Experiences with

Vascular conditions

I'm wondering how long people have waited for a trabeculectomy operation, once they have been told they need one, either through NHS or going private? I'm asking because when I saw my consultant ( privately) in Feb he said that the visual fields test showed there was some deterioration ( normal tension

hi I have had an infection and had to delay my methotrexate by a few days which is fine apart from it’s now on the same day as my Biologic/Adalimumab. Does anyone know what time gap there should be between the two injections? Thank you x

Short item on news today about how pharmacies are “subsidising” prescription costs. No doubt the reason for pharmacists not having items in stock. One pharmacist was losing£1500 per month and he explained that offering other services such as injections, ear wax removal etc was the means of making a living

Hi everyone I have just had my final scan today, before ER on Monday. I take my trigger shot tomorrow- and im sure the Dr said to me to take my last Synarel/nafarelin nasal spray as usual (I have been taking it twice each nostril, 9am and 9pm) However, the paper instructions she has written down state

I wrote awhile back about having a return of PMR symptoms after successfully (over a year and a half) tapering to 5mg and staying on that dose for two months. The weather had gotten a lot colder here in Seattle and I attributed the flare partly to that. I increased my dose to 10mg for a week and had

Hi, I was diagnosed with megaloblastic anaemia yesterday. My gp, sent over a prescription for Cyanocobalamin 1mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules. My pharmacy and other pharmacies don't stock it. I left a note for my doctor with the receptionist to ask for possibly a different brand or type. I'm new

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I’d be grateful if anyone could help with results please. I’m on combined therapy 50mg T4 and 35mg T3 TFT 0.02 (0.35-4.94) FT3 4.5 (2.4-6.00) FT4 8.1 (9.00-19.00) B12 433 (187-883) Vit D 126.1 >50 Thank you :)

Hi everyone!I was just curious about your experiences taking a combination of udca, ocaliva 10 mg and bezafibrates. Does it improve the itching? Did you notice any unwanted side effect from bezafibrate, e.g. in kidneys? Thanks for sharing and stay healthy and motivated!

I have been insulin dependant diabetic for 40 years, which has been the cause of my eye conditions. I was one of the first patients my consultant gave eye injection, I've had three steroid implants, lots of Lazer and eye injections. Last year I had a sever bleed at the back of the eye resulting in

Hi everyone.....I'm started my PMR journey middle of January so have only been on Prednisolone for 6 weeks... I started on 20mg and now on 10mg I did up dosage for 2 weeks so was taking 12mg because I felt poorly... But my question is I've had a headache almost constantly for weeks....is it the press

Hi, So glad to have found this wonderful forum! I am a 74 year female who recently started taking pregabalin for RLS. I just got back my ferritin level and it is 12. I will order some iron and would like to know how many mg is a good dose. Also, I started taking niacin 500mg daily for my cholesterol

Looking for a possible explanation. Diagnosed Oct 2021. HG serous carcinoma stage 3c peritoneal/ovarian. I am on 4th line chemo carbo/gem ( I have found this the most challenging so far). Debulking was in March 2022 and I recovered extremely well. Since then I had some abdominal cramping just

Hi, I’m really suffering this evening with so much pain and discomfort and intermittently having to go to the loo. All I can put it down to is earlier I had a fry’s chocolate cream bar . I think it’s the richness of the dark chocolate and fondant cream. I started feeling really bloated and twinges of

I'm Dx with PV jak2 and have been on low dose aspirin 2x daily/phlebotomies every 3 months or so for the last 20 years. My question has to do with inflammation and seemingly lengthy time it takes to heal when injured. I've been dealing with a lingering glute muscle injury obtained during golfing for

[u][i]Hepatocytes -[/i][/u] These are simply the cells of the liver. Each of these cells performs all of the functions of the liver - there is no difference in what any of them do for us. Liver failure occurs when there are not enough functioning hepatocytes to do all the functions they are

My GP rang me yesterday because my ESR reading was 48 in a range of 1-30. He suggested I should increase the Pred. Because my cataract operation was cancelled for a fourth time yesterday, I dropped to 7 mg yesterday after being told, from 31 days on 7.5mg. I have read that ESR could denote

just feel this Is a safe space to have a rant was diagnosed beginning of October with NTG ( quite a lot of damage already , nerve damage, some peripheral vision loss ) Started on medication and was due to have a follow up appt after. 2 months ( so should have been December) However the hospital

Good morning folks. I’ve been switched from Latanoprost to Monopost drops for both eyes. Bilateral NTG. I was getting a lot of headaches, eye pain and swelling around my right eye and a duty A&E ophthalmologist suggested I could be reacting to the preservatives in the Latanoprost drops. I’ve been on

My treatment now seems to be - Flexy Cystoscopy first - If anything is found then booked for admission to have tumour(s) removed. This is done with a procedure called TURBT and rigid cystoscopy. As a BTY - I am unsure if my BCG treatment has ended, or have I one more go. I am not allowed "general