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Valve replacement

Long time reader but first time posting.. I have just received my latest PSMA PET-CT scan results and would like some help interpreting the results and gain your thoughts about situation and treatment plan. My overall history: After slowly rising PSA scores to a relatively low peak of 6.1 at 59 years

I'm currently in a flare up, following a hysterectomy nearly 5 months ago for Fibroids and Adenomyosis. They now think I have Occult endometriosis, as my pelvic pain has flared up again since starting hrt. Ive been referred to a bsge centre.My bladder symptoms are awful I feel like I have a raging uti

I’ve been trying a new regime of Clonidine 100mcg at night and 30mg Elvanse on waking. I don’t think it’s working and as before the Elvanse seems to give my a physical feeling of angst which is hard to not focus on…also somebody wrote on hear recently that they feel they ruminate more especially in

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could possibly help me with some advice. Unfortunately, because I am under 60 years of age, I have basically been told I will not get a knee replacement until I am 60 or over, but I am now unable to weigh bare because of my knees, and I do mean unable to even put any

As some of you may know that for the last year I have been suffering raised lessions and skin rashes etc , which started after my 6th covid jab . At first they put it down as reaction to the jab and as recently as last mont I got a letter from MDT stating it was there opinion that my skin issues were

How do I make sure my blood oxygen is high enough

I have been suffering with pharmocophobia ( the fear of taking medicine) for 10 years , I'm going through the change of life so my hormones are off making my depression and anxiety even worse. I'm falling apart daily and can't do anything since I'm given medication and hrt but can't take it regularly

Hi i am new to this group, nice to meet you all. I just wondered if I should order an MMA urine test or contact the GP with concerns of low B12. Or should I just carry on taking the Thorn basic B and better you b12, then re test. I have an underactive thyroid and inflammatory arthritis, also taking

It may not seem like a big deal but it is to me. I couldn't walk til I was 4, have had 3 hip replacements and back surgery. I never ran before I was 69 and now I've done 25 Park runs. I'm feeling very proud of myself. I even knocked a minute off last week's time! It was a glorious morning. I just took

Please take a look at my results with Monitor My Health: TSH: 0.53 (0.27-4.2) FT4 : 20.1 (12-22) FT3 : 4.1 (3.1-6.8) Vitamin D 71nmol/L HB: 141 No letters given after these but I think pmol/pg/ml might relate to some, this website didn't give them. FER: 60 TSAT: 27 HOLOTC (B12) :

I was wondering if anyone takes HRT that has APS and or Lupus. I’m in blood thinners and on immune suppression drugs and also had a stroke so I’m not sure if this would be something I could take. Experiencing very low moods and crying a lot so thinking I’m peri menopausal. Thanks

Been on HRT for nearly 3 years. Stopped cerelle Oct 2023. Bleeding irregularly since! HRT been adjusted but endo is back worse than ever! Anyone had this and did hysterectomy help? Got my ivf miracle 19 years ago so family complete. Pain as bad as 25 years ago!

Hi. I’m wondering what you should test or look out for if you have negative antibodies for hypothyroid whilst having a higher TSH number? I get my bloods done every 4 months. The TSH is high, but not high enough to be medicated for (in the UK). I get my bloods done by the nurse and there’s no chat with

Hi All Please can you give me some advice? I would like to begin taking Estrogen (Lenzetto spray) and Progesterone (Utrogestan) again. I am fearful though, when I began taking it last time my TSH went up to 28 so had to stop taking it. I was taking it a few hours in a morning after my thyroid

Hi everyone, I have been taking 150mg of thyroxine for over 10 years. At the beginning of the year, I spoke to my doctor because my fatigue was increasing, I didn't feel like myself, and I was having heavy periods. I thought I was starting to become perimenopausal. The doctor said I was depressed

I am a healthy 79 year old woman who still runs one marathon a year. Had tinnitus suddenly occur in both ears. My question is does anyone associate tinnitus with HRT or dementia?

I have had problems with one eye for 9 months now. Started with gritty feeling, watering eye. Inflammation and baggy eye bags. Then fatty bumps appeared to be coming through above one eye, and one eye ball seems slightly higher than the other, and pushed forward slightly. Then came the double vision

Hello! I was diagnosed with low B12 following a blood test in December last year, on injections but only had 3 of the 6 loading doses then was moved on to one every three months due to severe side effects that worried my GP. Had my first of the 3 monthly ones a few weeks ago and all went well. I saw

I was diagnosed Type 2 hypothyroid about 10 years ago. I am currently on 150 mg levothyroxine. I am late 40s, and am on HRT daily: oestrogen 5 pumps, testosterone 1/8 packet; double cerelle ( progesterone ). I am absolutely shattered and feeling constantly unwell. I am struggling with everything - physically

Is it a big deal to miss a day of Zytiga+Pred? I’m having a knee replacement on Monday and I’m not supposed to have any food in the AM.