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I am wondering if anyone has had this surgery,I need to have it carried out with an iliac crest bone graft and tendon transfer. I have exhausted all other avenues. If anyone has experience with this I would be interested to hear.

Thanks to this forum I have just found out I can't take multivitamins with Iodine in. Well, that's the last 2 years of me taking multivitamins out the window then!! What a nightmare. Does anyone have any vitamins they recommend that do not contain Iodine? Zooki is a good brand but theirs do. I also

just checking whether the PMR markers blood tests had been done or in (no) but noticed the triglycerides are high… 1.92…. they haven’t been high before (been on pred 12 months) why would that be? I’ve managed to get my sugar one back to normal (was almost pre diabetic a few months back)

Hi All. I need to ask whether other members with Diabetes type 2 and Polymyalgia Rheumatica have seen similar issues with blood sugar control. I have had type 2 diabetes along with High Cholesterol for some 12 years and traditionally take the following tablets daily which kept me inline. 2 x 1000mg

i am 28 year old My current weight is 81Kg My height is 5 Feet 9 inches Now i am worried about increasing weight Before 3 months my wight is 77 kgs In last 3 months of winter it increased 4-5 kgs In this week i do lipid profile test In that test Cholesterol -173 triglycerides -199 HDL

I was told I was pre diabetic by my Gp as a result blood test which was 43, I just tipped over. This has shocked me and for the past two weeks I’ve been seriously following the Blood Sugar diet to lose weight and try and reverse this. I’ve another blood test scheduled for April. Here’s my question:

I have a follow up telephone appointment next week to discuss recent blood test results as requested by GP due to abnormal lipid (triglycerides ) and ferritin levels which have been elevated on a few occasions prior too. Just wondered if any one can interpret them and advise what I might expect in advance

I was told 3 weeks ago that my HbA1C had increased from 44 to 57 and I’ve been started on low dose metformin. To try and figure out where I’d gone wrong diet wise, I bought a blood glucose monitor to track my blood sugar before and after meals. Of course my surgery have refused to give me the test strips

I haven’t posted for a while… I’ve been feeling awful for months and just chalked it up to my thyroid. But when I had some labs run recently there were a few surprises. The Dr. informed me I’m type 2 diabetes and that was it. No discussion of what lies ahead or taking care of the results. So I’m turning

I've been reading past posts about the problems people have been having with Statins. After resisting them for years I finally gave in and accepted a prescription for Avastatin just a week ago because my LDL cholesterol reading was high on last blood test. Day one fine, day two terrible leg pains, especially

I recounted my tale of the phone conversation with the gp in another thread, I'll copy it into a reply here But basically I'm being referred to a lipid clinic but I have to have 2 fasting blood tests each 2 weeks apart My normal check for my thyroid blood test is on 3rd March, so I suggested having

Hello all, I'd like your guidance in my diet concerns. I'm almost months after losing my husband to AML. My concern is that I just have zero motivation to cook or eat anything remotely healthy. Where we used to eat relatively balanced meals, I fall so short in eating anything that resembles a vegetable

The other day I fell across a paper: The role of lipoprotein(a) in atrial fibrillation: a systematic review. https://europepmc.org/article/MED/39791840 Within that paper, I specifically noticed in their reference 28: Conclusion Low circulating Lp(a) levels were associated with AF, especially

I watched an episode last night, part 2 of a series. Using volunteers as case studies/guinea pigs, she (Jessie Inchauspe) extols the 'hacks' she sets out in her books and the science behind it, like having a savoury not sweet breakfast, moving your body after eating, adding fats and protein to

Has anyone seen this study from China? https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cell-and-developmental-biology/articles/10.3389/fcell.2021.685522/full [i]Findings: We found that metformin indeed had a therapeutic effect on mice with HT mainly by reducing TgAb and lymphocyte infiltration in thyroid tissue

Maybe a silly question but does anyone have a medical alert bracelet indicating they take the steroid prednisolone and that it should not be stopped. I always carry my NHS Steroid Emergency Card in my purse, but if I was in an accident would anyone look for something like that? I also have a 'green

Please can you help. I am 76 years old and been on prednisolone for 6 years for PMR and GCA. I am finding my blood test results confusing in that serum non-HDL cholesterol and serum triglyceride are within range as is the serum cholesterols-HDL ratio, so all good . However my HDL cholesterol is high

I have been trying to decrease my Statin dose and my lipid panel was good except my HDL dropped to 31. I do not have any of the risk factors ( not overweight, don’t smoke ,eat well exercise etc) so I asked google “ Can CLL cause your HDL to droop and the answer was YES. Does anyone have any information

Hi everyone, On the suggestion of one of the kind members in the group, and following my recent PMR diagnosis and the start of15mg Pred with accompanying increase of glucose levels, I got hold of one of the monitors free of charge from Abbott It arrived the following day and I have to say hiw impressed

Hi,hope everyone is well Just had some bloods done recently,and my total cholesterol has come back at 6.4. The pharmacist has just phoned me saying I need to make adjustments in my diet,and exercise more.Im quite an active person,and my diet isn’t that bad. Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated