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wife has had a very painful shoulder for the last 4 months and we have just got back from the hospital to see the specialist who confirmed that it was a frozen shoulder. he has told my wife that he...
Any Abers (male of course) had there Prostate removed and would like to share their experience.I'm off to Thornbury hospital next week for a consultation and hopefully op shortly afterwards.I have to...
Thank you for your answer in my hip problem post. Saying that intermittent claudication (sp) should be eliminated prepared me and stopped me waffling. It was his first thought when I described the...
I have been told that there is a treatment that injects a fluid into a worn knee to replace the body's natural synovial (?) fluid and the injections are at roughly six monthly intervals. Is this true...
My brother wakes up with lumps on his body, they are like when a mosquito bites and leaves a white bump. They are not mosquito bites or bed bugs which we have established and they go down as the day...
Sqad - hope you can help please? Late this afternoon I was just sitting quietly when suddenly I had a very sharp stabbing pain in my right breast, it felt like a knife going in and made me gasp out....
Still all a work in progress. Saw eye clinic and all seemed fine on the visual field tests they did and they thought it might be eye spasms so tried me with quite a different lense precription. Got...
Obviously the more I go swimming the more I can swim but I struggle to keep up with counting my lengths. Has anyone used a length counter? They vary from about £20-£150. Are they worth it?...
9 years ago I had an arthroscopy on right knee. Consultant described the problem as OA, I believe he referred to as Grade 3. He wanted to keep me on his books and see me again in 12 months saying that...
In a bid to get fit I've started swimming (as mentioned a few times) and seem to be enjoying it but I'm a really weak swimmer so I've just signed up for a term of group adult swimming lessons. I told...
had to have a colonoscopy. Last time, five years ago they took off two polyps. Anyway thankfully he has had the all clear. But they did mention he has Diverticulitis Disease. Looking at the booklet...
I stopped taking HRT after a year's course of it in June. (When I started HRT I was still having fairly regular but very light periods) I am still getting hot flushes and some disturbed nights sleep...
I have had a sore throat for seven days and have treated it as follows:- 1. Warm salt water gargle, several times a day. 2. Dequadine tablets, (10 mg Benzocaine and 0.25 Dequalinium Sulphate, 8 per...
A month ago I fell over and hurt my back. (I posted here at the time) http://www.theanswerb.../Question1157600.html I took ibuprofen and arnica tablets for a week or so and the initial pain did...
For six weeks I've had numbness and muscle spasms in both legs Seen specialist and had an MRI the result is I have compression in the nerves in the spine ,not bad enough for an operation so he wiil...
I've been experiencing a very bad rumbling abdomen to the point where it's killing me its rumbling that much. I also have a sore lower left side pain sore to touch as well. I've noticed that for a few...
Hi, Is there anyone on AB that has had the Bowen Therapy? did it have any effect? does it help everything at once? or is each treatment specific to only one problem? I'm considering having this...