Experiences with

Valve replacement

Good morning, today I have an appointment with my new rheumy, just to give you an update my previous rheumy took me down from 5mg pred to 2.5 for 3 days then stop. I have been off for 2 weeks now, my CRP levels have risen dramatically, I have pain in my knee which is a TKR had it Xrayed yesterday the

I've been tinkering around with Hydrocortisone and thyroid replacement for over a year now and been symptomatic for almost 4 years with low tsh and frees. I recently stopped all thyroid and HC and felt awful after around a month, so asked my GP for help (big mistake). They only do email consults and

people keep saying my mood etc could be thyroid related and weight gain. here are my trackers of thyroid… I’ll post the rest below this. I don’t know what to do as I think my HRT is doing this. GPs won’t listen. I have no relationship with them at all. What are your thoughts?

Hello 👋 beautiful family, can Evorel Conti patches cause stomach pain please? I will be happy if someone help me with the question thanks

It's a long story so I shall keep it short - I had TLH/BSO with excision at a BSGE centre in 2017, putting me in surgical meno. Things were generally OK for a while but about 18 months ago I started to get symptoms again (pain, cystitis, then the unpredictable guts started). Gave up on the wait for an

hi thyroiders - I am yo-yoing from extreme anxiety to extreme fatigue . I am getting really low thoughts as I can’t sustain a relationship - I can barely look after my children and they live with me half the time. I feel so afraid as over the last 16 years this is getting worse and worse Just started

Hi! I've had so much helpful information from this forum and made copious notes over the last few weeks, I was determined I could get by without asking for help, but no. I'm so upset, after what I've decided is my last visit to the GP as I'm fed up of being fobbed off and coming out like a gibbering

Early last month I went to Japan and met my daughter who's living over there. As we set off I was getting quite short of breath and my daughter (who is a doctor) started quizzing me as to why I was short of breath. I did try to brush it off-saying I was old and unfit but she kept persisting and told

my left knee is killing me with pain now and walking is proving difficult. I’ve a telephone appointment with my GP on Weds to see what I can get. Has anyone else been able to get reasonable pain relief whilst waiting for knee replacement op. I m only using nurofen at the moment and am conscious

PMR fall 2020. Tapering slowly. RA,prednisone, methotrexate, Simponi Aria & muscle spasms. Awaiting a hip replacement. Has anyone had one during this time of their life?

hi! What are your thoughts on including progesterone in your hrt regime if you are in surgical menopause and previously had severe endo? My hysterectomy included endo excision by an endo specialist. Is it necessary?

I have been on Hrt for 6 years but drs found a brain tumour last year...it was removed but I have to stop my hrt as the tumour could come back as it feeds on estrogen. I am about to stop the patches after halving them for 2 months. I am having terrible drenching sweats and my legs are so painful and

I had my 3rd aortic valve replacement surgery in the space of 12 years in June 2022. I opted for the Ross procedure since I’m still quite young (31 y/o) and don’t have kids yet. This was also recommended by the consultant. All is generally well, I’ve just noticed I get more flutters recently.

Having had very mild RLS for a number of years it worsened dramatically in Feb 2020. In Jun this year I increased by HRT and am experiencing an escalation in my RLS symptoms and so now I’m wondering if my starting it in May 2019 could’ve been the original trigger for them worsening - is it possible

Hi Anyone else has knee replacement and it’s made things worse?? My Mum had her op about 2 and a half years ago and she’s stu in pain The knee is very swollen and the skin is shiny and looks very tight It almost looks as though they’ve put too big a knee replacement in there ! Consultant not too helpful

Hi to all who are going through the peri menopause it’s awful 😞. I’ve been really struggling with my anxiety and depression that I’ve had to up my dosage of Sertraline that I’ve been on for a number of years . I thought it was helping somewhat but no yesterday I had another complete meltdown and today

I posted once before about starting injections whilst I wait for my hysterectomy I am 42 and my periods have been an issue my whole life heavy/painful etc except for when I was pg/breastfeeding my 3 kids it was the best period free time of my life. Things got very bad after I did not go back on the pill

My hip replacement is scheduled for five weeks time. PMR history is diagnosis end of 2020, and infrequent rheumy appointments. I was seeking advice for increasing pain from April 2022, so remained on 7mg pred for about a year, finally completing a slow taper to 6.5mg about a week ago. My GP had eventually

I have an appointment today with my doctor to look at changing my HRT from Evrol Conti 50 and testosterone. I have started having bleeds (mostly dark/blood clots). They have done a scan and i've had a biopsy which is ok so they want to change my HRT. I wanted to see my levels so asked for bloods to

I have been on Tamoxifen for 5yrs I have been.having trouble with incontinence and a burning constant sensation in my vagina I.have had numerous urine tests always come back negative This went on for months with constant visits to the doctors with no.satisfaction In the end I paid to see a neurologist