Experiences with

Vascular conditions

found large low lesion of rectum after sigmoidoscopy discharged me back to gp So much pain lost weight can’t eat pain all time feels like sitting on golf ball this happened after hospital did manual evacuation after had new hip last Oct Feel so unwell all the time

Hello everyone. I'm new to this ..and im desperately looking for any help anyone can offer on theor experience of positive outcomes following surgical treatments when you've had the condition for 30 years but has become life limiting in the last 9 years. I'm on Riveroxiban and Betablockers at 7.5 per

hi I forgot to ask my rheum nurse about my hair. I’m on methotrexate and seems to be ok with no abnormal hair loss but since taking it I haven’t had my hair highlighted . Anybody advice with this ? I have left message on advice line but wondering others people’s experience. Thanks

A most will know. Besides my COPD and heart problems I have Bladder Cancer which is Hight Grade, Six weeks ago I had a Rigid cystoscopy to see how my last ditch treatment on BCG would go and told, would be the last time I could have that. I had heard nothing and was 6 weeks ago Sunday. I phoned

Hi We have a nearly 4 y/o daughter who started withholding about 4 months ago. She point blank refused any mivicol or cosmocol, not even the flavoured ones so we were told to try lactulose. But even then we can only get about 15ml in her a day because she likes water. someone recommended Dulcosoft

I have wrote recently about hydroxychloroquine upsetting my stomach I have tried them three times, each time I have been taken steriods also ,after stopping g hydroxychloroquine agian about a week ago ,I find mystomach still in a mess ,now I'm beginning to wonder if it the steriods that are giving me

I have a fairly urgent decision to make regarding my treatment. For the benefit of our US warriors, the UK National Health Service means that the overwhelming majority of patients do not have private healthcare insurance. I'm one of those. Now, with the decision to switch from Docetaxel to Cabazataxel

hi, On here about my mum again. She is suffering really bad with acid reflux. She hasn’t had chemo for 4 weeks but they did attempt debulking surgery which didn’t work. So we are not sure if it’s something to do with the blood thinners or she’s worried it is the cancer. has anyone else suffered

Good evening. I have been taking supplements - AdCalD3 (of course!), Vit K2, VitB complex magnesium glycerine/malate and fish oil - fairly religiously since starting on pred. To help with hair/skin/bone thinning, I have also taken collagen and biotin. I was alarmed to discover tonight that biotin can

Hi, I had hemmies years ago which I had banded and also injected which seemed to solve the problem but then got an anal fissure and after struggling with it for years finally got surgery. Fast forward to now and I have constant pain in the rectum and am waiting for colonoscopy, my question is, does

Several days ago I had general anaesthetic for the first time (cardioversion). It was all fine, but I soon noticed a grumbling oesophagus -- first when I put in earplugs on the morning after (noisy neighbour). Then last night, 72hrs later, the noises (in my oesophagus) were audible to me as I sat on

Prostatectomy followed 8 months later with ADT and radiation. Mostly incontinent since. Always had overactive bladder before cancer. Urologist did cystoscope and said everything looked normal. Its been > 2 weeks and I am in constant misery. Bladder hurts and have strong feeling of needing to urinate

I have been diagnosed by my gastroenterologist with sibo after a breath test. The treatment prescribed is xifaxan. I’m waiting for approval by insurance. I’m also in treatment for CLL with Zanubrutinib which I began in May last year. I have had stomach issues, sometimes really severe, since beginning

so i found out i have Covid day after my son was born. I v been so scared to pass it on to him, iv been sleeping in a different room and cleaning up and washing real well before breastfeeding. With all the postpartum pain Covid symptoms and lack of sleep is making everything harder. Anyone been in a

hi so I have been suffering with severe chronic constipation soft stools for almost 3 years, they have done testings and ruled out nothing. I always feel it in my rectum and they did a defecography on me last week and found an intra-anal intussusception and a 2.5 cm Rectocele. I am confused on this.

Hi - A couple weeks ago someone posted a new company offering thyroid tests that have blood drawing clinics in London and is very reasonably priced. I have just had an unfortunate experience with Medichecks as the clinic I chose in London had no appointments for over a month. I am being issued a refund

I found this site after being utterly fed up and frustrated. A little back story first: I'm 53, male and I live in England. About a decade ago I noticed after a gig I attended as a punter that the usual "ringing in the ears" was taking longer than usual to go away, then after a few more weeks realised

hi all I have been request by my gp to go for a colonoscopy after my fit test came back with a score of 129… at the time I didn’t really ask what the score meant because my mind was racing after being told that individual stool sample was positive. My symptoms started at the start of January, going

Resistance to IB after 6 yrs.. mutations c481 & Plcg2. Still on IB until progression. 13q, zap 70. What's next? No definitive answers from Onco/Hema Doc except watch & wait. Very anxious.

Hi Had a sigmoidoscopy on Saturday, which I had under sedation, I found it a bit uncomfortable. Diverticulosis found, which I already knew about from a colonoscopy a few years ago. Biopsies taken. Yesterday bowel felt fine, however today I am in quite a bit of lower bowel pain. Just wondering why I