22F and I’ve been struggling with several health issues for the past 3 years, and I’m hoping someone here might have insights or similar experiences. It all started after a major abdominal surgery to remove ovarian abscesses (caused by untreated chlamydia and a copper IUD). Following

Good afternoon all, hope you can help me finding some more info with sharing your experience. Long story short, I’ve been diagnosed with endo two years ago, when I had a laparoscopy and they found endometriosis on my left ovaries (they found it damaged), on my colon and on my uterus. They put me

Hello (first time posting) I’m due to have a pre op assessment on Tuesday the 15th for laparoscopy surgery to confirm endometriosis, I have been having symptoms for years in mid July this year symptoms got significantly worse every few weeks I have been told these could be flare ups but I just wondered

I guess I spoke too soon when I posted previously about my clot problems. I thought I was maybe feeling better, but I was wrong. This has been so exhausting. I feel like I am wearing 50 pound weights on each leg and one on my back. Apparently a pulmonary embolism causes extreme fatigue, as well as a

How easy is it to get surgery to fix the GERD on the NHS? Take 30mg of Lanzoprazole a day and Gaviscon daily 3 rimes a day. Wake up wanting to puke most days and kept up with heartburn most nights (like rn). I haven't smoked in a year and I am not obese nor do I eat a high fat/acid diet so I don't get

Hi all 👋🏼 Feeling a bit like I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place at the moment… I was diagnosed via surgery about 2.5 years ago. My Endo flared up after coming off the pill after 10 years due to it impacting my mental health. I have started noticing it really affecting my day to day life

hi all, I’m wondering if anyone can tell me anything about ablation vs excision… what are they? What’s the difference? Is one better than the other? I’m currently awaiting my first surgery but I feel like Iv been given zero information about it all by the doc 😵‍💫 also are there any questions I should

Hi, my wife is going through Herpes Encephalitis at the moment. She's 38, the same as I. We are in our 7th week. I took her to ER in a good condition when that started. She was just having mild memory problems what was highly concerning to me but I would have never imagined she was in such a grave danger

Hello, everybody. This is fancy 59 letting you know why I disappeared. I just start it this late last winter when my husband decided. I had to get rid of my horses. I had owned horses for 59 Yes, they were my joy, my passion. I reason to escape the world and relax and put my mind at ease even though

I had macular hole surgery last year and because of this I developed a cataract pretty quickly . I have been shortsighted in both eyes for a long time but worse in my operated eye . I had a cataract operation just over a week ago and had a check up with the surgeon yesterday who confirmed it’s all looking

Cubangirl profile imageCubangirlPatk1 36 minutes ago hi guys thanks so much for your prompt responses 👍🏼I have suffered from copd , asthma and bronchiectasis for the last 14 years 😳obviously becoming worse over time !! I had left lower lobe reduction surgery at St Barts in London 2022 which was

on Sept 19 I had a bad fall because my femour snapped in half. Pain was unbearable. Had surgery that night and had a rod and plates and screws put in. Was home in 4 days. Walking with a walker. Yesterday I saw my oncologist and the break was because cancer ate into the bone causing it to break.

I have a pretty complex case of endometriosis with deep endometriosis blocking my ureter to my right kidney which has caused failure and now a 17% kidney function. I also have a endo lesion on my other (good) kidney which is l pulling on the ureter. I have now had both ureters stented to preserve function

Dr phoned last night wants me to take Daplaflozin ..couldnt quite catch what she said. I have never spoke or seen her before think she is new. She said the consultant wants me to take them before I see him in January , she asked about seeing him last time I told her I have Never seen a Nephrologist

hello My son Has cerebral palsy Also has a feeding peg is visually impaired and has Hyperinsulinism Uses a wheelchair unable to walk He was called for the Covid vaccine, When he was 17 When I arrived at the doctors, I was asked to stay in the car with him. The Dr came out With a leaflet, I asked

I’m just about 5 weeks post Aortic valve replacement and slowly getting more active . My paroxysmal AF increased substantially after surgery which was expected and Amiodarone was prescribed in hospital . I’ve gone from 3 times a day to once a day and in about a week will come off it for the two weeks

I posted a while back because I was concerned that my surgery was insisting I had asthma and covid vaccinations at the same time and I was worried about getting double the amount of side effects (vaccinations usually cause a short-term flareup of asthma symptoms). And I didn't think I qualified for