Experiences with

Stoma surgery

Thanks for all replied its very nice talking to you all but i have another doubt its my first time so many questions in my mind so my doctor told me if i have a high blood pressure before surgery they dont proceed with surgery so what if i eat blood pressure medicine before surgery is it allowed i am

hi everyone, i know this is a bit of a different question. I had surgery 4 weeks ago and im just wondering when people were able to have intercourse after surgery. I know everyone is different. I have been told 4 weeks post op was an okay time but I’m just wondering whether others found they needed to

well, successfully settled into my new house since moving day on 31st July. Downstairs loo is something I give thanks for daily!! And a shower cubicle I can use a stool in & sit down to shower - sheer heaven!. Dog walks are all on the level too. Lungs-wise, I had a letter from my previous Welsh consultant

So over the last few weeks I have been doing jeffing runs with my friends! 1min run 1min walk! It is really working! I’m actually getting better times than I have for a long time and it’s improving my aerobic and anaerobic breathing which being asthmatic is good news! My shoulder is still pants and

My husband had his pre-admission appointment for his triple bypass last Monday which included talking to his surgeon's registrar, ECG, sats, bloods, and swabs. My question is should he have had lung and carotid artery tests. I am also concerned that vein harvesting from both his legs will not be by

I have now nearly reached 65 years of age! My GP surgery is offering me the shingles Vaccine. Has anyone had any side effects from it. I am worried as I stopped having the flu vaccine because of painful side effects. Is it safe to have and would you advise having it?

I finally had my appointment with a doctor down at the University of Iowa last week. Since he felt that my case was complicated due to my GCA, he decided to take it to the risk management team which met on Tuesday. For some reason, they did not come up with a plan. He recommended that I see a rheumatologist

I have 17p deletion. Been on Ibrutinib since February 2019 and I am doing well! My numbers are all great and well within the “normal” range. I am scheduled for hip replacement in October. I had my other hip replaced before being diagnosed with CLL and did great! My oncologist has cleared me for the

Good morning everyone. I want to thank the folks who answered me and gave me advice on pred dosage while I was in hospital 3 weeks ago. The hospital administrator physician prescribed 5 mg for 2 weeks. I decided that dose was good for a week and reduced to 41/2. Rheumatologist agreed and has allowed

One day apart: NHS fasting 10.30am. 2/09/24 TSH 0.06 0.35 - 4.94 minus 6.3% Free T4 16.4 9-19.1 73.3% Free T3 5.2 2.4-6 77.8% PRIVATE fasting 12pm. 3/09/24 TSH 0.046 0.4 - 4.05 minus 9.7% Free T4 16 10-28 33.3% Free T3 5.4 3.5-9.46 31.9% So, long story short

Hi there, just looking for some advice really. I had a prolapse repair along with a repair to my perineum on the 2nd September. I have mainly bed rested since coming out of hospital. I have been prescribed codine (which does nothing) but the pain that shoots down my left bum cheek and into my leg can

Hi I just want to thank this group 😊, I haven’t posted very much, but always been reading all the posts I have my date now for AVR .. Pre op on Monday 8th September and surgery on Sunday 15th. I have been offered the Mini Thoracotomy, I’m am scared and so Anxious but glad it is finally here.

Dammit the stupid AF is back. 2 weeks ago after 2 1/2 years it was back. 1 dose of Flecanaide and back into rhythm I went. I was rather hoping for my usual 2 years before it resurfaced… but no, Today it’s back again. Woke up with it. I’ve taken Flecanaide and hoping… My guy at the hospital said

Hi all, new on here. My daughter was born with a complete avsd, fixed with surgery at 15 months old, which left a mild leak on her mitral valve. She has done amazing for years with no medication. Recently she became symptomatic and has just been diagnosed with a leak on her aortic valve and has just

I have recently gone private due to lack of confidence in NHS eye clinic. This sadly has proved correct following an optic nerve scan showed considerable loss of vision and that I need urgent operations. The consultant asked me whether I had a scan in nhs clinic I said maybe when I had cataracts op

Hello everyone. You can probably remember your first time discovering this website and your very first post. Perhaps a lot like mine. I'm 52 and recently diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. I had no symptoms. My doctor was tracking my PSA (3.58 in 2022 rising to 5.46 in 2024). Here's the problem

Hi Just thought I’d share my first tattoo with you, following my heart bypass on 18/01/23. The good part is that the area on my chest still has no feeling following the surgery.

my husband’s is contemplating paying ( no health insurance) to have heart Valve replacement surgery ( open heart ),he has been told by his surgeon it’s a 6/9 month waiting list and we are also worried then about last min cancellation. so we are now looking at private? has anyone paid? How much ? We

sorry for rant but I’m feeling so fed up i had a appointment May with the endo team in my hospital they was sending me for a urgent MRI then I was going to be on the waiting list for excision surgery I had the mri done and got my results from the nhs app but haven’t heard from anyone about it, I was

I have never smoked or drank, been through hell the last year, started getting chest pains when walking last July collapsed on my mountain bike. Got rushed to hospital had a angiogram said I had 3 blocked arteries need a triple bypass operation. Put on meds for Angina and a spray 7 times I was prepared