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I like to do intermittent fasting, however i need to take amitryptaline, & this increases appetite & makes fasting really hard. Does anyone have any ideas or tips to lessen that effect on me?...
For Sqad and all you others who have cared and been interested in the mysterious and sudden illness which has hit Dave, my 68 yr. old Brother-in-Law. I didn't think it was going to be good - and it...
Last Friday I went for my annual diabetic eye screening and today I got a letter advising me to go on the 12th July to a hospital 20 miles away for an OCT surveillance scan. Normally I get you have...
be too heavy for me to lift in and out of my car boot? I reckon it would be OK lifting out but not sure about lifting in. The scooter folds at the push of a button so no taking to bits to load into...
Had a blood test yesterday for PSA. Just before lockdown I had a very painful night when I couldn't empty my bladder. I got an emergency appointment but did manage to go the loo before I got there. I...
Just in from supermarket and you know everything is a burden- picking up the stuff ptting into basket. Legs are not what they were - could have a small sprint etc. in my day. I don't think I should be...
Am having the most dreadful flare-up the past week or so, I can’t even put my right heel on the floor at all, the pain is just terrible. I’ve tried the usual - rolling my foot on the little roller...
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I'm quite concerned how thin my hair has become. All my life I've had very thick hair, but this last few weeks it's become so thin I can see my scalp!. Until recently is was in excellent condition,...
Do any of you have odd hang ups which bother you but you can’t tell anyone as they are deemed too pathetic? Criticise and call me as much as you want but when I was a teenager finding out that I was...
Over the past year, after a period of severe anxiety, I have been trying to understand myself more, build resilience and develop tools to be able to deal with what life throws at me I have realised...
I am having an argument with my wife. Her mother has been in hospital five weeks after a fall at home when she broke some ribs. Local council rang to arrange 'discharge care package' which they said...
Specifically in the creases. Sometimes slightly puffy on the under eye crease. Upper eyes are rough on innermost corner. Sometimes it feels "prickly ". I had similar but worse about 10 years...
My GP prescribed a box of the above medicine for constipation. She never said how long to take them. My constipation was getting better and I wrote to her, asking how long I needed to take them. She...
Recently my family have started to tease me about how much weight I seemed to have gained. To me it doesn’t feel like too much over the past two years. So my questions are, have I gained weight? And...
The floor of my mouth is sore and aches under my chin, glands feel enlarged. I have white patches there, then they loosen and fall off like dead skin.I have had this a couple of years ago, and it...
I saw my GP a couple of weeks ago after experiencing unexplained leg muscle 'cramp-like' aches. I wouldn't go as far as to say they are 'pains' and in fact I could probably suffer them going forward,...
Steam coming out of my ears. I am classed as extremely vulnerable and had a Covid jab appointment at lunchtime today. And guess what? They have cancelled it for the second time with only a couple of...
My 26year old son has had eczema since birth , it's been hard for him, but he has just told me he is going abroad with his friends, so can any of you recommend a sun cream which will protect his skin?...